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Brandon Brooks took a week-long baseball stadium tour with Jay Buckley’s Baseball Tours last June. He wrote about the first leg of the tour here, and the second leg of his tour below. Enjoy. DAY FOUR: PNC PARK The Golden Triangle. Ever since really getting a good look at it on MLB: The Show (then later on live television), PNC Park has been my favorite park in the majors. AT&T…

When Rob Manfred became Major League Baseball commissioner in August 2014, he didn’t just talk about focusing on youth participation. He put his words into action, investing money and time in several initiatives to increase the number of kids playing the sport. Three years later, the numbers aren’t necessarily booming, but leaders in youth baseball are optimistic about the strides being made, and pointed to the Commissioner’s Office as a…

Three All-Stars. Can you name them? (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Baseball’s All-Star game once marked a peak in the summer sports calendar. This All-Star game finished second in the overnight Nielsens to “America’s Got Talent.” Its 6.5 rating was a tick above from last year’s all-time low of 6.4. This after a highly hyped Home Run Derby won by Aaron Judge, a fresh face who plays in New York. This after…

At the tail end of June — which is already somehow over a week ago — I embarked upon the sportiest vacation I’d ever dreamed of (which is a sentence that sports-loathing childhood me would look upon in disgust.) It was seven full days of nonstop action, lots of bus riding, and most of all: baseball. For one week, me, my dad, and 23 others were escorted via charter bus…

When Rob Manfred became Major League Baseball commissioner in August 2014, he didn’t just talk about focusing on youth participation. He put his words into action, investing money and time in several initiatives to increase the number of kids playing the sport. Three years later, the numbers aren’t necessarily booming, but leaders in youth baseball are optimistic about the strides being made, and pointed to the Commissioner’s Office as a…

Three All-Stars. Can you name them? (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Baseball’s All-Star game once marked a peak in the summer sports calendar. This All-Star game finished second in the overnight Nielsens to “America’s Got Talent.” Its 6.5 rating was a tick above from last year’s all-time low of 6.4. This after a highly hyped Home Run Derby won by Aaron Judge, a fresh face who plays in New York. This after…

That didn’t last long. A day after basking in the glow of the most watched All-Star Home Run Derby in nearly a decade, reality intruded on baseball. Though fans still seems to dig the long ball, they don’t seem too keen about the game itself. That’s a real problem for the sport, though it’s hard to blame fans for not tuning in for the All-Star Game. Those in Miami were…

To weigh in on the present and future of baseball, The Post organized an All-Star panel of players past and present, an MLB competition committee member and two Hall of Fame voters. Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson, Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, YES broadcaster David Cone and Mets general manager Sandy Alderson joined The Post’s Joel Sherman and Ken Davidoff to discuss all things baseball: Pace of play JOEL SHERMAN: Pace of…

When Rob Manfred became Major League Baseball commissioner in August 2014, he didn’t just talk about focusing on youth participation. He put his words into action, investing money and time in several initiatives to increase the number of kids playing the sport. Three years later, the numbers aren’t necessarily booming, but leaders in youth baseball are optimistic about the strides being made, and pointed to the Commissioner’s Office as a…

Three All-Stars. Can you name them? (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Baseball’s All-Star game once marked a peak in the summer sports calendar. This All-Star game finished second in the overnight Nielsens to “America’s Got Talent.” Its 6.5 rating was a tick above from last year’s all-time low of 6.4. This after a highly hyped Home Run Derby won by Aaron Judge, a fresh face who plays in New York. This after…

That didn’t last long. A day after basking in the glow of the most watched All-Star Home Run Derby in nearly a decade, reality intruded on baseball. Though fans still seems to dig the long ball, they don’t seem too keen about the game itself. That’s a real problem for the sport, though it’s hard to blame fans for not tuning in for the All-Star Game. Those in Miami were…

To weigh in on the present and future of baseball, The Post organized an All-Star panel of players past and present, an MLB competition committee member and two Hall of Fame voters. Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson, Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, YES broadcaster David Cone and Mets general manager Sandy Alderson joined The Post’s Joel Sherman and Ken Davidoff to discuss all things baseball: Pace of play JOEL SHERMAN: Pace of…

“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” — Marcel Proust David Wright avoids cliché and groupthink. He listens to a question and provides an answer, and the question I asked in spring was essentially this: If you were the czar of baseball and could change anything about the game — pace of play, travel, fan experience, etc. — with just a decree, no…

Three All-Stars. Can you name them? (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Baseball’s All-Star game once marked a peak in the summer sports calendar. This All-Star game finished second in the overnight Nielsens to “America’s Got Talent.” Its 6.5 rating was a tick above from last year’s all-time low of 6.4. This after a highly hyped Home Run Derby won by Aaron Judge, a fresh face who plays in New York. This after…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Major League Baseball’s best players were in Miami for the All-Star Game this week, just a two-hour drive away from Port St. Lucie, where a former NFL quarterback is trying to make his way through the minors. What do All-Stars think of Tim Tebow’s baseball journey? We asked a few for their thoughts on what he has to do to keep moving…

This baseball season, like most, has been full of surprises. Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees has burst on to the scene as one of the league’s best sluggers, becoming the first player since 2013 to hit 30 home runs during the first half of the season. Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer is following up his 2016 Cy Young campaign with an even better season, striking out a career-high…

This baseball season, like most, has been full of surprises. Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees has burst on to the scene as one of the league’s best sluggers, becoming the first player since 2013 to hit 30 home runs during the first half of the season. Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer is following up his 2016 Cy Young campaign with an even better season, striking out a career-high…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Major League Baseball’s best players were in Miami for the All-Star Game this week, just a two-hour drive away from Port St. Lucie, where a former NFL quarterback is trying to make his way through the minors. What do All-Stars think of Tim Tebow’s baseball journey? We asked a few for their thoughts on what he has to do to keep moving…

“Where it gets troubling, from a fan perspective, is tons and tons of strikeouts, no action, lots of pitching changes,” Manfred said. “That combination is troubling to me.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story The average time of a nine-inning game has risen to 3 hours 5 minutes this season, which would be the longest in history. Players are seeing 3.9 pitches per plate appearance, the most in the 30…

Think you know local and national baseball? If you’re a trivia buff, then this is your chance to test your skills with questions featuring national, Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley athletes and teams connected to America’s “Grand Old Game.” The test includes multiple choice plus true and false answers that cover regular season play, the All-Star Game, and the World Series. Take this quiz and see how well you score with…