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Listen, if we’re being honest, I don’t care about you or your team. I’m sure you’re all very nice, and your favorite players seem lovely, for the most part. But there’s just so much baseball being churned out by my team — about 20 hours a week, the same as a part-time job — that it’s hard to make the same kind of individual connections. On the other hand,…

ESPN’s Buster Olney is on vacation this week, but he’s still compiling roundups. View his latest roundup here . Baseball is the greatest game in the world. If you need proof, look no further than the fact that baseball, like no other sport, has an amazing capacity to spark genuine and even heated debate. Baseball fans and media like nothing more than to talk about what is good and bad…

Things just keep going from bad to worse for the Los Angeles Angels . Monday night they lost their 11th consecutive game, this one to the Seattle Mariners (SEA 3, LAA 2), giving them a 49-69 record for the season. Never before has a Mike Scioscia team been this bad. The Angels are 20 games under. 500 for the first time in Mike Scioscia’s 17-year tenure as manager. — Bill…

For a town that’s as American as apple pie, add this to your bucket list: A visit to Cooperstown, New York, a picturesque spot just west of Albany where—rumor has it—baseball was invented. It’s also the one place you can walk through town carrying a baseball bat, wearing a team jersey or hat and instantly strike up conversations with fellow fans—without thinking anything about it. And, despite the fact that…

For a town that’s as American as apple pie, add this to your bucket list: A visit to Cooperstown, New York, a picturesque spot just west of Albany where—rumor has it—baseball was invented. It’s also the one place you can walk through town carrying a baseball bat, wearing a team jersey or hat and instantly strike up conversations with fellow fans—without thinking anything about it. And, despite the fact that…

For a town that’s as American as apple pie, add this to your bucket list: A visit to Cooperstown, New York, a picturesque spot just west of Albany where—rumor has it—baseball was invented. It’s also the one place you can walk through town carrying a baseball bat, wearing a team jersey or hat and instantly strike up conversations with fellow fans—without thinking anything about it. And, despite the fact that…

SCOTT COUNTY, VA (WJHL) – While a Gate City High School baseball player racked up praise for his play on the baseball field, the sex crimes he and his brother committed remained out of the spotlight until News Channel 11 asked a judge to release the records. A Community Watchdog investigation revealed almost three months after the two baseball players pleaded guilty to sexually abusing their 11-year-old neighbor at an off-campus…

There’s been a slew of heat exploding off pitcher’s mounds this year. Aroldis Champman tied an MLB record (his own) with a 105.1-mph fastball a few weeks ago, Mauricio Cabrera hit 103.8 mph the same night and Red Sox prospect Brett Kopech was said to have reached 105 mph in a Class A start last month. Pitching speeds, as a whole, are faster than they’ve ever been in baseball history. That…

For those who are unfamiliar with my thought process, I aim to add as many home run hitters as possible to my daily fantasy baseball lineups. One way of doing that is to look at a player’s isolated power numbers (ISO). The ISO statistic removes singles and provides a larger weight for each extra-base hit. I also use the weighted on-base average (wOBA) metric. This stat takes every positive outcome into consideration. Last year,…

By Sam McPherson With each passing week, it’s getting closer and closer to the end of the Major League Baseball regular season. That means there’s less time left on the fantasy baseball clock, of course, and as players get hurt, they need to be replaced in your fantasy baseball lineup. There are a lot of rookies getting the call right now in MLB, but if you want to win your…

Caption Close Chris Smith is one American Sign Language class away from completing his sociology degree at UC Riverside. The problem? The course, offered only in the fall, conflicts with his professional-baseball schedule. “If I’m delaying it,” Smith said, “I’m doing something right.” After a six-year hiatus from the majors, including a stint out of baseball, Smith, 35, is intent on relishing every relief appearance he makes. He pitched a…

AP BY: Joseph Bottum Follow @@JosephBottum August 13, 2016 4:59 am Merl Eberly came out of high school in Clarinda, Iowa—population around 5,000—determined to make baseball his career. He got his chance, signed by the Chicago White Sox in 1957 and sent for seasoning to the minor-league farm team in Holdrege, Nebraska, where he lasted 43 games, batting .281. He was cut by the White Sox the next year. So…

When you hear the name of Ty Cobb, what comes to your mind? Perhaps it’s his .366 career batting average, the highest in the history of baseball. More likely, if you know his name, it’s as a vicious racist, a bigot who sharpened his spikes. As Charles Leerhsen demonstrates in his compelling biography, “Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty,” none…

It’s been less than a week since Tim Tebow announced his intentions to make a run at a career in baseball, but the former NFL quarterback is already transitioning from signing football equipment to baseball memorabilia. Tebow is hard at work signing bats and balls for the reported price of $125 per ball and $175 per bat. If you’re more into Tebow’s new book “Shaken” you can also get a…

Tim Tebow has yet to even take the field in a baseball game, but he’s already earning big money in the sport. ESPN reported Sunday that the former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback is signing baseball bats and balls. If you want one signed, it will cost $175 for a bat, and $125 for a ball. They’re available through TD Autographs. Tebow already signing bats & balls through @TD_Autographs, $125 for…

Max Gun, who worked at the student radio station at Bloomfield Andover High, has been calling games for the L.A. Dodgers High-A affiliate the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and other teams. His voice is becoming more familiar in pro baseball, and he hopes to move up to the majors one day.(Photo: Steve Saenz/Rancho Cucamonga Quakes) Max Gun was hoping someone would give him a shot. They did and he’s had quite…

AP BY: Joseph Bottum Follow @@JosephBottum August 13, 2016 4:59 am Merl Eberly came out of high school in Clarinda, Iowa—population around 5,000—determined to make baseball his career. He got his chance, signed by the Chicago White Sox in 1957 and sent for seasoning to the minor-league farm team in Holdrege, Nebraska, where he lasted 43 games, batting .281. He was cut by the White Sox the next year. So…

Former Major League Baseball player Billy Bean waves to baseball fans after throwing out the first pitch before the start of a baseball game between the New York Mets and the San Diego Padres, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in New York. Bean threw out the pitch on the first Mets Pride Night. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Bean has come full circle,…

In the hours after the Washington Nationals announced the release of closer Jonathan Papelbon, fans took to the internet to mourn the departure of the fiery closer his teammates nicknamed the D.C. Strangler. Here are just a few of the passionate outpourings gathered from the far reaches of the internet: I’ve tripped & fallen into a well of sad Jonathan Papelbon pictures & I’m not sure I wanna be pulled…