Former Cy Young winner Frank Viola was ejected for arguing with — or at least about — robot umpire in its 2019 independent baseball debut.
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The Automated Ball-Strike era at Las Vegas Ballpark began Tuesday night, even if nobody in the crowd of 6,752 seemed to notice during the Aviators’ game.
The Experimental Automated Ball and Strike System will be utilized during the Aviators’ homestand in late May against the Sacramento River Cats.
The Aviators lead Triple-A baseball with total attendance of 122,429 and an average of 6,801 — a tad behind the parent Oakland Athletics, who are averaging 7,715.
Three high school classes will get to play at the home of the Aviators during the upcoming state high school baseball tournaments.
Aviators break even in three consecutive six-game series. They can keep streak alive at home against Tacoma.
Former Liberty High School pitcher Dawson Beard was the starter in a junior college game in which the opposing pitcher viciously tackled a batter after allowing a homer.
Former A’s top prospect began the current home stand the same way he ended the first one — by hitting a walk-off home run and receiving a Gatorade bath at home plate.
Las Vegas resident and former Milwaukee Brewers slugger Eric Thames is trying to make it back to the majors at age 35.
A day after playing in front of their smallest home crowd in 42 years, the A’s lose to Baltimore with only 2,703 on hand at RingCentral Coliseum.
Catcher Shea Langeliers and infielder Nick Allen have been as good as advertised during the first two weeks of the Pacific Coast League season.
Former Brewers slugger Eric Thames marks return to Las Vegas with a homer, four RBIs in a loss to Reno.
On April 8, 1994, former UNLV outfielder Gus Kennedy hit a solo shot, a two-run blast, a three-run dinger and a grand slam at New Mexico State.
Diamondbacks top pitching prospect Ryne Nelson parlays Amarillo stint into opening night start in Triple-A debut.
Fastballs were touching 95 mph on a radar gun, and Finn the Bat Dog received one of the biggest ovations. In other words, it felt like a normal baseball season again.