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Irish poets learn your trade Sing whatever is well made. . . . — William Butler Yeats,“Under Ben Bulben” LOS ANGELES For 67 years, the son of Vincent and Bridget Scully, immigrants who came to New York City from County Cavan, Ireland, has been plying his trade. For eight years on the East Coast and 59 on the West Coast, on radio and television, he has strolled with Brooklyn Dodgers fans and…

Baseball bats are apparently popular in Russia. Though it’s not known for its interest in our national pastime, a report says that 500,000 bats were sold in Russia last year, per Moscow’s traffic police chief. The report also notes that only one pair of batting gloves were purchased. OK, so it’s a country full of Matt Carpenter and Wil Myers fans, right? Well, no … (via tass.com): “Road conflicts with…

Baseball bats are apparently popular in Russia. Though it’s not known for its interest in our national pastime, a report says that 500,000 bats were sold in Russia last year, per Moscow’s traffic police chief. The report also notes that only one pair of batting gloves were purchased. OK, so it’s a country full of Matt Carpenter and Wil Myers fans, right? Well, no … (via tass.com): “Road conflicts with…

The first clue that this was one of the craziest plays you’ll see is that the batboy went to retrieve what he thought was a foul ball. Instead, this baseball that was hit foul somehow spun back into fair territory and was an out. Any kind of lead-in to this video is not going to tell the story, so just watch this crazy play from Thursday night’s minor-league baseball game…

Neil Walker announced he was indeed heading for back surgery and done for the season Thursday afternoon. Not long after Terry Collins revealed Yoenis Cespedes and Asdrubal Cabrera were not starting, a nod to the continuing gimpy condition of their legs and a soaked field that made the Mets manager fret about exposing those ailments to the elements. So the Mets were minus their three best hitters this season to…

Throwing out a first pitch before a baseball game can be a harrowing experience. And let’s face it, the risks far outweigh the rewards. A great first pitch is met with either indifference, or a smattering of applause from the fans. A bad first pitch will be mocked forever. This one falls into the latter category. Prior to Wednesday’s game against the Oakland Athletics, Miss Texas Daniella Rodriguez threw out the…

Throwing out a first pitch before a baseball game can be a harrowing experience. And let’s face it, the risks far outweigh the rewards. A great first pitch is met with either indifference, or a smattering of applause from the fans. A bad first pitch will be mocked forever. This one falls into the latter category. Prior to Wednesday’s game against the Oakland Athletics, Miss Texas Daniella Rodriguez threw out the…

Tim Tebow’s baseball showcase quickly yielded a contract offer, and it could not be further from what he wanted. The Bridgeport Bluefish, a member of the independent Atlantic League, has offered the former NFL quarterback a contract to play for the team during the 2016 season. But the Bluefish are the exact type of team Tebow was trying to avoid, an organization that seems to have cornered the market…

Tim Tebow’s baseball showcase quickly yielded a contract offer, and it could not be further from what he wanted. The Bridgeport Bluefish, a member of the independent Atlantic League, has offered the former NFL quarterback a contract to play for the team during the 2016 season. But the Bluefish are the exact type of team Tebow was trying to avoid, an organization that seems to have cornered the market on ridiculous…

As we turn the calendar to September, MLB teams can expand their rosters. We’ll see some minor-league depth come up, we’ll see players return from injury without necessarily having to displace a player on the roster and — the most exciting part — we’ll see some prospects. The top one is coming, too. The Red Sox announced on Wednesday night that infielder Yoan Moncada will join the team from Double-A…

Tim Tebow’s baseball showcase quickly yielded a contract offer, and it could not be further from what he wanted. The Bridgeport Bluefish, a member of the independent Atlantic League, has offered the former NFL quarterback a contract to play for the team during the 2016 season. But the Bluefish are the exact type of team Tebow was trying to avoid, an organization that seems to have cornered the market on ridiculous…

As we turn the calendar to September, MLB teams can expand their rosters. We’ll see some minor-league depth come up, we’ll see players return from injury without necessarily having to displace a player on the roster and — the most exciting part — we’ll see some prospects. The top one is coming, too. The Red Sox announced on Wednesday night that infielder Yoan Moncada will join the team from Double-A…

Well, this is kind of terrifying: Some 500,000 baseball bats were sold in Russia last year, Moscow’s traffic police chief said on Tuesday, presuming that buyers were drivers as the game is not popular in the country. “Road conflicts with drivers using weapons, bats and knives have become more frequent,” Viktor Kovalenko said, adding that car salons have started selling baseball bats. According to a TASS report from last September…

Terry Cannon, executive director of the Baseball Reliquary, recently launched an exhibit at the Burbank Central Library called “Feeling the Heat: Cuba’s Baseball Heritage,” which highlights Cuba’s extensive history in the sport. The Baseball Reliquary is a nonprofit organization that Cannon, a Pasadena librarian, runs and is a traveling baseball museum of sorts. It has organized numerous exhibits that have been on display in Burbank, Pasadena, South Pasadena and Arcadia….

At the plate, Tebow struggled to make contact, though he did crush one fastball well out of the park. In the field, ESPN reported, he “looked mechanical at times, had a misstep or two with his footwork, and showed a throwing arm that one scout gave a 40 grade.” (On baseball’s 20 to 80 scouting scale, with 80 being the highest, baseball website Fangraphs says 50 is the major league…

As we turn the calendar to September, MLB teams can expand their rosters. We’ll see some minor-league depth come up, we’ll see players return from injury without necessarily having to displace a player on the roster and — the most exciting part — we’ll see some prospects. The top one is coming, too. The Red Sox announced on Wednesday night that infielder Yoan Moncada will join the team from Double-A…

At the plate, Tebow struggled to make contact, though he did crush one fastball well out of the park. In the field, ESPN reported, he “looked mechanical at times, had a misstep or two with his footwork, and showed a throwing arm that one scout gave a 40 grade.” (On baseball’s 20 to 80 scouting scale, with 80 being the highest, baseball website Fangraphs says 50 is the major league…

Terry Cannon, executive director of the Baseball Reliquary, recently launched an exhibit at the Burbank Central Library called “Feeling the Heat: Cuba’s Baseball Heritage,” which highlights Cuba’s extensive history in the sport. The Baseball Reliquary is a nonprofit organization that Cannon, a Pasadena librarian, runs and is a traveling baseball museum of sorts. It has organized numerous exhibits that have been on display in Burbank, Pasadena, South Pasadena and Arcadia….

SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 1 (UPI) — Baseball superstar Mike Trout was involved in a serious car crash Wednesday evening in which two other people were injured, authorities said. Trout, the All-Star outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels was driving home after the teams’s Wednesday evening game and his car collided with one or more cars as they tried to avoid another accident on the freeway. Trout was uninjured, but…

At the plate, Tebow struggled to make contact, though he did crush one fastball well out of the park. In the field, ESPN reported, he “looked mechanical at times, had a misstep or two with his footwork, and showed a throwing arm that one scout gave a 40 grade.” (On baseball’s 20 to 80 scouting scale, with 80 being the highest, baseball website Fangraphs says 50 is the major league…