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It’s Monday, which means our regularly scheduled programming of This Week in (Dumb) Baseball is ready for consumption. As regular readers already know, this feature has the title, sure, but it’s mostly for fun— a fact that eludes the masses but remains the case. For example, if you tell me to “quit whining,” you are missing the point. I’m mostly chuckling to myself as I write these things (with some…

In the past year the Braves have dealt a lot of talent, trading away Justin Upton, Jason Heyward and Craig Kimbrel, among others. Late last week the Braves traded shortstop Andrelton Simmons to the Angels. Yesterday Ken Rosenthal reported that Atlanta was now shopping Freddie Freeman. While most of the trades the Braves have made have resulted in nice returns in terms of either young talent coming back or big salaries going…

If Jaylon McLaughlin didn’t have baseball in his blood, he certainly had it in his eyes. Born when his father was playing the sport in college, McLaughlin was around the diamond from a very young age and quickly took a liking to it. Indeed, baseball strengthened a bond that has blossomed over the years into a good-natured father-son rivalry. “We’re really competitive,” said McLaughlin, a senior shortstop at Santa Monica…

It’s strange to think that there was ever a “first” trade. After all, baseball and the trading of players to strengthen your roster have been around long before you, or I, were ever on this Earth. So it seems absurd that two teams wouldn’t sit down and say, “Hey, we’re bad at pitching and you’re really good at it; meanwhile, we’ve got a bunch of second basemen whereas you currently…

One of the most famous moments in baseball history occurred in game one of the 1954 World Series when New York Giants centerfielder Willie Mays made a spectacular catch, followed by an equally extraordinary throw, of a long fly ball off the bat of Cleveland Indians slugger Vic Wertz. Most baseball fans know that play and have seen the image of Mays with his back towards home plate sprinting into…

He was a college baseball player so legendary in his time that he was inducted into his school’s athletic hall of fame, even though he only attended two years. Then he broke a color barrier and became the first man of his race to play professional baseball. Then he became a professional baseball star, in spite of being subjected to the vilest of racial prejudice and violations of his civil…

There was a time when a philanthropist, entrepreneur and community-minded man wanted to bring Major League Baseball here. That team would have played in a ballpark he wanted to build next to what is now Raymond James Stadium. He didn’t plan to ask taxpayers to foot the bill for that ballpark. His plan was that his Tampa Bay Baseball Group would pay for it. That man…

There was a time when a philanthropist, entrepreneur and community-minded man wanted to bring Major League Baseball here. That team would have played in a ballpark he wanted to build next to what is now Raymond James Stadium. He didn’t plan to ask taxpayers to foot the bill for that ballpark. His plan was that his Tampa Bay Baseball Group would pay for it. That man…

There was a time when a philanthropist, entrepreneur and community-minded man wanted to bring Major League Baseball here. That team would have played in a ballpark he wanted to build next to what is now Raymond James Stadium. He didn’t plan to ask taxpayers to foot the bill for that ballpark. His plan was that his Tampa Bay Baseball Group would pay for it. That man…

EACO baseball team An integrated team played for Waseca County 46 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in professional baseball. Photo courtesy Waseca County Historical Society Posted: Saturday, November 14, 2015 7:00 pm EACO sponsored integrated baseball team By Sheila Morris Waseca County Historical Society Mankato Free Press Even though the 2015 baseball season is over, we all know that old baseball stories never die, and Waseca County…

Carlsbad Hard Knocks third baseman Sebastian Garcia scores a run off a wild pitch against Roswell Rox pitcher Major Byrd in the bottom of the first inning Saturday.(Photo: Matt Hollinshead — Current-Argus) CARLSBAD – Even in the cool November air, with the 2015 World Series already in the books, Bob Forrest Youth Sports Complex preserved the spirit of baseball with a one-and-one regional tournament all day Saturday. “I’m really excited….

By Seth G. Macy A mod for Fallout 4 has added the jersey of famed Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz to the game, and Major League Baseball wants it stopped. According to the Boston Globe, Texas resident Richie Branson created the mod to make the game feel more authentic. Branson told the Globe while many of Boston’s most recognizable geographic and architectural pieces are included in the game, the…

No pain, no gain might be the mantra of the modern baseball front office.

BOCA RATON, Fla. >> Major League Baseball’s general managers have become the brainy bunch. Ivy in the major leagues these days isn’t just a reference to Wrigley Field’s vine-covered walls. Four GMs hired in the last two months have Ivy League backgrounds. The 30 current GMs include four Harvard graduates, two each from Cornell and Dartmouth, and one apiece from Princeton and Penn. There are…

Red Sox acquire Kimbrel from Padres for prospects The Boston Red Sox have acquired closer Craig Kimbrel from the San Diego Padres for four prospects. The Red Sox assume $25 million remaining on Kimbrel’s contract in their first big acquisition since Dave Dombrowski took over as president of baseball operations on Aug. 18. Kimbrel was obtained by the Padres in a blockbuster deal the day before the 2015 season started….

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Fresh off a trip to the 2015 College World Series, the Razorback Baseball program inked five in-state baseball standouts during the early signing period. The five Class of 2016 signees come from both the northwest and central parts of the state. They will be able to compete for the Razorbacks in the 2017 baseball season. “Our No. 1 goal is to get the best players in the…

Rending of the proposed Vanderbilt University baseball complex. This view shows Memorial Gym and the north end of the clubhouse. The Vanderbilt University Board of Trust has approved a $10 million project, planned to be built after the 2016 baseball season.(Photo: Submitted) More than 80 donors have pledged “real close” to $10 million to pay for the first phase of Vanderbilt baseball’s new facility, according to athletic director David Williams….

Nyssa baseball coach Rick Clark, center, hugs his son, Andruw, at a game. Clark, 47, died Thursday of acute myeloid leukemia.

It took some time for our shock to subside, the dust to settle and for the pieces to be confirmed, but once all of that fell into place yesterday, the huge trade of Erick Aybar and the Angels‘ top prospects in exchange for Braves SS Andrelton Simmons finally began to make plenty sense to us here at Halos Heaven. Yes, many of us would miss Erick Aybar, and the promise…