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NEW YORK—U.S. baseball legend, Yogi Berra, has died at the age of 90. Mr. Berra, died of natural causes Tuesday at his home in New Jersey, according to Dave Kaplan, the director of the Yogi Berra Museum. “While we mourn the loss of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, we know he is at peace with Mom,” Mr. Berra’s family said in…

Former Reds player and manager Pete Rose (left) talks with host and Enquirer columnist Paul Daugherty during a lecture on ethics in sport Monday on the campus of Miami University in Oxford.(Photo: AP Photo/Gary Landers) Pete Rose says he has not met with Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, and leaves it at that. Spring turns to summer turns to fall, and the long-awaited sit-down grows dusty with…

Former pro-baseball player Brandon Martin made his first court appearance Tuesday on triple murder charges with special circumstances for the deaths of his father, uncle and a bystander. The 22-year-old sported injuries as he faced a judge. Police say he jumped from a second-story home while running from officers. Martin is accused of going to his parents’ home in Corona and murdering his father, 64-year-old Michael Martin, uncle, 51-year-old Rick…

NEW YORK — If there is one thing Bill James wishes more people understood about sabermetrics — the method of empirical analysis of baseball that he had a prominent role in pioneering — it’s that the data is not the point. The point is to use the data like a razor to cut through false convictions to find the truth. “The reason that understanding is so difficult to build in…

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While injured Yadier Molina is heading for the sidelines, probably for the better part of the next two weeks with a slightly torn ligament in his left thumb, righthander Adam Wainwright will be coming off the sidelines. Wainwright, presumed to be out for the season after he suffered a torn Achilles’ tendon while exiting the batter’s box in an April 25 game in Milwaukee, has been cleared by doctors to…

CORONA, Calif. — Former professional baseball player Brandon Willie Martin was arrested Saturday in connection with a shooting rampage that left three dead, reports CBS Los Angeles. Police say Martin, 22, formerly a highly-regarded prospect in the Tampa Rays’ minor league system, shot and killed his father, 64-year-old Michael Martin, his uncle, 51-year-old Ricky Lee Anderson, and 62-year-old Barry Swanson, an ADT alarm company installer. All three men were shot…

ENLARGE Billy Beane walked up to the New York Stock Exchange on Friday morning, handed his driver’s license to a security guard and was reminded once more of his “Moneyball” fame. “You do a good job,” the guard said. “Not this year,” Beane said, with his Oakland Athletics bound for a last-place finish in the American League West. Bill James walked in just behind him, his name and face eliciting…

Something good has come from that 1962 World Series in which the Yankees beat the Giants in seven games. A baseball from that World Series, signed by many of the Yankees players, was sold for $30,000 at a silent auction in Liberal, Kansas, over the weekend and will be used to build a memorial for Kaiser Carlile, a 9-year-old boy who was killed when he was accidentally struck by a…

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…

A father and son were stabbed at a youth baseball game in Ventura, Southern California, on Sunday, police said. The father was watching his 15-year-old son play, when at about 4 p.m. the man’s older son, who is 19, got into a fight with a group of men near the field in…

The postseason is within reach for MLB teams, but the daily fantasy baseball season is far from over. Myriad franchises are battling for a spot in the playoffs, making the pressure to perform down the stretch even more intense. So who will rise to the occasion on Monday? We’ve broken down the numbers on some of the best players and a primer for owners looking to build the bankroll. Here’s…

Mixed Leagues Eddie Rosario, 2B/OF, Minnesota Twins Kelby Tomlinson, 2B/SS, San Francisco Giants Jake Marisnick, OF, Houston Astros Tommy Pham, OF, St. Louis Cardinals CC Sabathia, SP, New York Yankees Tyler Duffey, SP, Minnesota Twins   AL-Only Carlos Perez, C, Los Angeles Angels Taylor Featherston, 2B/3B/SS, Los Angeles Angels Jake Smolinski, OF, Oakland Athletics Adam Warren, SP/RP, New York Yankees Cody Martin, RP, Oakland Athletics   NL-Only Dustin Garneau, C,…

ENLARGE Billy Beane walked up to the New York Stock Exchange on Friday morning, handed his driver’s license to a security guard and was reminded once more of his “Moneyball” fame. “You do a good job,” the guard said. “Not this year,” Beane said, with his Oakland Athletics bound for a last-place finish in the American League West. Bill James walked in just behind him, his name and face eliciting…

Three people were stabbed during a children’s baseball game in Ventura Sunday afternoon. The victims were stabbed around 4 p.m. in the 2000 block of Cameron Street, near De Anza Middle School. Authorities said the stabbing happened at a little league baseball game near the diamond, but not on the field. Authorities received several 911 calls of a physical fight that broke out at the game, located at Harry A….

ENLARGE Updated Sept. 20, 2015 6:29 p.m. ET Flushing, N.Y. New York City can really drive you bonkers—I say that as somebody who lives in this madcave and loves it. New York always sees itself as the most important place in the solar system, even when it’s not. We have no humility, no chill, no sense of proportion about ourselves, and our 4 p.m. traffic will make you weep. Also…

CHICAGO (AP) — Addison Russell’s fly ball in the eighth inning Sunday might be the most important play in baseball so far this year. St. Louis star catcher Yadier Molina suffered a sprained left thumb on the play as the Cubs ran themselves out of late scoring chances and the Cardinals ended Chicago’s five-game winning streak and avoided a sweep with a 4-3 win Sunday. The Cardinals moved six games…

So way back in spring training, I sat down with Felix Hernandez for a one-on-one interview for Fox Sports 1. Each team’s marquee players sat down for the preseason interviews, usually with a local beat writer. It supposed aired at least once on “America’s Best Pregame Show.” Fox Sports 1 was making a push for more baseball content back then. Financial issues have changed that push. But they released the video…

  It’s week two of the NFL season and you’re probably planning on plopping down on the couch for that magical seven-hour block of NFL RedZone that only happens 17 times every year. Honestly, I can’t blame you.  But baseball season is winding down and there are precious few weeks left with all 30 teams on the schedule. We know by now that when there are more teams…