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CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Boston College junior righthander Mike King found out he had just become part of the Miami Marlins organization after the first inning of Saturday’s elimination game against the Miami Hurricanes. He had gotten out of a two-on, one-out jam with two strikeouts when he returned to the dugout and heard from his teammates that the Marlins had made him a 12th-round pick. Advertisement King, trying to…

MIDDLETOWN — The No. 1 team in The Courant state ratings recorded another No. 1 Saturday when it became the first high school baseball team in Connecticut history to win four consecutive championships. Amity-Woodbridge defeated Warde-Fairfield 4-3 on a bases-loaded walk to Max Scheps in the bottom of the seventh inning in the Class LL final at Palmer Field. When Amity coach Sal Coppola accepted the championship plaque, his players…

For Portland’s newest baseball team, the crack of a bat sounds about as good as the pop of a freshly opened pickle jar. The Portland Pickles slid into town for the first home game of their inaugural season at Lents Park’s Walker Stadium Friday night. The rainy weather took a pause and gave way to a perfect night for baseball as throngs of enthusiastic fans came out to see the wonderfully…

On a night that saw three national seeds lose on their home fields, no upset was more shocking than Arizona’s 1-0 win over SEC heavyweight Mississippi State. The Wildcats, the last staggering survivor of the downtrodden Pac-12, were an afterthought heading into the super regionals and given little chance to win Friday in Starkville. The pitching matchup alone was enough to write off Arizona. Mississippi State threw shutdown ace…

Baseball is often referred to as America’s Pastime and a local league is providing the opportunity for all to enjoy the game. “There’s an awesome feeling when you give a kid a chance to play a game that before he was only able to watch from the other side of the fence,” said California District 10 Little League Administrator Mike Gentry. Mission accomplished for this central valley little league baseball…

BATON ROUGE, La (WGNO) — On Saturday evening, LSU baseball will face Coastal Carolina in the Super Regional at Alex Box Stadium. This will be Coach Paul Mainieri’s 6th Super Regional with the Tigers. Alex Lange is the starting pitcher on Saturday. Coach Mainieri said Lange is rested and is pitching the best baseball he has all year. Coach Mainieri said Lange will be facing a tough lineup in the…

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The 2016 baseball championship is down to 16 teams competing at eight Super Regional sites this weekend for the right to advance to the College World Series in Omaha. Four sites host games for their best-of-three series on Friday and Saturday with an if-necessary Game 3 on Sunday, while the other four sites will play Saturday and Sunday with the possibility of Monday. The College World Series begins…

Immediate gratification is now possible for baseball card collectors thanks to the Topps Company. They’ve given an update to the old-school classics for this year’s season with its new initiative, Topps Now. The company originally started selling baseball cards 65 years ago as a way to increase candy sales. Topps would place a few cards in a pack along with a slab of bubblegum. The candy would leave a sugary…

The 2016 NCAA Baseball Tournament’s first weekend featured 101 games in the round of 64. The field has now been whittled down to 16 teams paired off into eight super regional sites, where they’ll play a best of three head-to-head series for the right to go to Omaha for the College World Series proper. Opening weekend saw a handful of upsets send some powerhouses packing. No. 7 national seed Clemson…

Thought last weekend’s ugly regional sweep meant you could stop stressing about Rebel baseball until next February? Think again. The MLB Draft, which runs Thursday through Saturday, will have a major say in whether Ole Miss can improve its postseason performance in 2017. Depending on how high they’re selected, draft-eligible guys like J.B. Woodman, Errol Robinson and Brady Bramlett will be deciding whether to turn pro or come back to…

Matt Manning was planning to play baseball and basketball in college after excelling in both sports for Sheldon High School in Sacramento, Calif. But the Detroit Tigers expect Manning’s long-term future to be on the baseball field despite the fact he committed to play both sports at Loyola Marymount. The Tigers selected the hard-throwing right-handed pitcher with the ninth pick in the first round of Thursday’s Major League Baseball draft…

One by one, chronicled by no less a chronicler than The New York Times, the baseball cards of my youth are dying.   Back in December, it was former Boston Red Sox third baseman Frank Malzone. More recently, it was former Detroit Tiger second baseman Dick McAuliffe. Even more recently, it was Jim Ray Hart, who many years ago made something of a name for himself as a solid, if…

Matt Manning was planning to play baseball and basketball in college after excelling in both sports for Sheldon High School in Sacramento, Calif. But the Detroit Tigers expect Manning’s long-term future to be on the baseball field despite the fact he committed to play both sports at Loyola Marymount. The Tigers selected the hard-throwing right-handed pitcher with the ninth pick in the first round of Thursday’s Major League Baseball draft…

A capsule look at the top 10 picks in the Major League Baseball draft on Thursday night: — 1. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES MICKEY MONIAK, OF, La Costa Canyon H.S. (California), 6-foot-2, 190 pounds. First high school outfielder to be selected No. 1 since Tampa Bay drafted Delmon Young in 2003. Tremendous athlete considered five-tool talent whose stock rose throughout senior season. Left-handed hitter is consistent to all fields with solid power…

Matt Manning was planning to play baseball and basketball in college after excelling in both sports for Sheldon High School in Sacramento, Calif. But the Detroit Tigers expect Manning’s long-term future to be on the baseball field despite the fact he committed to play both sports at Loyola Marymount. The Tigers selected the hard-throwing right-handed pitcher with the ninth pick in the first round of Thursday’s Major League Baseball draft…

In the wake of a brawl in Baltimore, Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura was hit with a nine-game suspension on Thursday. The Royals will appeal the decision, which could allow Ventura to make his next start on Monday, but the penalty from Major League Baseball provided the latest fallout from a wild tussle with Orioles shortstop Manny Machado on Tuesday night at Camden Yards. Machado, 23, received a four-game suspension for…

It was business as usual during the Monee Village Board meeting Wednesday night with Mayor Jay Farquhar presiding. No one commented about an incident involving Farquhar and an umpire at a baseball game between 7- and 8-year-olds Saturday in which, according to the umpire, his jaw was broken by a punch thrown by Farquhar, a coach for one of the teams. But after the 30-minute board meeting — the first…