After watching his first 51s game with the clocks turned on, a columnist reconsiders and decides longer ballgames mean less time worrying about the job, or the kids’ college education, or whatever.
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Texas Rangers top prospect, third member of Las Vegas’ youthful home run trio, returns to lineup following foot surgery in spring training.
The Baltimore Orioles said they would postpone a Monday night game after consulting with police, on a day the city was torn by the worst rioting the United States has seen since last year’s unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
The Los Angeles Angels completed their trade of outfielder Josh Hamilton to the Texas Rangers on Monday.
In a matchup rarer than a rainout in Las Vegas, a pair of pitchers armed with economics degrees from Princeton started for the 51s and Albuquerque on Sunday afternoon at Cashman Field.
St. Louis Cardinals ace pitcher Adam Wainwright has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with an Achilles injury amid fears he could miss the remainder of the season.
Because it has been 39 years since Rick Monday saved the flag and handed it to a Dodgers relief pitcher named Doug Rau, there wasn’t much hubbub about it on Saturday morning. There was no “ESPN Films: 30 for 30” piece. It’ll probably be another 11 years before that happens.
Arbor View junior Nick Quintana had two home runs and four RBIs on Saturday to help the Aggies to a 10-0 home win over Las Vegas in six innings.
The Las Vegas 51s’ game against the Albuquerque Isotopes was rained out Saturday night, the team’s first rainout at Cashman Field since Aug. 25, 2008, and only the eighth home rainout in the Triple-A franchise’s 33-year history.
Payton Squier’s bases-loaded single in the 10th inning sent UNLV to an 8-7 win over Air Force in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday at Wilson Stadium.
Six players were suspended and a seventh fined by Major League Baseball on Saturday following Thursday’s benches-clearing brawl between the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals.
Centennial’s baseball team plays its two biggest games of the season next week.
The Los Angeles Angels reportedly are close to a deal that would send troubled outfielder Josh Hamilton back to the Texas Rangers.
Travis Taijeron and Johnny Monell each had a home run among his three hits, drove in two runs and scored twice for the 51s, who scored all of their runs with two outs and held on for an 8-7 win over the Reno Aces in a Pacific Coast League game Thursday in Reno.
Five players, including Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Yordano Ventura and Chicago White Sox starter Chris Sale, were ejected after a bench-clearing brawl in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday night at U.S. Cellular Field.
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