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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…

Mayor Rahm Emanuel will be on hand today for a celebration rally in honor of the Clear Ridge Baseball team’s Senior League World Series title. The event kicks off at noon today at the Hale Park Baseball diamond, 6258 W. 62nd St. According to DNAinfo.com, Clear Ridge Championship T-shirts will be available for purchase at the rally. After the rally, a DJ will play music from 1-3 p.m. A concession stand will be stocked…

So now Tim Tebow, a left-handed power hitting outfielder, wants to be an MLB player after the NFL thing didn’t quite work out. If he throws a baseball anything like he throws a football, he will short hop the cutoff man and sail throws from the outfield over the catcher’s head. And if he ever hits a home run and then “Tebows” at home plate, he can…

On a field with an all-dirt infield and a slightly askew scoreboard in left-center field, Frank Scott liked what he saw. Black boys faced each other in shallow right field, tossing a baseball back and forth from a short distance. On a sunny morning recently, they had gloves on their hands and smiles on their faces, thankful for what Scott has provided them. An opportunity. “I was just going out…

So now Tim Tebow, a left-handed power hitting outfielder, wants to be an MLB player after the NFL thing didn’t quite work out. If he throws a baseball anything like he throws a football, he will short hop the cutoff man and sail throws from the outfield over the catcher’s head. And if he ever hits a home run and then “Tebows” at home plate, he can…

I went to a pillow fight the other night, and a baseball game broke out. It was between innings at a Walla Walla Sweets game. With a big-league windup, Perry Roeder delivered a sweeping curve that missed his sister-in-law Trudy’s head but knocked her off balance, and off the wooden beam. One more set-to and she was done in the best two out of three. Then it was back to…

NEW YORK — Look: If you dare defend Alex Rodriguez in any fashion, you bother people. I get that, but I don’t fully get why, as it seems extremely obvious to me, as an adult, that ballplayers are human beings and human beings make mistakes constantly, and that none of us can accurately guess exactly which mistakes we’d make ourselves in the same situations. I know full well that this…

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,…

There is no perfect athlete — no player who exuded nothing but virtue both on and off the field. You can’t find one in this day and age, and if you had a time machine, you wouldn’t be able to go back and find one either. Some imperfect players carry more baggage than others. Some players keep their faults under wraps; some have to wear them like scarlet letters. But…

There is no perfect athlete — no player who exuded nothing but virtue both on and off the field. You can’t find one in this day and age, and if you had a time machine, you wouldn’t be able to go back and find one either. Some imperfect players carry more baggage than others. Some players keep their faults under wraps; some have to wear them like scarlet letters. But…

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,…

“Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball,” wrote Columbia University scholar Jacques Barzun in 1954. In the history of baseball, great attention has been justifiably been paid to the sport’s important role in battling racism. The moment when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier will always be one of baseball’s most memorable. Less noticed in our national  pastime‘s history has been its contribution…

Baseball writer Dan Schlossberg, left, with the former Atlanta Brave and Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz. (Courtesy of Dan Schlossberg) (JTA) – For many, summer is all about the three B’s: baseball, beaches and books. With the weather and pennant races sizzling, two journalists and the mayor of baseball’s mythical home village of Cooperstown, New York — all Jewish — have provided their takes about a sport that has…

Ever since the steroid era, baseball fans have been cautious about reading too much into unexpected leaps in player performance. Today’s jaded rooters assume that performance-enhancing drugs are to blame, somehow, whenever a player experiences a breakout or the league undergoes a transformation. So it’s no surprise that, with home runs flying out of parks at nearly an all-time high in 2016, many have reacted by assigning the responsibility to…

“Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball,” wrote Columbia University scholar Jacques Barzun in 1954. In the history of baseball, great attention has been justifiably been paid to the sport’s important role in battling racism. The moment when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier will always be one of baseball’s most memorable. Less noticed in our national  pastime‘s history has been its contribution…

Netflix-and-Cheer Night: All fans in attendance can watch “Mean Girls” on the Jumbotron while rooting for the home team. Unless “Mean Girls” isn’t on Netflix. (It was last time I checked, but that doesn’t mean anything.) If “Mean Girls” isn’t available, the crowd can look on as someone scrolls through other movie titles until the game is over or another worthwhile option is found—whichever occurs first. Followed by fireworks. Heartburn-Prevention…

Ever since the steroid era, baseball fans have been cautious about reading too much into unexpected leaps in player performance. Today’s jaded rooters assume that performance-enhancing drugs are to blame, somehow, whenever a player experiences a breakout or the league undergoes a transformation. So it’s no surprise that, with home runs flying out of parks at nearly an all-time high in 2016, many have reacted by assigning the responsibility to…

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Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Special needs children throughout South Florida will soon have the opportunity of a lifetime when they get to play baseball on their own dedicated and specially designed baseball field. That’s because the Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department and the Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade in partnership with the Miracle League of Miami-Dade County (MLOMD) and the Marlins Foundation will break ground on Saturday afternoon on the…