It’s not often that you pinch hit for your No. 3 hitter to lead off the top of the seventh inning in a tie game.
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The Cubs lost their season opener and an umpire challenge but at least they (almost) made history.
Los Angeles Angels hitting coach Don Baylor broke his right leg while catching Vladimir Guerrero’s ceremonial first pitch Monday night.
Foothill baseball coach Matt Iglitz just asked his team to score a couple runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Monday.
Major League Baseball launched the expanded replay era Monday, and saw instant results — a pair of missed calls by umpires got fixed fast, without any arguments.
UNLV pitchers shut down Creighton and the Rebels earned a 3-1 victory in cold weather in Omaha, Neb., on Monday.
Facebook mapped the most popular MLB teams in the U.S. by country. Clark County, generally thought to be Dodgers territory, went to the Yankees.
Today is Opening Day in baseball. It is a magical day in many ways. For instance, if you are a Cubs fan, it is the only day for sure you can open the newspaper and find Chicago atop the National League Central standings.
Money can buy happiness, at least temporarily. The Los Angeles Dodgers handed Clayton Kershaw the richest deal for a pitcher in baseball history, and a big bankroll has turned the odds in their favor.
Centennial’s baseball team might not have scored in the second inning on Friday, but the Bulldogs got good at-bats, saw plenty of pitches and laid the groundwork for good things.
Green Valley’s Keola Paragas hadn’t given up an earned run in 19 innings this season.
Brandon Johnson walked into left field by himself and posed for a quick selfie, making sure all the zeros on the scoreboard were in the picture.
Former Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola, 53, is scheduled to undergo heart surgery next week and will be replaced as 51s pitching coach by Tom Signore until he can join the New York Mets’ Triple-A affiliate.
We’re just one week away from Opening Day, and it’s time for the White House to respond to making the unofficial holiday a national holiday.
His team led by four runs in the top of the seventh on Saturday, but Arbor View baseball coach Jay Guest felt far from comfortable.