Many baseball stories emerged from Apollo 11’s historic journey to the moon, including a prophetic one about Gaylord Perry’s first career home run.
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As he rounded second base after hitting a walk-off home run, it occurred to 32-year-old Cody Decker that it probably wasn’t going to get any better than that. So when he got to home plate, he retired on the spot.
It was decided during a Pacific Coast League executive committee conference call that league members should consider extending safety netting to protect fans from foul balls.
Chicago Cubs TV analyst Jim Deshaies said there were only two ballplayers savvy enough to draw an obstruction or interference call — the Cubs’ Javier Baez and “the great Tommy Barrett.”
If ballplayers had written the obituary for the former Boston Red Sox first baseman, who died Monday at age 69, The Error would have been mentioned in passing.
The right-hander was traded by the A’s to the Blue Jays on May 11, ending his brief stint with the Aviators and helping him set a major league record by pitching for his 14th team.
Despite mentoring superstar Bryce Harper and other major league players, longtime Las Vegas High coach Sam Thomas is coaching in the state baseball tournament for the first time.
With average attendance of 9,034 at new Las Vegas Ballpark, the Aviators lead the Pacific Coast League and are on pace to set the league’s highest turnstile count since 2007.
The Texas Rangers slugger has more home runs and a higher batting average this season than fellow Las Vegans Bryce Harper and Kris Bryant. And he’s a nice guy to boot.
The Oakland Athletics broadcaster and longtime Henderson resident has co-authored a book that ties in Dallas Braden’s perfect game with his own mother’s suicide.
The first protective tarp in franchise history already is reaping dividends for the Aviators as inclement early season weather rolls into Las Vegas Ballpark.
Last year when the Pacific Coast League used a baseball made in China, one at-bat in every 36 resulted in a home run. So far in April after switching to a ball made in a rabbit thicket, one at-bat in every 25 has resulted in somebody touching ‘em all.
The Lights FC ranks fourth among 35 United Soccer League clubs with average attendance of 8,308 — about 1,400 fewer than the Aviators are drawing in their new stadium.
Aviators’ Seth Brown caps historic three-homer night with blast into swimming pool at Las Vegas Ballpark just four days after last year’s 51s’ slugger Pete Alonso finds fountains in Atlanta.
About a half-hour after most in the Sunday afternoon announced crowd of 9,475 had left Las Vegas Ballpark, Aviators president Don Logan called his staff together for a group hug.