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Listen New season, new rules: The changing world of baseball 38min 51sec American League’s Brian Dozier, of the Minnesota Twins, hits a home run during the eighth inning of the MLB All-Star baseball game in July. John Minchillo | AP 2015 Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast Today is the home opener for the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. With the start of another baseball season, MPR News…

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The ancient walls of Fenway Park have seen some pretty unusual stuff since the last-place Red Sox slinked out of town at the end of September. In November, we witnessed Fenway football for the first time since Gino Cappelletti dropped field goals into the bullpens in the 1960s. The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame shook down the thunder against Boston College, and then Boston English, Boston Latin, and six other…

The Hurricanes didn’t get to play as many games this weekend as they wanted. But the one they did get in — a 10-2 victory over Notre Dame in cold South Bend — helped make them the nation’s top-ranked baseball team. Miami, which has nine straight games and 20 of its last 22, took the top spot in the most recent Baseball America Top 25 which was released early Monday…

Should Be Long Gone Tyler White, 1B/3B, Houston Astros Eugenio Suarez, 3B/SS, Cincinnati Reds Jorge Soler, OF, Chicago Cubs Juan Nicasio, SP, Pittsburgh Pirates Aaron Sanchez, SP, Toronto Blue Jays   Mixed Leagues Adonis Garcia, 3B/OF, Atlanta Braves Trayce Thompson, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers Bartolo Colon, SP, New York Mets Jeremy Hellickson, SP, Philadelphia Phillies Brandon Finnegan, SP/RP, Cincinnati Reds Trevor May, SP/RP, Minnesota Twins Hunter Strickland, RP, San Francisco…

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! 5 Things to Watch: 1. The last time the Baltimore Orioles started a season 5-0, they won the World Series (1970). Today, they go for their sixth win, but are heavy underdogs against David Price and the Boston Red Sox. 2. Speaking…

Editor’s note: Evan Drellich is the Herald’s new baseball reporter. He’ll begin writing at today’s home opener. This is his introduction to Sox fans:  Do you have any idea how rare it is today for a news organization to send at least two writers to every baseball game? To foot the bill for all the memory-foam travel pillows I always lose but disguise on an expense report as lunch? Find…

The ancient walls of Fenway Park have seen some pretty unusual stuff since the last-place Red Sox slinked out of town at the end of September. In November, we witnessed Fenway football for the first time since Gino Cappelletti dropped field goals into the bullpens in the 1960s. The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame shook down the thunder against Boston College, and then Boston English, Boston Latin, and six other…

Ryan M. Kelly Virginia baseball Posted: Sunday, April 10, 2016 7:15 pm UVa baseball team drops series finale to BC in extra innings The Daily Progress staff reports The Daily Progress Posted on Apr 10, 2016 by The Daily Progress staff Scott Braren hit a walk-off single with two outs in the 13th inning to lift Boston College to a 5-4 win over the Virginia baseball team on Sunday in…

Babe Ruth gambling away more than $20,000 in Havana’s casinos and Ernest Hemingway challenging a Dodgers pitcher to an amateur boxing match at his home were just some of the stories Rick Feingold told of the history of American baseball in Cuba on Sunday afternoon at the Franklin Lakes library. Feingold, of Emerson, spoke to a dozen people about the long – and sometimes zany – history…

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. Eugenio Suarez is sort of in no-man’s land with regard to the waiver wire. His ownership rate is a touch too high to include him in the actual recommendations below, but it’s not quite high enough to assume he’s owned…

The ancient walls of Fenway Park have seen some pretty unusual stuff since the last-place Red Sox slinked out of town at the end of September. In November, we witnessed Fenway football for the first time since Gino Cappelletti dropped field goals into the bullpens in the 1960s. The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame shook down the thunder against Boston College, and then Boston English, Boston Latin, and six other…

We’re not saying that Pete Rose will autograph any baseball for a quick buck, but he once signed a ball endorsing Donald Trump for president. He may or may not endorse the Republican candidate, but there’s one thing we do know: he definitely did not shoot John F. Kennedy, no matter what this autographed baseball belonging to Reddit user MrCrix says. We don’t know where Rose was on Nov. 22,…

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. Eugenio Suarez is sort of in no-man’s land with regard to the waiver wire. His ownership rate is a touch too high to include him in the actual recommendations below, but it’s not quite high enough to assume he’s owned…

(Benny Sieu, USA TODAY Sports) As always, the newest MLB season is out to a wild start, both in reality and fantasy. Fortunately, you have writings like this to help navigate through the craziness. Let’s start digging for diamonds in the rough to stream before they become known. Last Week: N/ASeason: N/A Each week throughout the season, Matt will be keeping track of his own performance based on how his…

The ancient walls of Fenway Park have seen some pretty unusual stuff since the last-place Red Sox slinked out of town at the end of September. In November, we witnessed Fenway football for the first time since Gino Cappelletti dropped field goals into the bullpens in the 1960s. The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame shook down the thunder against Boston College, and then Boston English, Boston Latin, and six other…

Jackie Robinson, the great Brooklyn Dodgers player who integrated baseball, is the subject of Ken Burns’ latest PBS documentary.(Photo: Hutton Archive, Getty Images) A Ken Burns film about Jackie Robinson might seem inevitable, but that doesn’t make it any less powerful — or any less welcome. Spend just a few minutes with Jackie Robinson (PBS, Monday and Tuesday at 9 ET/PT, *** 1/2 out of four), a four-hour, two-part film from Burns,…

By instinct, honed reflex and general contrarianism, I root for all “flashy” “showboats” who are “disgraces to the game.” It has been this way since I left Boston at age 10 to move to North Carolina, a state with no notable baseball team save the minor-league Durham Bulls, who, at least when I was growing up, seemed more a Hollywood relic than a ball club. Freed from having to like…

Former Mets closer Ron Taylor, whose fastball helped the Miracle Mets win the 1969 World Series, says he’s been thinking recently about the New York team Gil Hodges put together 47 years ago. “I keep looking at my scrapbook. We had an unusual team, a lot of young players,” says Taylor, 78, who closed down the Orioles in Game 2 of that series. “I was kind of…