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K.J. Pilcher The Gazette More stories from K.J. CEDAR RAPIDS — Baseball has played a major role in Spencer Van Scoyoc’s life. The family tradition is well known. His grandfather, Jim Van Scoyoc is a member of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, leading Norway to seven state titles and winning 850 games. His dad, Aaron Van Scoyoc, competed in college, getting drafted by the…

Fifth-seeded N.C. State plays in No. 1 seeded Miami’s group in this week’s ACC baseball tournament, the league announced Sunday. Duke will play Tuesday against Wake Forest. North Carolina missed the tournament after losing its weekend series with the Wolfpack. Pairings and game times were set for the championship, which gets underway Tuesday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Miami (43-10, 21-7) earned the No. 1 overall seed and will head…

Buy Photo Morris County Challenger Little Leaguer Tyler Martin, 12, of Basking Ridge, catches a ball as the Pirates faced the Red Sox on Sunday.(Photo: Alexandra Pais/Correspondent)Buy Photo MORRISTOWN – Geoffrey Gallotto sat in his wheelchair, aluminum baseball bat cocked across home plate. As his father lofted pitches toward him, Gallotto took swing after swing, shaking the New York Mets baseball cap hanging off the back of the chair. When…

K.J. Pilcher The Gazette More stories from K.J. CEDAR RAPIDS — Baseball has played a major role in Spencer Van Scoyoc’s life. The family tradition is well known. His grandfather, Jim Van Scoyoc is a member of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, leading Norway to seven state titles and winning 850 games. His dad, Aaron Van Scoyoc, competed in college, getting drafted by the…

Here’s this week’s look around the baseball blogosphere: Outfield Fly Rule runs down the qualities the Braves should be looking for in their next manager. The 3rd Man In has an interview with MLB.com prospect guru Jim Callis, who answers questions regarding the upcoming draft. Clubhouse Corner profiles and chats with Diamondbacks pitching prospect Tyler Wagner. Super Two Sports argues that the Phillies should trade for Brewers star outfielder Ryan…

Get all of Michael Beller’s columns as soon as they’re published. Download the new Sports Illustrated app (iOS or Android) and personalize your experience by following your favorite teams and SI writers. The Blue Jays mashed their way to the ALCS last year on the strength of the league’s best offense. With MVP Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion leading the way, the Blue Jays led the majors with a .344…

MUMFORD – Few things could drop for Lake Travis in the third game of its best-of-three series against Conroe Oak Ridge, except for the Cavs’ spot in the postseason. Oak Ridge (22-13) eliminated the No. 3 Cavaliers (33-4-1) from the Class 6A regional quarterfinals with a 2-0 win at Mumford High School’s baseball field behind a stellar showing from pitcher Jacory Boudreaux. The slick southpaw held Lake Travis to just…

Saturday’s results officially established the bracket what should be a stacked SEC baseball tournament in Hoover next week. With a win on Saturday, Mississippi State was able to land the No. 1 overall seed in the 2016 SEC baseball tournament. It beat out Texas A&M which fell to the No. 3 seed with Eastern Division winner South Carolina taking the No. 2 seed. Alabama was the only in-state school to…

B1G HIGHLIGHT – The Minnesota baseball team stands on the field to watch the results of the Nebraska vs. Indiana game. Watch their reaction here. The Big Ten released the 2016 Big Ten Baseball Tournament bracket on Saturday, with Minnesota securing the top seed after finishing the Big Ten season with a 16-7 conference record. [ MORE: View the official Big Ten Baseball Tournament bracket ] The tournament will feature…

BATON ROUGE – With the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth inning, first baseman Greg Deichmann hit a bases-clearing double to the gap in left-center field to lead eight-ranked LSU to a 7-3 series clincher over the top-ranked Florida Gators Saturday afternoon at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. With a 7-3 lead after six innings, junior Parker Bugg entered the game in relief of Riley Smith…

Caption Close The Coachella Valley estate of Oakland A’s outfielder Coco Crisp is on the market for $9.95 million. The Coachella Valley estate of Oakland A’s outfielder Coco Crisp is on the market for $9.95 million. Photo: David Blank The Coachella Valley estate of Oakland A’s outfielder Coco Crisp is on the market for $9.95 million. The Coachella Valley estate of Oakland A’s outfielder Coco Crisp is on the market…

St. Paul Saints co-owner Mike Veeck celebrated the start of the team’s 24th season on Thursday at CHS Field, their 2-year-old Lowertown ballpark that last year received architectural accolades across baseball. Mike Veeck, owner of the Saint Paul Saints (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi) Veeck, who has operated the Saints since 1993 under a business plan known as “Fun is Good,” relishes the extracurricular promotions he has used over the years…

Timothy Hurst/The Eagle Aggie baseball team in position to win first SEC title Texas A&M third baseman Boomer White hits a home run against Ole Miss pitcher David Parkinson on Friday at Blue Bell Park. TEXAS A&M BASEBALL • Matchup: Ole Miss at Texas A&M • Where: Blue Bell Park • Game 1: A&M 6-1 • Game 2: A&M 11-5 • Game 3: 2 p.m. Saturday • Records: A&M (41-12,…

Scoreboard-watching in May? You might think it’s way too early in the season for such things, but it happened Friday night at Target Field. Right around 9:10 p.m., the right-field video board flashed “Final.” Atlanta had wrapped up its 11th victory, 7-1 at Philadelphia. And the Twins officially owned the worst record in baseball. “It’s challenging,” manager Paul Molitor said about an hour later, after his free-falling team cemented its…

It’s Day 4 of the state high school baseball tournament in Montgomery. The weather will certainly be more challenging today than the first three days. Check back frequently throughout the day for updates and comment on your favorite team below. RELATED: UMS-Wright sweeps to Class 4A title RELATED: Hewitt-Trussville beats Auburn in Game 1 of Class 6A series RELATED: Russellville 5, Faith Academy 3; Golden Tigers win Class 5A title LAST…

Oregon State at USC Where: Dedeaux Field (Los Angeles) When: 7:05 p.m. On air: Pac-12 Network Records: Oregon State (30-18, 11-13 Pac-12) at USC (24-25, 12-12 Pac-12) Pac-12 standings: Oregon State is in a four-team tie for seventh with California, Stanford and UCLA. USC is tied for fifth place with Oregon. RPI: Oregon State: 60. USC: 99. All-time series: USC leads 51-28. Last 5 years: Oregon State leads 8-7. Last year: Oregon State won the series in Corvallis (3-11, 3-2, 9-6). Last…

FORT MYERS — The West Orange baseball team came up one timely hit short in a Class 9A state semifinal game on Friday at jetBlue Park in a battle of top 10 teams in the nation according to USA Today. The Warriors fell 3-2 to Parkland Stoneman Douglas after squandering legitimate chances to tie the game in the fifth and sixth innings at the spring training home of the Boston…

B1G HIGHLIGHT – The Minnesota Gophers baseball team stands on the field to watch the results of the Nebraska vs. Indiana game. The Minnesota Gophers are your 2016 Big Ten baseball regular season champions. The Gophers clinched the outright Big Ten Championship following a 4-3 win over Ohio State and Nebraska’s victory over Indiana on Friday. The Gophers, who also earned the top seed in next week’s Big Ten Tournament,…

The Cincinnati Reds have been through a brutal stretch of baseball. Their bullpen is a constant issue, and they just got swept in a four-game home and away series by their cross-state rivals the Cleveland Indians. But that kind of baseball doesn’t get a player like Brandon Phillips down. On Thursday night, the Reds second baseman decided to make baseball fun again in his own way.  In the top of…

Step aside, ads for daily fantasy and erectile dysfunction: The 2016 baseball season has added another marketing campaign to the pantheon of pervasive (and widely loathed) sports promotions. Major League Baseball has rebranded grand slams1 as “Papa Slams” across all of its properties,2 issuing ad infinitum the accompanying promise that every grand slam will yield a 40 percent Papa John’s pizza discount the next day. And thanks to an increased…