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Celebrate Major League Baseball’s Birthday With Dazzling Vintage Baseball Cards – TIME
The first National League baseball game was played on April 22, 1876, between the Boston Red Stockings and the Philadelphia Athletics. But it would take nearly a century before baseball fans and officials recognized that day as the birthday of Major League Baseball. See More: Start the Season Right With These 19th-Century Baseball Portraits As MLB historian John Thorn has explained, there were a few different dates in the running…
UVA baseball team bus crashes after driver loses consciousness behind wheel – WRIC
MIAMI, Fla. (WRIC) — A bus carrying the University of Virginia baseball team crashed into several cars in Miami, Florida Thursday afternoon after the driver went unconscious behind the wheel. According to a release, the bus was crossing U.S. Route 1 in Miami when the driver lost consciousness. The team coach and his staff attempted to gain control of the bus before it crashed into three parked vehicles and a motorized…
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred supports Bryce Harper in making baseball fun again – Washington Post
(Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred endorses Bryce Harper’s campaign to bring more flair to the sport. Harper caused a stir during spring training, especially among the game’s old guard, when he told an ESPN reporter that baseball was a “tired sport, because you can’t express yourself.” Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage, for one, responded to Harper’s comments with disgust, telling Chicago’s ESPN 1000 in March that Harper “doesn’t know squat…
Baseball: The radicalization of Curt Schilling – Salt Lake Tribune
For Schilling, a conservative loudmouth known for calling into radio talk shows during his time with the Philadelphia Phillies, speaking out was nothing new. But the high-profile Bush endorsement made politics part of Schilling’s brand — one which led to an ESPN commentator job that ended Wednesday after Schilling tweeted an image of a man apparently in women’s clothing that many deemed transphobic amid an ongoing…
Ben Horman, a UW sophomore who played high school baseball at Madison Memorial, is a pitcher on the Badgers … – Madison.com
The dream of bringing back baseball to the University of Wisconsin dies hard. Ever since UW decided to drop baseball, along with men’s and women’s fencing and gymnastics, in response to a $2.1 million budget shortfall in 1991, baseball boosters have been trying to find a way to revive the sport. The latest effort is being led by Jeff Block, coach of the UW club baseball teams,…
Cooper City youth baseball coaches dismissed from league after… – Local 10
COOPER CITY, Fla. – Two Cooper City youth baseball coaches have been dismissed for the season after cellphone video surfaced, showing the coaches getting into a brawl. Cooper City Optimist Club president Dwight Vander Linde told Local 10 News Thursday that a committee determined that both coaches violated the league’s Coaches Code of Conduct. Both coaches are also barred from returning for future seasons, Vander Linde said. The fight was…
The best moments of baseball players unintentionally interacting with onscreen graphics – New York Daily News
Baseball’s drug program will never be perfect, but how close can it get? – FOXSports.com
On April 1, Major League Baseball suspended catcher Taylor Teagarden for 80 games, saying he violated the sport’s Joint Drug Agreement. Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander tweeted this: Verlander was correct; Teagarden did not test positive. Instead, in an undercover video made for Al Jazeera, Teagarden had admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs last year and said that he was “scared” about an upcoming test, which he passed. Baseball’s drug-testing program is…
Books|Speed Hurts: Jeff Passan Talks About Baseball’s Arm Troubles – New York Times
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Football and baseball starter looks for a place on a college field – Los Angeles Times
Aaron Simpson of Anaheim Servite is one of those passionate athletes determined to make a difference. Last fall, playing quarterback, Simpson scrambled 22 yards for a touchdown with six seconds left against San Juan Capistrano JSerra, then completed a two-point conversion pass for a 39-38 victory. “You could see when he was running he was going to do everything he could not to be stopped,” football Coach Scott Meyer said….
Books|Speed Hurts: Jeff Passan Talks About Baseball’s Arm Troubles – New York Times
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Curt Schilling, ESPN Analyst, Is Fired Over Offensive Social Media Post – New York Times
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Coaches’ Brawl at Youth Baseball Game Caught on Tape – ABC News
A spectator’s video from a Little League baseball game in Cooper City, Florida, captured what can happen when adults lose their cool on the field. The Cubs and Rays, two under-10 baseball teams playing in the Cooper City Optimist League, were playing against each other Saturday afternoon when an argument erupted near the third-base line. The video, given to ABC News by the spectator, who requested anonymity, showed one young…
Books|Speed Hurts: Jeff Passan Talks About Baseball’s Arm Troubles – New York Times
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ESPN Social Justice Warriors Fire Baseball Legend Curt Schilling for Transgender Comments – Breitbart News
Los Angeles (AFP) – Curt Schilling was sacked from his job as a baseball analyst by American sports broadcaster ESPN on Wednesday, following a sarcastic online post that was seen as attacking transgender people. The former Major League Baseball pitcher on Tuesday reposted a photo on Facebook showing a large man wearing a wig and women’s clothing. The caption read: “LET HIM IN! to the restroom with your daughter or…
Coaches’ Brawl at Youth Baseball Game Caught on Tape – ABC News
A spectator’s video from a Little League baseball game in Cooper City, Florida, captured what can happen when adults lose their cool on the field. The Cubs and Rays, two under-10 baseball teams playing in the Cooper City Optimist League, were playing against each other Saturday afternoon when an argument erupted near the third-base line. The video, given to ABC News by the spectator, who requested anonymity, showed one young…
Westhill baseball leads off with win over Trinity Catholic – The Advocate
Caption Close STAMFORD — There is an adage in baseball about getting your leadoff man on base and good things happening. Especially if the players behind him can get him over and get him in. That is exactly what the Westhill baseball team did Wednesday against city rival Trinity Catholic. Leadoff man Dean Depreta reached base three times, scoring twice as the Vikings defeated the Crusaders 3-1 at Westhill in…
McMahon baseball tops Ridgefield – Danbury News Times
Caption Close RIDGEFIELD — After setting goals and falling short of their expectations for two straight seasons, the Brien McMahon baseball team decided one simple goal would be plenty for this spring. “This year, we just said, ‘Let’s go play ball,’” Senators coach John Cross said. “We didn’t put any pressure on ourselves and it’s coming together nicely. We’re really playing as one.” After back-to-back, seven-win seasons left McMahon on…
Coaches’ Brawl at Youth Baseball Game Caught on Tape – ABC News
A spectator’s video from a Little League baseball game in Cooper City, Florida, captured what can happen when adults lose their cool on the field. The Cubs and Rays, two under-10 baseball teams playing in the Cooper City Optimist League, were playing against each other Saturday afternoon when an argument erupted near the third-base line. The video, given to ABC News by the spectator, who requested anonymity, showed one young…
Curt Schilling Is Fired by ESPN – New York Times
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