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BASEBALL: Former REV, RCC standout Hanson dies Share Pin It More Galleries Tommy Hanson, a former Redlands East Valley High School and Riverside City College baseball standout who went on to pitch in the major leagues, died Monday night in Atlanta after falling into a coma. He was 29 years old. Hanson, who pitched five seasons in the majors, reportedly fell into a coma due to multiple organ failure…

One of baseball’s best prospects got suspended for 50 games Monday. He did not drive drunk. He did not hit a woman. He did not cheat in a game. He did something legal in four states, decriminalized in 16 and completely endorsed this time next year, when he’s on a major league roster. Reefer madness is alive and well in baseball. Alex Reyes, a 100-mph-throwing starter in the St. Louis…

Baseball is known as the national pastime of the United States. The same cannot be said in Israel, but a new program enlisting American Jewish ballplayers is aimed at honing the skills of Israeli hopefuls and elevating the game in the Jewish state. The Israel Association of Baseball is hoping its “Israel Baseball Experience” program, importing the American players for five months starting in January to play in the top…

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Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson continues to reap awards for his 2015 season. On Monday night at the Players Choice Awards, Donaldson received the 2015 Player of the Year Award and the American League Outstanding Player Award. Donaldson was a baseball and football star at Faith Academy in Mobile and played baseball at Auburn. The Players Choice Awards are presented by the Major League Baseball Players Trust, the…

One of baseball’s best prospects got suspended for 50 games Monday. He did not drive drunk. He did not hit a woman. He did not cheat in a game. He did something legal in four states, decriminalized in 16 and completely endorsed this time next year, when he’s on a major league roster. Reefer madness is alive and well in baseball. Alex Reyes, a 100-mph-throwing starter in the St. Louis…

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Janet Marie Smith of Jackson is leading a renovation of 63-year-old Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. As an architect and designer, Smith has become one of the game’s most valuable assets.(Photo: Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers) She has never hit a curveball or stolen a base. Never made a diving catch or turned a double play. But Janet Marie Smith, who grew up in Jackson and is a proud member of Callaway…

Janet Marie Smith of Jackson is leading a renovation of 63-year-old Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. As an architect and designer, Smith has become one of the game’s most valuable assets.(Photo: Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers) She has never hit a curveball or stolen a base. Never made a diving catch or turned a double play. But Janet Marie Smith, who grew up in Jackson and is a proud member of Callaway…

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Janet Marie Smith of Jackson is leading a renovation of 63-year-old Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. As an architect and designer, Smith has become one of the game’s most valuable assets.(Photo: Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers) She has never hit a curve ball or stolen a base. Never made a diving catch or turned a double play. But Janet Marie Smith, who grew up in Jackson and is a proud member of…

Shohei Otani struck out 10 batters over six scoreless innings as Japan beat South Korea 5-0 in the opening game of the Premier12 baseball tournament on Sunday. Otani, billed as Japan’s ace, lived up to expectations in the game played at Sapporo Dome. The 21-year-old right-hander notched three consecutive strikeouts in the fifth inning after South Korea had runners at first and second with no outs. The quadrennial tournament, which…

Janet Marie Smith of Jackson is leading a renovation of 63-year-old Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. As an architect and designer, Smith has become one of the game’s most valuable assets.(Photo: Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers) She has never hit a curve ball or stolen a base. Never made a diving catch or turned a double play. But Janet Marie Smith, who grew up in Jackson and is a proud member of…

Missouri truly was the baseball state in television consumption of the sport this year. St. Louis led the way nationally in ratings for the World Series among markets outside those of the competing teams. Nielsen says 17.2 percent of homes in the market tuned in to the five-game event in which Kansas City beat the New York Mets and was televised by Fox. KC led the way, with a massive…

A baseball field at the Bob Forrest Youth Sports Complex in Carlsbad.(Photo: Maddy Hayden – Current-Argus) Baseball season is over and the Kansas City Royals are champions, but that does not mean you can’t enjoy America’s pastime. Here are some baseball movie suggestions from the Current-Argus to get you out of the “pickle” that is the offseason. The Sandlot (1993) Every World Series player starts out playing baseball in his…

An 18-year-old Hank Aaron boarded a bus in Mobile, Ala., in 1952 bound for Indianapolis, where he’d join the Clowns of the Negro Leagues. Aaron didn’t even own a change of clothes, traveled with only a small bag and had $2.50 in his pocket. “You have start somewhere,” Aaron said Saturday at Bartle Hall, where he was the guest speaker during the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’s 25th Anniversary Gala, “and…

The general managers meetings take place this coming week in Boca Raton, Fla., and we’ll see, in person, the changing face of baseball front offices. Formulas, calculations, models, concepts, and projections have overshadowed in some cases instincts and scouting. Smart has replaced street smart. Continue reading below This is baseball 2015, except in Kansas City and San Francisco, the homes of the last two World Series champions, where traditional baseball…

The general managers meetings take place this coming week in Boca Raton, Fla., and we’ll see, in person, the changing face of baseball front offices. Formulas, calculations, models, concepts, and projections have overshadowed in some cases instincts and scouting. Smart has replaced street smart. Continue reading below This is baseball 2015, except in Kansas City and San Francisco, the homes of the last two World Series champions, where traditional baseball…