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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. Here are the highest over/unders for Friday, provided by OddsShark… 2. While we finally get a game at Coors Field, but they play at 4:10pm (EST). That means, if you want some Rockies in your lineup, you…

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…

With Major League Baseball season under way, don’t be surprised to see a sudden influx of political ads while you watch your favorite team up at bat on TV. Fox Sports, the sports broadcasting arm of parent company 21st Century Fox fox , is looking to tap into the campaigns of current presidential candidates and super-PACS for ads during baseball games, reported Bloomberg. The reason is simple: with primaries still…

Years ago I read the book A Reasonable Life: Toward a Simpler, Secure, More Sane Existence by Ference Matte. In this book, Matte laments the loss of simple pleasures, among them baseball. He compares the joys of a Sunday afternoon pick-up game to the intense, high stakes sport that kids play today. Maybe he has a point, but as the mother of a boy playing intense, high stakes baseball, I can tell…

11:12 AM ET print Baseball is awesome, isn’t it? Here’s how the already-insane 2016 baseball season roared out of the gates: Justin Verlander got a hit before Mike Trout. … Kenta Maeda hit a home run before Jose Bautista. … Mark Trumbo stole a base before Billy Hamilton. … Jeff Francoeur drew a walk before Joey Votto. If you saw this stuff coming, could you do me a favor and…

Well, that was fun, wasn’t it? The Mariners’ offensive eruptions in the eighth inning Tuesday and the ninth inning Wednesday capped a couple of Seattle victories in Arlington, Texas, that were gripping and highly entertaining. You haven’t been able to say that too often about the Mariners, have you? And as a new home season starts Friday night at Safeco Field against Oakland, that would be my No. 1 wish…

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Brace yourself, baseball fans: Documents at auction appear to show that Alexander Cartwright, Honolulu’s first fire chief, isn’t the founder of America’s favorite pasttime. Cartwright is buried in Hawaii and every year, baseball fans make a pilgrimage to the site. But the papers, titled “The Laws of Base Ball,” raise questions about Cartwright’s role: They lay out the rules of modern baseball a full three years earlier than the current recognized birth date. “This is…

6:16 PM ET print WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bad news for Bill Maher: Bryce Harper‘s all-for-fun and fun-for-all campaign isn’t just a one-and-done thing. Immediately following the Washington Nationals‘ season-opening win Monday in Atlanta, Harper, who homered in the game, addressed reporters while sporting a white trucker’s cap that read, “MAKE BASEBALL FUN AGAIN” in red, capital letters. This morning, comedian and political satirist — and New York Mets minority owner…

LSU used a shutout performance by junior southpaw Jared Poche and a seven-run third inning to overtake second-ranked Vanderbilt, 13-4 in the opening game of the Southeastern Conference Series Thursday evening at Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Poche’ fired seven innings of scoreless baseball to move to 4-3 on the season. The Lutcher, Louisiana native struck out eight to tie a career high and limited the Commodores to four…

6:16 PM ET print WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bad news for Bill Maher: Bryce Harper‘s all-for-fun and fun-for-all campaign isn’t just a one-and-done thing. Immediately following the Washington Nationals‘ season-opening win Monday in Atlanta, Harper, who homered in the game, addressed reporters while sporting a white trucker’s cap that read, “MAKE BASEBALL FUN AGAIN” in red, capital letters. This morning, comedian and political satirist — and New York Mets minority owner…

Baseball’s annual return is as much a part of American culture as the red, white and blue of our flag. It’s a time when anyone who ever cared about the game looks ahead with hope and back at the past with fondness. And sometimes the tools of baseball help us along our way. It’s a back road bypass to the heart of America’s pastime. A tiny room in Cotati is…

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6:16 PM ET print WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bad news for Bill Maher: Bryce Harper‘s all-for-fun and fun-for-all campaign isn’t just a one-and-done thing. Immediately following the Washington Nationals‘ season-opening win Monday in Atlanta, Harper, who homered in the game, addressed reporters while sporting a white trucker’s cap that read, “MAKE BASEBALL FUN AGAIN” in red, capital letters. This morning, comedian and political satirist — and New York Mets minority owner…

It will be snowballs instead of sunscreen this weekend for the No. 2 Miami Hurricane baseball team — though the University of Miami offered to pay for Notre Dame to travel to South Florida for the weekend series. The Hurricanes, who indeed will be traveling to South Bend, Indiana, for a weekend series at Notre Dame despite forecasted snow and temperatures dipping into the mid 20s at night, will leave…

Modern baseball may have found its birth certificate. And with it a new birth date, and new founding father. Coinciding with the start of the major league season, a set of game-changing documents went up for sale this week. Their authenticity and significance are verified by experts including John Thorn, Major League Baseball’s official historian. The 1857 documents titled “Laws of Base Ball” establish the essentials of the modern game:…

Last year we thought we had seen the strangest delivery in baseball with reliever Carter Capps’ hop-jump throw. That may still be the oddest but Capps at least is tied with Braves prospect John Gant who made his MLB debut on Wednesday night, revealing his quirky approach for all the baseball world to see. Check out the full experience in the video above or get the abbreviated version here: It’s…

Midwest baseball talent would likely be showcased in southeast Iowa if measure approved.(Photo: Peter G. Aiken/USA TODAY Sports) Plans for an elite baseball tournament complex in the Cedar Rapids area that would draw professional and college scouts would qualify for up to $2.5 million in state sales tax rebates under a bill advanced Thursday by an Iowa Senate subcommittee. Senate File 2212, which was amended, was sent to the tax-writing Senate Ways…

For more than 50 years, Clinton “Tink” Larson coached high school and amateur baseball teams in Waseca, Minn. And when there were no games to coach, you’d find him at the historic ballpark on 7th Avenue cutting the lawn, dragging the infield or working on the pitchers mound. Larson, who lives across the street, took care of the place as if it were his own. After all, it was his…

Caption Close 1. Ownership group confirms effort to move team to S.A. During a city council session on April 7, 2016, San Antonio Missions owner David Elmore confirmed that the Elmore Group is working to move the Colorado Springs Sky Sox to San Antonio in 2019. less 1. Ownership group confirms effort to move team to S.A. During a city council session on April 7, 2016, San Antonio Missions owner…