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This year, domestic violence became an issue Major League Baseball could no longer ignore. Officials observed the backlash the NFL faced over its bungling of the Ray Rice case and knew they weren’t prepared to face a similar incident. The league enlisted the help of Futures Without Violence, a well established domestic violence awareness organization, and partnered with the MLB Players Association, the sport’s union, to craft a comprehensive policy…

OLEAN — Baseball will be the lone sport at Bradner Stadium for most of next summer, per the city’s new stance. “The city of Olean has elected to keep the Bradner Stadium field in a baseball-only configuration from April 1, 2016 to August 13, 2016,” Mayor Bill Aiello wrote in a letter Wednesday to Southern Tier Diesel football coach JR Bennion. Aiello said it’s in the city’s “best interest,” noting…

Rocket, Oil Can and four local baseball stars Kamal Asar, left, of Haverhill with his Boston Wolfpack teammate, ex-Red Sox star Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd, at the Men’s Senior Baseball League World Series in Phoenix. Rocket, Oil Can and four local baseball stars Kamas Asar photosDean Borrelli of Salem takes a rip at the Men’s Senior Baseball League World Series in Phoenix.  Posted: Sunday, December 13, 2015 1:20 pm Rocket, Oil…

The cartoonist Edward Steed spent the summer in Japan and, with nothing better to do, ended up going to a lot of baseball games. He brought his sketchbook along, too.   Left-handed pitcher Minako Uemura.   Mika Miyahara, Hyogo Dione. Minako Uemura, Kyoto Flora. Victory dance.   Ball one. Makoto Moriyama, waiting. Yuki Miyazaki. Fourth-inning uglyshirt R.B.I. double. Yukata Bargains (twenty per cent off). Waving towels for T-Okada. First base….

People, there is no baseball here. It is winter. It is the offseason. The world before us is a benumbed moonscape. Despair is occasioned. But lo and also behold: A summery buccaneer shall save us! Please bear outshone witness … The image you see above was tweeted out by the Indians of Cleveland on Saturday in celebration of some unseasonably warm local conditions. However, you should consider said image to…

Amber Batchelor’s weekend began with accompanying Cary baseball coach Brian Yerger to the Imps’ Friday night basketball game. He told her he was a candidate for teacher of the year to be announced at halftime. Batchelor is normally traveling to and from Georgia for her job, so she adjusted her schedule. She wasn’t suspicious anything was out of the ordinary when she was picked out of the crowd to participate…

Denison High School sophomore student and major league baseball hopeful Hunter Watson remembers his last day of middle school in eighth grade. “My math teacher Ms. Ramer handed me a letter that said, ‘When you make it big one day, don’t forget about me and send me some tickets,’” Watson said. Watson did just that Saturday by using baseball to help teach children how to fight cancer at “Batt(L)ing for…

One of baseball’s class acts, Michael Cuddyer penned an emotional farewell to professional baseball posted Saturday in The Players’ Tribune.  The 36-year-old retired after 15 big-league seasons with the Twins, Rockies and Mets as he battled a broken shoulder, strained oblique, torn-up knee and bulging disc in his neck over the last four seasons in the majors. MORE: Winter meetings winners and losers | Where could CarGo go? “Mentally, I was able to overcome…

With all of the names flying about at the Winter Meetings and throughout the Hot Stove League, one name that hasn’t gotten much run is Yasiel Puig. And this despite the facts that (1) the Dodgers seem as willing as ever to deal for a pitcher, and (2) Puig’s name came up so often in trade discussions at last year’s deadline. And many of those rumors stemmed from reports of…