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(The Sports Xchange) – Chase Utley’s RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-5 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium, leveling the National League Division Series at 2-2. Utley singled off reliever Blake Treinen (1-1), allowing the Dodgers to force a decisive Game Five in Washington on Thursday. Daniel Murphy went 2-for-3 and had four RBIs for…

Tim Tebow warms up before his first practice in the Arizona Fall League. (Rick Scuteri/AP) The Scottsdale Scorpions got their first real-game taste of Tebowmania Tuesday, and they darn near got the total package. The 29-year-old former quarterback, now a Mets prospect making his Arizona Fall League debut, got his first real-game taste of the outfield wall with a memorable face-plant while chasing a hard-hit ball. Oh, and he also laid his hands on…

If you’re following major league baseball this season, you’re watching a game that has gotten more powerful recently. After the MLB put its foot down on performance enhancing drugs in the early 2000s, the league saw a serious drop in the number of home runs hit, but the power hitter seems to be back: players hit a lot more home runs than usual this season. And the rise of the…

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It depends on who’s wearing them. We’re not going to be like those awful magazines and smug websites that try and impose their stupid style commandments upon the world and then judge those who deign disobey their decrees. You know what I’m talking about – the folks who say men can’t wear shorts (especially of the cargo variety), jerseys, shoes without socks, etc. Nonsense. Hey, you do you, fellow men…

Unless you’re a teacher or work for the government, you probably won’t be getting a pension. And even if you’re in a union and will be getting one, it probably won’t be for hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. But if you’re a Major League Baseball player who’s managed to stick around in the big leagues for a while,…

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You can’t kill the San Francisco Giants. No matter many blows you land, no matter how lopsided the fight is, the Giants refuse to go down. Call it even-year magic or the Bruce Bochy effect, but the Giants have won three World Series this decade not necessarily because they were the best team, but because they were the team that more so than all others refused to die. Monday’s (Tuesday’s…

The former first baseman for the Brother Elephants, Taiwan’s equivalent of the Yankees, now spends most of his days and nights deep in a local stadium, in a spartan room with all the charm of an old warship.   He sleeps on a thin bed. Sports gear towers above him on metal cabinets. A coffee table overflows with snacks, ashtrays and teacups.   It is the coach’s quarters, where the…

The Nationals edged the Dodgers in Game 3 of the NLDS on Monday (WAS 8, LAD 3), but it took a while. Specifically, it took four hours and 12 minutes. That’s not a record for a nine-inning playoff game — that “honor” belongs to the Yankees and Red Sox, who in Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS went at it for four hours and 20 minutes. In that game, though,…

When the Cubs‘ Starlin Castro cracked a home run in Game 3 of last year’s divisional playoff series against the Cardinals, Affan Arain was praying. Arain, who is Muslim, had excused himself from his seat and found an out-of-the-way spot in the Wrigley Field concourse for his daily evening ritual. The crowd’s roar provided an unmistakable soundtrack, and he knew instantly the Cubs had scored. “In the midst of that…

A star baseball player, who earned a name for himself during the Little-League World Series, was injured in a shooting.

When the Cubs‘ Starlin Castro cracked a home run in Game 3 of last year’s divisional playoff series against the Cardinals, Affan Arain was praying. Arain, who is Muslim, had excused himself from his seat and found an out-of-the-way spot in the Wrigley Field concourse for his daily evening ritual. The crowd’s roar provided an unmistakable soundtrack, and he knew instantly the Cubs had scored. “In the midst of that…

Cooperstown and baseball are synonymous for fans of the sport. The picturesque town of 2,000 full-time residents, swells to over 25,000 during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction weekend every July. In 2016, longtime Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds center fielder Ken Griffey Jr. and New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza joined the elite roster of hall of famers. Only 217, 1 percent of those who have played the…

DETROIT – Renovations for the baseball diamond at Calcara Park in Detroit are underway after a $25,000 grant was given by Comerica Bank. Building a new baseball diamond is the goal, and it is beginning with cleaning up the existing backdrop, removing turf, building a new infield and installing new player benches for the first phase of renovations to be finished in October. Improving player safety with the addition of…

When the Cubs‘ Starlin Castro cracked a home run in Game 3 of last year’s divisional playoff series against the Cardinals, Affan Arain was praying. Arain, who is Muslim, had excused himself from his seat and found an out-of-the-way spot in the Wrigley Field concourse for his daily evening ritual. The crowd’s roar provided an unmistakable soundtrack, and he knew instantly the Cubs had scored. “In the midst of that…

When the Cubs‘ Starlin Castro cracked a home run in Game 3 of last year’s divisional playoff series against the Cardinals, Affan Arain was praying. Arain, who is Muslim, had excused himself from his seat and found an out-of-the-way spot in the Wrigley Field concourse for his daily evening ritual. The crowd’s roar provided an unmistakable soundtrack, and he knew instantly the Cubs had scored. “In the midst of that…

In the eighth inning Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park, Manager Dusty Baker took the ball from Blake Treinen and patted the right-hander on the shoulder, gratitude for his part in stifling the Los Angeles Dodgers. The pitching change offered first baseman Ryan Zimmerman the opportunity for brief reflection. Standing on the mound as he watched Treinen march into the dugout, he looked toward second baseman Daniel Murphy and nodded toward…

The Arizona Fall League usually rolls in and out of town with little attention from anyone outside the ballpark. This year might be different though, because Tim Tebow is on the Scottsdale Scorpions roster. (Photo: 12 News) Scottsdale, Ariz. – The Arizona Fall League usually rolls in and out of town with little attention from anyone outside the ballpark. This year might be different though, because Tim Tebow is on the Scottsdale…

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: And it’s time now for sports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MARTIN: It’s the playoffs – the baseball playoffs, where heroes and goats are made, or so I’m told. Mike Pesca of “The Gist” joins us from the studios of Slate in New York. Hi, Mike. MIKE PESCA, BYLINE: Hi. The goats – let us talk of the goats. MARTIN: The goats. OK, truth be told, I’d never heard…