| 单词 | professional baseball |
| 例句 | He walked on the balls of his feet, almost in imitation of a boxer’s ring stance, and he was fanatically addicted to professional baseball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Surprisingly, for a man involved in the rough-and-tumble world of professional baseball, Sunday was very religious. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Sunday actually began his adult life as a professional baseball player. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z In the morning, a major league team picked me in the first round to play professional baseball, and in the evening, my baseball team had to play in the semifinal round of the championship. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was one of those large red plastic cups that vendors use at professional baseball games. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Before Jackie Robinson broke the color line, I wasn’t permitted even to think about being a professional baseball player. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at Daddy, leaning on his cane, and thought about how the dream of playing professional baseball has just passed down, and down, and down...and gone unaccomplished. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z On the one hand, I know college could be one of the greatest times of my life, but on the other, starting my professional baseball career early could help me reach my goals sooner. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The sports anchorman went through the professional baseball and football stuff, then the college football scores, and then the high school scores. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They travel to the United States in hopes of playing professional baseball. Summer movies ofter action and adventure options for kids Consider the locker room, one of his favorite places in the world: As the son of a professional baseball coach, he grew up around locker rooms. Cal Ripken is moving on, literally and figuratively 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Today, at 39, she is the only woman in the world umpiring top-flight professional baseball. Cuba's female umpire seeks to keep breaking barriers 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Note that it wasn’t until September that Bryan Ruby became the first active professional baseball player to do this in real life. Five Broadway Revivals Give a Tour of Our Theatrical Past 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The exception here is “The Jackie Robinson Story,” a 1950 feature that cast the Brooklyn Dodger as himself in a dramatically softened version of how he broke the color barrier in professional baseball. When Athletes Go Hollywood 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z There was also a 1992 bar fight with the professional baseball player Ron Gant in an Atlanta bar called Calico Jack’s. Connie Mack IV Takes His Swings at a Senate Seat 2012-10-28T04:47:23Z When Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play for a professional baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers, it was a seminal moment in the history of the civil rights movement. Both Super Bowl LIV team names are pretty racist — Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Scott Wolfe, a history teacher, athletic coach and former professional baseball player, wholeheartedly agreed about his daughter. ‘Waitress’ Star Has a Tip for You: Marry Your Best Friend 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Jackson appears in this latest installment, which focuses on another two-sport athlete, Deion Sanders, and the 24 hours in 1992 when he attempted to play professional baseball, for the Braves, and football, for the Falcons. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘30 for 30’ and ‘The Big Lebowski’ 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z For much of the history of professional baseball, there was no such thing as a free agent. Perspective | Stephen Strasburg chose to stay with the Nationals. But players didn’t used to have a choice. 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Zimmerman took batting practice and participated in some team drills, but unlike most professional baseball players, he hardly played in any preseason games. Perspective | Less practice usually doesn’t make perfect. Is Ryan Zimmerman a case study? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z It's true that women's professional baseball teams weren't integrated in 1943, and the color line in professional baseball wouldn't be broken until Jackie Robinson got his shot in 1947. "A League of Their Own" makes up for the past's missed swings, but isn't quite a home run 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The film profiles the professional baseball player Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel, two women who for decades kept their romantic partnership largely hidden, but were finally liberated from that secrecy late in life. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Normal People’ and a Virtual Play 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Like professional baseball, the NFL and college football teams are not planning to be in any bubble. Perspective | Is football playable in a pandemic? Those with money at stake aim to give it a try. 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Nemens’s real subject here is less the game of baseball itself, though she’s quite good at describing it, than its infrastructure, all the lives that professional baseball embraces. A Winning Baseball Novel by the Editor of The Paris Review 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The company already is testing the system, known as "dynamic pricing," with several professional baseball, basketball and hockey teams. Ticketmaster rolls out 'dynamic' ticket pricing 2011-04-19T13:19:13Z A. My dad was a professional baseball player. The Visionaries: Tim Burton on His Movies, His Life and His Tombstone 2012-09-20T12:43:50Z And in the early days of professional baseball, the pitcher pitched from 50 feet instead of 60 feet and 6 inches. Perspective | Five-set tennis matches? It’s time for a break. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Since I was 7 years old, all I wanted to be was a professional baseball player. After ‘Moneyball,’ Tabitha Soren kept shooting. The results are stunning. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Pacific Grade School was three blocks north, and professional baseball, a mere two blocks away at the Seattle Athletic Field. Built in 1910 as the Comet Apartments, they became a Star 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Produced just three years after Robinson broke the color line in professional baseball, "The Jackie Robinson Story" proved to be one of the more successful sports movies of its time. Ruby Dee dies: Five of her memorable movies 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z “Stove League,” partly filmed in the stadium of the SK Wyverns of South Korean professional baseball, is an entertaining soap opera with a melancholy edge. Starved for Sports? Here Are 5 Options That Aren’t N.B.A. Classic 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z However, Carson is part of the group of white and white-passing women drawn to Chicago from towns and cities across the United States for their shot at playing professional baseball. "A League of Their Own" makes up for the past's missed swings, but isn't quite a home run 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z It revisits ’s single season of professional baseball, when he walked away from basketball after winning a third consecutive championship and spent the summer and fall of 1994 learning how to hit a changeup. | '30 for 30: Jordan Rides the Bus': A Big Star Transforms Into a Small Moon for a Season 2010-08-23T21:38:00Z Centennial Field, home of the Vermont Lake Monsters, an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, is one of the oldest professional baseball parks. 36 Hours in Burlington, Vermont 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z It's no accident that this "need to clean" occurs during the season of Lent for Christians — or that it's just ahead of the start of this year's professional baseball season. Spring cleaning for the soul: How one baseball wife found a way to win 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Over the next few decades, amateur and professional baseball leagues popped up around Eastern Canada. The secret history of black baseball players in Canada’s great white north 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z One-hundred-and-fifty years of professional baseball have meant a lot of changes. Perspective | Pro baseball marks 150 years, but it wasn’t the same game back then 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z If anything, figures like those were precisely what pushed the Natural Resources Defense Council to join forces with teams from professional baseball, hockey, basketball and football and form the Green Sports Alliance in 2011. Making pro sports pro-green 2012-07-07T00:00:00Z The patch celebrates the 150th anniversary of the first openly professional baseball team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings. Perspective | Pro baseball marks 150 years, but it wasn’t the same game back then 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Hank Azaria turns the airwaves blue as Jim Brockmire, a foul-mouthed former professional baseball announcer who forfeited his career in disgrace when his wife’s infidelity left him unhinged at the microphone. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Brockmire’ and ‘Archer’ 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Just in time for the season, Itamar Moses' play follows the turbulent careers of three very different professional baseball players. 15 of Seattle's top entertainment picks, April 1-7 2012-03-28T20:52:04Z Speed Cook, Negro rights advocate and former professional baseball player, wants Fraser’s help in clearing his Army sergeant son, Joshua, wrongly accused of desertion. ‘The Wilson Deception’ review: A terrific new Fraser and Cook mystery 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z I played professional baseball for 15 years, but my family is more important. Civilities: Why Houston’s repeal of the ‘bathroom bill’ isn’t surprising 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z “Nemens’s real subject here is less the game of baseball itself, though she’s quite good at describing it, than its infrastructure, all the lives that professional baseball embraces,” Charles McGrath writes in his review. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z I thought of that with “Toni Stone,” about the first woman to play in professional baseball, in the Negro Leagues. ‘Fairview’: Watching a Play in Black and White 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Robert Coover’s 1968 novel “The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.” depicted the world of a man who conducted an imaginary professional baseball season entirely through rolls of dice. ‘Infinite Football’ Review: Soccer and Other Existential Questions 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z A Princeton graduate fluent in more than half a dozen languages, he passed the New York bar exam while beginning his professional baseball career as player and coach in the early 1920s. Review: ‘The Catcher Was a Spy’ Shares a Peculiar History Lesson 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z And almost everyone has a goal — J P wants to rap, Jimmy dreams of playing professional baseball, Frankie does spoken poetry, and Ludwin wants to be an artist. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Buckwild,’ ‘Washington Heights’ and ‘Black Ink Crew’ on TV 2013-01-06T22:55:35Z The World Series has been played almost every year since the professional baseball championship began in 1903. Perspective | In World Series history, great moments and great players stand out 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Today, every American professional baseball team operates its own Dominican academy, and Mr. Marcano acknowledges they’re “getting a little bit better.” The Lure of Baseball in the Dominican Republic 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Lydia R. Diamond’s play, about the first female professional baseball player, prepares for its last at-bat. 7 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z If you thought that Jackie Robinson was the first Black player in professional baseball, “The League” would like to offer a correction. ‘The League’ Review: A Crucial Baseball Legacy 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z “I was raised in a professional baseball clubhouse and still carry a lot of that idiocy with me,” said Rocker in a trailer released by CBS. Ex-MLB Bad Boy John Rocker to Star in Newest Season of Survivor 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z With the river as a backdrop, Modern Woodmen Park is arguably the prettiest modernized ballpark in all of professional baseball. 2010-01-07T18:26:00Z His parents, old-stock New Englanders, were transplants to Lexington, where his father, after a short stint in professional baseball, worked as athletic director at Washington and Lee University. A Life of Cy Twombly Brings a Poet’s Eye to the Artist’s Mythic Work 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z You may be familiar with the life of Terry Donahue, who played for the women's professional baseball league that inspired the hit movie "A League of Their Own." What's new on Netflix in April, from "Kim's Convenience" to "#blackAF" 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z But throughout his career Scully always credited Red for instilling in him the discipline and values of a professional baseball announcer. How Vin Scully scored his Dodgers gig at 22 years old 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z There were no professional baseball, football or basketball teams for the locals to rally around. When Sin City ruled college basketball 2011-03-29T00:20:00Z After a weeks-long delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, umpires wore protective masks and cheerleaders danced beneath rows of unoccupied seats as professional baseball got back on the field. Baseball is back in South Korea, but the stadiums are much more quiet 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z He is the only manager to take five teams to the postseason and has spent 54 years in professional baseball. Dusty Baker, who won World Series as Dodger player and Astro skipper, retires as manager 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The soft-spoken, unassuming native of Wichita Falls, Texas, also had an easygoing personality that his new teammates immediately gravitated toward and a backlog of stories from 17 professional baseball seasons to entertain them with. Dodgers' bullpen went from dormant to dominant: It could be the key to their playoff success 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Helton spent his entire professional baseball career with the Rockies after being picked in the first round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft. Helton teams up with organization to eliminate $10 million in medical bills for Colorado residents 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “We have great respect for the Curacao team, not just as a baseball team, the whole country has great baseball players who even play professional baseball here,” Lee said. Taiwan looks tough at Little League World Series with star Fan Chen-Jun leading the way 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Felix Hernandez just spent the week preceding his Mariners Hall of Fame induction working overseas on his first global business venture — helping bring professional baseball to the Middle East and South Asia. Former Mariner Felix Hernandez joins ownership of Dubai-based Baseball United 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Of course, given the difficulties of professional baseball, the relationships provide comfort, stability and empathy. Jonny Farmelo, the Mariners’ third first-round pick, puts on power display in introduction 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z “Our guys take a lot of pride it in. It’s competitive with our opponents and cooperative with our teammates. We’re trying to help each other, and professional baseball doesn’t always feel that way.” Pitching coordinator Max Weiner leaves Mariners for Texas A&M, a ‘huge loss’ for Seattle 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z In the late 19th century, when organized professional baseball began to stabilize into what it is now Major League Baseball, a so-called “gentlemen’s agreement” excluded Black athletes from participating. Review: Sam Pollard grants the Negro leagues their essential place in American history 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z A disputed call at first base - and a sign of some changing times in professional baseball. Yankees minor league manager Rachel Balkovec ejected from game by female umpire 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Angels manager Phil Nevin — who has two sons in professional baseball — said he couldn’t imagine what it would be like for a parent to be able to do that. Bittersweet reunion: Fletcher brothers face each other for first time in majors after father’s death 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The winner was selected through voting by national baseball media, select professional baseball personnel, USA Baseball staff and previous winners. LSU’s Dylan Crews wins Golden Spikes Award as the nation’s top baseball player 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z “Difficulties in sports, just as in life, are something you have to overcome. A professional baseball player, when he’s focused on his job, it shouldn’t matter what’s going on around him.” Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos thrive hosting baseball games in the U.S. and Mexico 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z As with nearly every prospect at this stage of development, though, questions about Cartaya’s professional baseball future linger. Where does top prospect Diego Cartaya fit into the Dodgers' future plans? 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The measure could add professional baseball to Las Vegas’ growing sports scene, but economists have warned that such a project would bring minimal benefits for a hefty public price tag. Oakland Athletics move to Las Vegas in flux as Nevada Legislature adjourns 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z As a high school student, Yoshida was the first female professional baseball player in Japan, dubbed the “Knuckle Princess” in newspaper headlines. Japanese knuckleball pitcher Eri Yoshida plays on her own ‘Field of Dreams’ 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Catholic League President Bill Donohoe thanked his organization’s supporters for putting the squeeze on professional baseball. Dodgers scratch award for drag queens dressed like nuns after Catholic backlash 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Shaikh said in the digital announcement Monday that Baseball United will be introducing some yet-to-be announced rule differences and “things that you’d never see in other professional baseball leagues” to further appeal to cricket audiences. Dubai-based professional baseball league announces first franchise, Mumbai Cobras 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Dennis Kasumba, the Ugandan orphan profiled in The Times last week, saw his dream of playing professional baseball frustrated again Friday when he was denied a visa to come to the U.S. Ugandan major league hopeful denied visa to attend MLB Draft League in the U.S. 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The company first introduced the verification feature in 2009, after a former professional baseball player sued Twitter over imposter accounts. Twitter blue ticks: Multiple Hillarys and New Yorks as verifications disappear 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The company first introduced the verification feature in 2009, after a former professional baseball player sued the social media giant over imposter accounts. Beyonce and the Pope among those to lose Twitter blue check in purge 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z A new study from researchers at Dartmouth College says that a warming atmosphere could be causing more home runs in professional baseball. How climate change is making it easier to hit home runs 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Ohtani said he was “a professional baseball player for the Japanese National Baseball Team based in Tokyo, Japan, and the Los Angeles Angels based in Anaheim, California.” Shohei Ohtani should be dismissed from FTX endorsement lawsuit, his lawyers say 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z From the earliest days of organized professional baseball, the sport has gone hot and cold when it comes to fans chugging a cold one. The strange history of beer — ‘that wicked brew’ — and Washington baseball 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The latest episode of “The Daily” is about changes to professional baseball. Your Friday Briefing 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Robinson has previously suggested he’d prefer to sign a professional baseball contract and work out an agreement with that organization for him to play college football. USC fortifies tight end spot with five-star Duce Robinson, but will he play football? 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The only spectators were players and coaches from North Bend High School in Oregon, two professional baseball scouts from other organizations and one baseball writer who wanted one more afternoon of sunshine. Felnin Celesten, 17-year-old uber-prospect, has the Mariners abuzz 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z He broke into professional baseball as the third pick of the 2017 draft. MacKenzie Gore makes one thing clear: He is his own harshest critic 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Japanese professional baseball players generally do not become free agents until they have played for almost a decade. Pitcher Roki Sasaki next ‘big thing’ from Japanese baseball 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The next chapter in Cody Bellinger’s professional baseball career began Saturday with a mistake as he walked to the plate for his first at-bat as a member of the Chicago Cubs. Cubs hoping they can get the right numbers from Cody Bellinger 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z With the Nationals, Gore can learn from a pitcher he emulated when he entered professional baseball. Patrick Corbin has a new visitor in his guesthouse: MacKenzie Gore 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Going into his 35th spring training in professional baseball, this has become his favorite day of the annual baseball rite — the first official workout for the full squad of players. For Mariners manager Scott Servais, same excitement … and same message: Get better every day 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z He made a list of professional baseball and football teams with stadium leases expiring soon. Ron Labinski, whose firm designed Camden Yards, dies at 85 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z “I’m as lucky as anybody is in professional baseball. Right when he re-signed, it was, ‘This was probably the best thing that could have happened to me.’ With Correa short, Twins prospects not sweating blocked path 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z It has to do with the local professional baseball team and their uniforms. Mariners ditching gray road jerseys because of new MLB rules 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The Cuban Baseball Federation long defended the idea of amateurism and punished those who left the island to seek their fortunes in professional baseball. Cuba picks 5 MLB affiliated players for World Classic 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Rachel Balkovec became the first woman to manage a professional baseball team last year when she led the New York Yankees’ Class A Tampa Tarpons. Diamondbacks affiliate Hillsboro names woman as manager 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z “Getting to play on the same field in professional baseball and hopefully one day in the major leagues too.” Angels' David Fletcher will get to play with his brother again — for Team Italy 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z But here’s what does bind them heading into next season: Each player once entered professional baseball as a first-round pick. The Nationals are amassing a collection of former top prospects 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z That made the Mexican League the first in professional baseball to fully integrate. Before Jackie Robinson, Jorge Pasquel broke baseball’s color barrier — in Mexico 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Some have argued that those low salaries have made it hard for professional baseball to attract top athletes. Secure with 5-year deal, Clark pushes to make MLBPA stronger 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z “Nobody in Japan would report on this,” she said, noting the same clean-up happens at Japanese professional baseball games. ‘Normal thing to do’: Japanese fans tidy up at World Cup 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z “Venezuelan professional baseball is a spectacle that encourages family enjoyment and its discipline is a fundamental part of our cultural heritage,” he statement said. Venezuelan baseball league condemns violence after 2 brawls 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z The Cuba-born Puig, who plays professional baseball in South Korea, also faces immigration proceedings that could prohibit him from entering the U.S. again. Former Dodger Yasiel Puig will plead guilty to lying to feds about sports gambling ring 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The lease specifies that the Angels must maintain their stadium “at least equal to first class professional baseball stadiums, such as, on the date hereof, Kansas City and Dodger stadiums.” How Anaheim could try to play hardball with Angels owner Arte Moreno 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Baker’s 55-year career in professional baseball has put him in the vicinity of several historic moments. Dusty Baker, a baseball lifer, has another chance at elusive World Series ring with Astros 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z He has been in professional baseball for 55 years. Astros still have their haters, but Dusty Baker somehow manages to get love 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “It’s special for me personally,” said Thomson, a rookie major league manager but a veteran of 37 seasons in professional baseball. Bryce Harper’s blast lifts the rollicking Phillies to the World Series 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z While Aune’s dream of becoming a professional baseball player was over at 24, he wasn’t ready to stop playing sports just yet. His baseball dream didn’t pan out, so he became college football’s oldest QB 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z The Democrat on Saturday turned out a capacity crowd at an elementary school in Delaware County—which is known as Delco and borders Philadelphia—despite competing with a professional baseball game. Electing John Fetterman is crucial for Pennsylvania Voters 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z “It’s such a small community because we don’t have a lot of Canadian players in professional baseball.” Matt Brash, Abraham Toro expect emotional homecoming in Canada with Mariners 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Nissan Motor Co., which sponsors Japanese professional baseball and soccer, had a high-profile deal with tennis superstar Naomi Osaka which recently ended. NBA looking to tap into Japanese market with Warriors-Wizards games 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z How did he spend a decade in professional baseball before someone gave him a chance at its highest level? Analysis | Joey Meneses? Joey Meneses! 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z They gave him the confidence to make a wildly unorthodox career transition from professional baseball player to professional artist. The Art of Leaving Baseball Behind 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z For most of them, it was the longest day of their professional baseball careers, having arrived at the ballpark around 11 a.m. Julio Rodriguez’s ‘contagious’ energy propels M’s through marathon day in Cleveland 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Pitcher Bartolo Colon says he’ll finally retire from professional baseball after pitching one more season of winter ball in his native Dominican Republic. Sideline chatter: And you thought putting into the clown’s mouth was tough 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z If it does, professional baseball could change quickly and dramatically. MLB players union begins unprecedented push to unionize minor leaguers 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z He made his professional baseball debut the following August. Dodgers All-Star Buehler has 2nd career Tommy John surgery 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Which man was both a professional baseball player and an influential evangelist during the 1920s? U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The 26-year-old lefty was working at the First National Bank of Omaha in his hometown last year before resuming his professional baseball career. Fisher excels in debut, Canha 2 HRs, Mets rally past Phils 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Meneses has made a handful of stops in his professional baseball career since signing a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves in 2011. Joey Meneses, the Nats’ 30-year-old rookie, homers again in loss to Cubs 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z “I mean, I don’t really care what a lot of people think unless they’ve had that injury themselves, and then played professional baseball and stood in the batter’s box,” he said. Mitch Haniger comes back at perfect time to help Mariners’ playoff push 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z This meant that Lesko not only played professional baseball, but also professional golf, which makes her one of the rare women of her generation who played two sports professionally. With Amazon’s ‘A League of Their Own’ reboot looming, meet the Snohomish woman who played in the AAGPBL 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Club teams transformed into professional baseball teams with the Cincinnati Red Stockings, now the Cincinnati Reds, in 1869. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Over 13 years in professional baseball, the journeyman outfielder has been with nine franchises; played for 19 major and minor league teams; been traded, purchased or claimed six times. Back in the majors, and back in Dodger Blue, Trayce Thompson is where he belongs 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z “The truth is, the supply of aspiring professional baseball players significantly exceeds the demand by Major League Clubs for players to fill out their Minor League rosters,” Manfred wrote. MLB to Congress: Without our antitrust exemption, players and fans lose 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z “When you enter into the professional baseball pool of players, the separator is all the little things,” Matt Holliday said. No. 1 pick Holliday gets $8.19 million bonus from Orioles 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z She was 18, had just graduated from high school and was now a professional baseball player. With Amazon’s ‘A League of Their Own’ reboot looming, meet the Snohomish woman who played in the AAGPBL 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z “Even though my time with the Dodgers was short, there’s a lot of fond memories. It’s where I grew up as a professional baseball player. That still means a lot.” Back where his career began, Nationals’ Josiah Gray is looking to move on 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Young, all of 18 years old, turned red and smiled, as Crawford, Ty France, Adam Frazier and others chuckled at his initiation into the professional baseball world from the always-gruff Hill. Cole Young thrilled to get rookie treatment as he arrives after draft 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Orioles second-round draft pick Max Wagner signed his first professional baseball contract Tuesday before taking a seat in the Baltimore dugout for a pregame session with the media. After McClanahan leaves, Orioles rally to beat Rays 5-3 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Fowler is believed to be the first Black player in professional baseball, integrating otherwise White teams three-quarters of a century before Jackie Robinson was allowed to integrate the major leagues. David Ortiz enters the Hall of Fame with enthusiasm only he can bring 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Joyce doesn’t see any of his past injuries as a hindrance and looks forward to his future as a professional baseball player. 105.5 mph: Angels draft pick Ben Joyce is hardest thrower in college baseball history 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z “I never had this idea that he was going to make it and become a professional baseball player. I knew he had the desire.” Garrett Cooper thrilled to play in his first All-Star Game in his hometown of L.A. 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Last summer, he spent nearly 50 days on the road as a member of the EvoShield Canes, an elite travel ball showcase squad that simulates the atmosphere and schedule of a professional baseball team. Bainbridge’s JR Ritchie and his power arm expected to go early in MLB draft 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Those players are subject to Uniform Player Contracts when they enter professional baseball, preventing them from becoming minor league free agents for seven seasons. Minors rep asks Congress to restrict MLB antitrust exemption 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z He won a seat in the state Assembly by beating Rick Bossetti, a former professional baseball player and mayor of Redding, the largest city in the region with about 90,000 people. Newsom’s opponent: I’m reasonable, not a ‘crazy Republican’ 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Borders also believes the first woman to succeed in professional baseball is going to need certain attributes, not just physical but in behavior and bearing as well. When will a woman pitch in Major League Baseball? It might be sooner than you think 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z He played 19 seasons of professional baseball, 10 in the big leagues, some as a starting shortstop and others as a utility infielder. Angels managerial candidates start with Phil Nevin but include many intriguing names 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z In just a matter of weeks, Ritchie might be on his way to some faraway city to begin his professional baseball career. Bainbridge’s JR Ritchie and his power arm expected to go early in MLB draft 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Jackie Robinson broke the racial barrier in professional baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. ‘Forgotten Four’ to be honored during Hall of Fame week 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The lease requires the Angels to maintain the stadium on par with “first class professional baseball stadiums, such as … Dodger Stadium.” Q&A: What happens to Angels' future plans with Angel Stadium? 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The Ukrainian reckoning has echoes in the debate over removing Confederate statues, reappraising American colonial history and ditching racist vestiges of the past, from professional baseball team mascots to Aunt Jemima’s syrup. Goodbye, Pushkin. Ukrainians target Russian street names, monuments. 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The lack of familiar faces did not diminish the nostalgia Rendon felt facing his former team — and the only organization he knew for his first nine years of professional baseball — for the first time. Anthony Rendon nostalgic about Nationals in first meeting vs. former club 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z That gap in his resume will be filled Saturday when he graduates from Georgia Tech with a degree in business administration, more than two decades after he left campus to pursue a professional baseball career. Former MLB star Mark Teixeira earns Georgia Tech degree 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z He is part of the ownership group of the recently renamed Cleveland Guardians professional baseball team. Trump calls Dolan "potential wokie" in angry rant on Ohio talk show 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z A man who takes pleasure in physically abusing women has no business in professional baseball, let alone a civilized society. Letters to Sports: Critics aplenty for 'Winning Time' portrayals, Trevor Bauer suspension 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z The strangest day of Freddie Freeman’s professional baseball career became familiar once he stepped into the batter’s box. Freddie Freeman expresses himself with hugs and a homer in first game vs. Braves 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z So Honus Wagner played professional baseball in the early 20th century, and last year, a baseball card with his likeness on it sold for $6.6 million, making it the highest-selling sports card ever. How a $6.6-million baseball card paved the way for Magic Johnson's business empire 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z A week after pitching the first perfect game in Japanese professional baseball in 28 years, Sasaki delivered eight more perfect innings Sunday before being pulled after throwing 102 pitches. Japanese phenom Sasaki nearly throws 2nd straight perfecto 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z “The young players who had that desire to play professional baseball, he wanted to make sure that we were prepared,” Smith said. Chet Brewer's best delivery was helping Black players reach the major leagues 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z His father always dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player but couldn’t, so he passed that desire onto his son. Is Julio Rodríguez the Future of Baseball? He Has No Doubt. 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The Royals honored longtime scout Art Stewart, who spent 69 years in professional baseball, with members of his family throwing out first pitches to George Brett and Mike Sweeney. Witt a debut! Royals rookie stars in 3-1 win over Guardians 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z There was the realization in the winter of 2020 when his childhood dream of playing in LIDOM, the professional baseball league in his native Dominican Republic, didn’t go quite as planned. Julio Rodriguez’s inside-the-park homer was years in the making for Mariners 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Balkovec, a former softball catcher at Creighton and New Mexico, got her first job in professional baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals as a minor league strength and conditioning coach in 2012. Yankees minor league manager Rachel Balkovec injured by ball 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z And it also means it’s time to re-watch Penny Marshall’s delightful ode to the first female professional baseball league, and to the fact that “there’s no crying in baseball.” Our movie critic picks 9 spring films to stream 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z All these years later, no one else at any level of American professional baseball has been able to match him in a full season. Feeling Forgotten as Baseball Gets Back to Business 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Since the Black Sox scandal of 1919 nearly destroyed professional baseball, sports leagues have guarded against threats posed by gambling to the integrity of outcomes with existential zeal. As sports leagues embrace gambling profits, Calvin Ridley’s suspension resurfaces issues 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The local professional baseball league confirmed his death Friday. Ex-MLB lefty Odalis Pérez dies, threw 1st pitch at Nats Park 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Ms. Meaders, a history buff, said her collecting began with fan material related to her teenage idol, Jackie Robinson, who broke professional baseball’s color barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The Staten Island House Where Black History Lives 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z As Major League Baseball’s lockout negotiations drag on, the reigning National League MVP jokingly offered his services to a Japanese professional baseball team on Instagram Monday. Bryce Harper jokes about playing in Japan as MLB lockout negotiations continue 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z In 1972, Pointer retired from professional baseball after a 12-season career, in which he played 40 games over three seasons at the major league level. Feeling Forgotten as Baseball Gets Back to Business 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Here’s the thing about professional baseball: It does not take long for harsh reality to crash down. ‘You Have to Be Delusional’: A Minor Leaguer’s Hard Road to the Bigs 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z It is a notable accomplishment for someone whose earliest fantasy was to be a professional baseball player. A Master of the Goal Mouth Gets Better as He Goes 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Or maybe Kline had issued the first real challenge of House’s professional baseball career. Nationals top prospect Brady House remains set on staying at shortstop 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z In 2005, as professional baseball was facing intense scrutiny over steroid use by players, Giambi became one of the first baseball stars to admit to using steroids. Jeremy Giambi, Who Played for the Oakland Athletics, Dies at 47 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z And, just as he’s learned certain hitting and managing tactics over his 50-some odd years in professional baseball, so, too, has he learned outside the dugout. A Manager of a Certain Vintage 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Even then, Gomes, who double-majored in finance and business law, was preparing to apply for law school, mapping out a Plan B in case his professional baseball career was short-lived. Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes found his calling during his many stints in the minors 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Soon after the news broke that Rachel Balkovec had been hired to become the first woman to serve as a manager in affiliated professional baseball history, the messages poured in. A Groundbreaking Hiring Caused Little Fuss: ‘Everybody Was on Board’ 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z And Bianca Smith was hired as a minor league coach in the Boston Red Sox’ organization, making her the first Black woman to serve as a coach in affiliated professional baseball. On Her Way Up: Yankees Tap Woman as Minor League Manager 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The New York Yankees are promoting Rachel Balkovec to manage their Low-A minor league club, making her the first woman to lead an affiliated professional baseball team, according to multiple reports. Baseball first: Yankees hire woman to manage minor league team 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z About 99 years and seven months ago, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and his colleagues issued a ruling that would shape professional baseball in the United States for the next century. A newly filed lawsuit is trying to upend baseball’s century-old status quo 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z He was trying to raise two professional baseball players. Kenneth Branagh, Maggie Gyllenhaal take it personally in our roundtable 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z His more than six decades in professional baseball included being general manager for Atlanta and Texas. Aaron, Elder overcame hate to achieve records, milestones 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Rachel Balkovec, a groundbreaking baseball coach, will become the manager of a team in the Yankees’ minor league system, making her the first woman to lead an affiliated professional baseball squad. On Her Way Up: Yankees Tap Woman as Minor League Manager 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Balkovec was a softball catcher at Creigton and New Mexico before getting her start in professional baseball in 2012 as a minor league strength and conditioning coach for the St. Louis Cardinals. Baseball first: Yankees hire woman to manage minor league team 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z “The takeover plan is nothing less than a naked, horizontal agreement to cement MLB’s dominance over all professional baseball,” the lawsuit said. MLB sued by 4 former affiliates over minor league cuts 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z I wanted to be a professional baseball player, and I had a lot of support from those individuals and that carried me through college. Does this North Carolina candidate's viral video have a winning lesson for Democrats? 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Already well known for entertaining fish-out-of-water narratives about his forays into professional baseball, golf, boxing, and football, Plimpton culminated his decidedly amateur sporting career with perhaps his craziest escapade of all. Check out these 5 top-shelf hockey audiobooks if you’re getting in to the Seattle Kraken 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z O’Neil, a founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, was a star first baseman who spent decades around professional baseball as a manager and scout. Baseball’s ‘Court of Appeals’ Adds Six New Hall of Famers 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Under normal circumstances — a situation that hasn’t been the case in more than two years — most of the professional baseball world would be flying to Orlando in preparation for the annual baseball winter meetings. With the lockout, all things baseball — including any Mariners’ buying spree — come to a halt 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Suzuki in February last year was certified as a former professional baseball player who can coach high schoolers, among players at other levels, under a special exception that limits him to the offseason only. Ichiro holds clinic for Tokyo high school team after receiving letter from players 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “A mild-mannered professional baseball player, Ryan Howard, hits a home run into outer space. Ball comes back with stardust on it, which transfers him into: ‘The Big Piece.’” A New Hall of Fame Ballot Is a Chance to Remember 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Though for nearly a century Mexico has had a countrywide professional baseball league that at times features Major League Baseball players, women’s softball leagues are offered only at state and municipal levels. An Indigenous Women’s Softball Team Beats Opponents, and Machismo 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Watson, who has worked in professional baseball for more than 35 years, spent most of his career as a player development executive for the Dodgers. Nationals hire De Jon Watson as new director of player development 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The finger’s peak velocity is similar to that of a professional baseball pitch. The perfect amount of friction gives finger snaps their signature pop 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z “I’m relatively new to professional baseball,” Dawson said. Brewers hire Ozzie Timmons, Connor Dawson as hitting coaches 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z DiSarcina, who played in the big leagues for 12 years, has been in front office and coaching roles in professional baseball for 20 years. Reports: Nationals hire Gary DiSarcina as third base coach 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z And in July, the Amazonas were invited to appear on the field of the Yucatán Leones, the professional baseball organization based in Mérida, the state capital. An Indigenous Women’s Softball Team Beats Opponents, and Machismo 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Riley struggled at the start of his professional baseball career. Saying Yes to Baseball Meant Leaving Football Behind 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z "The Texas Rangers are incredibly saddened with the passing of the legendary Eddie Robinson, who spent nearly 70 years in professional baseball as an All-Star player and respected executive," the team said in a statement. Eddie Robinson, the oldest former MLB player, dead at 100 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z “The Texas Rangers are incredibly saddened with the passing of the legendary Eddie Robinson, who spent nearly 70 years in professional baseball as an All-Star player and respected executive,” the team said in a statement. Former GM and oldest former MLB player Robinson dies at 100 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z “People always ask, like, ‘Why are you in professional baseball?’ Nationals’ Brandon Snyder, a minor league journeyman, retires after 17 years in pro baseball 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z The banker-turned-lawmaker enjoys drinking sake and is a staunch supporter of his hometown professional baseball team, the Hiroshima Carp. Ex-diplomat Fumio Kishida wins Japan party vote, to become new PM 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Should I just go to Mississippi State and pursue professional baseball after that?’” Saying Yes to Baseball Meant Leaving Football Behind 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z He would get his start managing with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, and it was there where he managed a hotshot college slugger who couldn’t make the transition to professional baseball. LOVERRO: Waldorf’s baseball treasure climbing into record books a game at a time 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z That’s liberated the former professional baseball player to release a book this week, “GOP 2.0,” that recounts “the six nightmarish months” he spent in a “bizarre Twilight Zone” after the November election. Opinion | Georgia’s GOP lieutenant governor conducts the 2020 autopsy his party won’t 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z A newly formed Early Baseball Era Committee which will focus on baseball’s early eras will consider the careers of all participants in professional baseball before 1950, including those from Black baseball. A Flood of New Hall of Famers, Followed by a Grinding Halt 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z For most of Marsh’s professional baseball career, Jake was dealing with cancer. It has been a special time for Angels' Brandon Marsh in a year of heartache 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Murphy, 26, was a third-round draft pick in 2013 and pitched just four innings in his first three years of professional baseball. Analysis | After big moves at trade deadline, Nationals’ waiver claims show a shift in their thinking 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z My colleague Daniel Victor wrote about the animal antics in professional baseball on Monday night. Innovation Invites Hucksters 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Few players begin their professional baseball careers surrounded by questions that start with the word “when” instead of “if”: When will he be an all-star? Vladimir Guerrero Jr., long expected to be a star, is even better than we thought 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Looper, who spent more than 30 years of his life in professional baseball, including 22 years with the Mariners, passed away Friday in Norman, Oklahoma, at the age of 72. Mariners take time to remember Benny Looper, who spent 22 years helping grow team 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z She made her latest remarks on Twitter several hours after the Cleveland Indians professional baseball team announced that it will be changing its name to the Cleveland Guardians. ‘Traitors’: Ariz. Republican slams Cleveland Indians for name change, praises Confederate generals 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z This is the first time that, ‘wow, you’re playing professional baseball.’ Musgrove pitches six solid innings, Padres beat Marlins 5-2 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z For example, the term “pro yakyu,” which literally translates to professional baseball, is understood to refer to the Japanese league. Hernández: From Shohei Ohtani to Naomi Osaka, Japanese athletes dominate during golden era 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said the Olympics are a higher-risk event than professional baseball because they involve many activities taking place at the same time, bringing many people together from around the world. Reversing course, Japan will ban all spectators from Olympic venues in and around Tokyo 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z To lure younger people, tech giant SoftBank Group Corp. is offering discount tickets to SoftBank Hawks professional baseball games for those who complete vaccinations. Is Japan’s remarkable vaccine drive in time for Olympics? 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z SoftBank is offering people in the southern city of Fukuoka who it fully vaccinates half-price discounts for tickets for SoftBank Hawks professional baseball games, Son said. Vaccine laggard Japan steps up shots with company efforts 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z The Giants are not the first professional baseball team to incorporate Pride colors into its jerseys. With their logo in Pride colors, Giants bring the celebration onto the field for the first time 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z “My goal was to become a professional baseball player in Japan,” Darvish once said. Hernández: From Shohei Ohtani to Naomi Osaka, Japanese athletes dominate during golden era 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Today, teams embrace technology-driven instruction, even from outside the organization, and freely hire coaches who never played professional baseball. Former Dodgers star reliever Mike Marshall dies at 78 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The largest professional baseball organization in the world, Major League Baseball, is based here. Baseball Is Returning to the Olympics, With or Without the U.S. 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Hurst talked about his failed attempt at becoming a professional baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Falcons' Hayden Hurst opens up on suicide attempt, mental health in letter to younger self 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Tebow signed a one-year contract this week with the Jacksonville Jaguars after spending the last several years pursuing a professional baseball career in the New York Mets’ minor league system. ESPN's Stephen A. Smith says Tim Tebow NFL comeback is 'white privilege' 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z A wall tribute to the longest game in professional baseball history — 33 innings — played here in 1981. The PawSox Moved, but Pawtucket Has Yet to Move On 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, for example, slammed efforts to “cancel law enforcement” before complaining about “woke corporate boards” and what he referred to as the politicizing of professional baseball. House Republicans rail against cancel culture ahead of ousting Liz Cheney from leadership role 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z And earlier in the month, Servais praised his pitching prospects as the most talented young arms he has been exposed to in all his years in professional baseball. In Year 3 of their rebuild, the Mariners are slipping back into familiar territory. Is the plan working? 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z He is convinced, for example, that he could have played professional baseball. Anthony Edwards Will Dunk on You. And Beat You in Ping-Pong? 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z It will be the first change of mound regulations in professional baseball since 1969, when MLB lowered the mound after a season in which seven starting pitchers posted sub-2.00 ERAs. In the minors, a major change as the Atlantic League plans to move the mound back a foot 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, which determined that professional baseball is not interstate commerce, according to a 2019 article in the Wake Forest Law Review. Republicans want to yank baseball's antitrust immunity after MLB reaction to Georgia voting law 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z “It was actually funny because my first ever hit in professional baseball was a triple,” McKenna said. Martinez hits three home runs as Red Sox sweep Orioles 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z Fans, lined up for New York’s first professional baseball game with live spectators since Covid shut down the city, called out, “There’s the next mayor of New York!” and “Good luck!” Opinion | Wait, Could Andrew Yang Really Be New York’s Next Mayor? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z The first professional baseball player to incorporate himself, he exploited opportunities such as radio shows and syndicated columns. Review | In Cleveland, four men helped bring baseball into the modern age 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Others in the party have gone even further, threatening the antitrust exemption professional baseball enjoys — a distinctly Trumpian retribution tactic. How a Defeated Trump Is Making a Muddle of the G.O.P. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Ty Hensley knew from a young age that he wanted to play professional baseball but what he didn’t know at the time was the difficult road that lie ahead, a road paved with adversities. Former Yankees prospect Ty Hensley talks injuries, independent ball and working towards MLB return 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Set in Arizona during spring training, the book follows a series of people connected to professional baseball: a coach, a player’s wife, a sports agent, a fan. Bet on these 6 new paperbacks for a refreshing spring read 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Still, while some fans upset about the decision have called for a boycott of professional baseball, she said she will not stop watching games and her three grandsons are still learning the sport. Georgia governor vows a fight after MLB yanks All-Star Game 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z The Players Alliance, the group of Black professional baseball players, issued a statement in support of the league’s decision. M.L.B. Pulls All-Star Game From Georgia in Response to Voting Law 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Since professional baseball’s earliest years, a day at the park has included all sorts of entertaining gimmicks and rituals. The sense and nonsense of ballpark traditions: From sausage races to ‘Sweet Caroline’ Already the face of professional baseball in Japan, Ichiro understood the responsibilities. The old heroes are gone. Now, who will step up to be the next face of the Mariners? 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z This was the world of “organized baseball” — a term that would come into vogue at the height of the Negro leagues to simply denote non-Negro-leagues professional baseball — that awaited Grant. Justice for the Negro Leagues Will Mean More Than Just Stats 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z In some ways, professional baseball — if Kligman gets that far — could be a better fit, if only because of a key necessity of one position on the field. Longing for a Shot at the Majors, but Sitting Out the Sabbath 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Bianca Smith broke through the boundaries of tradition when she was hired by the Boston Red Sox as a Minor League coach in January, making her the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball. Bianca Smith: What to know about the first Black female coach in pro baseball 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z When Bianca Smith landed a job as a minor league coach in the Boston Red Sox organization, becoming the first Black woman to coach professional baseball, she thought about her mother. The First Black Woman to Coach in Pro Baseball Thanks Her Mom for the Job 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z After Howard, Simpson played professional baseball in the Negro Leagues. Perspective | There was a D.C. numbers runner called Simpson. But he was a lot more than that. 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z “I’m not going to lie - it was one of the toughest moments I’ve had to deal with since I’ve been a professional baseball player.” Braves OF Inciarte looks to bounce back from miserable year 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Instead, almost every international player combines adjusting to professional baseball life with learning English, and many take great pride when they are comfortable enough to conduct interviews in both languages. Kevin Mather resigns as Mariners’ president after belittling comments about players 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z After becoming the first Black woman to coach in professional baseball, Smith said she still aspires for more. Bianca Smith: What to know about the first Black female coach in pro baseball 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Last year, Washington’s National Football League team retired a nickname long regarded as a racial slur, while Cleveland’s professional baseball team announced it would drop “Indians” from its name. Cherokee Nation to Jeep: Stop using the tribe’s name 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Brinson said that's one reason he's proud to be in The Players Alliance, which is a group of more than 100 Black current and former professional baseball players. Black MLB players, executives strive to diversify baseball 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Brinson said that’s one reason he’s proud to be in the The Players Alliance, which is a group of more than 100 Black current and former professional baseball players. Black MLB players, executives strive to diversify baseball 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z His father, Willis, was a professional baseball player in the old Negro leagues and passed his athleticism on to his son. Overlooked No More: Jimmie McDaniel, Tennis Player Who Broke Barriers 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z "In my 22 years playing professional baseball in the most culturally diverse locker rooms in sports I’ve never said or acted in any capacity other than being a good teammate," Schilling wrote. Curt Schilling blasts Baseball Hall of Fame after falling short, requests off 2022 ballot 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z He idolized Robinson and envisioned professional baseball as the road to escaping poverty and segregation. Hank Aaron, Home Run King Who Defied Racism, Dies at 86 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z The efforts went nowhere, but getting their backing was a victory and added to the pressure on professional baseball. In football stadiums and ballparks, he fought for the rights of Black athletes 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z “It’s what drove him, it’s what enabled him to play professional baseball to begin with, it’s what he had as a youngster, and it’s what he never lost.” Tommy Lasorda Was a Celebrity. He Was Also a Leader. 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z That’s just the reality of the professional baseball landscape right now.” Analysis | With deep pockets, grand ambition, new Mets owner swings blockbuster deal for Francisco Lindor 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z His guests at the induction ceremony included the Colorado Silver Bullets, a women’s professional baseball team he managed for several years. Phil Niekro, baseball’s Hall of Fame master of the knuckleball, dies at 81 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Continuing in professional baseball, Pride bounced around the minor and Negro leagues, barely making ends meet. Charley Pride obituary 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Few things rankled Harding more than professional baseball’s color line. In football stadiums and ballparks, he fought for the rights of Black athletes 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z “We are expecting professional baseball back in Jackson in 2021,” he said. Minor league teams accepting new reality following MLB cuts 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z “If we have the necessary advocacy, Major League Baseball has stated a commitment to provide sustainable opportunities for the Jackson Generals to maintain professional baseball,” Generals general manager Marcus Sabata said in a statement. Jackson loses team as affiliated minors shrink to 120 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Borough officials are seeking ways to bring back professional baseball to the venue, which is slated to be renovated to accommodate other sports like soccer and rugby. Former Yankees affiliate shuts down, sues Major League club 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Staff members were struggling to acquire masks and other personal protective equipment at the time, many asking family members for donations and wearing rain ponchos sent by professional baseball teams. Scores of worker Covid deaths not reported amid US regulator's lenient approach 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z The final game of the Japan Series of professional baseball this week drew about 19,000 fans in a 38,000-seat stadium in Fukuoka. Tokyo Olympic organizers plan to host 18 test events 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Sam Carlson has come to understand patience in his brief professional baseball career. Missing 3 seasons to injury and the pandemic, the Mariners’ Sam Carlson is patient and regaining his confidence 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z It chronicles Lewis exploits as a young player growing up in Snellville, Georgia and a climb to professional baseball that featured a successful career at Mercer University and stops in the Cape Cod League. WATCH: Mariners release their own documentary on American League rookie of the year Kyle Lewis 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Japanese professional baseball games are being played there, but only using half the seats. Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z They told him to “be seen, not heard” — a common piece of advice Black players give each other in professional baseball. Black Players Continued a Mentoring Tradition Amid a Pandemic 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z She was elected to a full term later that year and is favored to win a second term over Democrat Michael Muscato, a former professional baseball player who now owns a gym in Glendale. Rep. Lesko faced legal, money problems during 1st marriage 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Apparently, Bill has forgotten that the Dodgers’ opponent in this World Series is a professional baseball team who handily beat the vaunted Yankees and Astros to get to this point in the playoffs. Letters: What a difference one game makes for Dodgers 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z With or without fans, the level of intensity will be greater than anything he’s experienced in professional baseball. Mariners prospect Julio Rodriguez has playoff goals in Seattle. But first, he’s making up for lost time in Arizona. 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z “The information we get here will be reflected in the guidelines, and that will also be used for the next year’s Olympics and professional baseball.” Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z When the coronavirus pandemic wiped out the 2020 minor league season, recently drafted Black players’ orientation into professional baseball was put on hold as they missed out on the camaraderie of a clubhouse. Black Players Continued a Mentoring Tradition Amid a Pandemic 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Clay Bellinger has shared most of the lessons he learned over a 16-year professional baseball career with his son Cody, the Dodgers’ MVP center fielder. Dodgers' Cody Bellinger gains redemption for October failures with one majestic swing 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z But it was a particularly extraordinary development in one small corner of the industry: a text message group featuring dozens of women working in professional baseball. ‘They Just Get It’: How Women in M.L.B. Found Support in a Group Text 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Scouting Bureau who also oversaw player development for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican professional baseball league. How Mexico Became Home for Tampa Bay’s Cuban Star 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z He joined the board of the Baseball Assistance Team, which provides financial help for former major and minor leaguers, Negro leagues players and others formerly affiliated with professional baseball who have fallen on hard times. Joe Morgan, Hall of Fame Second Baseman, Is Dead at 77 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Those "people" have come to include most of the National Basketball Association and hundreds of other athletes in professional baseball, hockey, football, women's basketball, and the top tiers of college sports. Taking the next knee: Is this athletic revolt for real and is it a danger to Donald Trump? 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z The tour, which combined the roots of professional baseball and the city’s abolitionist history, “is the next best thing,” he said. With Americans anxious to go out, walking tours pick up pace 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z For the 49 women involved — all of whom work full time in professional baseball — it is a rare space for support, brainstorming and understanding. ‘They Just Get It’: How Women in M.L.B. Found Support in a Group Text 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z He left college in 1957, signing a professional baseball contract with St. Louis and a basketball contract with the Harlem Globetrotters. Bob Gibson, intimidating Hall of Fame pitcher with a blazing fastball, dies at 84 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The former professional baseball player was “the catalyst I needed to get out from under Tommy’s crippling control,” helping her process her relationship to her estranged family. The 14 most fascinating details in Mariah Carey's revealing new book 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The man who led the Yankees’ pitching staff through the seesaws of this truncated regular season, and who will soon guide them into a unique postseason, never played professional baseball. How a Baseball Outsider Became the Yankees’ Pitching Guru 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z If the JetHawks fold, the closest place to see a professional baseball game might be Dodger Stadium. Lancaster Jethawks wage an uphill battle with MLB to keep pro baseball at The Hanger 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z In Japanese professional baseball and soccer, however, the heads of the leagues have asked the government to allow a maximum of 20,000 fans or up to 50% capacity — whichever number is smaller. Organizers, IOC trying to remove doubts over Tokyo Olympics 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z For the next three-and-a-half decades, as he became one of Georgia’s top high school football players then a professional baseball player then a coach, George Lombard didn’t dig into his mother’s past. George Lombard finds his social justice voice through his mother 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z South Korea’s professional baseball league, which is proceeding without fans, halted some minor league games after a pitcher tested positive Monday night. Asia Today: More businesses reopen in Philippine capital 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Over the past two years, they hired several people from outside professional baseball to help them with what General Manager Brian Cashman often calls the “new world order” of Major League Baseball. How a Baseball Outsider Became the Yankees’ Pitching Guru 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z He hasn’t played a professional baseball game in Japan’s Shikoku Island League Plus. Manny Ramirez, 48, signs with Australian Baseball League team 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z When he entered professional baseball in the 1960s, the Hall of Fame outfielder Reggie Jackson said in a phone interview Thursday, Black players feared for their jobs “if you went against things.” After a Long Lull, Protesting Is Taking Hold Across Baseball 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z This son of a professional baseball player has been a star quarterback for practically his entire life, and he retains an elite athlete’s matter-of-fact confidence that he can do just about anything. Goff boosts athleticism, hopes to be more elusive with Rams 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z During any other summer, the Angels’ first-round draft pick would be working out with his fellow draftees in Arizona, getting accustomed to playing professional baseball for the first time in his life. Will Angels call up first-rounder Reid Detmers this year? 'It’s not out of the question' 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Hardy went on to play professional baseball and football after starring in track, baseball and football at Colorado from 1951-55. Hardy, two-sport star, architect of Orange Crush dies at 87 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z Herein lies the paradox of professional baseball, a sport that simultaneously integrated and diversified its player pool without doing the same to its front office, ownership or league executive ranks. Negro Leagues 100th anniversary sharpens focus on triumph amid racial inequality 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z His skating commitment meant he did not start his professional baseball career until 24, an age at which many minor leaguers already have washed out. Albert Pujols won't blame the pandemic for not reaching 700 homers with the Angels 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z One of the jerseys hangs at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., and is said to be the first example of Native American language on a professional baseball uniform. Why One Team Named the Indians Won’t Be Changing Its Name 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z This is the mad scramble of playing professional baseball amid a pandemic. ‘It’s Been a Crazy Couple Days’: The Yankees’ Virus-Scrambled Week 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes at its All-Star Game in York, Pa. Today in History 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z But that dark night, the all-American kid with dreams of playing professional baseball sat under an oak tree and demanded that God explain why this had happened to his brother. Retiring Utah pastor brings caring, courage to causes 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z In early May, the Chinese Professional Baseball League, the first major professional baseball league to launch its 2020 season, opened its stadiums to fans in Taiwan. Fans in the stands in 2020? Major League Baseball isn't totally ruling it out 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z If professional baseball is played in 2020, it will be in empty stadiums. New York faces an unprecedented crisis. Will the city I love survive Covid-19? | Ross Barkan 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Former professional baseball player Aubrey Huff this week vented his anger about being required to wear a mask, in a video on Twitter, which was viewed 1.6 million times. 'Deadly mask' claims debunked 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z At one point, Rafael said he considered a career in professional baseball. He’s never boarded a commercial flight, but this Seattle-area high-school grad almost has his pilot’s license 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The city boasts of the first professional baseball team and still celebrates the Big Red Machine that won back-to-back World Series titles in the 1970s. What’s in a name? Cincinnati grapples with Marge Schott 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Here’s where professional baseball enters the picture at Marshall. Editorial Roundup: West Virginia 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Japanese soccer is expected to resume this month or in early June after a gap of four months, while the professional baseball league is scheduled to resume June 19. Missing the excitement of a sports stadium crowd? In Japan, there’s an app for that. 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Jennings had responded to the effigy with a column in the Louisville Courier Journal that boiled the event and other partisan divisiveness down to the country's current lack of a professional baseball season. KY Gov. Andy Beshear condemns GOP hypocrisy over "radical militia group" and lynching effigy 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Watched him play as I was coming of age as a young professional baseball player. Tony Gwynn batting eighth? Great lineups can lead to great debates 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z Women’s golf in South Korea joins Korea’s professional baseball and soccer leagues, which have already restarted in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Women’s golf starts up in South Korea — without fans 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Jordan retired from basketball to fulfill a wish of playing professional baseball. Michael Jordan would have made the majors if he stuck with baseball, his former manager says 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z “Starting from the eighth, fans will be allowed in for professional baseball games,” said Chen. Taiwan to welcome baseball fans back into stadiums this week 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z It was the first actual, professional baseball to hit U.S. Need another reason to watch the KBO? The camerawork is straight out of a Scorsese flick - Golf Digest 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z As cases slow, South Korea will start reopening schools in phases starting with high school seniors next week, and its professional baseball league began its new season Tuesday. 4 new cases in South Korea, China show work on containment 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Meyer will try independent professional baseball after college, but he knows his long-term career lies in social work. Standout baseball player’s path from addiction to recovery 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Miller, a sidearm pitcher, spent 13 years in professional baseball and five seasons in the Major Leagues. 2 Minor League Baseball teams once called Greenville home 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z After a shoulder injury, he chose the military over professional baseball. Tiger at age 14 - Golf Digest 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z High profile infected people include seven sumo wrestlers, a TV presenter, two former professional baseball players, and a famous screen writer. Why is there so little coronavirus testing in Japan? 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Are we effectively driving home the point that Manny is really old to be playing professional baseball? Want to feel old? Manny Ramirez is planning a baseball comeback . . . at 48 - Golf Digest 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z “Dan grew up locally, played professional baseball here in San Diego and proudly served his city as a police officer,” the San Diego Police Department said in a statement. Former Padre, officer Walters dies 17 years after being shot 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The loss of a minor league season would be a tough blow for prospects, especially those just starting out in professional baseball. A lost season? Minor league teams, players face bleak future 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Sure, it's not as bad as Mariah Carey or Fifty Cent, but remember, this is the same guy who once "quit" basketball to "pursue" his "dream" of becoming of a professional baseball player. There's lots of Michael Jordan love going around, so let's remember the time he airmailed a first pitch at Wrigley Field - Golf Digest 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z As for the games, Lux knows what it’s like to play professional baseball games in empty ballparks in the middle of an Arizona summer. The Check-In: Gavin Lux leads Dodgers to W's in the 'MLB The Show Players League' 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z A minor league game in the International League turned into the longest night in professional baseball history when the visiting Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox played 32 innings to a 2-2 tie. This day in sports: Marathon minor league game in 1981 keeps going and going 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z She went on to play for the Colorado Silver Bullets in 1994, with the women’s professional baseball team facing men’s amateur and semi-pro squads. ‘A League of Their Own’ inspired baseball pioneer Croteau 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The ballpark was empty because the CPBL, the first major professional baseball league in the world to begin its 2020 season, is staging games without fans for the foreseeable future. Professional baseball in Taiwan has begun in empty stadiums 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z “Jeopardy!” viewers couldn’t help but cringe after a contestant confused professional baseball players Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson on the latter’s very own day of remembrance. 'Jeopardy' contestant makes fans cringe when she confuses Jackie Robinson with Babe Ruth 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Steinbrenner also served on the board of the YES Network, which televises Yankees games, and sponsored a youth travel baseball program, “Hank’s Yanks,” that has sent dozens of players to college or professional baseball. Hank Steinbrenner, an Heir to the Yankees, Is Dead at 63 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Despite beginning his professional baseball career decades ago, Maddon, 66, has maintained deep roots in his hometown. Joe Maddon urges Latinos to heed coronavirus limits through MLB friends 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z South Korea’s professional baseball league says it hopes to start practice games between teams on April 21 before possibly opening the season in early May. The Latest: SKorean baseball hopes for practice in 2 weeks 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z So ended a professional baseball career and started a military career, one that would last 39 years and end with Schulte as a major general in the North Dakota Army National Guard. Pandemic might prevent Mandan man’s 2nd chance with Sox 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Offseason training is already pushed back and with professional baseball, basketball and hockey on hiatus, some observers are starting to wonder if there will even be a football season this fall. Shelby Harris counting his blessings, not his lost millions 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z By the end of May, it should be clear whether professional baseball will be played at all this season. MLB agrees to pay minor league players a stipend through May 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Lured by the glamour of the stage, two professional baseball players turn in their uniforms for careers in vaudeville. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, March 29, 2020 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Lydia R. Diamond’s play, which recounts the real-life story of the first woman to play professional baseball, opened at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater on Wednesday night. Closed by coronavirus, nimble theaters work to roll out recorded performances 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z In Tokyo, Japanese officials postponed the start of the 12-team professional baseball league season on Monday because of the spread of the virus. MLB: No plans to alter schedule because of virus outbreak 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z There are no professional baseball teams here, and with nearly all of Ryoma’s former classmates and friends gone from Iitate, there’s nothing drawing him back to his hometown. Factbox: Fukushima dreams: a baseball star, a father and their shattered town 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Japanese officials earlier postponed the start of the 12-team professional baseball league season. Spreading virus affects more sports around the world 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Japan’s professional baseball league began its preseason schedule in front of empty seats while the J-League pro soccer suspended play until March 8. Tokyo Olympics can be held at any point in 2020, official says as coronavirus fears heighten 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z The panel, to be up and running by Tuesday, will include representatives from each of the 12 professional baseball clubs, as well as J-League representatives. With season in doubt, Japan’s baseball taps virus experts 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The decision by sumo officials follows a similar move made by Japanese professional baseball which is holding its preseason exhibition games at empty stadiums. Spring sumo meet to be held with no fans amid virus fears 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Islam’s holiest sites were closed to foreign pilgrims, while professional baseball teams played in deserted stadiums in Japan and officials in France advised residents to forgo customary greeting kisses. Virus outbreak batters economies, raises fear of spread 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Japan’s professional baseball league says it will play its 72 remaining preseason games in empty stadiums because of the threat of the spreading coronavirus. Asian baseball, soccer, rugby affected by new China virus 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Japan’s professional baseball league says it will play its 72 remaining preseason games in empty stadiums because of the threat of the spreading coronavirus. Asian baseball, soccer, rugby affected by new China virus 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The Jacksonville native’s long-term struggles included a scary incident in January 2016 after he quit pursuit of a professional baseball career and was a walk-on with South Carolina’s football program. Ravens' Hurst reveals suicide attempt, mental health challenges 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Yes, it’s called the entire history of professional baseball. Should Astros players fear for their safety after the cheating scandal? 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Shildt said technological advances over the past seven years are probably greater than the first 140 years of professional baseball. Cardinals Shildt calls Astros’ upheaval `healthy purge’ 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The Astros’ sign-stealing scheme was egregious enough to break established norms in professional baseball, where players rarely gang up on fellow members of the brotherhood. Manfred Says Astros’ Shame Is Penalty Enough. Opponents Might Disagree. 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z “We’re in a similar space as professional baseball with all the video systems and cameras and more television broadcasts today.” New college baseball wristband rule may thwart sign stealing 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Hunter Pence, a professional baseball player, admitted that he did not realize he was in Missouri when his former team, the San Francisco Giants, played the Royals in the 2014 World Series. Kansas City Confusion: We’re Not in Kansas Anymore. Or Are We? 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z “Tough to hear the news of coach Altobelli,'' McNeil tweeted Sunday. “One of my favorite coaches I have ever played for and one of the main reasons I got a chance to play professional baseball. Remembering the nine victims in the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z “One of my favorite coaches I have ever played for and one of the main reasons I got a chance to play professional baseball,” McNeil tweeted. College baseball coach dies in crash that killed Bryant 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z “I am grateful to this country for the many opportunities I have been given; including the ability to play professional baseball,” Perez said in the release. Royals star catcher Salvador Perez to become US citizen 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z It isn’t easy being the manager of a professional baseball team. Column: The group has anti-LGBTQ views. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has a message of inclusiveness 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z “My partner was a professional baseball player. He was like, ‘Well in the locker room, I don’t want him to get him made fun of.’ Meghan King Edmonds was 'really upset' by decision to have twin sons circumcised 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z “It showed me the inner workings of professional baseball,” she said. ‘I have to do this’: West Seattle woman helps Major League Baseball players to keep their eyes on the ball 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z He’d been trying to track down information on a George Smith after seeing an obituary mentioning he’d played professional baseball; with the TSN cards, he was able to quickly lock down the correct George Smith. Man helps digitize baseball index card collection 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Umpiring a professional baseball game is staggeringly difficult, and major league and minor league umpires are the best in the world at their jobs. Analysis | Robo umps will help bring baseball into the 21st century — in more ways than one 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z There also are facilities for professional baseball, basketball, soccer and hockey teams in the zones. Banks may get leeway to label NFL stadium funding as aid to poor 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z My son eventually became drafted as a professional baseball player… It was a move we might have made any time, but it seemed like the right time for us. Todd Rundgren explains why he’s never taken the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame seriously 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z “I became fascinated with the business of professional baseball and the onion that it is.” ‘I have to do this’: West Seattle woman helps Major League Baseball players to keep their eyes on the ball 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z He went on to play professional baseball in Germany, eventually returning to the US and playing in amateur leagues. Ice Bucket Challenge inspiration dies at 34 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Perhaps the reason there are so few black professional baseball players is there are so few really good black baseball players. Letters: USC keeps Clay Helton and readers keep fighting on 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z None of that presented a new chapter in the short history of professional baseball. The life and death of Jim Devlin, baseball's original cheat 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Before Miller’s arrival as the MLBPA’s executive director, professional baseball players had periodically sought unsuccessfully to unionize since the late 19th century. Opinion | The Baseball Hall of Fame must stop its bush-league treatment of Marvin Miller 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Williams proposed that the Orlando Dreamers become the next team in professional baseball. Orlando Dreamers MLB pitch subjected to social media ridicule 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z After all, the local embrace of a professional baseball team is ingrained in American culture. Across the Country, Minor League Towns Face Major League Threat 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z The wild turkeys have become so entrenched that they have even drawn the ire of a professional baseball player, Todd Frazier, who helped his hometown Toms River team win the 1998 Little League World Series. Where Wild Turkeys Are So Bold They Knock on the Door for Food 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z In the book “The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House,” the author Curt Smith wrote that Mr. Trump had been scouted by at least two professional baseball teams. On the Scoreboard: The Home Team, the Visitors and Trump 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Over 14 seasons in Washington, first baseman Ryan Zimmerman earned the nickname “Mr. National” as the face of the city’s professional baseball team. After uniting Washington on the field, Nationals become latest proxy for nation’s sharp divisions in Trump era 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z “When you’re younger, I guess you have certain dreams. Like my dream was to play professional baseball and that didn’t work out,” Keddy said. How Massachusetts firefighters prepare for the job 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Here was a kid who wasn’t a professional baseball player five years ago, and now he not only found himself on the sport’s biggest stage but amid the MVP conversation. Juan Soto rose to the moment, surprising everyone who hasn’t been watching him this year 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The Arizona Fall League is the latest professional baseball league to experiment with a computer that judges balls and strikes. MLB’s top prospects deal with good, bad of ‘robot’ umpires 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The man would sign Salmon, then the Angels’ third-round draft pick and eventually a World Series champion, to his first professional baseball contract. Former Angels remember Joe Maddon as being adept at getting most out of players 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The philosophy of the St. Paul Saints , an independent professional baseball team, seems to be that no matter what happens on the field, a night of fun and wackiness is a win. You’re going where? St. Paul, Minn. 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z And by next year, tech consultancy firm Activate suggests that70 million people are expected watch a single esports final – higher than the total for US professional baseball, soccer and hockey finals. Don’t fear the rise of Fortnite and other video games – they bring young people together| Emily Gera 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z After graduation, however, Cassady passed on the chance to play professional baseball. Howard ‘Hopalong’ Cassady, 1955 Heisman Trophy winner at Ohio State, dies at 85 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z That league is often filled with players on the fringes of professional baseball who are trying to get noticed by an MLB-affiliated team. MLB’s top prospects deal with good, bad of ‘robot’ umpires 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Akins said the daily grind of professional baseball taught him not to dwell on his struggles and always look ahead. Mature Akins thrives in NFL after putting baseball aside 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The plan was adjusted when Lewis suffered a gruesome knee injury that ended his first season of professional baseball prematurely. Kyle Lewis continues audition for Mariners opening day roster in 2020 with a start in center field 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z “Been around professional baseball for 43 years or close to it,” Shildt said before Wednesday’s game. Cardinals’ rally falls short in 9th, Diamondbacks win 9-7 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z He named Fred Hutch after his brother, a professional baseball pitcher who died of cancer in the 1960s. Fred Hutch president Dr. Gary Gilliland to step down 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z To say professional baseball in Amarillo this season has been a success would be a dramatic understatement. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Like Kelenic, Gilbert played at the same three levels this season, moving quicker than many expected, considering this was his first season of professional baseball. Top prospects Jarred Kelenic, Logan Gilbert highlight Mariners minor league award winners 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z At the top of the left page, however, Ottavino applies all the mental training he has learned in his 14 years of professional baseball. The Secret to Adam Ottavino’s Calm: A Little Black Notebook 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, Garcia dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player. The Yankees Have a ‘Little Pedro.’ Will the Results Match the Resemblance? 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z For the first time, the public had up-to-date and accurate access to the complete statistics of more than 10,000 professional baseball players going back to 1876. The Baseball Encyclopedia was born 50 years ago, 2337 pages landing with a thud 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z Two of his older bothers, Jurickson and Juremi, made stops at the Little League World Series on their way to professional baseball careers. Small island with MLB ties, Curacao looks tough at LLWS 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Along with a childhood dream of playing professional baseball, the outspoken and informed offensive lineman always hoped for a career in politics. He spoke for Maryland football players after a teammate’s death. His next field: Politics. 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Arguing with umpires over bad calls slows the entire game down, something professional baseball executives fret about often these days. Editorials from around Ohio 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z After signing with the Athletics, the 23-year-old thanked the team for the opportunity to play professional baseball. Oakland A's sign fan after 96 mph throw in speed pitch 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Dutch pitcher Loek van Mil, known as the tallest man to ever play professional baseball, died after a “fatal accident,” the Netherlands baseball and softball association said Monday. Loek van Mil, believed to be tallest pro baseball player ever, dead at 34 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z He played for what is now Contra Costa College in San Pablo, Calif., and made his professional baseball debut at age 19 for the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League. ‘Pumpsie’ Green, first African American player for Red Sox, dies at 85 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z During the 1950s, he took a year off to serve as an aide to a congressional antitrust subcommittee that investigated professional baseball, and served two years as an aide to the Eisenhower administration’s Justice Department. John Paul Stevens, longtime leader of Supreme Court’s liberal wing, dies at 99 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z There it is, the first pitch in professional baseball history officially called a strike by a computer. ‘Robot’ umpire calls first professional baseball game with one hitch and no controversy 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes at its All-Star Game. Wednesday Sports in Brief 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z This is the 18th season with the Tigers and the 28th in professional baseball for Avila, who turns 61 next month. MLB notebook: Phils' Herrera suspended for rest of season 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z It is one of the first rules a professional baseball player learns. After Tyler Skaggs’s Death, Angels Return to Routine Without Answers 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z At Santa Monica High, his velocity kept rising, so much so that professional baseball rather than college baseball became his No. 1 option. Remembering Tyler Skaggs from his Santa Monica High days 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Here’s a look back at Skaggs’ career in professional baseball, which started with the starter being drafted by the Angels in 2009 before eventually being traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010. Timeline of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs’ career in professional baseball 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Another student wrote that he owns two repair shops and still another said he’s a professional baseball player, playing for the Pirates. So next time I need a mechanic, I should call my lawyer? 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z “I am ready to get after it and start playing professional baseball.” Nationals’ top draft pick Jackson Rutledge signs 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z When Murray bypassed a professional baseball career to play football, Arizona and Kingsbury couldn’t pass on taking him this year with the No. 1 overall pick. Kyler Murray ahead of Cardinals veterans with the playbook 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Basically on this timeline, you’d be asking first-round pick George Kirby and other college pitchers selected in last week’s draft to be ready to contribute in less than two seasons of professional baseball. Mariners Sunday mailbag: What effect have recent struggles had on clubhouse camaraderie? 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z From Baseball America: The U.S. produces 15 professional baseball players per 1 million residents — compared to 191 in the Dominican Republic. Sideline Chatter: Tonya Harding clinched the title with a recipe called ‘The Gillooly’ 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Players are on the cusp of realizing their lifelong dream of playing professional baseball. UCLA coach John Savage considers the MLB draft a headache 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The immediate impulse was to sign and begin his professional baseball career. Campbell turns himself into an ace for Arkansas 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z This week, with the MLB draft spanning Monday to Wednesday, hundreds of young players are set to enter professional baseball. MLB, long expecting Latino players to learn English, is finally beginning to speak their language 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z He’d longed to become a professional baseball player since he was 10, spurred by the encouragement of his parents. Draft pick Erik Rivera gives Angels another two-way player 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z They owned more than 90 cars, classic Fords as well as Plymouths and Bentleys; at least 20 properties; and even a professional baseball team in Martinez, just northeast of San Francisco. This California couple scammed Berkshire Hathaway out of millions, feds say 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Even under the best-case scenario, Stewart was projected to earn less than $4 million in his first six years of professional baseball in the United States – and that included a draft bonus. Scott Boras brings Japan into latest attempt to circumvent MLB draft 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Analytics has famously influenced the tactics in professional baseball and basketball in recent years. How Data (and Some Breathtaking Soccer) Brought Liverpool to the Cusp of Glory 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z It allowed him to ease into his first season of professional baseball, have solid success and then move up to a level with players closer to his age range. Mariners Sunday mailbag: Could a 6-man rotation be the answer to Seattle’s pitching woes? 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z He is majoring in communications, and plans to get his degree at some point, even with professional baseball seemingly on the horizon. Ignoring the MLB draft, Nick Kahle is focused on getting the Huskies back into the NCAA tournament 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z He said Andujar, who spent the winter and spring trying to improve his defensive weaknesses, isn’t being considered for other positions, but Urshela has played all over the infield in professional baseball. Against Quality Competition, the Yankees Just Can’t Win 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z And it made his decision to give up a professional baseball career considerably less risky. Kyler Murray’s Stature Adds Intrigue Right at the Start 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Considered the greatest basketball player of all time, Jordan stepped away from the sport in 1993 and pursued professional baseball instead. Tiger Woods’ Masters win: Is it the greatest comeback story in sports? 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z That competitive spirit carried both Sheffield boys into professional baseball. Justus Sheffield found his competitive spirit early, and now it’s driving him toward a Mariners call-up 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Everyone on field, however, wore a path commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first professional baseball team. Harper, Red Sox draw cheers, deGrom delivers on opening day 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Major League Baseball and the Reds this season are commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who pioneered professional baseball. Red Stockings, parade anniversaries add to opening day 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z In his essay, Ichiro expressed his dream to became a “first-class professional baseball player.” Ichiro, always a master of timing, gets it right again with his retirement 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The start of an unprecedented 28-year-long professional baseball career for a man that would eventually become a baseball legend. Farewell, 51: Remembering Ichiro’s iconic career though its best moments — and best photographs 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Some things to watch as the Reds celebrate the 150-year anniversary of fielding the first professional baseball team and open the season at home against the Pirates: Puig & Co.: New-look Reds try to escape NL Central cellar 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Growing up in the sleepy Eastern Shore farming community of Denton, the tall, athletic Hughes wanted to be a professional baseball player. Opinion | Harry Roe Hughes: A man of civility 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z As a young man, he played professional baseball for a year in the Eastern Shore Baseball League as a pitcher in the New York Yankees’ farm system. Harry Hughes, Maryland governor and low-key steward over two terms, dies at 92 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Where his left arm was so good he seriously considered skipping playing professional baseball in his home country to immediately go where he always wanted to be: the major leagues. Yusei Kikuchi’s dream of playing in majors now a reality 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z No player ever entered professional baseball with more fanfare. Schmidt: I’ve been in Harper’s shoes, he can walk the walk 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z That made her the first woman to manage a professional baseball team -- and she led the team to a victory. Jessica Mendoza joins New York Mets as baseball adviser, will continue broadcasting duties 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z It’s a private reminder to stop and reflect on how lucky I am to play professional baseball. Perspective | MLB players love our caps. The people who make them for us deserve fair wages. 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z After the war, Brightman might have played professional baseball, as he was the top catching prospect in the Cleveland Indians organization. The legend of Seattle U coach Al Brightman: A brilliant career cut short 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, so much of his brief professional baseball career has been defined by injury and the interruptions that followed. Gruesome injury behind him, Mariners prospect Kyle Lewis is embracing his first healthy spring 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z All of these things are true, and we're still a month away from meaningful professional baseball. Liberty outfielder makes diving-over-the-fence catch for first official web gem of baseball season - Golf Digest 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z A veteran player can be a few minutes late without repercussions, but a young player with less than two full seasons of professional baseball gets no such leeway. ‘You mean the nicest guy in camp’: Evan White is the future at first base for the Mariners 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z He was specifically asked about Murray, who announced earlier this week that he was pursuing football instead of professional baseball. Bruce Allen looks forward to meeting Kyler Murray 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z They averaged more than 40 runs a game and remain professional baseball’s only undefeated team after going 57-0. Season-long tribute planned to pioneering 1869 Red Stockings 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Both Barraclough and Taylor’s hearings seemed to be over negligible amounts of money — by professional baseball’s standards — but the Nationals do pocket very minor savings. Kyle Barraclough loses arbitration case with Nationals 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z He was a member of an American Legion baseball team that won a national championship; 14 members of the team played professional baseball. Frank Robinson, barrier-breaking Hall of Fame baseball player and manager, dies at 83 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z When he left for good, it would be because he had signed a professional baseball contract.” Dems grow uneasy with their new moralism 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The Caribbean Series is the highest tournament for professional baseball teams in Latin America. MLB urges players, staff not to travel to Venezuela for Caribbean Series 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z The government shutdown that started Dec. 22 dragged along Thursday, and the local professional baseball team is again looking to lighten the burden on furloughed federal employees. With $100,000 donation to food bank, Nationals again aim to help during shutdown 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z After dabbling in everything from professional baseball to cereal wholesaling, Mr. Peterman stumbled into fashion at age 46. Remember the J.Peterman Catalog? It’s Still Going Strong and so is Mr. Peterman 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z In his 1988 autobiography “Extra Innings,” he wrote that he “didn’t know anything about racism or bigotry” before he became a professional baseball player, and that once he did, he experienced both repeatedly. Frank Robinson, barrier-breaking Hall of Fame baseball player and manager, dies at 83 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z One was a kid named Mike McCormick, who loved playing street baseball games and said he wanted to play professional baseball when he grew up. Essential California: A million buildings face high wildfire risk 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Murray was selected ninth overall in the 2018 MLB draft by the Oakland Athletics and has said he will give up football to begin his professional baseball career. Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray wins the Heisman Trophy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z This past season was his first in professional baseball. Analysis: What a potential Edwin Diaz and Robinson Cano trade to the Mets would mean for the Mariners 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z In 2016 police charged 21 people, including two pitchers, involved in South Korea’s professional baseball league. Ex-Korea international Jang gets life ban for match-fixing 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z This city was home to the Rockford Peaches, a women’s professional baseball team in the 1940s and 1950s that was fictionalized in the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own.” Home affordability watch: price tags in midsize metros 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Hill has worked for 23 years as a coach at the Major League level and 32 years in professional baseball. Mariners announced the hiring of Perry Hill to serve as infield and first base coach 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z “I get to pioneer high performance in professional baseball.” No matter how it plays out, Lorena Martin’s racism claim against Mariners stains the organization 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Years earlier in high school, he told friends that he had plans to become a professional baseball player. Thousand Oaks gunman had a history of angry outbursts 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Prior to getting into professional baseball, Davis served as a head baseball coach at Dana College in Blair, Neb., from 1995-1999. Mariners name Paul Davis to be their Major League pitching coach 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Scholten, 38, is a fifth-generation Iowan and former professional baseball player who is running largely on his biography, not ideology. Steve King, for a Change, Faces a Battle for House Seat in Iowa 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z This November, King faces a challenge from Democratic former professional baseball player J.D. GOP congressman used Holocaust Memorial Group funds to meet with Nazi-founded Austrian party 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z JD Scholten is a fifth-generation Iowan, a former professional baseball player in international leagues and a candidate who has lapped the 39 counties in Iowa’s fourth congressional district going on three times since he announced. 'He's so openly racist': why does Iowa keep electing Steve King to congress? 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z In 1914, he went straight from school into the ranks of professional baseball. Review | How Babe Ruth ushered in the era of the home run and the sports celebrity 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The rule, in place for decades, prohibits owners of NFL teams from owning professional baseball, basketball, or hockey teams in other NFL markets. NFL owners vote to allow cross-ownership in cities with football teams - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z At Dover Downs and Dover International Speedway, single-game and championship wagering on professional baseball, football, hockey, basketball, soccer, golf and auto racing are now offered, with betting lines supplied by William Hill. Place your bets: Dover set to roll the dice on NASCAR wagers 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Would it lead to a career in professional baseball? Mike Marjama reached the majors, then quit baseball for a very unusual — and personal — reason - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Scioscia, who turns 60 years old in November, has been in professional baseball for some 40 years. Jose Briceño hits walk-off homer to beat Rangers in 11th inning - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Murray is expected to begin his professional baseball career next season after agreeing to a reported $4.66-million signing bonus with the Athletics. Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray figures to be a tough out against UCLA 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Barbers have become staples in professional baseball’s culture. For baseball players and their barbers, loyalty cuts both ways 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Like its American counterpart, Japan’s professional baseball league plays roughly from early April to October. The Japanese Baseball Tour: A Vacation with a Serious Curve Ball 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The best professional baseball affiliated hat is the “R” hat from the Tacoma Rainiers. Mariners Sunday mailbag: August trade options? Is Mitch Haniger the new leadoff hitter? 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z But that remains as elusive now as it did when Fidel Castro first abolished professional baseball on the island and established Cuba’s government-run baseball league in the 1960s. The baseball stars who ignore MLB to stay loyal to Cuba ... and Canada 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z Why can’t this professional baseball player figure out what we mere fans can so easily observe? Letters: Not exactly a heavenly season in Anaheim 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “I unpacked my bags at the hotel for my first time as a professional baseball player,’’ Greenberg said. Now Running for Office, Adam Greenberg. You May Remember His First At-Bat. 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z “Obviously when you’ve been somewhere your entire life as a professional baseball player, it’s tough to leave that place.” Moustakas goes coast to coast, joins Brewers’ lineup 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z Retrospective: For a century, professional baseball players were regarded as entertainers: See ball, hit ball, play in whatever city you are assigned, for whatever salary you are assigned, and keep your mouth shut. Essential California: Why the UC system is lowering tuition 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z For a century, professional baseball players were regarded as entertainers: see ball, hit ball, play in whatever city you are assigned, for whatever salary you are assigned, and keep your mouth shut. 1968: Dodgers relent as players find power to precipitate change More recently, Albert Spaulding took professional baseball to Egypt and around the globe. Baseball All-Stars in Middle East? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Though American athletes already had broken the color barrier in professional baseball, football and basketball, reaction to King’s death served as a reminder that the struggle for integration was far from over. 'Standing on the shoulders of giants.' 1968: a year in sports like no other 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z That is a lot to ask of Adell, 19, who is in his first full season of professional baseball. Highly touted prospect Jo Adell could help make Angels' 2020 season special 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z The future and the present of professional baseball — it was all on display Sunday evening at Nationals Park. Futures Game reflects MLB’s ‘homer-or-bust’ style 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z Wood, who grew up in Northern Virginia, noted 1969 was the 100th anniversary of professional baseball since the Cincinnati Red Stockings began in 1869. Frank Howard had memorable All-Star moment in 1969 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Before starting his professional baseball career, Tebow won the Heisman Trophy as quarterback of the Florida Gators and played three NFL seasons, two for the Denver Broncos and one for the New York Jets. Major League Baseball notebook: Tebow named Double-A All-Star 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z He sampled life as a professional baseball player in Belgium for the Brussels Kangaroos and as a finance intern in New York City. With labor in short supply, House Republicans weigh legal status for undocumented farmworkers 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z After studying TV and radio at Lane Community College, Scott went on to umpiring school, which was the rite of passage for anyone hoping to reach professional baseball. No longer behind a mask, Eugene umpire is being recognized 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Jonathan Loaisiga arrived early at Yankee Stadium on Friday for the biggest game of his professional baseball career. Jonathan Loaisiga Makes a Yankees Debut to Remember 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z He is widely expected to win a ninth term this year, although Democrats are hopeful about their candidate, a former professional baseball player named J. D. Scholten. Steve King’s Inflammatory Behavior Is Met With Silence From G.O.P. 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Three of his five brothers played professional baseball. Red Schoendienst, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager, dies at 95 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Instead, it concentrates on his formative years in professional baseball, from his minor league debut in 1972 through his emerging stardom in 1980. Review | Keith Hernandez’s hijinks in life and mastery on the baseball diamond 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Gamblers can now place single-game bets on professional baseball, football, hockey, basketball, soccer, golf and auto racing. Delaware Kicks Off Full-Scale Sports Betting, a First Outside of Nevada 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The betting offered Tuesday in Delaware included single-game and championship wagering on professional baseball, football, basketball and soccer. Delaware Cashes In on Sports Betting 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z As of Tuesday, it was set to also offer single-game and future betting on professional baseball, football, basketball, hockey, golf, soccer and auto racing. Delaware sports betting first out of gate, but competitors close in 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z “He couldn’t believe I’ve been playing professional baseball for 18 years.” As Angels prepare for MLB draft, Mike Trout relives his draft experience every year 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z The offerings will include single-game and championship wagering on professional baseball, football, hockey, basketball, soccer, golf, and auto racing. Delaware casinos to begin sports betting next week 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z And even though the old fairgrounds are gone, the professional baseball stadium that replaced them is still a magnet for kids all over town. ‘Absolute paradise’: Tom Wolfe’s idyllic Richmond childhood 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Franmil Reyes made his big league debut for the Padres after leading all of professional baseball in homers with 14 while at Triple-A El Paso. Parra’s 3-run homer lifts Rockies to 6-4 win over Padres 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z “It’s just baseball. It’s not professional baseball. It’s just teenagers playing.” Legally blind boy gets approval to use yellow baseball 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z That was 55 times the 103 million total attendance reported by the professional baseball, football and basketball leagues. It’s Hard to Find God on the Front Page 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Where he wanted to be was in professional baseball. Nick Raquet, fast-rising pitching prospect, impressing Nationals in Hagerstown 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z What he brings: Hurst was once a professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, but football is his sport now. Analysis | 2018 NFL draft Round 1 recap, analysis: Ravens take Lamar Jackson; Bills trade up for Josh Allen; Browns take Baker Mayfield No. 1 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Traditional professional baseball thinking says there isn’t enough time for two-way players to prepare adequately as both a pitcher and hitter, and the long season makes the endeavor physically prohibitive. Could Ohtani emergence open door for 2-way college players? 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z As wrestling’s biggest star, he earned hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, easily on a par with the highest-paid professional baseball and football players of the time. Bruno Sammartino, ‘Living Legend’ champion of pro wrestling, dies at 82 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z “Smokeless tobacco has been a part of the baseball culture in the past; many professional baseball players still use it,” Tegen said. Proposal could ban Mariners, opponents from chewing tobacco at Safeco Field 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z “Getting in a car accident, going through college, sitting out years and coming back, finally getting an opportunity to play professional baseball, getting to this level and having success. It’s really everything in one.” Angels Are Reborn, and Not Just Because of Shohei Ohtani 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z She later claimed she was trying to mimic professional baseball players with her mannerisms, but this wasn’t her first offense to Major League Baseball fans. Rocky road: Roseanne Barr's rollercoaster Hollywood ride 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z South Korean baseball league postpones games over smog: Rapidly worsening air pollution has forced South Korea's professional baseball league to postpone three games. World Digest: April 6, 2018 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The Rays aren't expected to be a professional baseball team this season, but still, giving up this "Yakety Sax"-approved inside-the-park home run is not the way you want to start the season. Let's recap the wildest Opening Day...maybe ever - Golf Digest 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z “It’s the best opening day in baseball. This is where it all began, playing professional baseball. That’s why it should start here every year.” Reds play catch between raindrops, await opener vs Nationals 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z But ineffectiveness on the mound and injuries forced him to pitch in professional baseball leagues in Korea and Taiwan and independent baseball in Texas. Mets’ New Manager Hopes to Deliver, Using Hard Data and the Hard Truth 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Acuna rose through three minor league levels last season, his third year in professional baseball. Braves send down top prospect OF Acuna 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z A few other professional baseball players, including a couple with big league experience, utilize the program, according to Madson. At 37, Ryan Madson is pitching maybe better than ever, and his trainer thinks he can go to 50 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Always cheerful, always talking and rarely sitting still, Heredia’s zest for each day of being a professional baseball player is contagious. With a surgically repaired shoulder, a healthy Guillermo Heredia is ready to help Mariners 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z It’s already an unusual start to the season in the place where professional baseball began in 1869. Reds play catch between raindrops, await opener vs Nationals 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z By now, as he enters his 19th season in professional baseball, Dodgers veteran Chase Utley operates by instinct. Dodgers trying to keep up with pace-of-play changes 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Nearly everything else in the room commemorates Victor’s exploits as a professional baseball player. Victor Robles may be the Nationals’ future, but he’s staying loyal to his roots 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z But usually, the rookie isn’t 53 years old with more than 30 years in professional baseball. Perspective | Dave Martinez is no stranger to being doubted. It hasn’t stopped him from succeeding. 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z He did not pitch in professional baseball last season. Dodgers to scout former Giants ace Tim Lincecum at showcase 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Although he has been a huge wrestling fan since childhood - "I probably had 150 videos, and every T-shirt you could think of," he says - his ambition used to be professional baseball. Here's how to become a professional wrestler 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Wilson issued a statement thanking the Rangers for giving him the chance to experience professional baseball again. Rangers trade QB-infielder Russell Wilson to Yankees 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z “I want to personally thank the Texas Rangers for giving me the chance to experience professional baseball again,” Wilson said. Seahawks QB Russell Wilson now also a New York Yankee after trade from Texas Rangers 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Now Moncada has taken an active role in helping Robert get used to professional baseball in the U.S. Abreu sticks around as White Sox rebuild 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z “I never saw a pay stub my entire time in professional baseball. I didn’t care. I didn’t have to be the highest-paid player. Trust me, I was more than happy with what I got.” Chipper Jones set to join familiar names in Hall of Fame 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Paul Rudd and Ben Lewin stopped by to talk about “The Catcher Was a Spy,” based on the true story of Moe Berg, a professional baseball player who became a spy during World War II. Indie Focus: All Sundance edition from Park City 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z |
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