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LYNN, Massachusetts — Sophomore righthander Nate Pushard allowed only three hits and didn’t walk a batter to lead the University of Maine-Farmington by Fisher College 2-1 in the first game of a baseball doubleheader Saturday at Fraser Field. UMF won the second game 6-4, but dropped an 8-4 decision to Fisher on Sunday. In Saturday’s first game, Pushard (1-0) struck out three and was backed up in the second inning…

Mary Pat Thomas is a ballplayer. That’s how she sees herself. That’s how her teammates see her. Yes, she’s different. A girl playing high school baseball isn’t typical. But watch her on the diamond and in the dugout during a Robert F. Munroe (Quncy, Fla.) game and it’s obvious. She fits right in. “She definitely does,” said shorstop Jackson Boone, who has been best friends with Thomas for over a…

An off-duty Chicago police officer shot and wounded a man who hit him with a baseball bat late Saturday in the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side, authorities said. About 10:30 p.m., the off-duty officer was walking on Schubert Avenue east of Monitor Avenue when he saw an “aggressive male holding his waistband area,” according to a news release from the Chicago Police Department. The officer, who was assigned…

Lauren Haeger, the Most Valuable Player at the College Softball World Series and a member of the University of Florida’s title-winning team, talks with participants at a baseball and softball clinic at the Carlson Center on Saturday, March 19, 2016.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. You’ve probably seen a hundred interviews during which a ballplayer chats about his faith and family and sport, and talks about them in that order. Maybe you thought it was a cliche; maybe you thought that is how it should be. But when Adam LaRoche, whose father, Dave, was the Las Vegas 51s pitching coach for a couple of seasons, was told by Chicago White Sox…

High School Baseball Network’s March Madness Shootout Gold Bracket 3. SLAM 10, 14. Belen 0: Cristobal Arenas 5 IP, H, 4 BB, 4 K’s. Jeter Downs 2-4, 2 RBI, 2 R. Brian Frias 2-4, 2 1B, 2R. Jose Garcia 2-4, 4 RBI, 1B, 2B. Andres Santana 2-2, R, HR, 3 RBI. Conrad Rivera 2-3. Luis Padron 2-2, 2B, 2R. Brian Vargas 1-2, R. SA 12-3. 2. Douglas 3, 15. Port…

Two unlikely baseball controversies have disrupted the rapture of spring, and I find myself toggling back and forth between grumpiness and enlightenment. In other words, “Get off my lawn!” — but first, put down some biodegradable fertilizer so I can grow my organic quinoa. The first issue on the table is Adam LaRoche and his omnipresent 14-year-old son, Drake, who apparently was being all but home-schooled in the Chicago White…

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – It appeared history came to life outside of Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment on Saturday as players rounded the bases during a vintage base ball game. “We play by the 1864 rules of baseball,” Huntsville Vintage Base Ball Club Founder Guy Kerby said. Teams of Generation X and Y baseball players knocked 19th century history out of the park for a sporting event unlike any other…

Before this week, Adam LaRoche was known to baseball fans as so many things: first baseman and designated hitter, more than occasional slugger of home runs, a well-traveled veteran with stops in six major league cities over 12 seasons, including four as a Washington National. But LaRoche’s retirement this week from the Chicago White Sox assured he will be remembered for one role over all others: father. LaRoche’s abrupt decision to…

Before this week, Adam LaRoche was known to baseball fans as so many things: first baseman and designated hitter, more than occasional slugger of home runs, a well-traveled veteran with stops in six major league cities over 12 seasons, including four as a Washington National. But LaRoche’s retirement this week from the Chicago White Sox assured he will be remembered for one role over all others: father. LaRoche’s abrupt decision to…

Before this week, Adam LaRoche was known to baseball fans as so many things: first baseman and designated hitter, more than occasional slugger of home runs, a well-traveled veteran with stops in six major league cities over 12 seasons, including four as a Washington National. But LaRoche’s retirement this week from the Chicago White Sox assured he will be remembered for one role over all others: father. LaRoche’s abrupt decision to…

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There are January nights when I lay awake in bed, with nothing but the low moan of the wind and a creaking side gate to keep me company. I’m terrified that there will be no more unwritten rules to write about. Don’t bunt to break up a no-hitter. Don’t watch a home run for too long. Don’t steal a base with a big lead. We’ve done this all, you fool….

Photo by John Locher, Associated Press Adam LaRoche had considered the idea of retiring for his children before this week, when he actually did it, when he walked away from $13 million because the Chicago White Sox placed restrictions on how often his son, Drake, could come to their clubhouse. When LaRoche re-signed with the Washington Nationals in 2013, when he was 32 and still at the end of his…

The White Sox are not the first team to grapple with players wanting their sons to join them at work. The Red Sox faced a similar concern in 2014 and after a team meeting established firmer guidelines for when players’ children could be around the club, according to major-league sources. The issue with the Red Sox surfaced during the 2013 postseason, when Major League Baseball expressed concern to the team…

We’ve done this before, and it was a complete failure. We looked at the best baseball players to come from each school in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, and Arizona State did not win because of residual Barry Bonds dust. Mea culpa. So we should try again, but do it better. I used to be a beat reporter for the Southern Oregon State College Raiders’ basketball team, so I…

Of all the heartbreaking emails I’ve received through Outsports over the last several years, this message from former Minor League Baseball player Tyler Dunnington is one of the most heartbreaking: After visiting Outsports a few times, I wanted to share my story with you. My name’s Tyler Dunnington, and I was a 28th-round pick by the St Louis Cardinals in the 2014 MLB Draft. I was one of the not-so-many…

If Adam LaRoche is retiring from the White Sox because won’t they won’t let his son be a fixture in the clubhouse, that’s on him. Take Your Child to Work Day is a day, not a season. LaRoche reportedly is upset that Sox vice president Ken Williams doesn’t want the designated hitter’s 14-year-old son hanging out in the clubhouse. Drake LaRoche has a locker next to his dad’s both at…

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