A sports radio host has apologized after criticizing on-air New York Mets player Daniel Murphy’s decision to take three days’ paternity leave after the birth of this son.
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Tickets will go on sale at noon Monday for Big League Weekend at Cashman Field, a two-game spring training series on March 15 and 16 between the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs. Tickets for the 1:05 p.m. games, priced at $35, $45 and $50, can be purchased at the Cashman Field box office and through Ticketmaster. The Mets are the major league affiliate of the 51s.
I wonder how Art Howe feels about this. That was one of the first things that popped into mind on Sunday when I read that Philip Seymour Hoffman was dead.
At the rate it’s going, Rancho’s girls basketball team soon might be asked to defend Fort Knox.
World Series MVP David Ortiz and Boston Red Sox teammate Shane Victorino had their beards shaved for charity Monday to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in April.
Alex Rodriguez sued Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig, accusing them of pursuing “vigilante justice” as part of a “witch hunt” designed to smear the character of the Yankees star and cost him tens of millions of dollars.
Mountain Ridge suffered a 15-0 defeat to Eastlake of Chula Vista, Calif., on Sunday at the Little League Baseball West Regional in San Bernardino, Calif.
A person familiar with deliberations tells The Associated Press that Major League Baseball has informed the New York Yankees that Alex Rodriguez will be suspended Monday but can play while he appeals the penalty.
Liberty baseball coach Mike Eshragh sent his players onto the field Saturday intending to prove that his squad’s 2012 summer championship was no fluke.
In the top of the seventh inning, as the two girls stood inside the Cashman Field press box, 51s president Don Logan asked them, “Do you know what ‘pepper’ is?”
Inspired by his selection to the Pacific Coast League All-Star team Tuesday afternoon, 51s second baseman Wilmer Flores exploded for his first career five-hit game Tuesday night at Cashman Field, going 5-for-6 with two doubles, three runs and an RBI in Las Vegas’ 12-2 victory over the Fresno Grizzlies.
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Ryan Ludwick is expected to miss at least three months following surgery on Wednesday to repair torn cartilage in his right shoulder.