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Graham McNamee wins Frick Award for baseball broadcasting – Boston Herald
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Graham McNamee has won the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting. Baseball’s Hall of Fame made the announcement Wednesday at the winter meetings. McNamee is the 40th winner of the Frick Award. He will be honored during the Hall of Fame awards presentation on July 23 in Cooperstown, New York. An aspiring opera singer turned broadcaster almost by accident, McNamee called every World Series…
Indian Land Teen Airlifted after being Struck in the Head by Baseball – FOX 46 Charlotte
A 14-year-old boy was airlifted after being hit in the head by a baseball during fall workouts Wednesday afternoon, according to a post on the Indian Land High School Facebook. The post says he was wearing a helmet and running bases when a ball thrown by an infielder hit him in the face. The accident happened at Indian Land High School in South Carolina. Officials say after working with the…
Baseball: Protective netting for fans recommended – San Jose Mercury News
Major League Baseball recommended teams have protective netting between the dugouts for any field-level seats within 70 feet of home plate. The guidelines were announced Wednesday at the winter meetings in Nashville, Tennessee, following a season in which several fans were injured by foul balls, prompting MLB to study fan safety. Most teams are expected to expand their use of netting. “It is important that fans have the option to…
Moura: Former pitcher Floyd Youmans comes to grips with life outside baseball – OCRegister
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – While his contemporaries pace the halls of the Gaylord Opryland Resort at this week’s baseball Winter Meetings, Floyd Youmans traverses this city in his white GMC Yukon Denali. Once a talented young pitcher with an encouraging future, Youmans, now 51, spends his days driving for Uber. He made his major-league debut a month after his 21st birthday, for the 1985 Montreal Expos, as…
What we talk about when we talk about “a baseball man” – NBCSports.com
NASHVILLE — It’s a phrase you hear thrown around a lot, but most of the time you ignore it as it’s something of a place-holder. A seemingly empty phrase that is preferable to an “ummm . . .” and maybe a bit more refined than “he’s a real competitor,” but which is somewhat less illuminating than actual silence. The phrase: “baseball man.” As in someone in or around the game…
Major League Baseball issues new safety netting recommendations – NBCSports.com
NASHVILLE — Major League Baseball has issued recommendations to all 30 Major League Clubs with respect to fan safety at games. Specifically, recommendations related to expanding the number of seats covered by protective netting and expanding the ways in which clubs warn fans about the dangers of sitting near the field. The recommendations are as follows: Teams will be encouraged to shield the seats between the near ends of both dugouts (i.e., the…
Graham McNamee Wins Frick Award for Baseball Broadcasting – New York Times
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Restoring the Photos of Charles Conlon, A Pioneer of Baseball Photography – PetaPixel (blog)
Charles M. Conlon was an early 20th century American photographer who was among the first to regularly photograph baseball games and players. Although he shot many iconic early photos of the sport, his name was largely unknown until 1990, when 8,000+ of his negatives were found in the archives of Sporting News. Many of the photos were heavily marked, and the Digital Archive Project at the National Baseball Hall…
Parents Find Out Baby’s Sex in ‘Amazing’ Baseball Stunt – Yahoo Parenting
Monique Tello and Steven Statter only had one crack at making their baby’s sex announcement a big hit — and they scored, as photos (one of which is seen above) of Statter whacking a “baseball” to release a dazzling pink explosion are going viral this week. The couple, from Corona, Calif., both true-blue Dodger fans, decided on a baseball theme for their announcement. “Since pregnancy is typically more focused on…
Beyond the Box Office: Introducing a weekly baseball film series to help pass … – Lookout Landing
I hate the offseason. I hate the offseason because I actually end up thinking about baseball more than I do in September, when there is actually Major-League baseball being played. That may sound like a silly statement, but I mean, you’re reading this on a website that covers the Seattle Mariners, and now I don’t think I need to justify what I just said any further. The mental break…
McNamee wins Frick Award for baseball broadcasting – USA TODAY
(Photo: The Associated Press) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Graham McNamee has won the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting. Baseball’s Hall of Fame made the announcement Wednesday at the winter meetings. McNamee is the 40th winner of the Frick Award. He will be honored during the Hall of Fame awards presentation on July 23 in Cooperstown, New York. An aspiring opera singer turned broadcaster almost by accident,…
Baseball’s Most Handsome Managers – NBCSports.com
NASHVILLE — The Baseball Writers Association of America hands out a so-called Manager of the Year Award each November. It’s a comically flawed honor. There’s no basis for truly judging the candidates aside from reference to the voters’ own assumptions and expectations prior to the season and, as such, the award is more about the voters than it is about the managers. We at HardballTalk scoff at such presumptuousness. We feel…
Live updates: Latest news and rumors from baseball’s winter meetings, Day 3 – MLive.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As expected, the Detroit Tigers were quiet during Day 2 of baseball’s winter meetings, while several other teams stole the headlines. Will Detroit remain behind the scenes on Day 3? Or will they make another splash on the free-agent market by picking up a lefty reliever or another utility player? Join MLive.com’s James Schmehl and Chris Iott for the latest news and developments from today’s meetings at…
Ben Zobrist, baseball’s singular everyman – WTOP
WASHINGTON — Multiple reports surfaced Tuesday night that free agent Ben Zobrist spurned more lucrative offers, possibly from the New York Mets and Washington Nationals, to sign a four-year, $56 million contract with the Chicago Cubs. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the highly publicized pursuit of Zobrist this offseason was that there was so much fuss at all for a 34-year-old utility player. There are bigger free agents still…
Vote: Who are the 25 best players not in the Baseball Hall of Fame? – SportingNews.com
Monday’s announcement that the Pre Integration Era Committee elected no one to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2016 is a reminder of what, historically, has long since been the case: Baseball has one of the most restrictive Hall of Fames in sports. More than 18,000 people have played in the majors and countless others contributed to the national pastime, but just 310 people are enshrined. With such a fickle rate of…
Baseball’s Most Handsome Managers – NBCSports.com
NASHVILLE — The Baseball Writers Association of America hands out a so-called Manager of the Year Award each November. It’s a comically flawed honor. There’s no basis for truly judging the candidates aside from reference to the voters’ own assumptions and expectations prior to the season and, as such, the award is more about the voters than it is about the managers. We at HardballTalk scoff at such presumptuousness. We feel…
Dan Shaughnessy wins baseball’s JG Spink Award – The Boston Globe
Dan Shaughnessy has probably spent more time at Fenway Park than he has at his home in Newton, chronicling the Red Sox for the Boston Globe through times good and bad. His take on the team has been a must-read for years, even for those who disagree with his opinions. Now Shaughnessy is headed for the Baseball Hall of Fame, having been named winner of the prestigious J.G. Taylor Spink…
Ben Zobrist, baseball’s singular everyman – WTOP
WASHINGTON — Multiple reports surfaced Tuesday night that free agent Ben Zobrist spurned more lucrative offers, possibly from the New York Mets and Washington Nationals, to sign a four-year, $56 million contract with the Chicago Cubs. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the highly publicized pursuit of Zobrist this offseason was that there was so much fuss at all for a 34-year-old utility player. There are bigger free agents still…
Baseball’s Most Handsome Managers – NBCSports.com
NASHVILLE — The Baseball Writers Association of America hands out a so-called Manager of the Year Award each November. It’s a comically flawed honor. There’s no basis for truly judging the candidates aside from reference to the voters’ own assumptions and expectations prior to the season and, as such, the award is more about the voters than it is about the managers. We at HardballTalk scoff at such presumptuousness. We feel…
Ben Zobrist, baseball’s singular everyman – WTOP
WASHINGTON — Multiple reports surfaced Tuesday night that free agent Ben Zobrist spurned more lucrative offers, possibly from the New York Mets and Washington Nationals, to sign a four-year, $56 million contract with the Chicago Cubs. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the highly publicized pursuit of Zobrist this offseason was that there was so much fuss at all for a 34-year-old utility player. There are bigger free agents still…