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Bryce Harper bravely stands up to baseball’s foolish unwritten rules – Washington Post

Thursday, October 01, 2015

You know what should put Bryce Harper over the top for MVP this season? It’s not his National League-best batting average through Tuesday night. It’s not his NL-co-leading 41 home runs. It’s not even that his 2015 campaign is rivaling the greatest seasons ever produced from Barry Bonds, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. What should put Harper over the top aren’t statistics of staggering proportions but, instead, what…

Baseball’s culture clash: Vast majority of brawls involve differing ethnicities – USA TODAY

Thursday, October 01, 2015

Royals RHP Yordano Ventura and Angels OF Mike Trout exchange words at home plate.(Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea, USA TODAY Sports) A scene from the Texas Rangers’ clubhouse at Oakland’s Coliseum last week neatly captured the blending of cultures that’s so prevalent in baseball. As Shin-Soo Choo highlights flashed on a TV screen, a group of seven Latin players sitting around a table – some born in the U.S., others abroad –…

WATCH: One Baseball Fan’s Very Bad Day – NPR

Thursday, October 01, 2015

So, maybe you’ve been having a bad day. We’re pretty sure that one guy — a baseball fan at Tuesday’s Yankees game — can one up you. The man was sitting along the third base line and got three chances to catch a ball. The guy fumbled all of them: The good news: He eventually did get a ball, and he — and the woman sitting next to him —…

Baseball’s culture clash: Vast majority of brawls involve differing ethnicities – USA TODAY

Thursday, October 01, 2015

Royals RHP Yordano Ventura and Angels OF Mike Trout exchange words at home plate.(Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea, USA TODAY Sports) A scene from the Texas Rangers’ clubhouse at Oakland’s Coliseum last week neatly captured the blending of cultures that’s so prevalent in baseball. As Shin-Soo Choo highlights flashed on a TV screen, a group of seven Latin players sitting around a table – some born in the U.S., others abroad –…

Bryce Harper bravely stands up to baseball’s foolish unwritten rules – Washington Post

Thursday, October 01, 2015

You know what should put Bryce Harper over the top for MVP this season? It’s not his NL-best batting average through Tuesday night. It’s not his National League-co-leading 41 home runs. It’s not even that his 2015 campaign is rivaling the greatest seasons ever produced from Barry Bonds, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. What should put Harper over the top aren’t statistics of staggering proportions but, instead, what…

Baseball’s culture clash: Vast majority of brawls involve differing ethnicities – USA TODAY

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Royals RHP Yordano Ventura and Angels OF Mike Trout exchange words at home plate.(Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea, USA TODAY Sports) A scene from the Texas Rangers’ clubhouse at Oakland’s Coliseum last week neatly captured the blending of cultures that’s so prevalent in baseball. As Shin-Soo Choo highlights flashed on a TV screen, a group of seven Latin players sitting around a table – some born in the U.S., others abroad –…

Bryce Harper bravely stands up to baseball’s foolish unwritten rules – Washington Post

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

You know what should put Bryce Harper over the top for MVP this season? It’s not his baseball-best batting average. It’s not his National League-leading 41 home runs. It’s not even that his 2015 campaign is rivaling the greatest seasons ever produced from Barry Bonds, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. What should put Harper over the top aren’t statistics of staggering proportions but, instead, what he dared to…

WATCH: One Baseball Fan’s Very Bad Day – NPR

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

So, maybe you’ve been having a bad day. We’re pretty sure that one guy — a baseball fan at Tuesday’s Yankees game — can one up you. The man was sitting along the third base line and got three chances to catch a ball. The guy fumbled all of them: The good news: He eventually did get a ball, and he — and the woman sitting next to him —…

Hurricane Joaquin means wet weekend for East Coast football, baseball – SportingNews.com

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Looks like another wet sports weekend for the Atlantic Coast states. Thanks you, Joaquin. The real trouble, especially for football fans, begins Saturday. Hurricane Joaquin’s expected footprint includes Washington, where the Redskins are scheduled to face the Eagles on Sunday. Baseball, especially in New York; NASCAR, which is scheduled to run races at Dover, Del.; and college football are expected to see rain — possibly lots of it. MORE: NFL…

Florida State’s Corey Martinez strays from family’s baseball tradition – ESPN (blog)

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

0 Shares Print Corey Martinez arrived in Cooperstown for a baseball tournament mired in a terrible slump. The power-hitting first baseman and pitcher was impatient at the plate, losing his balance and sapping himself of his strength. He spent the days before the tournament prepping with his coach, former major leaguer Lance McCullers, whose Tampa, Florida, AAU team also included Lance McCullers Jr., a future MLB first-round pick. “Corey hit…

Yogi Berra remembered for more than baseball – The Seattle Times

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

MONTCLAIR, N.J. — A gold catcher’s mitt was placed on top of his remains. But on a day filled with stories from a lifetime in baseball, Yogi Berra was remembered for being more than one of the game’s greats. He was the man who served his country courageously on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in 1944. He was the man who delighted in the joys of family and someone…

Stephen J. Nesbitt’s Pirates baseball chat transcript: 9.29.15 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

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Army vet shot after baseball game may never walk again – New York Post

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

An Army vet may never walk again after he was shot in the back while leaving a St. Louis Cardinals home game on Friday. Christopher Sanna, 43, was struck in his liver, spine and lungs, according to KMOV. His mother, Candis Sanna, posted on a GoFundMe page on Sunday that “surgeons have confirmed that his spinal injury cannot be repaired.” “They said he could eventually get a little feeling back,…

Baseball May Return To 2020 Olympics; Tokyo Organizers Also Want Surfing – NPR

Monday, September 28, 2015

i Baseball, surfing and skateboarding could be in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, under a proposal announced by Organizing Comittee President Yoshiko Mori on Monday. Koji Sasahara/AP hide caption itoggle caption Koji Sasahara/AP Baseball, surfing and skateboarding could be in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, under a proposal announced by Organizing Comittee President Yoshiko Mori on Monday. Koji Sasahara/AP Ousted from the London 2012 Games by the International Olympic Committee, baseball and…