This pseudo-playoff baseball being played at Cashman Field this week is not for the faint of heart.
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George Steinbrenner added insult to injury after the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox on Aaron Boone’s home run in Game 7 of the 2003 American League Championship Series. Despite the crushing loss for Boston, former Red Sox first baseman Kevin Millar told “The Dan Patrick Show” that the late Yankees owner gave them a two-finger salute as they left the Bronx.
For the second time in 25 years, the commissioner of Major League Baseball commissioner denied a request to reinstate Shoeless Joe Jackson.
The Pacific Coast League playoffs don’t begin until next week. But don’t tell that to the Las Vegas 51s and the El Paso Chihuahuas.
The UNLV baseball team will open its 2016 season Feb. 19 with a three-game series at the University of Texas to kick off a challenging non-conference schedule that also includes road games at Cal State Fullerton and San Diego, home games against Ohio State, West Virginia and Texas Tech and a home-and-home series against Arizona State.
Japan’s undefeated Tokyo squad came back from a 10-2, first-inning deficit to beat home-state Lewisberry, Pa., 18-11, on Sunday in front of more than 42,000 fans in Williamsport, Pa., in the Little League World Series championship game.
A man who fell from the upper deck of Atlanta’s Turner Field during a Braves-Yankees game has died, the Atlanta Braves said.
Nick Martinez pitched seven strong innings, and Nomar Mazara went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs to lead the Round Rock Express to a 4-1 win over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game Friday in Round Rock, Texas.
The Seattle Mariners fired general manager Jack Zduriencik on Friday after the team struggled to a 59-69 record this year in another disappointing season.
Johnny Monell had four hits and drove in four runs to help the 51s win for the fifth time in six games with a 10-6 victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs on Wednesday in a Pacific Coast League game in Metairie, La.
Like all the great ones, a 4-year-old from Friendsville, Md., who has become an Internet sensation is only known by one name, Eston.
Dillon Gee pitched seven shutout innings, and Brandon Allen and Darrell Ceciliani homered to power the 51s to a 3-0 win over the New Orleans Zephyrs in a Pacific Coast League game Tuesday in Metairie, La.
ESPN has removed Curt Schilling from coverage of the Little League World Series after the retired pitching star sent a tweet on Tuesday comparing the percentage of Muslims who are extremists to the percentage of Germans in 1940 who were Nazis.
In his recent return from the disabled list, Texas Rangers starting pitcher Derek Holland flashed his old form and a new haircut in the style of Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn, the fictional Cleveland Indians pitcher from the classic baseball movie, “Major League.”
With his Missouri team trailing Pennsylvania, 14-0, in the third inning of their Little League World Series game, Missouri pitcher Mekhi Garrard decided to enjoy the show.
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