Pro baseball player Greg Peavey pitches in as Hudson’s Bay High School basketball coach
Greg Peavey volunteers with Hudson’s Bay High’s boys basketball team when he’s not needed on the mound
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Town, baseball league to continue talks over field fees in Brookline
Representatives from the town’s private baseball league and the Brookline Parks and Recreation Commission will continue talks next year over a proposal to charge an hourly rate for using the town’s ballfields.
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#1 – Pace baseball wins state title
May 25 It took eight innings, but the Pace Patriots ended a dramatic 2010 baseball season as the 2010 Class 5A State Champion. After rallying from a 5-4 deficit in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at 5-5 it was a back and forth affair…
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Rays Can’t Be Counted Out in 2011, Even With All-Star Departures
The Tampa Bay Rays have won two of the last three titles in the most competitive division in baseball, yet still (always?) take a back seat to the Red Sox and New York Yankees. So, when they saw a handful of their best players depart via free agency, with another soon to go, it was no surprise that the baseball universe considered them an afterthought in the AL East before the holidays even …
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Ready for a starter’s role in U.S. College baseball — HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
While he also loves hockey and football, put a baseball in Jacob Yukich’s right hand and watch the 20-year-old smile. It’s his enjoyment of the summertime sport that has Yukich doubly excited about the coming season for his Kankakee Community College Cavaliers.[...]
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Youth briefs: Wolfpack staff plans to offer baseball clinics in February
The Westmoreland County Community College Wolfpack baseball coaching staff and team will offer championship baseball clinics on Saturdays and Sundays beginning Feb. 5 at the WCCC Youngwood campus.
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COMMENTARY: Steroids aside, Palmeiro a close call
Three baseball milestones have traditionally guaranteed a player’s entry into the Hall of Fame.
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FIU baseball star Garrett Wittels charged in rape of 2 teen girls in Bahamas
FIU baseball star Garrett Wittels and a group of friends were arrested in the Bahamas last week and charged with the rape of two 17-year-old girls.
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Florida International University baseball star Garrett Wittels faces rape charge
Garrett Wittels, a Florida International University baseball standout who owns the second-longest hitting streak in NCAA history, and a group of friends were arrested in the Bahamas last week and charged with the rape of two 17-year-old girls. Wittels is charged with raping one of the girls.
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G.I. lands another grant
Baseball Tomorrow Fund awarded a grant this week to the City of Grand Island for the 70,000-square-feet Community Fieldhouse.
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Traditional Baseball Statistics Still Pertinent in Today’s Game, But New Metrics Have Merit
Editor’s Note: NESN.com Red Sox reporter Tony Lee will examine one hot-button baseball topic each day in December. On Thursday, he determined which team has the best uniforms. We live in an age where UZR and WAR means as much to baseball analysts as ERA and RBI, pitting old- and new-school camps against one another in debates related to the merits of each player. Every organization is aware of …
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FIU baseball player nearing NCAA record arrested for rape
The Florida International University baseball player threatening to break Robin Ventura’s NCAA-record hitting streak is in legal trouble. Now, his collegiate future may be in jeopardy. Last week, FIU star Garrett Wittels and a group of friends were arrested in the Bahamas. They are charged in connection with the rape of two 17-year old girls. Wittels is two games shy of tying Ventura’s NCAA …
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Sports Bulletin Board
2011 SHOCKWAVE BASEBALL TRYOUTS: Jan. 8 at Hammond High School in Columbia. For high school age players with skills and ambition to play college baseball.
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Youth briefs: Wolfpack staff plans to offer baseball clinics in February
The Westmoreland County Community College Wolfpack baseball coaching staff and team will offer championship baseball clinics on Saturdays and Sundays beginning Feb. 5 at the WCCC Youngwood campus.
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Lancer Baseball Honored By SDSWA
The Mount Marty College baseball team was the dominant force in the final years of the old South Dakota-Iowa Conference, but had taken its lumps in the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
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Truman State Baseball Camps Start In January
Area youth baseball players will have the opportunity to participate in a pair of Truman Baseball camps this January. The winter hitting league will begin on January 9th while the annual Pitching and Catching Clinic will be on Jan. 22nd.
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2010 in review: Professional baseball comes to Las Cruces
The Las Cruces Vaqueros gave the city something it was thirsting for. A minor league baseball experience.
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Camps, clinics and tryouts
Baseball ‰The Batter’s Box is taking registrations for its Youth Fundamental and Advanced Pitching and Catching clinics. For more information, contact Bob Turcio at 203-248-2398 or visit www.battersboxonlline.net
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Baseball star rape charge
A top US baseball player with a record-setting 56-game hitting streak has been charged with rape in the Bahamas.
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College baseball star charged with rape
College baseball star Garrett Wittels and a group of friends were arrested in the Bahamas last week and charged with the rape of two 17-year-old girls.
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#7- Baseball outcry hitting home
The Pace High School baseball decision still has some community members stuck at first. Letters and phone calls have been pouring into the school board office, according to Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick, following the decision to allow three Pace…
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U Mary baseball
Spring sports are often played in rain, snow or shine and baseball diamonds usually need to be shoveled instead of watered, it’s just the way of life in North Dakota. With college baseball set to start just after the New Year, U-Mary Head Coach Brad Wals
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What’s happening
Oakland Cal Ripken Babe Ruth — Registration for 2011 Oakland Cal Ripken Babe Ruth Baseball League 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Jan. 8, 22. For boys and girls ages 5-18.
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AB InBev, Major League Baseball settle lawsuit
From the Wall Street Journal Anheuser-Busch Inc. said Thursday that it reached a new sponsorship agreement with Major League Baseball and dropped the lawsuit it filed against the league in November.
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Sports bulletin board for Sunday, Jan. 2
PALM DESERT YOUTH: The Palm Desert Youth Sports Association is holding spring baseball and softball registration from 6-8 p.m., Monday through Friday. Final registration is from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. All registration is at The Sports Authority in Palm Desert (inside Desert Crossings).
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Baseball Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew Diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer
Hall of Fame outfielder Harmon Killebrew has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
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