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Buy Photo Rocky Mountain High School baseball coach Scott Bullock, center, along with assistants Roy Tripi and Glen Schwab have maintained state-wide success through the years with five titles.(Photo: Austin Humphreys/The Coloradoan)Buy Photo A group of unexpected guests intently watched the Rocky Mountain High School baseball team’s senior day ceremonies at the end of last season. The Lobos had just beat Evergreen 4-2, but instead of heading straight for the…

Reds send Pirates to first loss this year Eugenio Suarez drove in three runs, with a single and a homer, to help Cincinnati hand visiting Pittsburgh its first loss, 5-1 on Saturday. Pittsburgh’s 4-0 start was its best since 2003. Suarez had an RBI single in the first and a two-run homer in the seventh, his team-leading third of the season. He also scored three times. At…

Even steady showers couldn’t dampen the sunny smiles surrounding opening day of the new Miracle League of Stanislaus County. The baseball league for children with physical and mental disabilities held the unveiling of its new specialized field Saturday morning amid persistent rainfall. The downpour meant the teams couldn’t play, but they could still show off their jerseys and celebrate the accomplishment eight years in the making together. The nonprofit group…

Arizona State’s baseball team earned a come-from-behind 6-3 victory over visiting Washington on Saturday at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. Huskies starter Joe De­Mers (2-2) allowed four runs on 12 hits in six innings. First baseman John Naff went 2 for 4 with a run scored and two runs batted in for Washington (15-11, 6-5 Pac-12). The win allowed Arizona State (17-11, 4-7) to even the three-game series at a game apiece….

Even steady showers couldn’t dampen the sunny smiles surrounding opening day of the new Miracle League of Stanislaus County. The baseball league for children with physical and mental disabilities held the unveiling of its new specialized field Saturday morning amid persistent rainfall. The downpour meant the teams couldn’t play, but they could still show off their jerseys and celebrate the accomplishment eight years in the making together. The nonprofit group…

“I have been hitting a ball with a bat my whole life so it was just a matter of it changing from going straight to bouncing and swinging the bat more vertically. Once I started doing those things the right way, hitting a cricket ball came naturally,” Collins says. “The hardest part is being able to control the ball and judge the different shots to play. In baseball you take…

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WEST HARTFORD — Eighteen young, local baseball ambassadors started their long journey to Holguin, Cuba, early Saturday morning, with nearly half a ton of school supplies, baseball equipment and musical instruments in tow to be donated to locals. “I’m really excited for the kids and this opportunity that they have,” said Tim Brennan, assistant coach and one of the program leaders. “They will be building new relationships, and our countries…

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Programming note: If you were to get three curmudgeons in a studio to talk about baseball, we could have a field day with something like this: Merry Christmas! pic.twitter.com/H0jEHJf48c — Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) April 8, 2016 Plenty of great seats still available for outdoor baseball this afternoon. Currently. (📷: @MLBastian) pic.twitter.com/nBGGsXFZOY — Cleveland Indians (@Indians) April 8, 2016 There’ve already been several rainouts and postponements because baseball insists on having…

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Nearly 25 years later, Rob Butler still can’t believe it. “I was only 5-foot-9, the smallest player on every team I ever played on. I just somehow managed to grind my way up to the big leagues,” Butler remembers during a phone call from the baseball facility he operates in Ajax, Ont., just outside of Toronto. Toronto youth baseball leagues a hit with kids Butler’s career was brief (he managed 200-plus at-bats spread over…

Note: Don’t whiff on this special FanDuel offer. Win your first contest or get your money back (up to $10) to keep playing. Try FanDuel now! Trevor Story is unbelievable. And by that, I mean he’s doing things you can’t and shouldn’t believe. No other player in baseball history has begun his career by homering in each of his first three games, much less hitting four during that stretch. But…

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Documentarian extraordinaire Ken Burns‘ latest profile examines the multi-faceted life of pioneer baseball great Jack Roosevelt Robinson, more commonly known as Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to break the color barrier in major league baseball. The first of a two-part, four-hour documentary entitled “Jackie Robinson” premieres Monday, April 11 at 9p.m. on PBS.  Part Two airs Tuesday, April 12 at 9 p.m. “Jackie Robinson,” directed and produced…

The crack of bat against ball. The roar of the crowd. The smell of freshly cut grass. Another baseball season, full of hope, arrived earlier in the week. But both of our teams were out of town and so you did the next best thing and headed to the nearest tavern TV. “Hey, another season,” said a friendly face, sitting at the bar. “Let me buy you a beer?” “No,…

Nearly 25 years later, Rob Butler still can’t believe it. “I was only 5-foot-9, the smallest player on every team I ever played on. I just somehow managed to grind my way up to the big leagues,” Butler remembers during a phone call from the baseball facility he operates in Ajax, Ont., just outside of Toronto. Toronto youth baseball leagues a hit with kids Butler’s career was brief (he managed 200-plus at-bats spread over…