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World Tournament of historic baseball underway at Greenfield Village – WDIV Detroit

Saturday, August 08, 2015

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….

Is 2015 The Year Baseball’s Projections Failed? – FiveThirtyEight

Saturday, August 08, 2015

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…

Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: Top DraftKings Bargains, Strategy for August 8 – Bleacher Report

Saturday, August 08, 2015

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…

Is 2015 The Year Baseball’s Projections Failed? – FiveThirtyEight

Saturday, August 08, 2015

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…

This Date In Baseball – The San Diego Union-Tribune

Saturday, August 08, 2015

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…

Is 2015 The Year Baseball’s Projections Failed? – FiveThirtyEight

Saturday, August 08, 2015

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…

Is 2015 The Year Baseball’s Projections Failed? – FiveThirtyEight

Saturday, August 08, 2015

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…

Is 2015 The Year Baseball’s Projections Failed? – FiveThirtyEight

Saturday, August 08, 2015

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…

Happy 24th birthday to Mike Trout, the best player in baseball for four years … – For The Win

Friday, August 07, 2015

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…

Inside Baseball: Padres, Reds throw late deadline curves, and other notes – CBSSports.com

Friday, August 07, 2015

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…

What you need to know about the Cape Cod Baseball League, where major leaguers … – SB Nation

Friday, August 07, 2015

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…

State: Director embezzled $20K from youth baseball group – Detroit Free Press

Friday, August 07, 2015

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…

Derba promoted to UMaine baseball associate head coach – Bangor Daily News

Friday, August 07, 2015

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…

Missing From Baseball Fights: Fighting – Wall Street Journal

Friday, August 07, 2015

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…

Daily Fantasy Baseball 2015: MLB DraftKings Studs and Duds for August 6 – Bleacher Report

Thursday, August 06, 2015

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…

University of Akron baseball alumni organize to save program – cleveland.com

Thursday, August 06, 2015

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…

Thirty years ago, baseball took a two-day break – FOXSports.com

Thursday, August 06, 2015

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…

Face/Off: Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, and the Year Baseball Got Young – Grantland

Thursday, August 06, 2015

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….

Baseball success emerging at Carrington – INFORUM

Thursday, August 06, 2015

But lately, baseball is forcing its way into the conversation. Back-to-back state North Dakota American Legion Class B titles will do that. Beginning on Thursday, Carrington Post 25 plays in the Central Plains Division II Regional in Le Sueur, Minn.. Last year, Post 25 didn’t get to play in the regional, but a format change now allows all state champions to play in the regionals. It’s not an unexpected run…

The lessons of Dave Dombrowski, baseball’s most coveted free agent – SB Nation

Thursday, August 06, 2015

Dave Dombrowski has a .468 winning percentage as a general manager. Basically, every team he’s put together has gone 76-86, adrift and out of contention, on average. Heck, even Ruben Amaro, Jr. has a career .510 winning percentage. And we’re supposed to believe that teams are so excited about Dombrowski that there’s a bidding war for his services? That there’s even a MYSTERY CLUB? Seems unlikely. Unless there’s more…