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COLUMBIA — Clarke Schmidt’s original plan for this past summer involved pitching in the Coastal Plain League and putting himself in position to contend for a weekend starter’s spot with the South Carolina baseball team. But very suddenly, baseball didn’t seem to matter as much anymore. Online Read David Caraviello’s blog at postandcourier.com/blog/spur-of-the-moment. Get more USC sports news at postandcourier.com/gamecocks. …

Caption Close NEW MILFORD — The New Milford Youth Baseball Softball League is asking residents to support the renovation of two softball fields at Sarah Noble Intermediate School to be used by the league through donations to a Go Fund Me account, www.gofundme/nmbbsb. Garick Farms, the league’s landlord for the Boardman Road ball fields needs to expand its footprint and will be reclaiming Field A and Little A. The loss…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — They are hungry here. And that is a good thing, because there is more barbecue piled up on the outskirts of the Arrowhead Stadium parking lots than in most butcher shops. Kickoff of the Chiefs-Steelers game is less than an hour away. Jeff Freeman has some eating to do. “You’ve heard about our barbecue, right?” Freeman asks. “Here. Try some.” No, thank you. Once I start,…

Random thoughts on the brink of the World Series: •Home runs are eye-catching, but this Mets-Royals matchup is all about pitching. Specifically, power pitching. New York’s staff has collected 91 strikeouts in 80 innings this postseason. Kansas City leads all playoff teams with 114 strikeouts in 96 innings. This is pure, old-country hardball. Just picture Nolan Ryan getting comfortable on the couch, savoring the sight. •A’s fans nearly had to…

1911 — Danny Murphy of Philadelphia had four hits, and the Athletics beat the New York Giants 13-2 to win the World Series in six games. The A’s put the game out of reach with a seven-run seventh inning. 1985 — Dane Iorg’s two-run single and a disputed call by first base umpire Don Denkinger in the ninth inning gave the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 victory over the St….

Caption + A fan looks at player plaques at the Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday, July 27, 2013, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – They should just call it Baseballville. Right off the bat, you’d know why you’re visiting this upstate New York destination that is a fair drive from the nearest interstate. Get into downtown early in the day and you can find parking. Otherwise,…

View photo . (AP) If you thought Cubs’ NLCS ticket prices at Wrigley Field were going crazy at this time last week, you haven’t seen anything yet. With the New York Mets set to compete in their first World Series since 2000, ticket prices at Citi Field have soared beyond those numbers and reached all-time highs.  With Games 3, 4 and 5 scheduled for Citi Field, ticket resale services say…

Daniel Murphy has been a good, productive player for the Mets over the last seven-plus seasons, but the 30-year-old infielder wasn’t near the top of many free agent watch lists as October began. That has changed. Murphy smashed three home runs in the NLDS, four home runs in the NLCS, and he’ll carry a record six-game postseason home run streak into Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday night…

Buy Photo Rutgers officials and donors participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fred Hill Training Complex for baseball and softball, Saturday, October 24, 2015, on the Livingston Campus in Piscataway. (Photo: Jason Towlen/Staff Photographer)Buy Photo PISCATAWAY – Ron Bainton has nicer Rutgers apparel than the tattered windbreaker he wore Saturday afternoon to the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Rutgers baseball and softball facility. But none with greater personal significance to…

The Mets and Kansas City Royals play Game 1 of the 2015 World Series on Tuesday, K.C. clinching the American League pennant Friday night with a win over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 6 of the ALCS. (New York swept the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.) For the Mets, it’s their first trip to the Series since 2000; the Royals lost in seven games to the San Francisco Giants last season. Kansas…

In 1999, I was teaching advanced dialectical history at a small northeastern liberal arts college whose name I will not mention here. The season of that year that stands out the most in my own memory is Autumn. The Autumn of 1999. I remember, that Autumn, getting home from the last class of the day, putting on the kettle, and turning on the radio to listen to a baseball game….

HAVANA — Campos’s street-cleaning cart has crooked wheels and when both yellow drums are filled with trash the weight causes the wheels of the cart to wobble and threaten to fall off, and Campos finds he must stop and give his cart a rest. One of the rest stops was under the portico of a building that is on one of the streets of Old Havana, a good place for…

ENLARGE During Kansas City’s decades-long playoff drought, Royals radio announcer Denny Matthews called thousands of meaningless games without ever sounding frustrated. Now that the Royals are playing meaningful baseball, however, some critics complain that Matthews never sounds excited. “The man in the broadcast booth—who should be living it up with his fan base, much of which he helped create—seems to be off in his own world, unable to express joy…

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Mississippi State pitching coach Butch Thompson has recruited and developed 22 Division I All-America selections and 29 all-conference honorees in his coaching career. (Photo: Mississippi State athletics) AUBURN – Butch Thompson is the new head baseball coach at Auburn University. Multiple sources close to the situation confirmed to the Montgomery Advertiser Thursday morning that the Mississippi State pitching coach and Auburn athletics director Jay Jacobs came to a verbal agreement late Wednesday evening….

Mississippi State pitching coach Butch Thompson has recruited and developed 22 Division I All-America selections and 29 all-conference honorees in his coaching career. (Photo: Mississippi State athletics) AUBURN – Butch Thompson is the new head baseball coach at Auburn University. Multiple sources close to the situation confirmed to the Montgomery Advertiser Thursday morning that the Mississippi State pitching coach and Auburn athletics director Jay Jacobs came to a verbal agreement late Wednesday evening….

A baseball diamond.(Photo: Great West League) GRESHAM, Ore. – A new baseball team is coming to Gresham next summer. The team will be affiliated with the West Coast League, a Northwest summer wood bat league for college-eligible players. Gresham Mayor Shane Bemis and West Coast League President Dennis Koho made the announcement at Mt. Hood Community College, where the team will play its first season. “We are proud to welcome…