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DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball: Best Picks for April 8 – Heavy.com

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

A’s starter Scott Kazmir makes for a solid play Wednesday night vs. the Rangers. (Getty) Finding the right fantasy lineup early in the baseball season is tough to do. Weather plays a huge part and players only have a few games under their belts, so it’s a crapshoot often this soon into the year. Don’t fret the season is a long one. And there are always bargains to be had…

Don’t Let Statistics Ruin Baseball – New York Times

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

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Hostess ‘touchdown’ baseball tweet just a clever ad ruse? – Fox News

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Home run, touchdown…same thing? (Twitter/Hostess Snacks) On Monday, the MLB celebrated opening day with 14 games across the country. But baseball fans weren’t the only people jumping for joy. Hostess cupcakes declared its love for America’s pastime with an unusual tweet that had followers scratching their heads. “It’s here and we couldn’t be filled with more sweet joy. #OpeningDay” the snack company tweeted from its Hostess Snacks account. Accompanied with the…

Hostess ‘touchdown’ baseball tweet just a clever ad ruse? – Fox News

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Home run, touchdown…same thing? (Twitter/Hostess Snacks) On Monday, the MLB celebrated opening day with 14 games across the country. But baseball fans weren’t the only people jumping for joy. Hostess cupcakes declared its love for America’s pastime with an unusual tweet that had followers scratching their heads. “It’s here and we couldn’t be filled with more sweet joy. #OpeningDay” the snack company tweeted from its Hostess Snacks account. Accompanied with the…

Rob Manfred Puts His Stamp on the Game and an Era – New York Times

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

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Hostess ‘touchdown’ baseball tweet just a clever ad ruse? – Fox News

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Home run, touchdown…same thing? (Twitter/Hostess Snacks) On Monday, the MLB celebrated opening day with 14 games across the country. But baseball fans weren’t the only people jumping for joy. Hostess cupcakes declared its love for America’s pastime with an unusual tweet that had followers scratching their heads. “It’s here and we couldn’t be filled with more sweet joy. #OpeningDay” the snack company tweeted from its Hostess Snacks account. Accompanied with the…

Vanderbilt brings frenetic film study to baseball – The Tennessean

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

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Kris Bryant, the Baseball Players’ Union and a Lesson for Labor – New York Times

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

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Massillon high school varsity baseball coach on leave after Cleveland drug arrest – cleveland.com

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Massillon high school baseball coach has taken a leave of absence after Cleveland police arrested him and accused him of possessing cocaine and pills. Neall French, 31, of Independence, was arrested about 9:40 p.m. March 9 at State Road and Tampa Avenue, according to a Cleveland police report. Second District vice detectives arrested French in his 2008 BMW 528i with a plastic baggie of cocaine, a…

A Signature Moment as a New Baseball Season Begins – New York Times

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

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Kris Bryant, the Baseball Players’ Union and a Lesson for Labor – New York Times

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

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Baseball to Players: Hurry the Heck Up – TIME

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Lon Tweeten for TIME New rules should quicken games and capture today’s short attention spans Opening day has arrived, and baseball’s 2015 story lines are set. The Washington Nationals are the favorite to win the World Series, according to the Vegas oddsmakers, mostly because of a starting pitching rotation that was already stellar, and then added free agent Max Scherzer to the mix this off-season (for a cool $210 million)….

Kris Bryant, the Baseball Players’ Union and a Lesson for Labor – New York Times

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

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The Top 10 Baseball Films of All Time – TIME

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

All homers to get you ready for Opening Day One of my favorite baseball moments captured in a film won’t be found on this list. That’s partly due to the fact that the movie it appears in, City Slickers, isn’t a baseball film, even if Billy Crystal opts for a Mets cap over a standard ten-gallon. In the scene, the lone woman on a tourist cattle drive comments on how…

D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings: April 6 – D1 Baseball College Baseball News & Scores

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

• PODCAST: Fitt & Rogers discuss the landscape | Weekly Chat Transcript Vanderbilt and Texas A&M maintained their positions as the top two teams in the D1Baseball Top 25 rankings after sweeping Southeastern Conference road series. Florida fell seven spots from No. 3 to No. 10 after a 1-3 week, and Florida State moved up two places to No. 9, but there was little other movement in the top 10. Oklahoma…

Opening Day: Baseball Season Starts In Earnest – NPR (blog)

Monday, April 06, 2015

i The Minnesota Twins warm up before their Opening Day game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit Monday. Leon Halip/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Leon Halip/Getty Images The Minnesota Twins warm up before their Opening Day game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit Monday. Leon Halip/Getty Images In 204 days, two teams will face off in the World Series. Until then, fans can…

The pure pleasure of baseball’s Opening Day – The Week Magazine

Monday, April 06, 2015

Baseball’s Opening Day often occasions syrupy prose about optimism and opportunity and clean slates. Every team starts with the same record. Have hope. Anything could happen. Even the most reliable losers could be winners this time around! I say, no. Be a realist. This is going to be a tough year for fans of the Texas Rangers. And a disorienting one for baseball junkies in the Bronx who no longer…

Major League Baseball Opening Day 2015: 10 Facts About Season Openers … – International Business Times

Monday, April 06, 2015

The 2015 Major League Baseball season has officially begun, with the first game taking place Sunday and additional first games of the season scheduled to kick off Monday. The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 at Wrigley Field Sunday night, and the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins, the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies, and the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins were among the 14 matchups set for…

Baseball is struggling to hook kids — and risks losing fans to other sports – Washington Post

Monday, April 06, 2015

This Closter, N.J., field was once used for competitive Little League games but now is mainly a practice field for locals. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post) Rob Albericci saw the curve coming. He saw his son Austin’s Little League baseball team struggle to recruit enough kids to fill a roster. He saw the rising demands of Austin’s football team, the growing pressure for kids to focus on a single sport,…

Baseball|How Many Years Until the Home Run Record Falls? – New York Times

Monday, April 06, 2015

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