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The Braves’ payroll is near the bottom of the league. Their beer prices, however, among the steepest in major league baseball. According to Team Marketing Report’s latest Fan Cost Index, the $7.25 suds ($0.45 price per ounce) sold at Turner Field are among the most expensive in the sport. The average price for a brew across baseball is $5.98. While Arizona sells the cheapest beer at $4, of the 32…

The St. Louis Cardinals have the best record in baseball (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) The St. Louis Cardinals have the best record in baseball, winning 59 of their 93 games — five games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Central. That gives them a 76.6 percent chance at being the division champs and a 9 percent chance at winning the World Series. They are doing it, however, without a single qualified…

Straight Outta Cooperstown Hip-hop and baseball have blended well in the past — remember when 50 Cent’s infamously terrible first pitch received its own commemorative baseball card? — but never as good as this.  Two artist-slash-writers named Cori Johnson and Zac Milner had the genius idea to combine two of America’s greatest pastimes — rap and baseball — into a single throwback card. The result is a Tumblr called Straight Outta…

Jason Biancardi was ecstatic to be awarded his first high school baseball coaching position Tuesday. The fact that it’ll be for Aptos, his alma mater, makes it an even more joyous undertaking. The former Mariners and Cabrillo College infielder — one of four siblings who graduated from the Aptos — takes over a program that graduated just one senior from a 6-20 team last season….

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In the 6.3 seconds between the time he released the ball and the umpire at home plate punched his fist to signal an out, Lorenzo Cain leaned against the center-field fence, lips pursed, silently cursing himself. It was the ninth inning of a late-July game between the Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates that felt like it wouldn’t at all be out of place in late…

HILLSBORO – Fifty years ago, a ballpark was built at Hare Field. “We are very proud to be the oldest program in the city,” Hillsboro baseball coach Matt Bailie said. “But as other schools got new facilities, we were still sitting here with wooden dugouts and a backstop from 1965.” Fifty years from now, Bailie strongly believes a ballpark will remain at the Hare Field sports complex thanks to a…

The St. Louis Cardinals have the best record in baseball (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) The St. Louis Cardinals have the best record in baseball, winning 59 of their 93 games — five games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Central. That gives them a 76.6 percent chance at being the division champs and a 9 percent chance at winning the World Series. They are doing it, however, without a single qualified…

Straight Outta Cooperstown Hip-hop and baseball have blended well in the past — remember when 50 Cent’s infamously terrible first pitch received its own commemorative baseball card? — but never as good as this.  Two artist-slash-writers named Cori Johnson and Zac Milner had the genius idea to combine two of America’s greatest pastimes — rap and baseball — into a single throwback card. The result is a Tumblr called Straight Outta…

Kremer pitches during training near the city of Petah Tikva, Israel.(Photo: AP) PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AP) — On the mound, Dean Kremer looks just like any other top-rated baseball prospect, whipping 90 mph fastballs and snapping nasty curves. When the 19-year-old pitcher greets his teammates in the dugout after striking out the side, however, he sounds different. Kremer is speaking Hebrew, not English. The 6-foot-2 Kremer is the golden boy…

Follow Andy Gray on Twitter | Email Andy | Extra Mustard on Facebook Straight Outta Cooperstown Photo: Photo via straightouttacooperstown.tumblr.com  Imagine if there were a person ingenious enough to mash up rap legends with baseball cards, then put them all on a Tumblr account? Welcome to Straight Outta Cooperstown, the best Tumblr since the SI Photo Blog. Kevin Durant: Bad at Softball Kevin Durant is going to make one NBA team very happy next summer…

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PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AP) On the mound, Dean Kremer looks just like any other top-rated baseball prospect, whipping 90 mph fastballs and snapping nasty curves. When the 19-year-old pitcher greets his teammates in the dugout after striking out the side, however, he sounds different. Kremer is speaking Hebrew, not English. The 6-foot-2 Kremer is the golden boy of Israeli baseball, the first citizen to be selected in the major league…

U.S. ends prosecution of Bonds After a nearly decade-long prosecution, the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday formally dropped what was left of its criminal case against Major League Baseball career home run leader Barry Bonds over allegations he received performance-enhancing drugs. The prosecution of Bonds for obstruction of justice ended quietly with the Justice Department’s one-paragraph court filing announcing that its solicitor general would not ask the U.S. Supreme…

U.S. professional baseball’s Baltimore Orioles organization has signed Chinese infielder Xu Guiyuan, 19, to a professional contract, the first such signing since Major League Baseball opened developmental centers on the Chinese mainland in 2009. The international free agent deal for Xu — known in major league baseball circles as “Itchy” — covers 2016 and places him in the Orioles’ minor league developmental organization. Orioles Executive…

Ravenwood’s Bryce Denton signed with the Cardinals.(Photo: John A. Gillis / File / Gannett Tennessee) Vanderbilt baseball recruiting took its biggest hit in the Major League Baseball draft to date, and yet its signing class still will be among the nation’s best. Five Commodores signees inked professional contracts – the most in Vanderbilt history – before Friday’s deadline. But coach Tim Corbin said, “the ones we kept were some guys…

U.S. professional baseball’s Baltimore Orioles organization has signed Chinese infielder Xu Guiyuan, 19, to a professional contract, the first such signing since Major League Baseball opened developmental centers on the Chinese mainland in 2009. The international free agent deal for Xu — known in major league baseball circles as “Itchy” — covers 2016 and places him in the Orioles’ minor league developmental organization. Orioles Executive…

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For Stephen Hansen and his father, Mark, it’s a family affair when it comes to baseball. And both wouldn’t have any other way. After completing his senior season with the Bonney Lake Panthers, and being in the full swing with his 18U club team, the Pierce County Diamond Jaxx, Stephen wouldn’t want to spend his spring and summer days doing anything else. “I love being able to play,” Stephen said….

The Post-Crescent Media Baseball Co-Athletes of the Year, Freedom’s Justin Scoville and Appleton North’s Alex Henwood on July 1. Photo taken at the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton.(Photo: Danny Damiani/Post-Crescent Media) The Post-Crescent Media coverage boasted some of the top baseball players in the state this season, but two players rose above the talented field: Appleton North’s Alex Henwood and Freedom’s Justin Scoville. Both led extremely talented teams…

Ravenwood’s Bryce Denton signed with the Cardinals.(Photo: John A. Gillis / File / Gannett Tennessee) Vanderbilt baseball recruiting took its biggest hit in the Major League Baseball draft to date, and yet its signing class still will be among the nation’s best. Five Commodores signees inked professional contracts – the most in Vanderbilt history – before Friday’s deadline. But coach Tim Corbin said, “the ones we kept were some guys…