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You go to a baseball game to see your beloved team in the postseason, and the next thing you know you’re the most hated man in a city and you go into hiding for the next 12 years.
That’s Steve Bartman’s life in one sentence because of what happened in 2003. Read more →
Fifty years ago today, Sandy Koufax — perhaps the greatest pitcher of his generation — sat in the St. Paul Hotel while his team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, played game one of the World Series against the Minnesota Twins in Bloomington.
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Last Thursday, New York Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia pitched five innings to win the game that clinched a wild card spot for the Yankees. Read more →
The last remaining player on some of the greatest New York Yankees teams of all time — no other player may ever win 10 World Series again — has died at age 90. Read more →
All Colin McLain of Brainerd wanted last night is to spend a nice night at the ballpark with his daughter.
But it was a rainy day and fans outstate no longer have the luxury of a domed field, you may have heard.
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Milo Hamilton is dead.
The Iowa native called baseball games on radio — the only real way to follow a baseball game — for 60 years, most recently as the Houston Astros announcer. Before that he was the play-by-play man for the Cubs, Pirates, and several other teams, including the Atlanta Braves, which tied him forever to this moment.
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No matter what kind of day you’re having, at least you’re not this guy in Cleveland. Read more →
Oh, you still believe your football is better than baseball? You’re just wrong. So very wrong. Here’s why.
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A pretty nice moment wrapped up a pretty awful week last night.
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It was torture last night watching Mets shortstop Wilmer Flores crying on the field after learning he was being traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for former Twin Carlos Gomez. But is it an example of social media running with false rumors?
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Miguel Cabrera and a kid at the game in Cleveland last night teamed up to show us why baseball remains the national pastime.
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The New York Times reports the St. Louis Cardinals have hacked into a player-personnel database to get secrets from the Houston Astros, one of the better teams in the American League this year. Read more →
Unless something changes in the next few weeks, baseball will have an embarrassment on its hands.
If the voting ended today, eight Kansas City Royals will be in the starting lineup. Even Omar Infante, possibly the worst-hitting secondbaseman in all of baseball will start. Read more →
We’ve seen tackier uses of American flag references — just see Nikki Tundel’s fine photo series on the subject today (an annual tradition in this space)– than the plan by Major League Baseball to dress up its players in stars and stripes on Flag Day Sunday.
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