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(CNN)David Denson, a first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers’ rookie affiliate in Helena, Montana, made baseball history this weekend by revealing that he is gay. Denson, 20, publicly disclosed the news in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article after sharing it with his family and Helena Brewers teammates. The news makes Denson the first active player affiliated with a Major League organization to come out publicly. “Talking with my teammates, they…

Not sure where it started, but it might have been at the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 1987. Ford C. Frick Award winner Jack Buck got up and waxed eloquently about his town: “I don’t want to be belligerent about it,” Buck said. “But I kind of think, Mr. (George) Steinbrenner and others, that St. Louis is not only the heartland of America, but the best baseball…

(CNN)David Denson, a first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers’ rookie affiliate in Helena, Montana, made baseball history this weekend by revealing that he is gay. Denson publicly disclosed the news in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article after sharing it with his family and Helena Brewers teammates. “Talking with my teammates, they gave me the confidence I needed, coming out to them,” Denson told sports writer Tom Haudricourt. “They said, ‘You’re…

Not sure where it started, but it might have been at the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 1987. Ford C. Frick Award winner Jack Buck got up and waxed eloquently about his town: “I don’t want to be belligerent about it,” Buck said. “But I kind of think, Mr. (George) Steinbrenner and others, that St. Louis is not only the heartland of America, but the best baseball…

Although a good problem to have, daily fantasy baseball gamers must choose from a crowded field of aces taking the mound on Sunday. Chris Sale, Zack Greinke, Matt Harvey, Madison Bumgarner, Carlos Carrasco and Carlos Martinez will all work to close out the weekend. While loaded at the top, the options quickly dwindle after the highest tier. It’s probably a good idea to spend big on two stud hurlers in…

For so long, David Denson desperately wanted to reveal to his baseball teammates that he is gay. He just never envisioned it happening in such impromptu and unstructured fashion. A first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers’ rookie affiliate in Helena, Mont., Denson had just entered the clubhouse a month or so ago when a teammate jokingly referred to him using a derogatory term for a gay male. It was…

July is for trades, and for the frenzy of trade talk that precedes the deadline at the end of the month. September is for pennant races, and for the frenzy of playoff possibilities and tiebreaker scenarios. August evokes the phrase “dog days,” those antsy days waiting for the postseason, or for the next season. As we await the playoffs, here are six California baseball vacancies that need to be filled…

Not sure where it started, but it might have been at the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 1987. Ford C. Frick Award winner Jack Buck got up and waxed eloquently about his town: “I don’t want to be belligerent about it,” Buck said. “But I kind of think, Mr. (George) Steinbrenner and others, that St. Louis is not only the heartland of America, but the best baseball…

July is for trades, and for the frenzy of trade talk that precedes the deadline at the end of the month. September is for pennant races, and for the frenzy of playoff possibilities and tiebreaker scenarios. August evokes the phrase “dog days,” those antsy days waiting for the postseason, or for the next season. As we await the playoffs, here are six California baseball vacancies that need to be filled…

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray and his wife Taylor answer questions during an interview at Chase Field July 20, 2015.(Photo: Michael Chow/azcentral sports) Taylor Ray remembers hearing a story about the pregnant wife of a professional baseball player, like herself. As the husband changed teams and levels 11 times, the woman entered into the care of four different doctors. She met the physician who would deliver her child just 24…

Walks in baseball are way down. Way, WAY down. Through August, Major League Baseball saw an average of 2.8 walks per game. If the season were to end there, that would be the lowest level since the 1920s. Similarly, a lot of the stats show that pitching is dominant over hitting. Strikeouts are up, batting average is down, among other key statistics. What’s going on here? Could the decline in…

Lost in the manic hustle of the trade deadline’s aftermath was some of the most significant news for the upcoming baseball offseason. Dave Dombrowski, the general manager of the Detroit Tigers since 2002, was fired from his post, becoming perhaps the most valuable free agent in baseball. I say perhaps because valuing front-office employees is difficult. Their Baseball-Reference.com pages are filled with transactions, not stats, and a team’s record is…

Walks in baseball are way down. Way, WAY down. Through August, Major League Baseball saw an average of 2.8 walks per game. If the season were to end there, that would be the lowest level since the 1920s. Similarly, a lot of the stats show that pitching is dominant over hitting. Strikeouts are up, batting average is down, among other key statistics. What’s going on here? Could the decline in…

SOUTH BEND — Peter Yarbro has witnessed a whole bunch of baseball in South Bend. In fact, he’s seen more than most the past 12 seasons — from the routine to the bizarre. …

Lost in the manic hustle of the trade deadline’s aftermath was some of the most significant news for the upcoming baseball offseason. Dave Dombrowski, the general manager of the Detroit Tigers since 2002, was fired from his post, becoming perhaps the most valuable free agent in baseball. I say perhaps because valuing front-office employees is difficult. Their Baseball-Reference.com pages are filled with transactions, not stats, and a team’s record is…

Not sure where it started, but it might have been at the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 1987. Ford C. Frick Award winner Jack Buck got up and waxed eloquently about his town: “I don’t want to be belligerent about it,” Buck said. “But I kind of think, Mr. (George) Steinbrenner and others, that St. Louis is not only the heartland of America, but the best baseball…

Modern baseball statistics are much like restless leg syndrome, like gluten or sleep numbers. You know, crap someone made up for no good reason. In fact, I think CRAP is one of the new baseball stats. It stands for Creepy Ratios And Percentages. Or maybe not. One of my favorites is LIPS (Late Inning Pressure Situations) though it was much more fun when it belonged to Morganna, the Kissing Bandit….

Lost in the manic hustle of the trade deadline’s aftermath was some of the most significant news for the upcoming baseball offseason. Dave Dombrowski, the general manager of the Detroit Tigers since 2002, was fired from his post, becoming perhaps the most valuable free agent in baseball. I say perhaps because valuing front-office employees is difficult. Their Baseball-Reference.com pages are filled with transactions, not stats, and a team’s record is…

By the time the Blue Jays and Tigers finished their whirlwind nine-hour trade discussion that sent ace left-hander David Price a couple hundred miles, from Detroit to Toronto, it was quite clear the Blue Jays had completed one of the great double plays in trade-deadline history. And it hasn’t taken too much longer than that to fully understand the magnitude those two bold moves — Price plus franchise shortstop Troy…