Jerry Reuss readily admits having used Stickum and other substances to help improve his grip on the ball during his 22-year big league pitching career. But the colorful left-hander still maintains he never violated the Major League Baseball rule that prohibits using a foreign substance on the baseball.
Florida State’s Heisman Trophy quarterback Jameis Winston was issued a civil citation after sheriff’s deputies say he walked out of a supermarket without paying for $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish.
Growing up in the Dominican Republic, New York Mets center fielder Juan Lagares created his own version of baseball.
Shadow Ridge’s baseball team kept opening the door for Sierra Vista on Monday.
Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper reportedly is going to be sidelined at least until July because of surgery on his left thumb.
When they ran onto the field Sunday on an ideal day for baseball, the time was 12:08 p.m., the temperature was 67 degrees, the wind was blowing from left field to right at 8 mph and the Las Vegas 51s were the best team in minor league baseball, by percentage.
UNLV had a season-high 21 hits to beat New Mexico 14-2 on Sunday and sweep the three-game series at Wilson Stadium. The Rebels had 55 hits for the series.
Allan Dykstra is accustomed to getting heckled about his father.
UNLV hit four home runs to beat New Mexico 14-6 and clinch the series victory. The Rebels, who hadn’t homered three times in a game all season until this series, hit seven home runs in two games against the Lobos.
Erick Fedde worked out of an early jam, and his teammates provided six runs in the bottom of the first to propel UNLV to an 11-2 victory over the New Mexico at windy Wilson Stadium on Friday.
WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals’ game Friday night provided a good example of the way things have gone for them during the early part of the season.
Old public television video shows Las Vegas Hall-of-Famer hitting the outside corner as a 19-year-old.
The Arbor View baseball team has won in a variety of ways during its 13-game winning streak.
New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda was suspended for 10 games Thursday after being caught using pine tar to help him grip the ball.
UNLV is tied for second in the Mountain West, four games back of New Mexico in the loss column, and what felt like a certainty a few weeks ago when it came to NCAA at-large chances for the Rebels isn’t all that assured now. Which in no way has their head coach worried.
