It”;s like a dream come true. The Little League team from Mountain Ridge was honored Wednesday at a local Buca di Beppo restaurant and given the opportunity to smash some giant meatballs.
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The following is not meant to offer an ounce of sympathy toward Alex Rodriguez, who safely has placed himself on that infamous list of athletes having made the most spectacular falls from grace in sports history.
From the minor-league baseball club that gave you the world’s first urinal gaming system comes a promotion that’s more 6 feet under than it is over the top: One “lucky” fan will win a free funeral package.
Last week, a big kid with a mop of blond hair named Trace Evans hit a home run in 11 consecutive official at-bats to power the Las Vegas Baseball Academy Lightning to the championship of a 104-team tournament at Cooperstown Dreams Park.
A lawyer for Alex Rodriguez has declined Major League Baseball’s challenge to make public evidence that led to the 211-game suspension of the New York Yankees star.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, John Church (3-0); Bees, Jason Urquidez (1-1)
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: Bees, Billy Buckner (7-2); 51s, Giancarlo Alvarado (4-4)
Aside from his strikeout of fellow Las Vegas native Bryce Harper, Brewers relief pitcher Brandon Kintzler said he wasn’t focused during Milwaukee’s July 4 loss to Washington during which he gave up a decisive three-run homer to Wilson Ramos.
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Calling it a historic moment, Commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday that Major League Baseball plans to expand its video review process next season, giving managers a tool they’ve never had in an effort to dramatically reduce the number of incorrect calls made in games.
The beautiful people are back, and actor Danny DeVito dropped by the other night, too. Dodger Stadium always was a place to be seen, but now they come because there is something to see:
A lifelong Atlanta Braves fan who fell about 65 feet to his death at the team’s stadium was waiting out a rain delay in a smoking area and talking to his mother on the phone shortly before the accident.
Charles Parnow hit a pair of two-run home runs to carry Petaluma (Calif.) to a 9-0 win over Liberty in the American Legion Western Regional championship game Monday at Surprise, Ariz.
Statistics have been a key part of baseball since the sport was invented in the mid-1800s, but never before has so much information been available about the game.
Mountain Ridge will not be the first team from Nevada to reach the Little League World Series.
Pinch runner Giovanni Battistoni scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error in the bottom of the eighth inning as Liberty rallied to defeat Helper (Utah) 4-3 on Friday in the second round of the American Legion Western Regional in Surprise, Ariz.