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“A box score is more than a capsule archive. It is a precisely etched miniature of the sport itself, for baseball, in spite of its grassy spaciousness and apparent unpredictability, is the most intensely and satisfyingly mathematical of all our outdoor sports.” — Roger Angell, The New Yorker Angell penned those lines for The New Yorker in the 1960s, when the promise of a new spring made him increasingly eager…

To many baseball observers, the hiring of Dave Roberts by the L.A. Dodgers came as a surprise. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY ROB TRINGALI / GETTY Farhan Zaidi, a thirty-nine-year-old who was born in Canada to Pakistani parents and grew up mostly in the Philippines, holds a Ph.D. in behavioral economics from the University of California at Berkeley. While he was working on that degree, he read Michael Lewis’s book “Moneyball,” published…

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Opening day is almost here, which means your fantasy baseball draft is close at hand. But fear not! Here is what a perfect fantasy baseball snake draft looks like in a 12-team, standard, 5×5 mixed, roto league with the following categories for batters: runs scored, home runs, RBI, stolen bases and batting average. For pitchers the categories are wins, saves, strikeouts, ERA and WHIP. Each roster will have a catcher,…

JTA — When Jews visit the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, they can learn about the only two members of the tribe who have been inducted into the hallowed museum: Hank “The Hebrew Hammer” Greenberg and Sandy Koufax. Now they’ll have the chance to find out about the dozens of other Jews who have played in the major leagues. Thanks to the effort of a…

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ORONO, Maine — With the onset of the America East Conference season, the University of Maine baseball team finds itself struggling to score runs. Binghamton University pitchers limited the Black Bears to nine hits and two runs in 16 innings on Saturday afternoon while sweeping a league doubleheader at Mahaney Diamond. The Bearcats won the opener 6-1, then took the nightcap 8-1. The teams play the series finale on Sunday…

Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg batting for the Detroit Tigers in 1935. (TSN Archives/Getty Images) (JTA) — When Jews visit the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, they can learn about the only two members of the tribe who have been inducted into the hallowed museum: Hank “The Hebrew Hammer” Greenberg and Sandy Koufax. Now they’ll have the chance to find out about the dozens of other Jews who…

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Ruben Amaro Jr. had the date circled on his calendar. “I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t interesting and kind of weird, I guess, after being with the organization for so long,” he said Sunday morning. Weird, indeed. The former Phillies bat boy, player and general manager was wearing a Boston Red Sox uniform as he spoke with reporters before a spring training game between…

By Elliott Propes | Published 10 hours ago | Updated 10 hours ago |   Will Haynie, a junior catcher, bat a .400 average since the beginning of the Houston series. CW | Marie Walker TWEET SHARE SHARE COMMENTS Alabama was going for the sweep Saturday night after winning earlier in the day 11-3. This game unlike the first two as it came down to the final inning. Tied 3-3…

You’ve got a week. Seven days to be your normal self, the serene, sane soul you are when the St. Louis Cardinals aren’t in season. A week from Sunday, the Cardinals will play the Pittsburgh Pirates, and you will morph into Baseball You, this irrational version of yourself that allows 25 strangers to become marionettes of your being, and your well-being. The Cardinals weigh. They weigh on…

2:04 AM ET print GOODYEAR, Ariz. — If you were debating which team had the best rotation in baseball last season, you might have mulled the merits of the Mets versus the Nationals or speculated that the Cardinals had something special. This season, those teams’ rotations are all still formidable. St. Louis lost John Lackey but gets Adam Wainwright back. And by adding Lackey, the Cubs inserted their imposing unit…

11:17 AM ET print GOODYEAR, Ariz. — If you were debating which team had the best rotation in baseball last season, you might have mulled the merits of the Mets versus the Nationals or speculated that the Cardinals had something special. This season, those teams’ rotations are all still formidable. St. Louis lost John Lackey but gets Adam Wainwright back. And by adding Lackey, the Cubs inserted their imposing unit…

The University of New Orleans baseball team (16-8, 4-5 Southland) rallied back from a four-run deficit but fell short by a 7-5 score to the Lamar Cardinals (16-7, 7-2) in the series finale at Vincent-Beck Stadium. UNO was trailing 5-1 when they entered the seventh. The combination of Scott Crabtree, Chaz Boyer, and Samuel Capielano each hit singles to load up the bases. Preston Marsh followed with an RBI single to make it 5-2. After an RBI…

It didn’t matter whether it was Ole Miss or South Carolina with the hot start this series. South Carolina won either way. In a 4-0 win Saturday, a three-run top of the first by his offense allowed South Carolina starter Adam Hill some breathing room as the No. 10 Gamecocks finished off the sweep of the No. 9 Rebels. USC won Thursday’s opener, and then rallied to beat Ole Miss…

With two outs and the tying run at third and the go-ahead run at first for Texas A&M, Caleb Gilbert fired an 0-2 pitch to strikeout Nick Banks and save the 3-2 LSU lead as the Tigers evened the series Friday at Blue Bell Park. The Tigers improved to 16-6 for the season and 2-3 in the SEC, handing the Aggies their first home loss as they fell to 20-3 and 3-2…