Starting with the 1961 season, P.K. Wrigley, the Cubs’ spendthrift owner, decided the team no longer should have a field manager. Instead, it would have an eight-man committee of coaches. And that every month or so, one of these fungo hitters would become head coach.
Erik VanMeetren, Morgan Stotts and Dylan Ellis hit consecutive doubles in UNLV’s four-run fourth inning, lifting the Rebels to a 4-3 victory over Air Force in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Las Vegan Kris Bryant received a hero’s welcome from family and friends when he returned for a spring training game Friday with the Chicago Cubs, who defeated the Oakland Athletics 5-3 at Cashman Field. Bryant went 0-for-4, but has hit four home runs in spring training.
The Bengals scored five runs in the first inning and 10 in the sixth in a 19-4, six-inning victory over the Falcons. All nine Bonanza starters had a hit, and 14 players either scored a run or had an RBI.
From the guy who brought you Anchorman, Talladega Nights and Elf came a sporting spectacle Thursday. Throughout the day, actor and comedian Will Ferrell played ball for 10 teams in five spring training baseball games.
There finally appears to be hope for the Chicago Cubs, who will play the Oakland Athletics in exhibition games Friday and Saturday at Cashman Field. Making the trip will be Las Vegan Kris Bryant, a third baseman who is rated baseball’s No. 1 prospect by Baseball America.
Adam Mitchell catches the first six innings, singles home the go-ahead run in the third and pitches the final inning as the Spartans’ submarine-style closer in a 3-2 victory over Shadow Ridge.
We hate losing in general and dropping a series to our rivals really stinks, but this weekend we are back in action at Air Force, and man is that a tough place to play.
Extra Innings Las Vegas offers training technology and fun for everyone, from 6-year-old T-ball fanatics to professional baseball players.
Tim Chambers will miss at least five games after undergoing the operation today, the second time he has had surgery on his back. “It’s kind of an emergency surgery, or I would be facing permanent damage,” he said.
Pablo Sandoval apparently isn’t pining for his days in San Francisco while starting his new career in Boston.
Will Ferrell is ready to take the mound — and every other position — for a new HBO special from his Funny or Die, in partnership with Major League Baseball.
Promising Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman is expected to miss the entire 2015 season because of a torn ACL in his left knee, the American League team said on Tuesday.
A 21-year-old minor league baseball player with the Cincinnati Reds was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of aggravated assault after police said he threw a rock and struck his girlfriend in the head outside a Glendale restaurant.
Individual game tickets for the 51s will go on sale at noon Monday at the Cashman Field box office. Tickets, which range from $11 to $15, also can be purchased through Ticketmaster (800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com).
