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Several weeks ago, I engaged in a discussion with a friend about how boring baseball is. At least that’s what he said. Especially when compared to football. That’s an easy (and lazy) argument for a sports fan to make. Baseball does require fans to pay attention to what’s happening between pitches, which is kind of different from football because practically every lull in the action is filled with a commercial…

8:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — It took Tim Raines 10 years to finally win election to the Baseball Hall of Fame. For Bud Selig, who retired as MLB’s ninth commissioner just two-and-a-half years ago, the wait was much shorter. It felt fitting that they were both inducted on the same day. What makes Raines a Hall of Famer? Tim Raines was…

Adrian Beltre had a feeling like none other he has experienced on a baseball field when he saw his three children coming toward him. Then they kept running to the wall in right-center field. Only after helping unveil a logo commemorating Beltre’s 3,000th career hit did the kids return to hug their father , the 38-year-old Texas Rangers third baseman who had just become the first player from the Dominican Republic,…

8:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — It took Tim Raines 10 years to finally win election to the Baseball Hall of Fame. For Bud Selig, who retired as MLB’s ninth commissioner just two-and-a-half years ago, the wait was much shorter. It felt fitting that they were both inducted on the same day. What makes Raines a Hall of Famer? Tim Raines was…

Sunday afternoon, former MLB commissioner Bud Selig will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Selig was voted in by the 16-person Today’s Game committee back in December. He needed 12 votes for induction and received 15. Selig joins John Schuerholz, Ivan Rodriguez, Jeff Bagwell, and Tim Raines in the 2017 Hall of Fame class. Selig, now 83, purchased the old Seattle Pilots franchise out of bankruptcy court…

CHICAGO — Playing in the Under Armour All-America game is not necessarily an automatic ticket to the Major League draft or a big time college baseball program. But it appears to be the next best thing. More than 30 previous participants in an annual game at Wrigley Field — now in its 10th year — have reached the big leagues. Dozens of others have been drafted. Still more have gone…

While attempting to acquire Sonny Gray from Oakland in a trade, the New York Yankees made a more modest move Sunday and obtained Jaime Garcia from the Minnesota Twins for minor league pitchers Zack Littell and Dietrich Enns. The Kansas City Royals, Looking to bolster their offense for a run for a playoff spot, acquired outfielder Melky Cabrera from the Chicago White Sox on Sunday for two minor-league pitchers. A 31-year-old…

Today is one of the biggest days of the entire year on the baseball calendar. No, don’t worry, it’s not the trade deadline. That’s still Monday — you didn’t sleep through an entire day. No, today is the day the newest class will be inducted at Cooperstown. Every winter (and really, all year long) we debate who deserves to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame. These debates get intense…

If You Go WHAT: A ceremony honoring the 2017 inductees into the Burlington Baseball Hall of Fame WHEN: 1 p.m., Sunday, July 16 WHERE: Ginger Beaumont Field, 595 Milwaukee Ave., Burlington

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Tony and Katrina Dunnick needed a moment to catch their breath as they stood in the parking lot of Lamar Porter Field. The husband and wife looked at two holes cut by thieves in the park’s metal fence. Those thieves stole equipment and trashed the concession stand. “This won’t stop us from playing,” Katrina Dunnick said as kids walked through the larger hole to the…

Seattle Mariners outfielder Mitch Haniger was hit in the face by a 95 mph pitch from New York Mets starter Jacob deGrom on Saturday at Safeco Field but appeared to avoid a major injury. DeGrom’s fastball tailed quickly at the end and Haniger was unable to turn away in time. He crumpled to the ground and received attention from the training staff for several minutes before leaving the field under…

The 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies take place on Sunday, July 30 in Cooperstown, N.Y.  BBWAA selections Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell, and Ivan Rodriguez will be inducted alongside decorated executive John Schuerholz and former commissioner Bud Selig, who were chosen by the Today’s Game era committee. As well, Rachel Robinson received the Hall of Fame’s Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, Claire Smith received the J.G. Taylor Spink Award…

The images of five-passenger motorbikes and kids playing baseball with plastic bottles and sticks so seared themselves into Chris Cota’s memory that the longtime College of the Canyons baseball coach couldn’t help but relay the scenes to members of his summer school class recently after returning from a trip to the Dominican Republic. On July 10, Cota flew five hours to Miami, Florida, and then…

Seattle Mariners outfielder Mitch Haniger was hit in the face by a 95 mph pitch from New York Mets starter Jacob deGrom on Saturday at Safeco Field but appeared to avoid a major injury. DeGrom’s fastball tailed quickly at the end and Haniger was unable to turn away in time. He crumpled to the ground and received attention from the training staff for several minutes before leaving the field under…

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — A constellation of stars gathered here this weekend. So many, in fact, that it’s enough to make a baseball fan’s head spin and his heart race. Over there, having lunch on the patio of the famed Otesaga Resort Hotel, is Cardinals Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson, looking like he could still melt a batter with his glowering stare and then strike him out with his slider….

Fay Vincent, who served as the Major League Baseball commissioner for almost three years after the 1989 death of A. Bartlett Giamatti, claims partial credit for Ms. Smith’s transfer to The Times from The Hartford Courant, where she had covered the Yankees. In a telephone interview, Mr. Vincent explained that Mr. Giamatti was a regular reader of Ms. Smith’s dispatches in The Courant and considered her the best baseball writer…

The home run swing of Jeff Bagwell earned him a place in Cooperstown.Ron Vesely/Getty Images Three players and two baseball executives will enjoy momentous occasions when they are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday. Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are the players, while former commissioner Bud Selig and ex-general manager John Schuerholz will also be celebrated for their achievements in the game.     When: Sunday, July 30, 1:30…

Fay Vincent, who served as the Major League Baseball commissioner for almost three years after the 1989 death of A. Bartlett Giamatti, claims partial credit for Ms. Smith’s transfer to The Times from The Hartford Courant, where she had covered the Yankees. In a telephone interview, Mr. Vincent explained that Mr. Giamatti was a regular reader of Ms. Smith’s dispatches in The Courant and considered her the best baseball writer…

The Seattle Mariners, bless them, have enough funny trades in their history to do an unbelievable power ranking. There’s the time they gave up Adam Jones and Chris Tillman for Erik Bedard, sure, but I’m not convinced that even rates. Not when you compare it to the time they gave up Asdrubal Cabrera and Shin-soo Choo within four days of each other to build a stunningly mediocre first base platoon….

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes will start their baseball game Aug. 21 at precisely 9:35 a.m. local time, but will pause after one inning — then, NASA representatives will come out, the home team, visitors, staff and spectators will put on their eclipse glasses, and the stadium will be plunged into darkness. As a total solar eclipse passes across the United States on Aug. 21, activity will grind to…