Early Film Is Found of Blacks Playing Baseball
ATLANTA — Buried in storage at a sprawling antebellum Georgia plantation is a film clip that has baseball enthusiasts buzzing. At first glance, it looks ordinary. The grainy, out-of-focus ... Read more
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Beyond the brawl: World Baseball Classic scenes
Of course, there was the bunt single that turned into a brawl between the players - and the fans - in the Mexico-Canada WBC matchup. But the World Baseball Classic has also included such memorable moments as the ... Read more
Baseball Commissioner Sees a World Series That Is Truly Global
PHOENIX — When players stand on the baselines before games in the World Baseball Classic, they hold caps from their countries to exchange with members of the other team. That spirit of good will crumbled ... Read more
Cuba routs Taiwan 14-0 at World Baseball Classic
TOKYO (AP) — Yasmany Tomas hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning, helping Cuba rout Taiwan 14-0 Saturday in the second round of the World Baseball Classic. Tomas' second home run of the tournament gave Cuba ... Read more
Pedro Valdes: The Baseball Journeyman’s Journeyman
SAN JUAN, P.R. — Pedro Valdes stepped inside the batting cage at Hiram Bithorn Stadium on Thursday morning and took cut after cut, each swing a perfect reproduction of the last. His mechanics were ... Read more
Cuba upsets Japan 6-3 at World Baseball Classic
FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Alfredo Despaigne hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning, helping Cuba defeat two-time defending champion Japan 6-3 Wednesday to finish first in Group A of the World Baseball ... Read more
Japan defeats Brazil 5-3 in World Baseball Classic
FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Two-time defending champion Japan rallied to beat Brazil 5-3 on Saturday in its opening game of the World Baseball Classic. Japan trailed 3-2 before adding three runs in the top of the ... Read more
Braun stands by statement, focuses on baseball
PHOENIX (AP) — Ryan Braun had already let it be known he was not taking any questions about his reported link to a Florida anti-aging clinic when he faced reporters outside the Milwaukee Brewers' spring training ... Read more
AP Source: Miami tests baseball team for HGH
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Every University of Miami baseball player underwent testing recently for performance-enhancing drugs, including human growth hormone, a person with knowledge of the situation told The ... Read more
Miami New Times Wrestles With Whether to Help Baseball Officials
In the wake of George J. Mitchell’s damning report in 2007 on doping in baseball, Commissioner Bud Selig created a department of investigations to serve as Major League Baseball’s police unit. ... Read more