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This past weekend, Pakistan competed against teams representing Brazil, Great Britain, and Israel in World Baseball Classic qualifiers at MCU Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn. They were swept in the double-elimination tournament, losing to Brazil on Thursday afternoon and Great Britain Friday night, but the box scores don’t do much to describe what they brought to the competition. Advertisement This was Team Pakistan’s first time playing on a proper, manicured…

8:24 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment So here we are, in September baseball nirvana. It’s a beautiful thing. Seven teams are scrambling for the finish line in the last week of the regular season, within two games of a playoff spot. Twelve teams are still mathematically in contention. Nine games on the schedule Tuesday night involve those teams. And here we are, trying to watch or follow…

This past weekend, Pakistan competed against teams representing Brazil, Great Britain, and Israel in World Baseball Classic qualifiers at MCU Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn. They were swept in the double-elimination tournament, losing to Brazil on Thursday afternoon and Great Britain Friday night, but the box scores don’t do much to describe what they brought to the competition. Advertisement This was Team Pakistan’s first time playing on a proper, manicured…

No young player with such little experience had more upside, was more destined for greatness and was more capable and willing to touch other people’s lives through his passion for baseball and zest for life. On Monday, a baseball game was played in Miami that amounted to a nine-inning memorial — Miami teammates all wore Fernandez 16 jerseys, got on-field greetings from the Mets before the game and encircled the…

8:24 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment So here we are, in September baseball nirvana. It’s a beautiful thing. Seven teams are scrambling for the finish line in the last week of the regular season, within two games of a playoff spot. Twelve teams are still mathematically in contention. Nine games on the schedule Tuesday night involve those teams. And here we are, trying to watch or follow…

This past weekend, Pakistan competed against teams representing Brazil, Great Britain, and Israel in World Baseball Classic qualifiers at MCU Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn. They were swept in the double-elimination tournament, losing to Brazil on Thursday afternoon and Great Britain Friday night, but the box scores don’t do much to describe what they brought to the competition. Advertisement This was Team Pakistan’s first time playing on a proper, manicured…

Heading into the final week of the regular season, the MLB playoff picture is almost settled. Although a handful of wild-card spots are still unclaimed, every division in baseball is all but locked up. This year has been one of the more imbalanced years in recent memory, featuring the 100-game-winning Cubs alongside the (likely) sub-60-win Twins, and the lack of parity has been good for statistical projection systems. After a…

No young player with such little experience had more upside, was more destined for greatness and was more capable and willing to touch other people’s lives through his passion for baseball and zest for life. On Monday, a baseball game was played in Miami that amounted to a nine-inning memorial — Miami teammates all wore Fernandez 16 jerseys, got on-field greetings from the Mets before the game and encircled the…

11:41 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment The stories about Jose Fernandez continue to be told, about his personality and his passion and presence, and you almost have to remind yourself that he was 24 years old because he somehow managed to touch so many others in such a short time. It seems like he shared time with just about everyone in the game, moments that have become…

5:08 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment So here we are, in September baseball nirvana. It’s a beautiful thing. Seven teams are scrambling for the finish line in the last week of the regular season, within two games of a playoff spot. Twelve teams are still mathematically in contention. Nine games on the schedule Tuesday night involve those teams. And here we are, trying to watch or follow…

This past weekend, Pakistan competed against teams representing Brazil, Great Britain, and Israel in World Baseball Classic qualifiers at MCU Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn. They were swept in the double-elimination tournament, losing to Brazil on Thursday afternoon and Great Britain Friday night, but the box scores don’t do much to describe what they brought to the competition. Advertisement This was Team Pakistan’s first time playing on a proper, manicured…

11:41 AM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment The stories about Jose Fernandez continue to be told, about his personality and his passion and presence, and you almost have to remind yourself that he was 24 years old because he somehow managed to touch so many others in such a short time. It seems like he shared time with just about everyone in the game, moments that have become…

The season began back in early March, with a cover story in ESPN The Magazine in which Bryce Harper, the 23-year-old reigning MVP of the Washington Nationals, declared that baseball is “a tired sport.” Why hasn’t Dez Bryant had an MRI yet? Will Hardy get another chance to play in NFL? Louisville-Clemson big swing game of Heisman season Mattingly proud of team in aftermath of tragedy It will end with…

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TOKYO (AP) A Japanese court has convicted the brother of Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish of gambling on baseball games, handing him a suspended prison sentence. The Osaka District Court on Tuesday found Sho Darvish guilty of taking hundreds of bets on Major League Baseball and professional baseball games in Japan last year. The court said the 27-year-old younger brother of Yu Darvish was sentenced to two years and four…

An old baseball glove your child wore during Little League practice. A home run ball that you caught during a game. Photos of your grandfather, who used to play in the minor leagues. Do you have any of these items stashed away? Because a new initiative from the Smithsonian is looking for them. The National Museum of American History from the Smithsonian is working to present “Latinos and Baseball: In…

1:05 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Here we are: one week to go. The division races are all wrapped up, with only a few bows left to be tied. The AL’s best record is still up for grabs, but most of the attention will be directed toward the wild-card races. Let’s examine the final week (with playoff odds courtesy of FiveThirtyEight.com). American League Toronto Blue Jays (86-69,…

MIAMI (AP) Dee Gordon and the Miami Marlins wore their emotions on the sleeves of their No. 16 jerseys. Jose Fernandez would have loved it. Gordon homered leading off the first inning for the Marlins, who totaled 14 hits and mixed cheers with the tears of the past two days by beating the New York Mets 7-3 on Monday night in their first game since Fernandez died in a boating…

Baseball is mourning the tragic loss of a star player. Listen to the Story. PRI.org Pitcher Jose Fernandez of the Miami Marlins died over the weekend in a boating accident. The 24-year-old Fernandez was beloved by the team, and by the wider Miami community. “He was one of us,” writes Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago. Santiago says there was a special connection between the player and the city due in…