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The trade deadline has passed, but that does not, of course, mean that trading season has completely left us. There are still August trades to be made; those somewhat strange swaps of often-damaged or overpriced or simply not entirely desirable goods, only slightly complicated by baseball’s waiver claim process. It was a fascinating late July trade market, as well; we saw more value moved by WAR than at any…

AP Earlier this year, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson said that his baseball hobby isn’t a contract ploy. And it apparently wasn’t, because his new deal doesn’t include a no-baseball clause. PFT has confirmed a smattering of reports that, indeed, Wilson’s new deal doesn’t prevent him from playing baseball. In contrast, the contract signed in May by Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston expressly prevents him from playing baseball. Other players have a similar clause,…

SO GET OUT AND ENJOY. GOING TO HAVE NICE WEATHER. ALSO, IT’S A GREAT DAY FOR THE PERFECT AMERICAN PAST TIME, THE CLASSIC ONE. AND TODAY IT’S BEING CELEBRATED WITH A LOT OF STYLE. GREEN FIELD VILLAGE IS THE PLACE TO BE PAYING TRIBUTE TO BASEBALL TWO. WORDS, BASEBALL. ROB MALONEY IS LIVE IN DEARBORN THIS MORNING. YOU LOOK ALL SET WITH YOUR BALL AND HAT. THIS IS MODERN BASEBALL….

It took a couple of bold pickups the week of the trade deadline, but the Kansas City Royals had finally done it. Solidified themselves as clear front-runners for the American League pennant? Emerged as outright World Series favorites? Not quite. Kansas City’s big accomplishment was simply amassing enough talent to break .500 down the season’s final stretch — at least in the eyes of the statistical projections. Although the Royals…

A full slate of games throughout Saturday provides daily fantasy baseball competitors with plenty of high-profile choices no matter what contests they enter. However, you often need some bargain picks to really help separate you from the pack. If you want to draft guys like Noah Syndergaard or Paul Goldschmidt, you better be set to counter it with one of these value plays.   Afternoon Contests Mat Latos, SP, Los…

It took a couple of bold pickups the week of the trade deadline, but the Kansas City Royals had finally done it. Solidified themselves as clear front-runners for the American League pennant? Emerged as outright World Series favorites? Not quite. Kansas City’s big accomplishment was simply amassing enough talent to break .500 down the season’s final stretch — at least in the eyes of the statistical projections. Although the Royals…

1916 — The Philadelphia A’s ended their 20-game losing streak, with Joe Bush beating the Detroit Tigers 7-1. 1939 — Red Rolfe of the New York Yankees started a streak of 18 consecutive games in which he scored at least one run. During those games, he scored a total of 30 runs. 1960 — Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit home run No. 511 to tie Mel Ott…

It took a couple of bold pickups the week of the trade deadline, but the Kansas City Royals had finally done it. Solidified themselves as clear front-runners for the American League pennant? Emerged as outright World Series favorites? Not quite. Kansas City’s big accomplishment was simply amassing enough talent to break .500 down the season’s final stretch — at least in the eyes of the statistical projections. Although the Royals…

It took a couple of bold pickups the week of the trade deadline, but the Kansas City Royals had finally done it. Solidified themselves as clear front-runners for the American League pennant? Emerged as outright World Series favorites? Not quite. Kansas City’s big accomplishment was simply amassing enough talent to break .500 down the season’s final stretch — at least in the eyes of the statistical projections. Although the Royals…

It took a couple of bold pickups the week of the trade deadline, but the Kansas City Royals had finally done it. Solidified themselves as clear front-runners for the American League pennant? Emerged as outright World Series favorites? Not quite. Kansas City’s big accomplishment was simply amassing enough talent to break .500 down the season’s final stretch — at least in the eyes of the statistical projections. Although the Royals…

The best player in baseball turned 24 on Friday. Mike Trout has been in a bit of a slump since injuring his wrist last Sunday, but no matter: Trout leads the Majors in home runs and ranks second in WAR, third in total bases and fourth in OPS. Perhaps you’ve heard: He’s good. Here’s a sampling of the eye-opening Mike Trout facts presented on the Internet in honor of his…

Trade deadline week was one of the best ever, but deadline day itself turned into a surprising dud, with only one true impact player changing teams that day. That was exciting outfielder Yoenis Cespedes — a rental star who’s part of a Mets revival but is ineligible to start next season as a Met as his contract is currently written. So what happened to what promised to be a thrill-a-minute…

On a chilly late-July Saturday night at Spillane Field in Wareham, Mass., more than 5,000 fans gathered to watch 55 of the best amateur baseball players in the country. If history and statistical precedent are any indication, anywhere from a half-dozen to a dozen of them will one day play Major League Baseball. There was only one problem: the Wareham High School parking was full three hours before the…

Joseph Wolf Jr.(Photo: Michigan Gaming Control Board) A Shelby Township man is accused of embezzling more than $20,000 from his youth baseball league charity to buy a vehicle, travel to Florida and pay bills for himself and family members, including his mother’s monthly mobile phone bills. Joseph Wallace Wolf Jr., 51, was released on a $50,000 personal bond after arraignment today on five felony counts of embezzling $1,000 to less…

ORONO, Maine — Nick Derba heads into his third year with the University of Maine baseball program with a new title. The former minor league catcher has been promoted to associate head coach, Black Bears head coach Steve Trimper announced Thursday. “He’s going to be a head coach at a Division I school sometime in the future,” Trimper said. “The least I could do is make a title change and…

ENLARGE Nothing signals the possibility of violence in Major League Baseball quite like the sight of benches clearing. One player gets angry with another. Teammates spill out of the dugouts. Relievers run in from the bullpens. Headlines are made. But the modern-day baseball melee has become devoid of one seemingly essential element: actual fighting. For all players’ bombast and gesticulating, the incidents commonly labeled as bench-clearing brawls look a lot…

Pennant races are coming on hot and heavy, and myriad players have rapidly separated themselves from the pack. Meanwhile, other notable stars have cooled off in recent weeks since the All-Star break. The difficult part with daily fantasy baseball is picking which players will keep producing and which ones will falter Thursday. That’s where we come in. Before locking in your lineups, consider starting the studs and ditching these…

AKRON, Ohio – University of Akron baseball alumni and supporters have launched a website and are working to save the program. The program, which cost about $700,000 a year, was eliminated by the university last month as one measure to deal with a $60 million deficit. Baseball alumni on Thursday launched SaveZipsBaseball.com to serve as the primary source of news and organization for alumni and supporters. A GoFundMe site has raised…

If you’re not old enough to drink (legally), you’ve never experienced anything but blissful baseball labor peace — 21 seasons of rainouts and cold weather posing the biggest threats to a fixed schedule. But the 22 years before that were a little different — five strikes, three lockouts and seemingly as much Marvin Miller and Donald Fehr as Yankees and Red Sox. Thursday marks the 30th anniversary of the start of…

This time last year, Major League Baseball, like that lady with no nose on The Knick, was in danger of losing its face. Derek Jeter, the fist-pumping, jump-throwing, grounder-up-the-middle-missing icon who’d been baseball’s most recognizable star for close to two decades, was retiring, leaving the league with a void that countless doomsaying columnists fretted it wouldn’t be able to fill. So how are we holding up in Year 1 A.D….