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UPDATED: Butch Thompson named Auburn’s baseball coach – Montgomery Advertiser

Friday, October 23, 2015

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….

New baseball team coming to Gresham – kgw.com

Friday, October 23, 2015

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…

UPDATED: Butch Thompson named Auburn’s baseball coach – Montgomery Advertiser

Friday, October 23, 2015

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….

Inside Baseball: About those World Series bound Mets, plus more news – CBSSports.com

Thursday, October 22, 2015

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This bubbly’s for you: Evolution of traditional champagne celebrations in baseball – ESPN

Thursday, October 22, 2015

0 Shares print LOS ANGELES — Matt Harvey knew what was coming. He fully expected David Wright to spray champagne on him and for Michael Cuddyer to pour it over his head while Harvey attempted to do an interview inside the visiting clubhouse at Dodger Stadium last week after the New York Mets advanced to the National League Championship Series. Following their NL East title party last month in Cincinnati,…

UPDATED: Butch Thompson named Auburn’s baseball coach – Montgomery Advertiser

Thursday, October 22, 2015

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….

This bubbly’s for you: Evolution of traditional Champagne celebrations in baseball – ESPN

Thursday, October 22, 2015

0 Shares print LOS ANGELES — Matt Harvey knew what was coming. He fully expected David Wright to spray champagne on him and for Michael Cuddyer to pour it over his head while Harvey attempted to do an interview inside the visiting clubhouse at Dodger Stadium last week after the New York Mets advanced to the National League Championship Series. Following their NL East title party last month in Cincinnati,…

BREAKING: Butch Thompson to be Auburn’s baseball coach – Montgomery Advertiser

Thursday, October 22, 2015

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 has agreed in principle to become the next 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…

Dan Haren Chicago Cubs retirement official thanks baseball – FOXSports.com

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Dan Haren thanked baseball on his way out, making his retirement official shortly after the Chicago Cubs were swept out of the NLCS by the New York Mets on Wednesday night. Haren had revealed his decision after winning his final start of the regular season, saying he’d stay ready in case the Cubs needed him in the playoffs. Now that they are out, he has time for more trivial pursuits…

Mets Fans’ Belief Takes Wing at a Midtown Baseball Bar – New York Times

Thursday, October 22, 2015

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More Pitchers Involved in Gambling Scandal in Japan Baseball – ABC News

Thursday, October 22, 2015

A gambling scandal has hit Japanese professional baseball at the worst possible time. Just days before Japan’s version of the World Series begins and as baseball is vying to get back in the Olympics, the sport has been hit by an ugly incident involving the most popular team. Nippon Professional Baseball announced on Wednesday that two more pitchers from the Yomiuri Giants had bet on professional baseball games. The announcement…

Here’s to Terry Collins, baseball lifer with a golden touch – New York Post

Thursday, October 22, 2015

CHICAGO — You wait a whole baseball lifetime to simply get to a World Series — all the games and years and indignities — and then you are winning 6-0 early in a pennant clincher. “What you feel is, ‘Why the hell is it only the third inning? Let’s hurry up and get to the ninth,’ ” Joe Torre said. Few men on the planet understood what Terry Collins was…

Game Changer: How Carlton Fisk’s home run altered baseball and TV – Sports Illustrated

Thursday, October 22, 2015

This story appears in the Oct. 26, 2015, issue of Sports Illustrated. To subscribe, click here. A waning gibbous moon hung like a medallion over Charlestown, N.H., on the first clear night after a three-day nor’easter. A light wind rustled the lindens and oaks along Main Street. The bells of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church suddenly began clanging at the strange hour of 1:07 a.m. Such an intrusion on the dead…

It’s never over until it’s over in baseball, but the Royals can still bounce … – Kansas City Star (blog)

Thursday, October 22, 2015

The Royals’ 14-2 dissection of Toronto on Tuesday was punctuated by the wacky appearance of Blue Jays infielder Cliff Pennington. In a cameo role, he became the first strictly positional player ever to pitch in a major league baseball postseason game. That was a slapstick form of surrender in a meeting in which the Royals became just the fourth team in MLB postseason history to amass 15 hits or more…

Mets Fans’ Belief Takes Wing at a Midtown Baseball Bar – New York Times

Thursday, October 22, 2015

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Game Changer: How Carlton Fisk’s home run altered baseball and TV – Sports Illustrated

Thursday, October 22, 2015

This story appears in the Oct. 26, 2015, issue of Sports Illustrated. To subscribe, click here. A waning gibbous moon hung like a medallion over Charlestown, N.H., on the first clear night after a three-day nor’easter. A light wind rustled the lindens and oaks along Main Street. The bells of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church suddenly began clanging at the strange hour of 1:07 a.m. Such an intrusion on the dead…

Inside Baseball: ‘We can (bleeping) do it,’ says Cubs’ Epstein; plus MLB notes – CBSSports.com

Thursday, October 22, 2015

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St. Edward baseball selects Matt Rosinski as coach – cleveland.com

Thursday, October 22, 2015

LAKEWOOD, Ohio — St. Edward named former Miami University and St. Ignatius standout pitcher Matt Rosinski its head baseball coach this week. Rosinski, who earned accolades as a closer for the Redhawks before graduating in 2012, recently served as the junior varsity coach and pitching co-ordinator for St. Ignatius. He said pulling on the jersey of rival St. Edward for the first time is going to feel “different,” however, he…

Inside Baseball: ‘We can (bleeping) do it,’ says Cubs’ Epstein; plus MLB notes – CBSSports.com

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

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