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Mets' Jeremy Hefner's heart goes out to his hometown after Oklahoma tornado bc-bbn-hefner(sh) | By: JOHN JEANSONNE | Source: Newsday | National League Baseball (BN) May 22, 2013 11:35 AM By JOHN JEANSONNE News of the deadly Oklahoma tornado literally hit close to home for New York Mets pitcher Jeremy Hefner, who was watching television coverage of the devastating twister in the clubhouse before Monday night's game. "I have an uncl
Pirates' Travis Snider endures losses off the field bc-bbn-snider(sh) | By: MICHAEL SANSERINO | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | National League Baseball (BN) May 21, 2013 12:25 PM By MICHAEL SANSERINO Throughout a 162-game season, even the best baseball players deal with a lot of loss. And as the stakes grow higher, so does the impact of those defeats. There are hard losses. Painful losses. Devastating losses. Travis Snider
Left-on-base a deceiving stat, Red Sox claim bc-bba-left-onbase(sh) | By: BRIAN MACPHERSON | Source: The Providence Journal | National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) May 16, 2013 11:40 AM By BRIAN MACPHERSON Particularly during a losing streak, nothing drives fans as crazy as runners left on base. The more runners end an inning standing uselessly at second base, the more television sets have to endure being pelted in frustration. B
Moulton: Bud Selig blew it by not reversing botched A's-Indians home-run call bc-bbo-bud-selig(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA), Sports Columns (TN) May 10, 2013 12:40 PM By DAVID MOULTON What if Bud Selig had reversed the call? By now you probably know, "the call" was a double in the top of the ninth inning of Wednesday's A's-Indians game. What really happened was Oakland's Adam Rosales hit a game-tying home run.
Whiff! Hitters struck out at a record pace in April bc-bbo-strikeouts(sh) | By: BRIAN MacPHERSON | Source: The Providence Journal | National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) May 6, 2013 11:35 AM By BRIAN MacPHERSON The trail from the batter's box back to the dugout is getting more worn down by the day. The rate of hitters striking out is exploding. Twenty years ago, barely 15 percent of at-bats ended in strikeouts. Ten years ago, it was 16
Mets, utilityman Jordany Valdespin take one step at a time bc-bbn-metsvaldespin(sh) | By: MARC CARIG | Source: Newsday | National League Baseball (BN) May 3, 2013 2:10 PM By MARC CARIG By now, the New York Mets should know all about Jordany Valdespin. After all, they've already been through so much together. Since making his big-league debut a little more than a year ago, he has irked opponents with his behavior,
Ax-shaped handle bats the real deal, Memphis Tigers find bc-bbo-ax-bats(sh) | By: PHIL STUKENBORG | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA), Special (LL) May 2, 2013 12:20 PM By PHIL STUKENBORG If University of Memphis assistant baseball coach Clay Greene was initially skeptical of the new ax-shaped handle bats the Tigers began using this season, those doubts were quickly erased on a warm afternoon early last fall. On th
Book recounts era of brewers, baseball and an America-sized immigrant bc-baseball-books(sh) | By: EDWARD ACHORN | Source: The Providence Journal | Books (EB), National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) May 1, 2013 11:20 AM By EDWARD ACHORN Baseball remains, for me, our most beautiful game -- though its modern incarnation would be much better if it were played at the speedier pace of the past. One of the things I love most about it is how it expresses the broader Ameri
What we've learned one month into the MLB season bc-bbo-season(sh) | By: CODY DERESPINA | Source: Newday | National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) Apr 30, 2013 1:00 PM By CODY DERESPINA One month into the season, we've learned quite a few interesting facts about some contenders. The pen is mightier: The St. Louis Cardinals are one of the top teams in baseball once again this season. After winning the World Series
'42' tips hat to sports reporter Wendell Smith, journalism bc-bbo-wendell-smith(sh) | By: JOHN JEANSONNE | Source: Newsday | Film (EF), National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) Apr 25, 2013 1:33 PM By JOHN JEANSONNE As an old newspaper person -- a member of the fraternal order of ink-stained wretches -- I was delighted by the opening scene of "42." There is the tapping of a typewriter (ask your grandmother) as Wendell Smith, a long-overlooked
Investigators have third target in ricin letters probe bc-ricin-letters(sh) | By: C. RICHARD COTTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | National (AN), National League Baseball (BN) Apr 25, 2013 12:50 PM Investigators apparently have a third target in the ongoing search in Mississippi for the person who mailed ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, a senator and a judge. Itawamba County, Miss., Sheriff Chris Dickerson confirmed Thursday morni
Pirates' Jared Hughes seeks conviction with key pitch bc-bbn-hughes(sh) | By: BILL BRINK | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | National League Baseball (BN) Apr 25, 2013 12:29 PM By BILL BRINK Starting a pitch over the plate requires trust. It requires conviction. And when that pitch is the best one in the arsenal, the pitcher needs a decent amount of both. The team has had conversations with reliever Jared Hughes about rega
Colorado Rockies respond well to manager Walt Weiss bc-bbn-rockies(sh) | By: KURT KRAGTHORPE | Source: Salt Lake Tribune | National League Baseball (BN) Apr 22, 2013 11:38 AM Even after blowing a ninth-inning lead Sunday, the Colorado Rockies (13-5) are tied for the best record in baseball. The team's surprising start after posting a 64-98 record in 2012 is a credit to manager Walt Weiss, the former Rockies shortstop. His
McNulty: '42' is so much more than a baseball movie bc-bbo-42-movie(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Film (EF), National League Baseball (BN), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 19, 2013 1:36 PM Vero Beach isn't in the new movie about Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. "42" never gets to Dodgertown. It never gets to 1948. But it will get to you. At times, it will make you feel uncomfortable -- the hate-filled cruelty,
Saunders: '42' movie brings a reminder of a column I'm not proud of bc-bbo-saunders(sh) | By: BARRY SAUNDERS | Source: Raleigh News and Observer | National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA), Sports Columns (TN) Apr 16, 2013 1:22 PM Classless? Check this out. I've snuck pickled pig's feet into the movie theater -- and watched as the scent sent other patrons fleeing to the exit. I once wore my lime-green, crushed-velvet jumpsuit -- similar to the one Fred Williamson wore in "Thre
McNulty: Race still a concern for baseball bc-bbo-racebarriers(sh) | By: RAY McNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Minorities (HR), National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) Apr 12, 2013 11:36 AM The national conversation about football-related brain injuries still is relatively new -- too new, really, to know the full impact it will have on the NFL's long-term future. But what about its impact on Major League Baseball? Hold that thought. We
Film: Jackie Robinson's pathbreaking baseball story told well in '42' bc-42-film(sh) | By: COLIN COVERT | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Film (EF), People & Celebrities (EP), Sports Personalities (SC), National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) Apr 12, 2013 11:25 AM "42" is several movies in one. It's a valuable history lesson, an intelligent drama that hits all the right emotional buttons, and an inspiring portrait of a true American hero. It is also, at times, a prime example of Hollywood schmaltz, stuffed wit
John McGinley on giving voice to Red Barber in Jackie Robinson film, '42' bc-redbarber-42(sh) | By: NEIL BEST | Source: Newsday | Film (EF), People & Celebrities (EP), National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) Apr 11, 2013 11:50 AM John McGinley starred in many different kinds of roles -- from Oliver Stone movies like "Platoon" and Wall Street" to TV's "Scrubs" and "Burn Notice." But McGinley grew up in New Jersey as a sports fan who "bleeds Yankees blue" and rooted hard for th
Players pass on free agency to sign long-term extensions bc-bbo-freeagency(sh) | By: DAVID LENNON | Source: Newsday | National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) Apr 8, 2013 11:11 AM By DAVID LENNON The free-agent hammer, once coveted by players, for now has been replaced by a handshake. In the past few weeks alone, the Tigers' Justin Verlander, the Giants' Buster Posey, the Rangers' Elvis Andrus, the Cardinals' Adam Wainwrigh
Suddenly, the West is where it's at in baseball bc-bbo-west-best(sh) | By: MARTIN RENZHOFER | Source: Salt Lake Tribune | National League Baseball (BN), American League Baseball (BA) Apr 1, 2013 11:37 AM bc-bbo-west-best(sh) West Coast baseball is suddenly sexy. It's hot. It's hip. And, thanks to billions of dollars in TV money, the bankrolls -- at least in Southern California -- have certainly gotten a lot bigger. The addition of the Houston Astros
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