Mattingly's upstart Baseball & Softball Equipment business taking off as Dodger's make their Championship Run! SHELTON, Conn. -- Don Mattingly, current Los Angeles Dodgers Hitting Coach and former New York Yankee is now enjoying success on and off the field with the recent successes of both his emerging Mattingly...
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So this morning we wake up to a brave new world. On the same day a man of color accepts the nomination to be president of the United States, Major League Baseball will allow the umpires to use instant replay. Really, which one did you think...
They spent the entire baseball season vying to be contenders in September only to discover their postseason hopes may rest more on medical reports than scouting reports. "So much is going to depend on health," says Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams, whose team is...
RBIs, batting averages, home runs, ERAs, strikeouts -- there are many numbers to keep track of in baseball. Some players and coaches have to watch other numbers, too, like blood glucose levels, carbohydrates, and insulin units. In the September issue of Diabetes Forecast , the consumer magazine...
NEW YORK -- Replay ball! Umpires will be allowed to check video on home run calls starting Thursday after Major League Baseball, guardian of America's most traditional sport, reversed its decades-long opposition to instant replay. "Like everything else in life, there are times that you have...
BEIJING AFP — South Korea won what could be the last Olympic baseball gold medal on Saturday, dethroning three-time champions Cuba 3-2 in a dramatic final. Chong Tae-Hyon took the mound with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to preserve the single-run Korean lead amid a...
ONLY A cynic would suggest that baseball hasn't made great strides in implementing a drug-testing policy over the last decade. And yet, a glance at the list of players who have been suspended reveals a troubling glitch in the system.So far this year, there have been 37 minor leaguers disciplined...
BEIJING AFP — The United States got their Olympic campaign back on track on Friday, but their four-gold medal rally was overshadowed by accusations of targeted violence in a highly-charged baseball clash against old foes Cuba. After going through Thursday without a gold, the US collected four in the...
BEIJING AFP — The United States got their Olympic campaign back on track on Friday, but their four-gold medal rally was overshadowed by accusations of targeted violence in a highly-charged baseball clash against old foes Cuba. After going through Thursday without a gold, the US collected four in the...
STARS Thursday -- Jim Edmonds, Cubs, hit a grand slam and another home run, driving in five runs in an 11-4 rout of the Brewers. -- Grady Sizemore, Indians, hit a three-run homer and finished with four RBIs in a 9-4 rout...
Questions continue to mount about the management of the Rutgers University athletic department, which has gained national prominence with its success in football and women's basketball in recent years. The latest revelation: Robert J. Mulcahy, the son of athletic director Robert E. Mulcahy, took a job at a sports-marketing firm...
Calendar Professional BASEBALL Kansas City at Oakland, 2:35 p.m. Youth BASEBALL NBC Hap Dumont World Series, 17-under and 18-under, at Lake Shawnee Baseball Complex Golf World ranking 1. Tiger Woods__USA__19.12 ...
Calendar Professional BASEBALL Kansas City at Oakland, 2:35 p.m. Youth BASEBALL NBC Hap Dumont World Series, 17-under and 18-under, at Lake Shawnee Baseball Complex Golf World ranking 1. Tiger Woods__USA__19.12 ...
The women give you Jennie Finch and Cat Osterman, dominant pitchers who are the faces of international women's softball.The men give you Brandon Knight and Jeremy Cummings, a pair of 30-something minor leaguers contemplating retirement.Unlike the NHL and WNBA, which pause their seasons every 4 years, major league baseball won't...
Just like mama, Cole Hamels said there would be days like this. There would be days when the ball feels wrong, when your mind-set isn't locked in, days when that delicate balance between the mental and physical is see-sawing out of control. Days when trying to throw a baseball past...
Baseball's non-waiver trade deadline is Thursday, but a team's best move for the final two months could be activating an injured player. DH David Ortiz is expected to return to the Boston Red Sox tonight against the New York Yankees. Fellow All-Star Alfonso Soriano returned to...
LOS ANGELES AFP — Madonna on Sunday took the rare step of issuing a formal denial of reports linking her to US baseball star Alex Rodriguez and speculation she was to divorce British director Guy Ritchie. In an exclusive statement released to celebrity magazine People, Madonna poured scorn on...
COOPERSTOWN, New York AFP — The baseball hit by Barry Bonds for his historic 756th career home run has landed in the Hall of Fame after all. After a day of dueling statements between the Hall of Fame and the ball's owner, fashion designer Marc Ecko, Hall officials accepted...
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, there has been a renewal of attention to one who some believe to be the best all-round player ever to have played the game of baseball: Roberto Clemente, the right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955-72. Let us, in the interest of full disclosure,...
