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The Detroit Tigers made both a stunning and historic move Tuesday. They let go of longtime general manager Dave Dombrowski, architect of the Marlins’ 1997 World Series champion and two pennant winners in Detroit, and named South Florida native Al Avila his replacement, making the 57-year-old Hialeah High graduate the first Cuban-born general manager in baseball history. Avila was Dombrowski’s top assistant. Marlins president of baseball operations Mike Hill was…

It took a mere two months of summer baseball with the Liberal Bee Jays for 9-year-old Kaiser Carlile to wiggle his way deep into the hearts of the players and coaching staff. Maybe it was Kaiser’s constant smile despite the heat or a difficult game. Maybe it was his endless energy as he hopped over and under players on the team bus during road trips. “Kaiser will always hold a…

The ripple effect from the departure of Larry Lucchino and the poor play of the 2015 Red Sox is only just beginning. One scenario that could come into play, according to major league sources, is a restructuring of the Red Sox front office into a model used by many other clubs where a president, or director of baseball operations, would work closely with and oversee general manager Ben Cherington. Or,…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State baseball pitcher Zach Farmer died Tuesday, 15 months after a leukemia diagnosis. He was 21. “Today is a sad day but also a day of peace for Zach and his family,” Ohio State baseball coach Greg Beals said in a statement. “We will dearly miss our fellow Buckeye, teammate and friend Zach Farmer. I feel blessed to have had Zach in our program and the opportunity to…

It took a mere two months of summer baseball with the Liberal Bee Jays for 9-year-old Kaiser Carlile to wiggle his way deep into the hearts of the players and coaching staff. Maybe it was Kaiser’s constant smile despite the heat or a difficult game. Maybe it was his endless energy as he hopped over and under players on the team bus during road trips. “Kaiser will always hold a…

It took a mere two months of summer baseball with the Liberal Bee Jays for 9-year-old Kaiser Carlile to wiggle his way deep into the hearts of the players and coaching staff. Maybe it was Kaiser’s constant smile despite the heat or a difficult game. Maybe it was his endless energy as he hopped over and under players on the team bus during road trips. “Kaiser will always hold a…

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Players on a Kansas baseball team are mourning the tragic death of Kaiser Carlile, their 9-year-old bat boy, who died after he was accidentally struck by a bat during a game. “Kaiser will always hold a special place in my heart,” Brady Cox, one of the players with the Liberal Bee Jays summer team in Liberal, Kansas, said through tears at a news conference today. Cox recalled a day he…

i Kaiser Carlile, 9, the bat boy for a summer-league team in Kansas, died Sunday after being injured in a game Saturday. Liberal Bee Jays hide caption itoggle caption Liberal Bee Jays Kaiser Carlile, 9, the bat boy for a summer-league team in Kansas, died Sunday after being injured in a game Saturday. Liberal Bee Jays In a tragic accident that has left a Kansas community in mourning, a bat…

The sparkling new video board flashes a message that warns fans to be alert for objects flying into the stands. Screaming foul balls and helicoptering shards of bats, specifically. While fans have their attention diverted from the field to read that message, a screaming foul ball or helicoptering shard of a bat could be flying into the stands. Then the sparkling new message board has something else demanding fans’ attention…

It seems that my time is up. As a Hall of Fame voter, that is. Hall officials, who have ultimate authority over the selection rules, announced last week that anyone who has not covered the game actively for the last 10 years no longer would be eligible to vote. The Hall made this change after consulting the Baseball Writers of America, according to Jack O’Connell, secretary/treasurer of the BBWAA, whose…

Sam Kennedy: Red Sox’s ‘Baseball Experts’ To Handle Player Evaluations Sam Kennedy has been tabbed as the next Red Sox president, causing many to wonder how Larry Lucchino’s successor will handle the job and what role he’ll play in Boston’s roster construction. Kennedy obviously will have a lot on his plate, but he plans to leave the organization’s on-field baseball evaluations in the hands of those who know the game…

The Mets were a laughingstock just a week ago. Now they’re tied for the division lead. (Kathy Willens/Associated Press) The trade deadline has passed. August is here. Eleven American League teams are either in a playoff spot or within 3-1/2 games. Man, we learned a lot this week. 1. Mets: From laughingstock to division leader in a week. How to capture this stretch in Flushing? Wilmer Flores was crying, then…

(August 3, 2015) — A beloved 9-year-old batboy for a summer collegiate baseball team died Sunday, one day after he was struck in the head with a bat. Kaiser Carlile died one day after a batter accidentally hit him with a warm-up swing. (Credit: Liberal Bee Jays) Kaiser Carlile idolized the Liberal Bee Jays from Liberal, Kansas. During the team’s National Baseball Congress World Series game Saturday night, he was accidentally…

By Jon C. Ogg August 2, 2015 10:54 am EDT A new record and personal best has been set in baseball card collecting. A 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card was sold by Goldin Auctions this weekend for a whopping $330,000, and Heritage Auctions had a sample sell for $382,400. While there is no way to track privately negotiated transactions, those outside of auctions and public sales, this weekend’s PSA-graded…

Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann thought he threw an unhittable pitch. But these days, Lucas Duda is hitting everything. “It was up and in for a ball and somehow he kept it fair,” Zimmermann said of the ball Duda mashed down the line for a two-run homer — one of three home runs the Mets hit in the third inning. “I’m not really sure how it’s physically possible to hit that…

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And all this on the Lord’s day. Bench-clearing altercations broke out in Cincinnati and Toronto on Sunday afternoon, as enough batters were hit that they wanted to hit back. First, Stateside: Both benches and bullpens cleared and there was some shoving in Cincinnati after Brandon Phillips was hit by a pitch by Pittsburgh left-hander Tony Watson in the eighth inning. The Pirates were leading 3-0 — the game’s final margin —…

There’s a new tradition in Bellevue: turning kids into baseball players and high school players into teachers. Video: Buddy Baseball brings together kids with Down Syndrome, metro baseball players Bellevue baseball boosters teamed up with the Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands to help kids become baseball stars for a day. Dozens of kids got the chance to take the field, pairing up with a varsity baseball player to learn…

When a fan made a one-handed catch of a foul ball while bottle-feeding his infant son during a Cubs game in late June, the video went viral and he gained international attention. Unusual catches of foul balls or home runs are a staple of sports highlights shows, and sometimes the battle in the stands for baseballs is more interesting than the game itself. But recent injuries caused by flying bats…