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This week’s Badges for Baseball session in Aberdeen was a little different than others this summer, as rising country music star Matt Stillwell was at the practice Wednesday to throw around the ball and pitch and catch. The baseball fan and singer has a new single out, “Hey Dad,” and appeared with Badges for Baseball through his partnership with the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, which sponsors the program. Stillwell played…

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Zach Frazee is recovering after he was struck in the chest by a baseball, which stopped his heart. (Photo: KHOU) DEER PARK, Texas — We often hear about impact injuries in football, hockey or boxing, but one family almost lost their son earlier this month when he was hit in the chest during a baseball game. The Frazee family says their 13-year-old son Zach was at one of his many…

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says more rule changes are needed to improve the pace of play, and one proposal under consideration is a limitation on relief pitching changes in an inning or a game. The majors shaved several minutes off the average game time last season, but games have been slightly longer in 2016. “We’ve slipped back a little bit this year, and pace of play is…

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ATLANTA — DRIVEN: Travel Baseball — Chasing the Dream presented by Toyota debuts Sunday, August 7, at 5:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports South following the Atlanta Braves vs. St. Louis Cardinals telecast with an encore showing at 10:00 p.m. ET. This latest episode of the Emmy Award-winning series will also be available on FOX Sports GO (FOXSportsGo.com), a free app that provides live streaming video of content televised on…

You know what they say: in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes, and baseball being really weird, pretty much all the time. As of right now, the 2016 Braves are the worst team in baseball. But, like Tolstoy would have said had he known that baseball existed, every really bad baseball team is woeful in its own manner. But also, weird in its…

Nashaun Hunter, Darren Dawson and Tejmitra Singh plead guilty to charges in fatal shooting of 23-year-old Michael Nolan. (Westchester County DA) YONKERS, N.Y. — Three of the four men charged in the death of baseball prospect Michael Nolan have pleaded guilty on Wednesday. Nashaun Hunter was charged with manslaughter, and Tejmitra Singh and Darren Dawson were charged with assault, Westchester County District Attorney said. On Sept. 18, 2015, Nolan, 23, and a group of…

SAN FRANCISCO — When a baseball-loving boy stopped Oakland reliever Sean Doolittle by chance Monday to check out the A’s bandanna worn by the pitcher’s dog, the little guy got an impromptu opportunity to play shadow baseball with a big leaguer. Doolittle and girlfriend Eireann Dolan were walking their Rhodesian Ridgeback dog, Stella, on Monday afternoon in San Francisco when 5-year-old Jordan stopped them to inquire about the dog’s accessory…

Major League Baseball on Wednesday announced the 25 teams that will play in the Reviving Baseball In Inner Cities (RBI) World Series, set for next month in Cincinnati. Two of the teams that made the field call Harrisburg home. Harrisburg’s RBI baseball team and Harrisburg’s RBI softball team will play in the World Series, on tap for August 3-16. According to a release from Major League Baseball, the baseball championship…

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A Virginia baseball player was saved when his teammate administered CPR moments after he was struck in the chest by a baseball. The Manassas baseball team was practicing for the Southeast Regional Tournament on July 14 when the catcher threw the ball and hit Steve Smith directly in the chest, according to Steve’s father Tim. “His heart stopped immediately,” Smith said, who is also the team’s coach. “When you get…

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Jefferson’s Scott Trail, left, catches the ball to get an out on Manchester’s Dan Sepic at second base during Central League baseball action in Manchester on Monday(Photo: Dawn J. Sagert, York Dispatch) Story Highlights Austin Allison and Dan Sepic played key roles for Manchester. Joe Jasinski, Jared Kashner, and Jordan Witmer each had two hits for Jefferson. Manchester is now 17-9-1, while Jefferson is 14-6-3. MANCHESTER — Austin Allison spent last…

Baltimore — Adam Jones scored the winning run in the 10th inning on a low throw to the plate by pitcher Jordan Lyles, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 on Monday night for their fifth straight victory. Jones reached on a one-out single off the third-base bag and took third on a single by Jonathan Schoop. Manny Machado followed with a comebacker to Lyles, who fumbled…

Few things in baseball make me more uncomfortable as a television viewer than when a pitcher is making his Major League debut and the camera is trained on his parents. It’s not as big a deal when a hitter plays in his first big league game, because if he strikes out, hey, strikeouts happen all the time — get back out there, rook. But when a pitcher takes the mound,…

A Manassas, Virginia, teenager went into cardiac arrest after an unusual play on a baseball diamond in mid-July. His life was saved by the quick actions of a teammate, bringing the two players and friends closer. Steve Smith is fortunate to be able to play ping pong with Paul Dow, a friend and baseball teammate who Smith said saved his life. “I shouldn’t be alive, and I’m just blessed to…

Few things in baseball make me more uncomfortable as a television viewer than when a pitcher is making his Major League debut and the camera is trained on his parents. It’s not as big a deal when a hitter plays in his first big league game, because if he strikes out, hey, strikeouts happen all the time — get back out there, rook. But when a pitcher takes the mound,…

BASEBALL: Kelsie Whitmore chases dream of being a pro baseball player Share Pin It More Galleries Focus on your game, Kelsie Whitmore told herself. Just play ball. It was a Friday, the first weekend of July, a few hours before Whitmore’s first game with the Sonoma Stompers, an independent-league men’s baseball team in California that plays in the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs. Whitmore, a 5-foot-6 outfielder/pitcher,…

The Chicago Cubs acquired hard-throwing reliever Aroldis Chapman in a trade with the New York Yankees on Monday, giving the N.L. Central leaders a boost as they try for their first World Series title in more than a century. The Cubs paid a steep price, parting with top shortstop prospect Gleyber Torres, versatile pitcher Adam Warren and minor league outfielders Billy McKinney and Rashad Crawford. Chapman, who was rumored to…