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How I Justify Staying Inside to Watch Baseball on a Beautiful Day – The New Yorker
Credit Photograph by Marc Volk / Getty I pay a lot for cable. The sky isn’t charging me an exorbitant monthly fee to look at it. Nachos don’t travel well. Open-container laws exist, and apparently nobody at this judge school knows how to let loose and party. I have windows. Well, a window. O.K., it’s just my TV, but I can see that it’s nice out at the stadium. No…
Fantasy Baseball 2016: Early-Season Buy-Low, Sell-High Trade Advice – Bleacher Report
At first glance, Felix Hernandez has quelled any concerns over last season’s second-half swoon. In his first three starts, Seattle’s ace has survived Globe Life Park in Arlington and Yankee Stadium to post a 1.00 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 18 innings. King Felix, who recently turned 30, has also induced a 64.3 ground-ball percentage, which is a sterling mark indicating tons of weak contact for his infielders to convert…
Former East Haven football, baseball player dies in I-95 crash – New Haven Register
OLD LYME >> A former three-sport athlete at East Haven High School died early Wednesday after the car he was driving went off Interstate 95 and crashed in Old Lyme. Michael DeAngelo, 19, died after the Lexus ES 300 he was driving crashed into a wooden sound barrier wall, Connecticut State Police said in a press release later Wednesday. …
Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice for April 20 – FOXSports.com
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! Also, please scroll to the bottom of this article to see the latest tweets from Ryan Fowler (@FOXSportsFowler), D.J. Foster (@FOXSportsFoster), Adam Meyer (@FOXSportsMeyer) and me (@jhalpin37). That way, if information surfaces for any last minute changes, you can see our thoughts…
Baseball Legend Curt Schilling Shares Anti-Trans Meme and Is Not Backing Down – Us Weekly
Former Major League Baseball player Curt Schilling speaks with the media on September 27, 2015. Credit: Brian Lawdermilk/NASCAR via Getty Images He doesn’t care who’s calling foul, he’s not backing down. Baseball legend and ESPN analyst Curt Schilling caused a major stir online on Tuesday, April 19, after he not only refused to apologize for an anti-trans meme he shared via Facebook, but also defended his actions. In a blog…
Baseball notebook: Ex-MLB pitcher Milt Pappas dies – STLtoday.com
Ex-MLB pitcher Pappas dies Milt Pappas, who won 209 games during his 17-year career with the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs, has died. He was 76. His widow, Judi Pappas, said Pappas died Tuesday morning of natural causes at his home in the northern Illinois community of Beecher. The 6-foot-3 righthander was part of the Baby Birds staff in Baltimore in 1964, a…
LOOK: Adults get into fight at youth baseball game in Florida – CBSSports.com
There is nothing worse than parents taking youth sports too seriously. Two men at a recent kid’s baseball game in Cooper City, Florida, got into a fistfight on the field in front of all the children and other parents. Go here for the full video. Here’s a screen grab of the fracas: No arrests were made and no one had to go to the hospital, so that’s good. This would…
Writers say Phillies will once again soon be "monsters" of baseball – The Good Phight
The Philadelphia Phillies are a sleeping giant, and the baseball world is starting to realize it. As young pitchers Aaron Nola, Jerad Eickhoff and Vincent Velasquez impress, as Maikel Franco and Odubel Herrera continue to show they’re for real, and as a large number of close-to-Major League ready prospects continue to play well in the minors, there is a growing realization that the Phils will not be doormats for…
Atlanta Braves—bad baseball team, worse stock – CNBC
Trading under the symbol “BATRA,” Liberty Braves shares track John Malone’s conglomerate’s ownership in the team and its stadium development project. As it happens, the Braves have the worst record in the young 2016 baseball season, at 3-9. Sports stocks tend to be a rarity. The only other prominent example on U.S. markets is the English powerhouse Manchester United; its shares are nearly 20 percent off their peak this year.
Students criticize Saint Louis University over handling of baseball players’ racist text messages – Inside Higher Ed
In a decision that has angered black students and campus activists, a group of Saint Louis University baseball players who made racist remarks in a group text message last year, including referring to President Obama as a “watermelon eatin baboon” (sic), will not be formally punished. The messages were sent less than a year after the private Jesuit university faced protests that only ended when the university agreed…
Daily fantasy baseball: Trevor Story, Nolan Arenado top Tuesday picks – Sports Illustrated
We’re back to a full 15-game slate on Tuesday, though there is weather to watch out for in the middle of the country that could affect games in Minnesota, Kansas City and Texas. The Twins and Brewers get going at 1:10 ET, as well, so make sure you have your lineups set early if you want to play all-day games. You will not find any Twins or Brewers in the…
SLU officials promise ‘justice’ after racist texts by baseball team become public – STLtoday.com
St. Louis University officials promise a “just outcome” after racially insensitive texts between two members of the baseball team were made public. “This is an important moment in our community, and we all understand the language of that exchange is racist, offensive, inappropriate and unacceptable,” Jonathan C. Smith, special assistant to the president for diversity and community engagement, said Monday. Smith has held the job since July….
SLU officials promise ‘justice’ after racist texts by baseball team become public – STLtoday.com
St. Louis University officials promise a “just outcome” after racially insensitive texts between two members of the baseball team were made public. “This is an important moment in our community, and we all understand the language of that exchange is racist, offensive, inappropriate and unacceptable,” Jonathan C. Smith, special assistant to the president for diversity and community engagement, said Monday. Smith has held the job since July….
Baseball tax break strikes out in Iowa Senate – DesMoinesRegister.com
Buy Photo (Photo: The Register)Buy Photo The Iowa Senate, in an abrupt and unexpected move, voted Monday night to reject a bill providing $2.5 million in state sales tax rebates for an elite baseball tournament complex in the Cedar Rapids area that would draw professional and college scouts to watch high-caliber players. Senate File 2312 struck out on a 28-22 vote after several lawmakers complained the measure was ill-defined and bad public policy.The final vote came immediately…
Carver baseball coach dies after wreck near Buena Vista Road – Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Carver High baseball coach David Pollard died Monday after he was involved in a three-vehicle wreck caused by a stolen car at the intersection of Buena Vista and Andrews roads, officials said. Pollard, 36, died of blunt-force trauma at 1:52 p.m., chief deputy coroner Freeman Worley said. The cause of death will be confirmed after an autopsy. Pollard was married with one daughter. “All of us within the MCSD are…
Baseball players who called Barack Obama a ‘baboon’ escape punishment – The Guardian
A number of Saint Louis University baseball players who made racist remarks about President Obama in a group text message will not be formally punished, because university administrators decided it was a private conversation and could not be seen as a bias incident. During a trip to Washington last year, a conversation between SLU pitchers about where to eat turned into a deeply offensive discussion about the president. “The KFC…
Area baseball coach dies after wreck near Buena Vista Road – Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Carver High baseball coach David Pollard died Monday after being involved in a three-vehicle wreck that involved a stolen car at the intersection of Buena Vista and Andrews roads, officials said. Pollard, 36, died of blunt-force trauma at 1:52 p.m., chief deputy coroner Freeman Worley said. The cause of death will be confirmed after an autopsy. Pollard was married with one daughter. “All of us within the MCSD are shocked…
Jack White Invests in Baseball Bat Company – Pitchfork Media
Jack White is a noted baseball fan. In 2009, he helped refurbish Detroit’s Clark Park, and last year, he got his own baseball card commemorating his 2014 first pitch at a Detroit Tigers game. Now, White has become a co-investor and co-partner in Warstic, an independent sporting goods company that makes wood and metal baseball and softball bats. He joins founder and former minor league baseball player Ben Jenkins, as well as Tigers…
Fantasy Baseball: Monday’s DFS advice – CBSSports.com
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Saint Louis University Baseball Players Won’t Be Punished For Calling Obama A "Watermelon Eatin Baboon" – Deadspin
A group text message among Saint Louis University baseball players in which team members made racist comments about Barack Obama will not lead to formal discipline, university administrators decided, because it was a private conversation and therefore not a bias-related incident. The exchange took place last May, on a team trip to Washington D.C. A conversation about where to eat took a hard left turn. (It’s unclear if Luke was…