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You’ll often hear a lot in the first few months of the season about “The Super Two Deadline,” but that’s kind of a misnomer. There is no deadline. There is no one date after which teams can just call players up without worrying about losing a year of cost-control, which is why there isn’t one day when we are inundated by a deluge of callups. Instead, it’s usually a trick;…

Six days before Americans gathered to celebrate the nation’s bicentennial, attention was drawn to Detroit where 18 million viewers watching ABC’s “Monday Night Baseball” were first introduced to Tigers rookie pitcher Mark (The Bird) Fidrych when he faced the first-place New York Yankees. Though the game — Tuesday marks 40 years ago to the day — was blacked out in Detroit, 48,000 fans who packed into Tiger Stadium were treated…

  It has been said that one of the greatest things about baseball in comparison to other major team sports is that there is no clock. You can’t take a knee, dribble out the clock or chip the puck down the ice to preserve a lead. You need 27 outs, and until you get them the team that is trailing still has hope. This is a beautiful aspect of baseball…

The book was called “How Dogs are Better than Cats.” The reasoning was sound — dogs will save you from a fire, or alert you to burglars in your home. Cats will cower under a couch. And in the dream weeks that followed this month’s Major League Baseball draft, the author’s proud father has shown it to a few close friends as he accepted their congratulations. He flipped to the…

A weed-infested golf course at Fort Bragg has bloomed into a major league-quality baseball field on the vast U.S. Army post. The finishing touches are being put on the ballpark where the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins will play on July 3. The salute-the-troops game will cap an ambitious four-month project to create the temporary ballpark from scratch. “I couldn’t be happier with the progress that the team has made,”…

Indians 9, Tigers 3 Box Score Indians improve to 44-30 — It’s getting difficult to write actual, solid analysis about this baseball team. I’m sure that a better human would be able to sit down and string together some coherent thoughts. Maybe the Indians did something in the third inning that could have gone a little bit better. Maybe we could sit here and pick the…

The book was called “How Dogs are Better than Cats.” The reasoning was sound — dogs will save you from a fire, or alert you to burglars in your home. Cats will cower under a couch. And in the dream weeks that followed this month’s Major League Baseball draft, the author’s proud father has shown it to a few close friends as he accepted their congratulations. He flipped to the…

The book was called “How Dogs are Better than Cats.” The reasoning was sound — dogs will save you from a fire, or alert you to burglars in your home. Cats will cower under a couch. And in the dream weeks that followed this month’s Major League Baseball draft, the author’s proud father has shown it to a few close friends as he accepted their congratulations. He flipped to the…

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A weed-infested golf course at Fort Bragg has bloomed into a major league-quality baseball field on the vast U.S. Army post. The finishing touches are being put on the ballpark where the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins will play on July 3. The salute-the-troops game will cap an ambitious four-month project to create the temporary ballpark from scratch. “I couldn’t be happier…

Welcome to today’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the brand-spanking new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Let’s get to today’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. Five Things to Watch: 1. Here are the three highest projected over/unders, provided by OddsShark…   2. Weather: Should be all clear, but keep an eye on the White Sox and Royals games…

Down, then up. Back and forth he goes. This is the career of Jackie Bradley Jr. since, in 2013, becoming the youngest Red Sox Opening Day outfield starter since Dwight Evans four decades prior. Maybe he isn’t as good as he is during a hot streak, nor as bad as he is during a slump. To get to know Bradley is to understand that, to him, perspective is everything. “I…

Down, then up. Back and forth he goes. This is the career of Jackie Bradley Jr. since, in 2013, becoming the youngest Red Sox Opening Day outfield starter since Dwight Evans four decades prior. Maybe he isn’t as good as he is during a hot streak, nor as bad as he is during a slump. To get to know Bradley is to understand that, to him, perspective is everything. “I…

The book was called “How Dogs are Better than Cats.” The reasoning was sound — dogs will save you from a fire, or alert you to burglars in your home. Cats will cower under a couch. And in the dream weeks that followed this month’s Major League Baseball draft, the author’s proud father has shown it to a few close friends as he accepted their congratulations. He flipped to the…

“We’re looking forward to it, it will be fun, but we want to stress safety,” Lichtenstein said. “As you can imagine — our guys, athletic guys with blindfolds on, who have never played it before — we want to make sure no accidents occur.”

New York — Starlin Castro drove home the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning with a sharp one-hopper scored an error on shortstop Eduardo Escobar, and the New York Yankees edged the Minnesota Twins 2-1 Saturday with more dominant pitching from the back end of their bullpen. Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller (5-0) and Aroldis Chapman combined to throw three scoreless innings for the third straight game. They had teamed…

Down, then up. Back and forth he goes. This is the career of Jackie Bradley Jr. since, in 2013, becoming the youngest Red Sox Opening Day outfield starter since Dwight Evans four decades prior. Maybe he isn’t as good as he is during a hot streak, nor as bad as he is during a slump. To get to know Bradley is to understand that, to him, perspective is everything. “I…

After taking runner-up in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4A baseball title series, Green Hope is the top team in The News & Observer’s final area rankings. It’s the first time the Falcons have taken the final No. 1 spot, finishing second in 2014 and third in 2013. South Granville, last year’s No. 1, took No. 2 after finishing runner-up in the 2A title series. No. 3 Cardinal Gibbons,…

Coastal Carolina University’s baseball team beat TCU 7-4 on Saturday to advance to the College World Series championship series. The Chanticleers will face Arizona in a best-off-three series starting Monday for the national title. Coastal Carolina got on the board first when Tyler Chadwick hit a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning. The Chanticleers extended their lead to 3-0 in the third inning. Anthony…

Young baseball players in Salinas had a big day Saturday. The Junior Giants held their big opener and Hartnell College hosted a baseball workshop with former pro baseball players. The Junior Giants are part of the Salinas Police Activities League, with officers serving as coaches. More than 1,000 young players signed up to play in the free league. Salinas Junior Giants Director Angel Gonzalez said this is a way to…