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The Todd Frazier trade illustrates what’s wrong with baseball – WCPO

Thursday, December 17, 2015

At least we had the Home Run Derby. What a perfect, amazing July night that was. I wrote the next day: Last night was a night this entire city will remember for a generation. My son and I sat together in our living room, watching Frazier battle his way to the Derby championship. In a season of letdowns, it was the moment of glory.  And Frazier was the man who…

Pete Rose’s banishment from baseball must extend to the Hall of Fame – Los Angeles Times

Thursday, December 17, 2015

The event took place in front of a gaudy giant chair constructed with real baseball bats surrounding an actual home plate, yet Pete Rose never actually sat in it, and the emptiness was palpable. “Throne of ‘Hit King’ #4256,” read the plaque. Rose showed up wearing a cap of the Cincinnati Reds, yet the cap was bright white and the Reds wear, well, red, making it seem like he bought…

Three generations of baseball stars connect in Cuba – STLtoday.com

Thursday, December 17, 2015

HAVANA • The young infielder who could be the next best talent to emerge from Cuba caught sight of one of the best pitchers on the planet and tried to position himself for a meeting. A narrow, subterranean passageway behind home plate and carved under the seats at Estadio Latinoamericano created an impromptu and confined mix zone for the major-league players visiting Havana’s largest ballpark and the stars of Cuban…

Amid Warming With US, Cuban Baseball Defectors Teach Youth – ABC News

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Some of Major League Baseball’s biggest Cuban-born stars put dozens of boys through batting, pitching and catching drills in a sunny Havana ballpark, part of a three-day mission meant to warm relations between the U.S. league and this baseball-mad nation. Among the teachers at Wednesday’s baseball clinic were Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, St. Louis Cardinals catcher Brayan Pena and Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu — defectors…

The Todd Frazier trade illustrates what’s wrong with baseball – WCPO

Thursday, December 17, 2015

At least we had the Home Run Derby. What a perfect, amazing July night that was. I wrote the next day: Last night was a night this entire city will remember for a generation. My son and I sat together in our living room, watching Frazier battle his way to the Derby championship. In a season of letdowns, it was the moment of glory.  And Frazier was the man who…

The Todd Frazier trade illustrates what’s wrong with baseball – WCPO

Thursday, December 17, 2015

At least we had the Home Run Derby. What a perfect, amazing July night that was. I wrote the next day: Last night was a night this entire city will remember for a generation. My son and I sat together in our living room, watching Frazier battle his way to the Derby championship. In a season of letdowns, it was the moment of glory.  And Frazier was the man who…

Dodgers’ Puig, Kershaw help give baseball clinic in Cuba – LA Daily News

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Dodgers OF Yasiel Puig greets young baseball players before a clinic in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) HAVANA — More than 100 Cuban boys wearing the uniforms of local baseball teams stood in rows, smiling nervously Wednesday as they got tips and training from some of their major league idols — men who were born on the island…

Dream of young Cuban baseball prospects to play in U.S. still just that – Chicago Tribune

Thursday, December 17, 2015

HAVANA — Chic sunglasses propped on his head, Lourdes Gourriel Jr. projected the stylish air Wednesday of someone who belongs either on the cover of GQ or inside a major-league clubhouse. He looks ready for both. At 22 and one of Cuba’s top young prospects, the thin, 6-foot-3 Gourriel confidently strutted around El Estadio Latinoamericano for the youth baseball clinic wearing designer jeans and a shirt that hardly screamed working…

Pete Rose’s banishment from baseball must extend to the Hall of Fame – Los Angeles Times

Thursday, December 17, 2015

The event took place in front of a gaudy giant chair constructed with real baseball bats surrounding an actual home plate, yet Pete Rose never actually sat in it, and the emptiness was palpable. “Throne of ‘Hit King’ #4256,” read the plaque. Rose showed up wearing a cap of the Cincinnati Reds, yet the cap was bright white and the Reds wear, well, red, making it seem like he bought…

Pete Rose’s banishment from baseball must extend to the Hall of Fame – Los Angeles Times

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The event took place in front of a gaudy giant chair constructed with real baseball bats surrounding an actual home plate, yet Pete Rose never actually sat in it, and the emptiness was palpable. “Throne of ‘Hit King’ #4256,” read the plaque. Rose showed up wearing a cap of the Cincinnati Reds, yet the cap was bright white and the Reds wear, well, red, making it seem like he bought…

Cuban baseball defectors made triumphant return (Dec 16, 2015) – FOXSports.com

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

HAVANA (AP) A lineup of Cuban-born baseball stars, including some of the most famous defectors in recent memory, have made a triumphant return to the island as part of the first Major League Baseball trip here since 1999. Once the object of official disdain in Cuba for leaving the country illegally, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, St. Louis Cardinals catcher Brayan Pena and first baseman Jose Abreu of the…

The Todd Frazier trade illustrates what’s wrong with baseball – WCPO

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

At least we had the Home Run Derby. What a perfect, amazing July night that was. I wrote the next day: Last night was a night this entire city will remember for a generation. My son and I sat together in our living room, watching Frazier battle his way to the Derby championship. In a season of letdowns, it was the moment of glory.  And Frazier was the man who…

Pete Rose’s banishment from baseball must extend to the Hall of Fame – Los Angeles Times

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The event took place in front of a gaudy giant chair constructed with real baseball bats surrounding an actual home plate, yet Pete Rose never actually sat in it, and the emptiness was palpable. “Throne of ‘Hit King’ #4256,” read the plaque. Rose showed up wearing a cap of the Cincinnati Reds, yet the cap was bright white and the Reds wear, well, red, making it seem like he bought…

Cuban baseball defectors return amid warming with US – Allentown Morning Call

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

HAVANA (AP) — A group of Cuban-born baseball stars once disdained by the island’s government for defecting to the United States triumphantly returned home and on Wednesday were teaching their craft to some of their youngest fans. Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, St. Louis Cardinals catcher Brayan Pena and first baseman Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox were swarmed by fans and members of the state media Tuesday…

Baseball Riot swings bats, balls, and explosions onto Windows 10 PC and Mobile – Windows Central

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Baseball Riot is the latest from 10Tons gaming and available from the Xbox One, Windows 10, and Windows Phone Stores. It is a puzzle game of sorts where you are tasked with taking out enemy baseball players and corrupt energy drink reps. The game puts you in the shoes of baseball legend Gabe Carpaccio, who is seeking vengeance on his team and the corrupt energy drink manufacturer Explodz, both of…

How good was Pete Rose the baseball player? – ESPN (blog)

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

1:33 PM ET 0 Shares print So, Pete Rose has been in the news the past couple of days. Rather than discuss that topic again, let’s discuss Pete Rose the baseball player. Obviously, Rose would have been a first-ballot Hall of Famer as the all-time hits leader and one of the most famous players in the game’s long history. I’ve had readers tell me he’s the greatest player ever and…

Gallery: Baseball’s all-time hits leaders – Sacramento Bee

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

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Pete Rose’s banishment from baseball must extend to the Hall of Fame – Los Angeles Times

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The event took place in front of a gaudy giant chair constructed with real baseball bats surrounding an actual home plate, yet Pete Rose never actually sat in it, and the emptiness was palpable. “Throne of ‘Hit King’ #4256,” read the plaque. Rose showed up wearing a cap of the Cincinnati Reds, yet the cap was bright white and the Reds wear, well, red, making it seem like he bought…

MLB, Cuba building a bridge with baseball – STLtoday.com

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

HAVANA • At the beginning of a historic press conference in the venerable Hotel Nacional de Cuba, the chief for the Major League Baseball Players Association, Tony Clark, asked the gathered group of more than 100 a question, in Spanish. “La pelota es vida,” he said, smiling. “Si or no?” The crowd, filled with local media and officials, shouted back: “Si.” Baseball is life. Of course. Now we’ll see if it’s a…

Pete Rose’s banishment from baseball must extend to the Hall of Fame – Los Angeles Times

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The event took place in front of a gaudy giant chair constructed with real baseball bats surrounding an actual home plate, yet Pete Rose never actually sat in it, and the emptiness was palpable. “Throne of ‘Hit King’ #4256,” read the plaque. Rose showed up wearing a cap of the Cincinnati Reds, yet the cap was bright white and the Reds wear, well, red, making it seem like he bought…