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Baseball games were being played in Mankato by 1864, although the sport that would one day be called the national pastime did not become popular in Minnesota until after the Civil War. After the Minnesota State Association of Baseball Players formed in 1867, the Frontier Club became the first organized team in town. Many of its players were local doctors and businessmen. In the following years,…

This is the first of For The Win’s two-part series on the Cape Cod Summer Baseball League. Part II will more closely examine why top college players and MLB scouts and executives flock to the Cape every summer. ORLEANS, Mass. — Sunlight spilled over Nauset Regional Middle School late Tuesday afternoon and shimmered off one of Brian Sabean’s World Series rings as he chatted with a young scout from the…

On Tuesday night, the Seattle Mariners will play the Baltimore Orioles. Prior to the game, the Mariners will host a “Women in Baseball” panel, designed to “offer first-hand accounts from women who work in the baseball industry as they discuss the game today and their place in it.” To find out what the event is all about, we talked to one of the organizers, Meg Rowley. Rowley is an award-winning…

They spoke Thursday as the Phillies played their first home game since Daulton died. His No. 10 jersey hung in the dugout at Citizens Bank Park. Before a moment of silence, the public address announcer told the crowd that Daulton, a three-time All-Star catcher, had “battled valiantly against the illness that took him far too young” at age 55. It was impossible not to think about what had caused Daulton’s…

WASHINGTON — You’re allowed to be jealous of the local NASA scientist who is going to Oregon for next week’s solar eclipse. During a convergence of his great loves, Noah Petro will officiate the nation’s first baseball eclipse game delay. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center geologist Noah Petro is excited about the big game in Oregon and having a captive audience of 5,000 to educate about the moon during the…

Caption Close WASHINGTON — The Giants’ baseball marathon resumes with Sunday’s day game at Nationals Park, the second of three games in a 24-hour span. That counts Saturday night’s series opener that was delayed 3 hours and started at 7:05 p.m. on the West Coast. The times for Sunday’s day-night double-header are 10:05 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. It’s the Giants’ first twinbill since May 23, 205, when they split at…

Aug 13 (The Sports Xchange) – Highlights from Major League Baseball games on Sunday: Giants 4, Nationals 2 (Game 1) Joe Panik was 3-for-4 with a walk and drove in two runs and Chris Stratton got his first major league win as a starter as San Francisco won the first game of a day-night doubleheader. Stratton (1-2), making his third career start, struck out a career-high 10 batters with just…

Caption Close WASHINGTON — The Giants’ baseball marathon resumes with Sunday’s day game at Nationals Park, the second of three games in a 24-hour span. That counts Saturday night’s series opener that was delayed 3 hours and started at 7:05 p.m. on the West Coast. The times for Sunday’s day-night double-header are 10:05 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. It’s the Giants’ first twinbill since May 23, 205, when they split at…

Giants 4, Nationals 2 (Game 1) Joe Panik was 3-for-4 with a walk and drove in two runs and Chris Stratton got his first major league win as a starter as San Francisco won the first game of a day-night doubleheader. Stratton (1-2), making his third career start, struck out a career-high 10 batters with just one walk while going a career-best 6 2/3 innings without a…

Caption Close WASHINGTON — The Giants’ baseball marathon resumes with Sunday’s day game at Nationals Park, the second of three games in a 24-hour span. That counts Saturday night’s series opener that was delayed 3 hours and started at 7:05 p.m. on the West Coast. The times for Sunday’s day-night double-header are 10:05 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. It’s the Giants’ first twinbill since May 23, 205, when they split at…

ST. PETERSBURG — You can count Terry Francona as a believer in Tim Tebow, the baseball player. Why? Because 23 years ago Francona was a believer in Michael Jordan, the baseball player. Related News/Archive The Tim Tebow Baseball Experiment’s big question 4 Days Ago The Mets finally are admitting that Tim Tebow wasn’t signed for baseball reasons 1 Month Ago What to know if you go to see Tim Tebow…

Photo Derek Jeter at Yankee Stadium in May of last year. Jeter and a group of investors are seeking to purchase the Miami Marlins from the owner Jeffrey Loria for an estimated $1.2 billion. Credit Jason Szenes for The New York Times Derek Jeter may be a sure shot to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame, a capstone to his sterling 20-year career with the Yankees in which nearly everything…

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Caption Close WASHINGTON — The Giants’ baseball marathon resumes with Sunday’s day game at Nationals Park, the second of three games in a 24-hour span. That counts Saturday night’s series opener that was delayed 3 hours and started at 7:05 p.m. on the West Coast. The times for Sunday’s day-night double-header are 10:05 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. It’s the Giants’ first twinbill since May 23, 205, when they split at…

Major League Baseball owners will meet next week in Chicago but are not expected to vote on the agreement because they will not have had enough time to evaluate it. Their next opportunity to vote on it will be in October. In May, the baseball commissioner, Rob Manfred, acknowledged that two groups were bidding for the Marlins — one led by Jeter and Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, and…

Major League Baseball owners will meet next week in Chicago but are not expected to vote on the agreement because they will not have had enough time to evaluate it. Their next opportunity to vote on it will be in October. In May, the baseball commissioner, Rob Manfred, acknowledged that two groups were bidding for the Marlins — one led by Jeter and Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, and…

Subscribe to AM 1240 WJON on ST. CLOUD — If you love our nation’s past-time then you’ll love the next stop on our hometown tourist series: The Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame. The baseball tradition in our state dates back to 1857, when the town of Nininger formed the first “town team“. Now it’s one of the most common sights any summer day in almost every town across Minnesota. Bob…

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Derek Jeter is going to rock baseball’s world as boss of the Marlins. Jeter believes in scouting, talent, heart and soul, and he will look to fill the Marlins roster with the same kind of winning player he was during his 20-year championship career with the Yankees. In doing so he will slow down the rush to analytics that is now being portrayed the answer to all of baseball’s questions….

Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, is also home to one of the few scoreboards still operated by hand. Daniel Gaken/Flickr Modern technology has advanced the game of baseball in many ways. Teams use computer models to help strategize, data analytics to find the best players, and even tablets in the dugouts to instantly review plays. But the game itself can move at a leisurely pace — and some…