Southern Nevada high school alumni include a Hall of Famer, MVPs, Rookies of the Year and first-round MLB draft picks.
Baseball
During the late 1970s, Rancho’s high school and American Legion program produced nine MLB draft picks and four major leaguers.
The Experimental Automated Ball and Strike System will be utilized during the Aviators’ homestand in late May against the Sacramento River Cats.
If the Astros win the World Series, Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale would net the largest win ever on a legal sports bet.
Totals are down substantially at sportsbooks after teams averaged 4.03 runs per game in April — the lowest mark in any month since the strike-shortened 1981 season.
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.
The bettor on Wednesday picked the winners of 10 baseball games, including five underdogs, all four NHL playoff games and both NBA playoff games against the spread.
The Oakland Athletics’ efforts to get a new ballpark in the Bay Area received a boost as a key group recommended approval of a change needed to keep the ball rolling there.
This is a new format that creates more of a final four atmosphere with the Pacific Coast League and International League divisional winners coming to Las Vegas.
One Bay Area beer company is catching heat from Oaklanders as their Athletics-themed beer had a special message printed on the bottom of some cans.
Lambo, a 3½-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever, is joining her brother Finn to retrieve bats at Aviators games at Las Vegas Ballpark.
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.
“I think it’s safe for me to say that they have a very, very strong interest in our site if the transaction can work to their advantage,” Gaming & Leisure Properties top executive Peter Carlino said during a Friday earnings call.
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.
