| 单词 | ballplayer |
| 例句 | Ben had been a ballplayer for a long time and he knew other ballplayers the way a gypsy knows other gypsies or a thief other thieves. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “He hightailed it out of there, but didn’t manage to exit unseen. There was a man there, a minor-league ballplayer named Jacob Carlyle. He was the one who came forward as the witness.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “A great ballplayer always has his best games against the best teams.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the twenties I was a pretty good ballplayer myself, though nothing like Jackie. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The score constantly changed as the game continued, and they razzed each other like any street ballplayers as they took turns with the lead. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “But unfortunately, baseball wasn’t ready for a gay ballplayer back then.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z There’s never been another ballplayer who touched people as Jackie did. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The kid we called up from the select team, Cole Lenk, was quite the ballplayer. He had a couple of hits and threw a runner out trying to go first to third from right.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z They had the same color outfits as the ballplayers and they all wore these big red-frame glasses with no glass in them. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Ballplayers knew where the important games were going to be held, and the best ballplayers from all over the city were at the games. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Berg had been a mediocre ballplayer at best, hitting .243 over fifteen big league seasons as a backup catcher. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost any job would pay better than what a ballplayer earned then. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But in my time, I saw and played with some good ballplayers. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Along with the pleasure of playing baseball there was the joy of identifying with the ballplayers. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z My dad’s not a great ballplayer, but he’s a lot of fun to throw with because he’s always trying something tricky. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your son was a ballplayer, wasn’t he? He didn’t have no missing parts, did he?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, it was the same foot fungus that a hundred and ten years later would afflict the famous ballplayer Clyde Livingston. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “So, say he was a ballplayer talking trash to you on the court,” Goldy said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I met Dre this year, and we hit it off because he's a ballplayer too. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I had seen the look on ballplayers before. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And few ballplayers have been as mythologized as Ruth. Babe Ruth, the First Modern Celebrity 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z We’re like this group of ballplayers who wound up on a championship team, and now we get this opportunity to be on the field every week.” Television: ‘Major Crimes,’ the ‘Closer’ Spinoff on TNT 2012-08-03T16:00:00Z It was baseball by Beckett, “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” with minor-league ballplayers instead of marathon dancers. Books of The Times: Baseball According to Beckett: A Game That Wouldn?t End 2011-04-24T21:07:26Z Today all you know about the ballplayers is that they are millionaires,” Pritikin said. Cubs fans: hope, inspiration, protest 2012-04-05T17:59:00Z They said that with tobacco companies banned from advertising on TV, they "literally could not buy the ads that are effectively created by celebrity ballplayers using tobacco at games." Chew on this: No tobacco in baseball 2011-10-19T00:42:00Z The ballplayer's card sat for years in the writer's study on one of the shelves lined with copies of his books. Best-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:32:52Z That landmark moment gave black ballplayers a chance to join the Majors, but it also meant the inevitable decline of the Negro Leagues in the United States. The secret history of black baseball players in Canada’s great white north 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Ted had no qualms about acknowledging that DiMaggio was the superior all-around ballplayer? Ted Williams: Secrets of baseball’s greatest hitter — and an unsung hero on race 2013-12-15T14:00:00Z Chris Cornell, who died one year ago today, was an alright ballplayer and an everyman in the kitchen, after working his way up from dishwasher. Remembering Chris Cornell: The quiet cook at Ray’s Boathouse who became a rock god 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z He said he also never suffered abuse from other ballplayers for being a musician, because the guitar has a populist appeal and figures in the music of the clubhouse: heavy metal, blues and rock. Music: Ballplayers Who Hit the Right Note 2011-06-24T19:50:28Z In “The Kid,” Williams retires as a ballplayer with more than 300 pages to go. Books Of the Times: Ben Bradlee Jr. Plumbs Ted Williams’s Life in ‘The Kid’ 2013-12-04T22:02:20Z The regular ballplayer is making like 50 times what these kids from the Dominican Republic are making. John Leguizamo Steps Up to the Plate for Dominican Ballplayers 2012-07-11T15:07:05Z As it had in his old Yankees days, his cap would pop off his head as he bent over during his exaggerated follow-through—a little picture of youth superimposed onto an aging ballplayer. Jim Bouton Was Baseball’s Misunderstood Evangelist 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Several of the photographers, like many ballplayers, don’t have much to say. Baseball Cards for the Photography Set 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Williams looked like a ballplayer, rubbing pain cream into his ankle, swinging a bat like he’d been born with it. So Long, Medical Scrubs. Jesse Williams Is Ready to Play Ball. 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z In 2003 he published a book, "Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life In and Out of Major League Baseball," in which he describes the anguish of being a closeted ballplayer. How much longer will major league baseball stay in the closet? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Venezuelans are huge baseball fans, and though you’re not a ballplayer, are people there rooting for you in this Oscar competition with the same intensity as they do for Venezuelan players in the big leagues? Inspired by Simón Bolívar and Gustavo Dudamel 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Rusty will showcase a parade of ballplayers and other baseball professionals who are willing to help him reconstruct the myth of the Rocket. Asleep at the Roger Clemens trial 2012-06-10T13:00:00Z At a crucial moment in an important case, she takes time out to be with her ailing dad as he makes what could be one last trip to suss out a headstrong young ballplayer. Trouble with the Curve – review 2012-11-29T21:30:04Z My favorite ballplayers are the guys who refuse to leave peaceably. Jim Bouton Was Baseball’s Misunderstood Evangelist 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z This may sound awfully cerebral — especially for advice supposedly dispensed by one ballplayer to others — but Mr. Harbach manages in these pages to make the philosophical aspects of baseball thoroughly palpable and real. Books of The Times: ?The Art of Fielding? by Chad Harbach - Review 2011-09-05T22:32:00Z That’s what the characters in his movies tend to do, even the ballplayers in this one. Review: In ‘Everybody Wants Some!!,’ Casual Sex and Casual Philosophizing 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z In 2003, Colorado Rockies star Mark Grace told the Denver Post that most ballplayers wouldn't be threatened by the idea of a gay teammate. How much longer will major league baseball stay in the closet? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Williams, in a recent telephone interview, spoke of “that relentless pursuit of perfection” of the professional ballplayer and the serious instrumentalist. Music: Ballplayers Who Hit the Right Note 2011-06-24T19:50:28Z The tough, gritty, gutsy ballplayer defended himself this week thusly: I’ve never taken a penny and I’ve done nothing but create jobs and create economy. Skin-heads eye Euro 2012 2012-06-08T16:15:00Z Mr. Cabrera, 35, was a former minor league ballplayer, and even though Ms. Sanchez says she isn’t necessarily a Marlins fan, the proposal was perfect because it was “totally him.” Thinking of a Jumbotron Proposal? Some Say, Ugh. Others, Say Yes. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z The international airlines booked the same hotel as the ballplayers. Driving to Work With Keith Hernandez, the Real Mr. Met 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z “It captured our spirit. We were funny at times and dramatic at other times and always good ballplayers. The movie showed that.” “There’s no crying in baseball!”: “A League of Their Own,” a film about the sport’s women pioneers, resonates at 25 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The ballplayer, who is in the Texas Rangers' system, proposed under a large oak tree on the 15-acre property. Kimberly Perry of the Band Perry marries J.P. Arencibia 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z And in “Field of Dreams” he played a reincarnation of the disgraced ballplayer Shoeless Joe Jackson. Ray Liotta in ‘Goodfellas’: How the Right Actor Turned the Right Part Into a Classic 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Berg found him and — because the former ballplayer spoke passable Italian — helped translate a cache of hidden documents. The strange life and death of Moe Berg, the baseball catcher who became a spy 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The former ballplayer, desperate to “put the Ohio River Valley in my rearview mirror,” serves as Yocum’s straight-talking Rust Belt oracle. Is there a cure for Rust Belt rhetoric? This witty little novel might be a start. 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Brooks hollers when his ballplayer partner communicates the league’s reticence to relocate any teams to Los Angeles. ‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Premiere Recap: Keeping It Civil 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Depending on how things turn out, perhaps one day the reality of being a professional ballplayer might actually resemble the fantasy so many young ballplayers have clung to for generations. America’s next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Her first husband was an aircraft worker, her second a Hall of Fame ballplayer. Marilyn Monroe 50 Years Later: In TIME and Out of Time 2012-08-03T12:00:58Z I started thinking about all the things I never accomplished as a ballplayer. “You can’t play basketball anymore”: What kind of life doesn’t include the court? 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z It’s just that you’re letting go of the life, and it’s almost like being a gangster or a retired ballplayer. Denis Leary on the Return of 'Rescue Me' 2010-06-29T17:51:00Z Now I'm no Jordan, not even close, but I was one of the better ballplayers at that gym during this particular time and was used to getting a cold vibe from guys like Rob. Michael Strahan on going from Giants to GMA: "When you're successful, people don't see the failure" 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z A time when ballplayers brawled with fans, and tobacco companies used baseball cards to entice the young, and a small group of corrupt baseball heroes from Chicago could throw the World Series, and ... Metropolitan Museum Opens Huge Show of Baseball Cards 2013-07-11T21:15:02Z Though he speaks clear English — a challenge for some ballplayers from Latin America — Bautista is not overtly charismatic. Jose Bautista: Best Baseball Player You've Never Heard Of 2011-05-27T09:00:00Z Like a ballplayer in Triple A who’s ready and just needs someone to take a chance on him. Edward Burns Returns to Long Island with ‘Bridge and Tunnel’ 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z While other children dreamed of being ballplayers and actual presidents, young Joel Goldstein lay awake fantasizing about vice presidents. Expert on Vice Presidents Much in Demand 2012-08-03T20:35:03Z I’m sure that like any ballplayer, Lobaton wants to play more. It’s not hard to find good stories in sports 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z I’ve never been much of a ballplayer, so I marvel at athletes who make eye-popping physical feats seem mundane. New & Noteworthy, From Bob Dylan to the Bay Area 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. O’Connell beams with the gung-hopefulness of a benched college ballplayer holding fiercely to the belief that he’s just about to be back in the game. ‘American Hero’ Finds Comedy in a Fast-Food Franchise 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Duncan wasn't much of a ballplayer, but definitely leaped at any chance to provide the soundtrack. I always loved hip-hop, but Nas transformed me into a fan, which ultimately changed my life 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z On Saturday, youth league ballplayers and marching bands parade at 10 a.m., followed by the throwing of the ceremonial first pitches. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Its story of the first female professional ballplayer is officially licensed by Major League Baseball and is more layered than its logline. This Is Us emerges as safe winner in terrible year for network pilots 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Now, he is a 25-year-old professional ballplayer and a central subject of “Million Dollar Arm,” a Disney feature that opened last week. Hurler would rather play ball than pitch film 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Because this is a Disney family film after all, it's not just the young ballplayers who will be learning a thing or two. 'Million Dollar Arm' tosses out a nice softball 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z All she wants is to watch ballplayers play baseball. The Frederick Keys were evicted from the minor leagues. They’re still playing. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z A ballplayer reaches a certain age that he can no longer hit the ball out of the park. Ray Romano to perform at Garden of Laughs event 2013-01-24T17:11:08Z There’s a lot of heartbreak, a lot of dashed dreams and what happens to you when your whole life you’ve been preparing to be a ballplayer and you don’t make it to the major leagues. John Leguizamo Steps Up to the Plate for Dominican Ballplayers 2012-07-11T15:07:05Z Goodson’s a one-time ballplayer with anger issues; he destroyed his knee and career by breaking a baseball bat over his leg. “Anger Management”: Charlie Sheen’s crass comeback 2012-06-26T15:15:00Z Even though our spot was rough and had its problems, we residents knew it as a magical place full of talented ballplayers, spiritual people and the most powerful grandmas. Talib Kweli on hip-hop, Rudy "Ghouliani" and how Kanye West can make amends for supporting Trump 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Growing a beard is just one of those things that didn’t happen, like becoming a professional ballplayer: a minor disappointment I’ve accepted. The Mirror: Oh, to Be Just Another Bearded Face 2012-05-30T19:17:40Z Some hope that the first pro ballplayer to come out will be a star. How much longer will major league baseball stay in the closet? 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z “We continue to work him into everything we’re doing because he’s a good ballplayer,” Carroll said. Rookies like Jake Bobo ‘a boost’ for Seahawks in Week 8 win over Browns 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z As a former elite infielder and No. 1 overall pick who still carries himself like a ballplayer, Nevin appeared to be well-liked by his players. Phil Nevin won’t return as Angels’ manager after 2nd losing season 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z “Another homer today, a triple. He’s been good since he’s been back, not surprising. Charlie’s a ballplayer.” Lenyn Sosa hits 3-run homer as Chicago White Sox rally past Colorado Rockies 10-5 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z “It starts with the ballplayers’ buy-in,” Shoemaker said, “and the coaches’ collaboration throughout the organization.” Inside the Dodgers' juggernaut farm system, the lifeblood of the club 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Black ballplayers formed their own leagues, and over the decades developed a rich culture and a thrilling style of play, distinct from what the white pros had. Review: Sam Pollard grants the Negro leagues their essential place in American history 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Representation among Black ballplayers in Major League Baseball has hit a historic low, and Ken Griffey Jr. did not need a reminder of just how far the numbers have dwindled. Ken Griffey Jr.’s first Swingman Classic shines spotlight on HBCU players: ‘These kids can play’ 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s a message Bean has delivered in clubhouses, and it resonates with today’s ballplayers - hyper-focused on staying in the majors, and being a good teammate. MLB teams welcome LGBTQ+ fans with Pride Nights but not one has seen an active player come out 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Ending his career without telling his parents about his life as a closeted gay ballplayer. MLB teams welcome LGBTQ+ fans with Pride Nights, but wait continues for 1st out active player 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z “We had every ballplayer that was coming to Vegas,” he said. King under the court: Meet the man behind the Miami Heat's new style of Showtime 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z “All I know about Steve Garvey is he was a ballplayer 40 years ago and he has more baggage than the Pacific Surf Liner,” Early said. Former Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey weighs U.S. Senate bid 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The rising costs of elite-level youth baseball is one reason many cite for the dwindling participation among Black ballplayers. Ken Griffey Jr.’s first Swingman Classic shines spotlight on HBCU players: ‘These kids can play’ 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Ellen Kershaw added, “She experienced no greater joy than watching her son grow into the man, the philanthropist, the father and the ballplayer that he is today.” Mother of Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw dies; he plans to pitch Tuesday 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z It’s a message Bean has delivered in clubhouses, and it resonates with today’s ballplayers — hyper-focused on staying in the majors, and being a good teammate. MLB teams welcome LGBTQ+ fans with Pride Nights, but wait continues for 1st out active player 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z "We don't call it fear. Us ballplayers, we call it excitement," McEwen said on a rainy morning in early March, his eyes swelling with tears. California’s Medicaid experiment spends money to save money — and help the homeless 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z But the odds of Ohtani not testing out what would surely be the most lucrative free-agent marketplace any ballplayer has ever seen is minuscule, if not nonexistent. Even on an ‘off’ day for Shohei Ohtani, it’s hard not to imagine him in a Mariners uniform 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z “I feel like I learned a lot last year and grew as a ballplayer,” said Outman, who played four games in late July and early August before finishing his 2022 campaign back in triple A. Dodgers display talented promise, but also potential volatility, in opening series 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Professional ballplayers can make runs and, just like that, erase what seems to be a comfortable lead for the opponent. Perspective | The Wizards keep blowing leads — and the chance to make any progress 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z On one side a moving tribute to Roberto Clemente, a great ballplayer and greater humanitarian who always thought of others before himself. Letters to Sports: Readers agree, LeBron James can leave the Lakers 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z His picture hangs in the houses of many Latino ballplayers. Roberto Clemente remains Latino legend 50 years after death 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z The rules make it impossible for a Cuban ballplayer to sign with a U.S. team without defecting from Cuba. Cuba says U.S. greenlights MLB players for World Baseball Classic 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z "That is the situation faced by ballplayers trained in Cuba that today play for the big leagues in the United States and who say they are willing to play with their home country team." Cuba accuses United States of blocking participation in World Baseball Classic 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z “I don’t think it’s too much of a reach to say that five or six young kids, young ballplayers, are going to impact our ballclub,” the Dodgers’ manager said Tuesday. Column: Dodgers' payroll could be affected by Trevor Bauer decision 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z “He was eccentric,” the old ballplayer said with a chuckle. Before Jackie Robinson, Jorge Pasquel broke baseball’s color barrier — in Mexico 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z “Outside of that superstar ballplayer, they saw a Black man, a Black Latino, when he began to speak.” Roberto Clemente remains Latino legend 50 years after death 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z More than 650 Cuban ballplayers have defected to the United States and elsewhere over the past six years alone, according to reports in state-run media. Cuba says U.S. greenlights MLB players for World Baseball Classic 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Those rules make it impossible for a Cuban ballplayer to sign with a U.S. team without defecting from their home country. Cuba accuses United States of blocking participation in World Baseball Classic 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z But when you get back home, you realize you actually became a better ballplayer. The Importance of ‘Mr. Baseball’ 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z “He’s just a good all-around ballplayer,” Carroll said. Seahawks WR DK Metcalf fined almost $30,000 for words to ref in Munich 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z “Two different ballplayers, but I think we were able to get to both effectively.” Fofana helps Navy top No. 17 UCF 17-14 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Shannon believes the only way Trout would leave Anaheim would be if the Angels came to him and asked him to approve a trade so they could “get some ballplayers into the system.” Shaikin: Mike Trout's hometown team is in the World Series. Will he ever play for Phillies? 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z More than 650 Cuban ballplayers have defected to the United States and elsewhere over the past six years alone, according to state-run media reports. Cuba accuses United States of blocking participation in World Baseball Classic 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Slowly, double-taking fans on the ground floor noticed the ballplayers leaning over the railing. In Philadelphia, the boos are gone and the ‘vibes are flowing’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “The ballplayers just couldn’t react like they wanted. I think the fans got cheated out of seeing a real championship game.” Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi dies at 100 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Many analysts will argue that it doesn’t exist, but ballplayers believe in it wholeheartedly. Here’s why the Mariners can beat the Astros in the ALDS 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z “I look at it as two good ballplayers.” French star Wembanyama set for his first taste of NBA life 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z “But he had been around for so long. Jaime was always there for that Spanish-speaking ballplayer and then suddenly the demographics change in the ballpark, but the players didn’t change and Jaime didn’t change.” 'It’s the right time.' Dodgers legend Jaime Jarrín ready to sign off with gratitude 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z “He hasn’t played in 10 days, so you always worry about timing issues and whatnot. But Geno is a ballplayer. He’s excited to get out there.” Eugenio Suarez back in Mariners lineup Tuesday as DH 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Even as road-trip attire has relaxed, the 59-year-old Thomson wears a suit and tie on every trip, a tribute to his father who told him that was how a ballplayer dressed. In the interim, Thomson leads Phillies to brink of playoffs 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z “Family, friends. And when someone has success, we should celebrate them. At the end of the day, it’s good for his country, it’s good for the community. A ballplayer’s success is a community’s success.” Albert Pujols' 700th home run carried a special significance for Latinos 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z “Get out of here, boy, you’re not a ballplayer,” the guard told Wills. LOVERRO: From D.C. sandlots to MVP, Maury Wills changed baseball for the better 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z When the 5-foot-11, 165-pound Wills arrived at the ballpark the next day, the security guard didn’t recognize him, decided he was too small to be a ballplayer and initially denied him entry. Dodgers legend and D.C. native Maury Wills dies at 89 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “A lot of our ballplayers just plain didn’t hit it off with him,” then Dodgers general manger Buzzie Bavasi told Sports Illustrated after Wills was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Maury Wills, Los Angeles Dodgers star, has died 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z However, the security guard wouldn’t let him in, saying he was too small to be a ballplayer. Dodgers great, D.C. native Maury Wills dies at 89 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z “Like I said, the fighting alone, losing a player for the next game, it hurts our team because we lose a very good ballplayer,” Bowles said. Bucs’ Evans suspended for dust-up with Saints’ Lattimore 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z For every ballplayer who attends a clinic at Maury Wills Field and other baseball diamonds, his story should be required reading. LOVERRO: From D.C. sandlots to MVP, Maury Wills changed baseball for the better 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z He’s not just the aging ballplayer who smiles and waves as he receives gifts from opposing teams and polite applause from rival fans. Perspective | Sports fans should never leave early. Albert Pujols just showed us why. 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z A former ballplayer who made varsity his freshman year, Thompson gave an emphatic fist pump after putting the ceremonial pitch over the plate. Burien rapper Travis Thompson makes acting debut on FX’s ‘Reservation Dogs’ 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z “He’s a nice ballplayer and he’s tough as hell and we loved him, so we wish him the very best and the door is always open,” Carroll said. Seahawks hope to get Justin Coleman back after waiving him on cutdown day 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z So he is a pure thrower in that sense, but he’s also a ballplayer. UW notes: Kalen DeBoer’s texts with Chris Petersen, Michael Penix Jr.’s NFL comps and more 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z One of those games was back home in Washington in 1962, before which he was initially refused entry to the stadium by a security guard who didn’t believe he was a ballplayer. LOVERRO: From D.C. sandlots to MVP, Maury Wills changed baseball for the better 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z I went to Pittsburgh to see my favorite ballplayer, my peer, accomplish history. Perspective | Sports fans should never leave early. Albert Pujols just showed us why. 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z And the same transcendent ballplayer that prompted Dipoto to open negotiations halfway through his rookie season, knowing that any further delay would just increase the degree of difficulty. Rodriguez contract unique in length and in budding rookie superstar to bet on himself 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Ruth, as he put on the poundage and the paunch, the Yankees put their ballplayers in pinstripe uniforms because it made Ruth look slimmer. Vin Scully’s best calls, from Don Larsen to Hank Aaron to Kirk Gibson 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z “But Ray was over the moon. Like a kid meeting his favorite ballplayer.” Vin Scully, forever the voice of the Dodgers, dead at 94 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Being a ballplayer at the highest level isn’t all glitter and glory. Believe it or not: Three L.A. Times sportswriters raised Major League Baseball sons 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z But given how long she’s had to be a ballplayer’s wife, the tribute is overdue. Review: The doc days of summer feature 'Aftershock,' GWAR, Don McLean and Nolan Ryan 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z In Monday’s letter, the committee told Manfred it wished to focus on “the exemption’s impact on competition in the labor market for minor league ballplayers, as well as the operations of minor league teams.” Congress asks Rob Manfred for MLB antitrust rationale in letter 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Graham is depicted both as a young ballplayer and, later in life, as a cherished pediatrician. Moonlight Graham letters discovered at Baltimore medical school 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z “This was natural to him. Whether it was learning the statistics of his favorite ballplayers or figuring out who might become secretary of state of some part of the Midwest, that’s how his mind worked.” As Watergate simmered, Nixon buckled down on a sportswriting project 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Some of those tykes turn out to big league ballplayers themselves. Junior Circuit: Big league sons making own names in majors 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Zimmerman is a great ballplayer, a man of charity and a World Series champion. Perspective | Ryan Zimmerman lived his childhood dream. Nats fans are lucky for it. 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Can Shenice pursue her competitive dreams while trying to uncover the truth surrounding the first in her family’s long line of ballplayers? KidsPost Summer Book Club: 8 books about ‘Speaking Truth’ 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The white ballplayer also said he has “joked around” with Anderson in the past using the same reference and mentioned that Sports Illustrated interview. Josh Donaldson apologizes to Jackie Robinson’s family 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The Women’s Baseball World Cup debuted in 2004, but there remains no pro league for female ballplayers. Facing men in Maui was highlight for women baseball pioneers 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z I felt like a hell of a ballplayer. A Memorable Chat With the ‘Voice of God’ 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z She noted how in 2005, a “baby-faced” ballplayer arrived in Washington. Perspective | Ryan Zimmerman lived his childhood dream. Nats fans are lucky for it. 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z The white ballplayer also said he has “joked around” with Anderson in the past using the same reference and mentioned the 2019 Sports Illustrated interview. Anderson says Donaldson made racist remark, Yanks top Chisox 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Some players were unable to shower at the Pfister Hotel, which is already infamous among ballplayers for allegedly being haunted. Braves lose power at supposedly haunted Milwaukee hotel 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z With a flip of the wrist, a kid would drop a card that would land either showing the ballplayer's image on the front or the back side with his statistics. Thanks, Mom, for not throwing out my baseball cards 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Hearing a group of high school ballplayers calling out his nickname helped, too. “Papi! Papi!” David Ortiz tours Baseball Hall of Fame 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Lawrence is correct: Bauer isn’t a kindergarten teacher — his sphere of influence as a pro ballplayer extends far beyond one classroom to millions of fans — including impressionable children who idolize pro athletes. Letters to Sports: Critics aplenty for 'Winning Time' portrayals, Trevor Bauer suspension 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z He is a pro ballplayer, not a kindergarten teacher. Letters to sports: Enough about Trevor Bauer, even before his case is resolved 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z “Coach Bryant had been trying to sign Black ballplayers for years, and the power structure in the state of Alabama wouldn’t have it,” Stanford said. Alabama honors university’s first Black football players 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z “When you’re talking about African American ballplayers, we need to do better,” Roberts said. Dave Roberts calls out MLB for reducing opportunities for Black players 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “That’s the color I am. I’m not a superman, I’m not a miracle worker. Your ballplayers determine how good a team you have.” Jackie Robinson’s last plea to MLB: ‘Wake up’ and hire Black managers 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z His aspiration hadn’t changed: Hell of a ballplayer, Robinson, and just one of the guys. Book excerpt: The day Jackie Robinson came home to Dodger Stadium 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z “You’ve got to be a great ballplayer for them to change a rule for you.,” With the Optimism of Spring, Some Stars Reappear Out West 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “So when a future Hall of Famer is warmed up and gives a young ballplayer the benefit of the doubt, it shows that he sees something special in the player and in the person.” How Do You Supplant a ‘Walking Statue’? Cockiness Helps. 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z “When you’re talking about African American ballplayers, we need to do better. I think about it all the time. It’s really getting uncomfortable.” Dave Roberts calls out MLB for reducing opportunities for Black players 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “But for him to square it up like that, put it in the gap, I know that felt good. He’s very dependable as a ballplayer.” Taylor, Dodgers offense picks it up in final exhibition 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Nothing about being the first Black ballplayer of the twentieth century. Book excerpt: The day Jackie Robinson came home to Dodger Stadium 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Like Zaharias, Ms. Joyce reveled in pitching to current and former ballplayers — notably Williams, one of the finest hitters in baseball history. Joan Joyce, softball great who struck out Ted Williams, dies at 81 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Around 2001, Nix started using his professional sports contacts to build a gambling business, developing a client list that included unnamed professional athletes, the former ballplayer admitted in court papers. Sports gambling ring that drew bets from professional athletes busted 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z When Jansen accepted that contract, he called Jones to thank him for paving the way for ballplayers from their small island in the Atlantic. Kenley Jansen explains why he signed with the Braves instead of the Dodgers 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z The position helped him stay off the disabled list in 1973, which was a bigger deal back then, and it inspired the Jewish ballplayer’s first book, “Designated Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story.” The First Designated Hitter Is Ready for the Universal D.H. 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z “I think there’s no doubt what we think of him as a ballplayer and what he can and has done to help us win.’ Dodgers hoping Price is right again — in either role 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z But, with COVID-19 numbers falling across much of the country and the new labor deal in place, equipment companies are hoping for more direct contact with their ballplayers this spring. Gearing Up: Equipment companies ready for post-lockout rush 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “When other kids talked about being firemen or ballplayers, I talked about being a reporter.” Walter R. Mears, Pulitzer-winning reporter featured in classic book on campaign journalists, dies at 87 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Seventeen years with one team, a talented ballplayer and a gracious human. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Proposing a better layout for these sports pages 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “But now, instead of half a ballplayer, I became a whole ballplayer when it became the universal D.H. in both leagues.” The First Designated Hitter Is Ready for the Universal D.H. 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Swanson befriended many of the ballplayers in his “day job” as the Mariners’ batting-practice pitcher. Friends, family mourn Jim Swanson, a part of Northwest baseball lore and ex-owner of Swannie’s Sports Bar 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z It also provided an opportunity to show other ballplayers what they are doing with their products. Gearing Up: Equipment companies ready for post-lockout rush 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The existence of an MLB clubhouse with members regularly trading pain pills seemed like an anomaly to Snyder, the longtime professional ballplayer. Trial spilled secrets of players’ abuse, but are opioids really MLB’s next drug scandal? 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z As Major League Baseball endures a lockout and faces a possible delay to this season, it’s an apt occasion to remember another time when ballplayers and management didn’t see eye to eye. ‘Homer at the Bat’ at 30: The landmark ‘Simpsons’ episode that pushed the show’s boundaries 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Suddenly, a door that Callahan assumed was closed had swung wide open and her inner ballplayer. New Pirates coach Callahan focused on her job, not history 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z "I would say Ja’Corey, he’s doing excellent right now, he’s a real good ballplayer," Williams said. Alabama has plenty of replacements for injured WR Metchie 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z “I would say Ja’Corey, he’s doing excellent right now, he’s a real good ballplayer,” Williams said. Alabama has plenty of replacements for injured WR Metchie 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z “You have to realize that in the 1960s, even pro ballplayers couldn’t stay in certain places. They had rooming houses to stay in.” Meet the three fans who have attended every Super Bowl game 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z The idea to get real ballplayers for “Homer at the Bat” sprang from the mind of the late Sam Simon, who co-created the show with Matt Groening and James L. Brooks. ‘Homer at the Bat’ at 30: The landmark ‘Simpsons’ episode that pushed the show’s boundaries 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z “You know Minnie always was a hustling, trying ballplayer. He hasn’t lost that.” The D.C. ties to four of baseball’s newest Hall of Famers 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z He became the agency’s acting director in January 1981, at the beginning of a hectic year in which he worked on disputes with air traffic controllers, ballplayers, postal workers and — once again — air traffic controllers. Ken Moffett, low-key mediator in high-profile labor disputes, dies at 90 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z The ballplayer’s family urged other children to show up in baseball jerseys to memorialize him and to acknowledge his favorite sport. Waukesha parade aftermath: Jackson Sparks, 8, remembered at memorial service for his love of baseball 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z But Aaron the ballplayer is a unifying figure. Stripped of the All-Star Game, Atlanta Hopes to Make Up for Lost Time 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z This with a script that had “a checkered history,” says Jean, noting that the first table read — without any ballplayers around — elicited little laughter. ‘Homer at the Bat’ at 30: The landmark ‘Simpsons’ episode that pushed the show’s boundaries 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z This year, the Braves sold T-shirts with a word that translated roughly to “ballplayer” in Cherokee syllabary; the proceeds supported the tribe’s language immersion program. The ‘tomahawk chop’ lives on in Atlanta. Now it has the World Series spotlight. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z “I came here, and I wanted to show my name, showcase my talents and prove to the people the kind of ballplayer that I am,” Rosario said through an interpreter. Eddie Rosario, who defines himself by big moments, emerges as the Braves’ postseason star 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z “Charlie’s a great competitor. I’ve admired him for a long time from a far. He’s that old school ballplayer, competitor, will take the ball anytime, and it’s fun to compete against a guy like that.” LEADING OFF: ALCS resumes at Fenway, NLCS shifts to LA 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z So I think that, on both sides, there’s just tremendous men, tremendous ballplayers, and for us as an industry not to leverage these guys, it’s just a missed opportunity.” Dodgers-Giants: A golden ticket for MLB. Will the league cash in? 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z “You sense the fun of the ballplayers in it,” Brooks says. ‘Homer at the Bat’ at 30: The landmark ‘Simpsons’ episode that pushed the show’s boundaries 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z “Which as a major league ballplayer, is a good thing.” Giants Game 3 starter Alex Wood, a former Dodger, 'feels he's always the best option' 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z “I told Cody that he’s gonna be better going forward as a ballplayer and a person going through this adversity this year,” manager Dave Roberts said. Dodgers' bullpen shines, and Cody Bellinger comes through in wild-card game 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z As soon as a ballplayer garners a little star power in Spokane — becomes a fan favorite, a potential bobblehead, a draw — he’s spirited away. I Had a Chance to Travel Anywhere. Why Did I Pick Spokane? 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z “We love her as a candidate. We truly believe in her. We held this campaign together and it doesn’t make sense to put new ballplayers on the field in the ninth inning.” GOP nominee for Virginia lieutenant governor drops staff before election 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Not long after Mattingly recorded his “Simpsons” session in 1991, Jean says, the ballplayer was fined and benched by Yankee management for refusing to cut his mullet, per team policy. ‘Homer at the Bat’ at 30: The landmark ‘Simpsons’ episode that pushed the show’s boundaries 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z “He’s a really good ballplayer, and we’re lucky to have him on our team,’’ Carroll said after Smith completed 11-15 passes for 90 yards in Seattle’s 27-0 preseason finale win over the Chargers. Signing with Seahawks ‘a dream come true’ for former Marysville Pilchuck standout Jake Luton 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z You can get away with a lot as a major league ballplayer. After the pandemic, returning fans deserve to make themselves be heard 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Some of the best Black ballplayers spent at least part of their career there, including National Baseball Hall of Fame members Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson. Fifty years ago, the Pirates fielded first all-Black lineup, a milestone for diversity 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “He’s a ballplayer, not because he’s my son,” Dusty explained. Darren Baker has long been known as Dusty’s son. Now he’s paving his own way. 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z The divorce rate among ballplayers seems to spike shortly after they quit, when their wives learn what it means to live with them full-time. ‘He Knows It All Because He’s Seen It All’ 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z In "Hustle," Sandler plays a has-been basketball scout who finds his shot at redemption when he discovers an incredible street ballplayer in China. Adam Sandler hits beach during getaway in Spain while filming new movie 'Hustle' 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Losing on purpose is a ballplayer’s worst possible sin. Shoeless Joe Won’t Be There. Aaron Judge Will. 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z In contemporary terms, it was lavish — as Campos observes, it matched the salary of Joe DiMaggio, then the highest-paid ballplayer in baseball. Column: Trump will get millions in post-presidential benefits, thanks to Harry Truman's lies 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z "That is just a part of his make-up as a great ballplayer." Rizzo shines again with key hit, Yankees beat Marlins 3-1 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Jackson is foreign-born, comes from a multigenerational military family and is a Black ballplayer at a time when that demographic is in decline. A Baseball Nomad Is Still on the Move 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z “Sheldon is a heck of a ballplayer,” Roberts said, “but in that situation, if we stretch, we get the guy, and there’s no replay.” Kenley Jansen blows third straight save as Giants rally again to beat Dodgers 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Over the past two months, Moore has reminded his cousin he is more than just a ballplayer. A former college basketball star was waiting for his big chance. Then came the accident. 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z “You hear this a lot about Trout: He’s a better person than he is a ballplayer,” Angels pitching coach Matt Wise said. Beyond sobbing girls and screaming homers, Angels see an unseen side of Shohei Ohtani 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z What a great day Sunday was for a ballplayer named Max Muncy born Aug. 25 and drafted by the Oakland Athletics. While Max Muncy had a memorable day, so did another Max Muncy 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z The lessons he learned were passed on to his son, Brian, who played 10 seasons of minor league ball and held free clinics for aspiring ballplayers in San Pablo Park. After 45 Years, a Cop Still Looks After His Favorite (Base) Thief 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z How some courageous ballplayers responded was a tribute to Kennedy’s impact. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Examples of highly effective — and ineffective — art 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Suddenly I realized he must have told people, making himself out to be a stud and me some girl who was there to pick up ballplayers instead of do my job. Opinion | I Am Breaking My Silence About the Baseball Player Who Raped Me 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z “This boy is wiry, strong, rawboned. Has good features — good voice, poise; looks like a ballplayer,” Davis wrote, before detailing Schmidt’s skills. The Greatest Draft Pick Ever 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z But three-quarters of a century after Robinson helped sports transcend racism, a new group of activists wants to ensure that future generations of ballplayers remain fixated on race. Opinion | Calling foul on the Alexandria Little League’s seminar on race 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z From the reign of Queen Victoria to the era of launch angles, a parade of ballplayers has crossed home plate. On the Verge of Two Million Runs 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z "There's a lot of things here that made me the person I am today and the ballplayer I am today," Schwarber said. Lester, Schwarber return to Wrigley Field with Nationals 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z “There’s a lot of things here that made me the person I am today and the ballplayer I am today,” Schwarber said. Lester, Schwarber return to Wrigley Field with Nationals 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z “I was, in a way, kind of surprised, because he was a former ballplayer, and unfortunately a lot of former ballplayers lack a lot of educational skills,” Swick said. A Pitcher Never Forgot His Promise to His Mother 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Face it Bill, Tatis is a great young ballplayer and the Dodgers lost to a very good team. Dodgers (and Bill Plaschke) are taking some hits here 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z “I have a tremendous amount of respect for Fernando as a ballplayer, the way he plays the game,” Roberts said. Dodgers fall in 11-inning thriller after Padres rally from six-run deficit 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z The son was named Fernando Jr. He grew up to be a spectacularly good ballplayer, so good his signature is the one on the longest contract in baseball history. Like father, like son: Fernando Tatis Jr. mimics dad, powers Padres past Dodgers 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z “I appreciate good ballplayers who play the game the right way, and he’s creeping into that top tier of players I really enjoy watching.” Nail-biters have become the norm for evenly matched Dodgers and Padres 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z To do so would be poetic justice for the thousands of Negro League ballplayers who played in obscurity due to Jim Crow. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This photo was fitting for this moment in baseball 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Puig’s attorneys claim that the woman actually initiated contact with the ballplayer on Instagram and provided him with her cellphone and intentions to meet. MLB outfielder Yasiel Puig denies 2018 sexual assault allegation at Lakers game, victim fires back 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z He studied for both academics and athletics, scrutinizing ballplayers on TV. Could Ron DeSantis Be Trump’s G.O.P. Heir? He’s Certainly Trying. 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z “Back in the draft times evaluation we thought he was a really, really good athlete and all-around ballplayer,’’ Carroll said. Does Seattle’s plan to move Damarious Randall to cornerback mean there’s no room for Richard Sherman? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z “No, no, he’s a ballplayer, and I think it’s hard to tell a player to kind of ratchet down,” Roberts said. Dustin May stellar in Dodgers' win over A's 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z And although the league said it asked for players’ feedback in its announcement Friday, it’s unclear that officials had warned ballplayers of a final decision before announcing it. MLB boycotts Georgia, signs new deal with Chinese firm that dropped NBA over exec’s Hong Kong support 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z No Black ballplayer had played in what were considered the major leagues in 51 years. Justice for the Negro Leagues Will Mean More Than Just Stats 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Yes, Ken Griffey Jr. was a great ballplayer and certainly Seattle’s best ever. Backtalk: Times readers sound off on Russell Wilson, Ken Griffey Jr. and the inequalities in the NCAA women’s tourney 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Scalabrine, 43, moved around with agility and ease despite the young ballplayer putting in a good effort. Ex-NBA forward Brian Scalabrine absolutely owns high school player after getting called out in viral TikTok 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z First of all, Rodriguez is here to be a ballplayer, not Winston Churchill. Kevin Mather’s Rotary speech made public should be the last strike for Mariners’ CEO 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z “I was here by myself the whole summer, it’s nice to get back and have people around and be like a ballplayer again,” Sale said Thursday. Red Sox’s Sale not looking too far ahead after elbow surgery 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z “Bringing in a guy like Jay Bruce, Derek Dietrich, these guys are still proven big league ballplayers.” Still without Gardner, Yankees ready for spring training 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z Recently optioned for television, this 1992 novel about two major league ballplayers in love is both a charming romance and a very funny satire of homophobia in sports. Our arts critic picks a dozen paperbacks perfect for Valentine’s Day reading 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z “I wasn’t some famous former ballplayer or somebody with connections. All I had to offer him was loyalty and love.” Plaschke: Felipe Ruiz took the ride of his life working as Tommy Lasorda's driver 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z As a fellow Black ballplayer, what did his achievement mean to you? He Allowed Hank Aaron’s 715th Homer and Wouldn’t Change a Thing 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z “We’ve had so many cheaters that have made the Hall of Fame,” said Aaron, who also called Bonds a terrific ballplayer. Who is the home run king? Years after Barry Bonds topped Hank Aaron, it’s still up for debate. 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z But Henry, only 14 but already a talented sandlot ballplayer, cared little for his high school studies. Hank Aaron, Home Run King Who Defied Racism, Dies at 86 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z If a non-sports fan knew the name of only one ballplayer, it was probably Hank Aaron. ‘A giant presence’: Hank Aaron remembered for towering baseball achievements, cultural impact 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z He was also one of the best ballplayers to ever play the game. Baseball legend Hank Aaron dies at 86: Reactions from the sports world and beyond 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z He was unable to eat in restaurants or stay in hotels with his white teammates and was subjected to taunts and racial slurs, not only from fans but fellow ballplayers as well. Hank Aaron has died, legendary ballplayer broke Babe Ruth's homerun record 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z “Today we lost a great ballplayer, a great broadcaster and, most importantly a great person,” Dodgers President Stan Kasten said in a statement. Don Sutton, a 300-game winner, Hall of Famer and longtime broadcaster, dies at 75 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Nowadays, ballplayers, they break a fingernail and they’re on the DL list for a month.” Column: At 94, Maybelle Blair is still in a league of her own 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z No, he wanted it the way a kid wants to be a ballplayer or a rock star, for the matchless fun of it. Commentary: We lost two of the three great L.A. Toms on the same day. Here's what they can teach us 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z As the night of Dec. 30, 2008, turned into the morning of New Year’s Eve, Tolan was a ballplayer still pursuing a ballplayer’s dream. The Black baseball prospect, the police shooting and the club he never wanted to join 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z “As far as I’m concerned, Aaron is the best ballplayer of my era,” Mantle once said. Hank Aaron has died, legendary ballplayer broke Babe Ruth's homerun record 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z “It’s not an uncomfortable feeling because as a Black ballplayer, it’s part of our life, the fact that there’s been discrimination forever,” he said. The Hall of Fame Tries to Contextualize Baseball’s Racist Past 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z “It recognizes guys who played way back. I’m talking a lot of good ballplayers.” Baseball Rights a Wrong by Adding Negro Leagues to Official Records 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Does he harbor any superstitions about re-creating the circumstances of success, as a ballplayer might by refusing to shave or combing his hair during a championship series? His look reads biker, but country star Chris Stapleton isn't afraid to get in his feelings 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z The jury will hear evidence and testimony in the penalty phase which will determine whether the former ballplayer will get life in prison without parole or sentenced to death. Ex-MLB first-round pick convicted in grisly triple murder 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z A quiet man playing in understated Milwaukee and Atlanta, Aaron longed to be recognized as a complete ballplayer, one who could reach base, steal, field and throw out runners from the outfield. Hank Aaron has died, legendary ballplayer broke Babe Ruth's homerun record 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Contentious affairs intrude, for the simple reason that ballplayers aren’t inanimate X’s and O’s. Perspective | Elite athletes know better than anyone how to win. They can also show us how to lose. 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z “And I hope that we’ll get to see more of Randall as we’re going forward. He’s a good ballplayer and he’s been around us now enough he’s starting to dig in.’ Here’s how the return of D.J. Reed and Colby Parkinson could help the Seahawks 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z “The legacy of this group is that these guys are ballplayers, and these guys are men,” said Baker, who took over the team in January. Astros’ season ends in ALCS to Rays, but villain role continues 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Arozarena said he still hopes conditions will improve one day for all Cubans, including ballplayers. How Mexico Became Home for Tampa Bay’s Cuban Star 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z “He was a ballplayer and he loved that life,” Zailo said. Relief ace Ron Perranoski, two-time World Series champion with Dodgers, dies at 84 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z “He was a ballplayer and he loved that life, he thrived on it,” his sister said. Relief ace Perranoski, 2-time World Series champ, dies at 84 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z The team’s 17-, 18- and 19-year-old ballplayers all wanted to play, he said, and their parents supported that “100 percent.” Youth sports amid COVID-19 pandemic: Some Washington teams hope for fall games, and others play on 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z “That just shows how much of a league we are, how much we pride ourselves on being more than just ballplayers.” A Basketball Friendship Became a Tag Team for Social Justice 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z He did well enough to earn a scholarship to the University of Southern California, whose coach, Rod Dedeaux, was known for sending ballplayers to the big leagues. Tom Seaver, Pitcher Who Led ‘Miracle Mets’ to Glory, Dies at 75 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Open as you could hope a ballplayer could be, he told me how he’d gotten into a mental funk and was constantly worried about being sent down to the minor leagues. What is Taijuan Walker’s Mariners legacy? Neither ‘must-watch’ nor ‘can’t watch’ 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z “If you’re swinging the bat well, doubleheaders are the best thing to a ballplayer,” outfielder Aaron Judge said over the weekend. The Yankees’ Unexpected Break Keeps Growing. Next Comes the Cramming. 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z More than 100 Black ballplayers made the big leagues by 1959. Opinion | Baseball should honor Black ballplayers who rose from segregation to ‘the show’ 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z It’s a nice profit for the veteran ballplayer. Former Padre James Shields sells equestrian estate in Rancho Santa Fe 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z There’s truth in that, sure, because this was always going to be about altering habits and behaviors that are conditioned into ballplayers — into Americans — so much that they prove nearly impossible to curtail. Perspective | Baseball must learn from these outbreaks, or its teetering season is doomed 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Us ballplayers, we like our routine, but we arrived this year not knowing what was going to happen. Player diary: Kik´e Hernández provides a peek inside the Dodgers clubhouse 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The influence on Mexican American baseball history has inspired a series of books, spearheaded by author Richard A. Santillan, with the help of Munatones and other former ballplayers throughout California and the Southwest. As big leagues prepare to return amid pandemic, memories of when barrio baseball ruled East L.A. 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z What a gracious gesture should MLB choose to honor some of these ballplayers who rose from segregated baseball through the minors and to “the show.” Opinion | Baseball should honor Black ballplayers who rose from segregation to ‘the show’ 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The ballplayers warming up down the foul lines. Baseball in Middle America: Fans Are In, Autographs Are Out 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z He read books about leadership, took classes and basically went back to school on how to effectively lead a group of ballplayers in an effort to learn where he went awry. Royals skipper Matheny to see ex-team in early exhibition 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z “I really never had a whole lot of trouble with ballplayers until I got into pro ball,” Wren says. It’s not a whole new ballgame — yet — but Spokane’s Christine Wren went to bat for future generations as a professional umpire in the 1970s 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z “There were a lot of good ballplayers. It was good for the little kids and for the community to see these guys play.” As big leagues prepare to return amid pandemic, memories of when barrio baseball ruled East L.A. 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z I worked with numerous Hall of Famers, including Willie Mays and Hank Aaron; countless major and minor league ballplayers; and marvelous scouts and front office people. Confessions of a baseball purist 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z Texas coach Chris Woodward said health issues will be critical throughout the season and the usual carefree life of a ballplayer will be a bit more tame. Bubble-free life means MLB players, coaches must be careful 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z “The last thing you want is for some ballplayers to be in line to get a ventilator.” COVID-19 hospitalizations increase in counties where the Dodgers and Angels will play 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Or if they had already slipped through, he’d have consigned them to the “Burma Road” — the cheap seats far from the stage, and from the ballplayers. 63 Years Later, a Confession in a Legendary Yankees Scandal 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z The famously modest, upright first baseman for the New York Yankees offers advice for young ballplayers: Get your sleep and exercise, learn from the veterans, treat coaches and umpires with respect. Review | Gehrig’s ghostwritten newspaper columns offer bromides from baseball great 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The Plymouth State University baseball team is full of local ballplayers. Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z “So many of these ballplayers practically adopted my mom and dad. It was like home to them.” Five-cent Triple XXX took root around Seattle as a popular 1930s brew 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z And indeed, the life of a minor-league ballplayer wasn’t all that glamorous to begin with. Opinion | What Life Without Baseball Looks Like 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z That means avoiding restaurants, bars, clubs, fitness centers and the typical haunts of today’s ballplayer. How MLB proposes to protect players from the coronavirus 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z He seeks to paint the sport as respectable, countering the critics who think of ballplayers as “roughnecks and ingrates and ne’er do wells.” Review | Gehrig’s ghostwritten newspaper columns offer bromides from baseball great 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Yes, and that includes sunflower seeds, a staple for many modern ballplayers. MLB proposes safety plan that covers everything from sunflower seeds to lineup card exchanges 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z Newman enters the pool hall where Fats plays — New York City’s legendary Ames Billiard Academy — like a ballplayer stepping inside Fenway Park for the first time. LOVERRO: Best sports movies? ‘The Hustler’ runs the table 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Aaron, a gifted black ballplayer in Harlem, N.Y., is expected to have the basketball career his father never had. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, April 26, 2020 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Prince-Bythewood: At the same time, I had a real ballplayer, a woman named Niesha Butler, who was the No. 1 player in New York. 20 years later, the cast and crew of 'Love & Basketball' consider its legacy in an oral history 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Some have questioned whether a reconstructive elbow surgery for a ballplayer is an essential procedure at this time. Noted doctor Andrews temporarily halts Tommy John surgeries 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z A single mother adopts a dog for her daughter, then meets a ballplayer who claims to be the animal’s owner. Movies on TV this week: March 15: 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' on Freeform; Raiders of the Lost Ark and more 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z “What a great ballplayer,” said Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican. Lawmakers push for Curt Flood’s enshrinement in Hall of Fame 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z The award is presented every World Series by the greatest living ballplayer, Aaron himself. LOVERRO: Altuve’s hypocrisy unforgivable in church of public opinion 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z “I’m a ballplayer. Whoever picks me, I’m going to go show up.” Burrow shows Cincy some love, NFL teams drool over receivers 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The book was criticized for not directly addressing the ballplayer’s gambling. ‘Boys of Summer’ author Roger Kahn dies at 92 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z In an era when all but the very best ballplayers made ordinary money, most returned to normal working lives after retiring from baseball. Roger Kahn, writer of 'Boys of Summer' considered to be best baseball writer in the country, has died 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z “A great ballplayer on a club, such as Cobb, Speaker or Collins, is a moral force as well as a physical one,” Rice wrote. Mookie Betts Deal Offers Painful Reminders of Boston’s Past 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z This year, director Michael Bay will host the event, and pro ballplayers Jim Brown and Ray Lewis will be in attendance. Super Bowl LIV: All the star-studded big game events 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z But Wootten was quick to disarm admirers, especially young ballplayers at his basketball camps. Remembering DeMatha’s Morgan Wootten: ‘Nobody that impacted the game more’ 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z “He was a great leader and an exciting ballplayer.” LOVERRO: Revisiting the incomparable legacy of Sammy Baugh 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z “It was the honor of my life to wear the Olde English ‘D’ for all 19 years of my career, and share the diamond with so many talented ballplayers along the way.” Tigers retiring Whitaker’s No. 1 this coming season 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The owners say they want to streamline player development, improve ballplayer life and pay higher salaries. Bernie Sanders is going to bat for minor league baseball. Will California go to bat for him? 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z “He’s just a really good ballplayer,” Carroll said recently. How tight end Jacob Hollister became the Seahawks’ most unexpected surprise in a season full of them 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Albert Spalding, later known for his sporting goods company, started as a ballplayer and happened to be in Hulbert’s outer office sometime after the scandal: The life and death of Jim Devlin, baseball's original cheat 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Robinson was the first African American ballplayer since the days of Moses Fleetwood Walker to play in the “show.” Opinion | Baseball has a long way to go on diversity. We need to find ways to tell these stories. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Its ballplayers routinely visit the hospital bedsides of children. Across the Country, Minor League Towns Face Major League Threat 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z If Zimmerman was the target of an anonymous editor angered by the ballplayer’s praise of President Trump at a White House ceremony earlier in the day, catcher Kurt Suzuki got it worse. After uniting Washington on the field, Nationals become latest proxy for nation’s sharp divisions in Trump era 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z What he didn’t employ them as was ballplayers. Perspective | For black baseball fans, Griffith Stadium offered a ‘separate but equal’ experience 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Which was not only racist but rich, given the fact that nearly all the best ballplayers in Washington history played in the Negro Leagues. Opinion | Thank you, Nationals. Washington needed this. 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z However, there is virtually no opportunity to bring Negro League ballplayers to schools or to celebrate them. Opinion | Baseball has a long way to go on diversity. We need to find ways to tell these stories. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z He did things that defied expectation for any ballplayer, especially one as young as him. Juan Soto rose to the moment, surprising everyone who hasn’t been watching him this year 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The broadcasters and the Nationals dropped any pretense and spoke to each other as ballplayers. Inside the Nationals’ postgame celebration of their first World Series title 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z An eccentric ballplayer known for his unorthodox pitching style finds major-league trouble with a girl and gangsters. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z And soon the virus gets carried overseas, buried in a chip or in the mouth of a ballplayer. Perspective | China is getting exactly what it wants from LeBron James and the NBA: Capitulation 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z He also paused at one point to interview Little League ballplayers about their pitching speeds. At Louisiana Rally, Trump Lashes Out at Impeachment Inquiry, Pelosi 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z “I just wanted to prove to myself and prove to the organization and to this team that I could be a big league ballplayer,” Alonso said recently. Pete Alonso Hits 52nd Homer to Tie Aaron Judge’s Rookie Record 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z “I’m going to help him believe in himself because he’s a fantastic competitor and ballplayer, and he deserves that support,’’ Carroll said. Seahawks betting on Chris Carson to fix costly mistakes — not that they have much choice 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z “But the fact that he’s a bench player and comes off the bench and is able to keep his timing, his at-bats are just so impressive. He’s just a tremendous ballplayer.” Kendrick’s offensive tear impresses younger Nationals teammates 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z It was a good time to retire for someone who had made millions coaxing Cuban ballplayers to defect. As feds probe MLB’s Latin American operations, a flashy scout and contested deal draw interest 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “He’s quick, he’s fast, for sure. He’s a ballplayer.” After disappointing season, Trumaine Johnson a key to Jets D 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “He showed well tonight,” Roberts said, later adding, “He just looks like a big league ballplayer.” Column: Gavin Lux lives up to the hype in his opening act with the Dodgers 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The young ballplayer, a phenom at the plate, acted his age in the field. Juan Soto is improving his defense one step at a time 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z When a court order sends a New York journalist to a rehabilitation center for substance abusers, she meets a ballplayer. Movies on TV this week Aug. 25: 'Beauty and the Beast' (1991) and more 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The early 2000s saw a crackdown by federal law enforcement on illegal immigration, motivated in part by suspicions that violent Latin American drug cartels were moving into the business of smuggling elite Cuban ballplayers. As feds probe MLB’s Latin American operations, a flashy scout and contested deal draw interest 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Henry Frasca, a Red Sox fan, wrote a letter to Davis in April telling the ballplayer "you are incredible" and "we're rooting for you," even though both teams are normally considered rivals. MLB's Chris Davis connects with young fan who helped end player's record hitless streak 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Flood’s critics, echoing today’s “shut up and play” chorus targeting outspoken black athletes, said ballplayers were wealthy and should not complain about limits to their autonomy. Is Slavery’s Legacy in the Power Dynamics of Sports? 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z A woman ponders the meaning of love when she becomes caught in a romantic triangle with a professional ballplayer and a man on the hook for stock fraud. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Soon after, ghosts of ballplayers from the past appear on his field – including “Shoeless” Joe Jackson. 'Field of Dreams' game to feature New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The Nationals’ Max Scherzer and his wife Erica are among the players, wives, girlfriends, kids and coaches featured in a splashy new charity calendar showcasing ballplayers and their furry friends. Scherzers, Nationals go to the dogs to help needy animals 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z “It’s the ultimate award you get as a ballplayer, so it’s pretty special.” Famously calm Edgar Martinez begins to feel nerves ahead of long-awaited Hall of Fame induction 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z “Some ballplayers just fit a certain city,’’ Sanchez said. For Mariners fans and teammates alike, why the connection to Edgar Martinez is so deep and so emotional 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z “I guess it’s tough, I know it is for everyone — ballplayers and fans alike — to keep their mind on what’s going on,” Barney said. When Apollo 11 landed on the moon, major league baseball stood still 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z “Find me some ballplayers out there on the margins who don’t get a chance to play baseball. Find me a young girl out in the five boroughs.” For a new play about baseball, the actors needed a designated hitting coach 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z With this book, the finger that Bouton left out of his glove, as ballplayers have done for generations, was not his index finger. Jim Bouton's bawdy 'Ball Four' transformed baseball's public image 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, Mr. Bouton was often vilified by hidebound sportswriters and ballplayers. Jim Bouton, baseball pitcher whose ‘Ball Four’ gave irreverent peek inside the game, dies at 80 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z “I’m just trying to dig ’em up,” he says of the ballplayers he discovers. Those Dodgers stars you cheer? Marty Lamb saw them first 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z If the ballplayers weren’t concerned, the reaction to the historic moment was far different in the stands. When Apollo 11 landed on the moon, major league baseball stood still 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z “There’s some kids here that they hope and wish one day to become ballplayers.” London Calling: Yanks, Red Sox promote MLB’s Euro arrival 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z While the ballplayers in Bouton’s book weren’t the clean-cut heroes of folklore, they weren’t quite Roy Hobbs of “The Natural” either. Jim Bouton's bawdy 'Ball Four' transformed baseball's public image 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z ESPN+ recently aired a series called “The Boardroom,” which was produced by Kevin Durant and featured ballplayers talking candidly, if sometimes tediously, about the business side of sports. The Brooklyn Startup Helping High-School Athletes Go Viral 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Doctors in Santo Domingo removed Ortiz’s gallbladder and part of his intestines, and the former ballplayer was then flown to Boston for further treatment Monday night, undergoing two hours of exploratory surgery. LEADING OFF: Big Papi recovering, Kingery blossoming 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Doctors in Santo Domingo removed Ortiz’s gallbladder and part of his intestines, and the former ballplayer was then flown to Boston for further treatment Monday night, undergoing two hours of exploratory surgery. LEADING OFF: Big Papi recovering, Kingery blossoming 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z That’s why the Marlins include year-round language lessons as part of the mandatory player development program for all rookie ballplayers. Derek Jeter sees Spanish lessons in more-inclusive MLB 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Remember when ballplayers were simply content with just stealing second base? Sideline Chatter: But as Mars Blackmon taught us, ‘It’s gotta be the shoes’ 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z And Bryan Harper is happy to be a ballplayer until the last person tells him he can’t. Perspective | His brother has a $330 million deal. Bryan Harper makes $2,000 a month, hoping for a shot. 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The dignity and difficulty in being an excellent pro ballplayer show up most clearly when the game is going against you, either personally or as a team. Perspective | Baseball measures teams and players during ‘dark times.’ The Nats are getting sized up. 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Student Aaron Cohn, a ballplayer, is spared because a girl leaps onto his back while he lies on the floor, covering the baseball slogan on his shirt. AP Was There: Teen boys unleashed terror, chaos at Columbine 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Student Aaron Cohn, a ballplayer, is spared because a girl leaps onto his back while he lies on the floor, covering the baseball slogan on his shirt. AP Was There: Teen boys unleashed terror, chaos at Columbine 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The deal, heralded as a way to combat the illegal cross-border smuggling of ballplayers, was finally clinched in December, and the Cuban federation sent over its first list of 34 candidates on April 3. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Seattle was different then, smaller, the kind of place where folks knew where the ballplayers lived and didn’t think twice about dropping by to visit. Meet Seattle’s first Major League Baseball hero: Pilots shortstop Ray Oyler played only one season in Seattle and batted .165. Why was he so popular? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z That’s when I remembered why I respect baseball, and most ballplayers, so much. Perspective | What, you thought this Nationals season was going to be fun? 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z There were rumors that a large young Marine on the island was a major league ballplayer. Gil Hodges and Tom Seaver: A Final Salute 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z He was a ballplayer – unlike any we’ve seen, or will see again. Ichiro, always a master of timing, gets it right again with his retirement 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z But he sees many dozens of ballplayers who have fallen short of stardom without contracts, and that angers him. Can LeBron James Teach Baseball Players What They Forgot? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z “Something good might be happening soon,” a coy Ottavino told the five fellow ballplayers who hope to follow in his footsteps. Adam Ottavino’s Harlem Hide-Out 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z He experienced the same slights and taunts of other black ballplayers then in small southern minor league towns as well as some big league parks once he graduated to the majors. Perspective | After the abuse Jackie Robinson endured, Frank Robinson refused to take it 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z And if working-class white folks like us were enthused, it was even more personal for black folks, when there was finally a ballplayer who looked like them. Whether They Wanted it or Not, Jackie Robinson Raised Americans’ Consciousness 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z These are the images of a ballplayer, a change agent, a human being and humanitarian — of America, in progress. On Jackie Robinson’s 100th Birthday, 100 Photos of an Icon 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z If you thought we had heard the last of Ichiro as a major-league ballplayer when he stepped into his murky role as “Special Assistant to the Chairman” last May 3, you weren’t paying attention. What’s the harm? If healthy, no reason Ichiro can’t play for Mariners this season 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z “I just remember what an intelligent ballplayer he was. He was savvy, tough guy, a leader,” Bowden said earlier this week. Bowden, Muschamp renew ties in Akron-South Carolina game 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z “I wanted Stu to get in between a couple of ballplayers, but challenge him to be a ballplayer as well,’ coach Joe Schmidt said. Ireland change 14 for test against US Eagles 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z “You knew right away he wasn’t an ordinary ballplayer,” Hank Aaron, who often battled Mr. McCovey for the home-run title, said in a statement released by the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Willie McCovey, feared Hall of Fame slugger with San Francisco Giants, dies at 80 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Davis then laughed before stressing “I do like him. He’s a good ballplayer. He’s put some good stuff on tape.” Steelers look to extend surge vs. road-weary Browns 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z “The Big Fella” omits many of Ruth’s feats as a ballplayer, but previous biographies have trod all over that ground. Review | How Babe Ruth ushered in the era of the home run and the sports celebrity 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Hitting to the opposite field should be a part of every ballplayer’s capabilities. Letters: That's one small step for the Bruins - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z “One thing about me that my family installed in me was: ‘You’re a ballplayer. Otto Porter Jr. plays ‘the right way.’ But more is expected of a max player. 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z As they did, the ballplayers — experts at looking through everyone while seeing everything — allowed themselves to catch the eye of a fan at the edge of the third-base dugout. Yankees vs. Red Sox Is the Stuff of Movies. Just Ask Spike Lee. 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, where Dodger ballplayers were idolized by many a youngster, Anderson channeled his love for sports in a different direction. This week’s passages 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Growing up in Brooklyn, where Dodger ballplayers were idolized by many a youngster, Mr. Anderson channeled his love for sports in a different direction. Dave Anderson, Award-Winning Times Sportswriter, Dies at 89 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The same afternoon, one of the living legends of major league baseball, Fernando Valenzuela, was left mostly in peace as he ate lunch with other retired ballplayers in the restaurant of the Hotel Lucerna. ‘We don’t want Maradona’: Soccer legend gets a mixed welcome in Mexico’s Sinaloa 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z You’re a ballplayer,' ” says Porter, who, at 25, is entering his sixth season in Washington. Otto Porter Jr. plays ‘the right way.’ But more is expected of a max player. 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z “You just feel like a ballplayer again,” Golden said of getting back in action. FLM All 32: Team-by-team notes 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z “That one hurts for us because he certainly exemplifies not only our style as a ballplayer but as a teammate, too,” Quinn said in a press conference. NFL notebook: Falcons lose Pro Bowl S Neal for season 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Harper, who recently signed an endorsement deal with a grooming company, falls into a seemingly growing group of ballplayers very particular with their haircuts and facial hair. For baseball players and their barbers, loyalty cuts both ways 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z He is a ballplayer of the era of Earl Weaver and Don Zimmer, pillars of the game that made getting tossed by an umpire part of the sport rather than bad pool. He’s a viral sensation for getting thrown out of baseball games. Here’s why Butch Hobson does it. 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The boy raised to be a ballplayer was awfully skinny and not at all flashy. Otto Porter Jr. plays ‘the right way.’ But more is expected of a max player. 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z “I was young, so any ballplayer in there was a hero to me,” Jansen said of the different minor leaguers who inhabited his family home. Remember me? O’s Jones, Blue Jays’ Jansen reunite at plate 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z “I was young, so any ballplayer in there was a hero to me,” Jansen said of the different minor leaguers who inhabited his family home. Remember me? O’s Jones, Blue Jays’ Jansen reunite at plate 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Kevin Young: So, he loves a ballplayer, she loves an existentialist who refused the Nobel Prize. Catherine Barnett Reads Wisława Szymborska 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z He does, however, have the savvy of a veteran ballplayer. Following instincts led to rock collaboration Arthur Buck 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z The boy who grew up to be the Wizards' most expensive ballplayer relaxes into his toothy smile. Otto Porter Jr. plays ‘the right way.’ But more is expected of a max player. 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Ex-employees said ballplayers without experience caring for troubled children would sometimes work there, too. Federal agency sent immigrant kids to dangerous youth facility, despite serious warning signs 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Asked to produce a ticket, the ballplayer instead presents a voucher for entry to the Delta Sky360° Club, behind home plate. Lenny Dykstra Has More to Say 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Maybe you’re different, but this is how I like my ballplayers. Perspective | A weight has been lifted off Bryce Harper, and he’s ready for Nationals’ final stand 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z “He was a better man than he was a ballplayer,” Brandy Halladay said. Santana, Eflin lead Phillies past Marlins 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Gray was an accomplished ballplayer himself — Major League teams recruited him, he said — and he’s been eagerly awaiting a city champion from his home ward. A dozen D.C. boys are about to make history 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Three years back, the Yankees were a mausoleum tour bus, each season devoted to the retirement of a once fine and now doddering ballplayer. Victories in the Bronx and Delusion in Queens 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The ballplayer, slightly humbled but wishing not to let on, claims now only to want to stand in the tunnel, peeking out at the action. Lenny Dykstra Has More to Say 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Long and lean and limber, the 26-year-old not only looks like a ballplayer, but he talks like one. Dodgers fans welcome Manny Machado to his new home filled with expectations 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z And addressing youngsters in the crowd, Thome said: “Above all, treat people with respect. The best compliment a ballplayer can hear is that he’s a great teammate.” Newest Hall of Famers carry memories and records into Cooperstown 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z These were the ballplayers of who brought moments of joy and happiness to countless lives. Max Scherzer pitching his way to be likely bet for Cooperstown 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z He continued: “Alex, in our opinion, is a big league ballplayer.” Dodgers activate Yasiel Puig and demote Alex Verdugo 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z The usher finally catches a glimpse of the flinty eyes beneath the ballplayer’s cap. Lenny Dykstra Has More to Say 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Measurement techniques may grow increasingly sophisticated, but doctors are not ballplayers, and health-care statistics are not as simple as a batting average. How can you tell whether your doctor is any good? 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z “It is always good to get some good ballplayers to help the team,” Bowie outfielder Ryan McKenna said of the trade Thursday. Machado trade boosts the Bowie Baysox 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z “What you see are ballplayers. You don’t have to be big to be a ballplayer. You have to have the skills.” Small Ball: Altuve, Betts bring compact pop to All-Star Game 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z “He’s an intimidator, he’s an aggressive ballplayer and he plays by the rules. I couldn’t imagine him playing in the ‘70s. Kam Chancellor’s legacy with Seahawks will be one of intimidation, big hits 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z “That’s a food ticket,” the usher says, eying the ballplayer impatiently. Lenny Dykstra Has More to Say 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z He finally felt healthy, and he was a ballplayer, so that meant it was time to leave. Perspective | Jayson Werth, long the shaggy-haired soul of the Nationals, retires at 39 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The ballplayers have knelt, worn t-shirts, raised fists, been blackballed, yet the discussion, from the president to NFL owners, is centered not on the latest horrifying YouTube dashcam footage, but on the American flag. Memo to white America: the NFL fight is about police brutality, not the flag 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Few sports franchises embrace their history as firmly as the Yankees, and few former ballplayers relish reliving it more than Gossage. An Exiled Old-Timer, Goose Gossage Still Won’t Back Down 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Back at home, Mr. Putnam said, “Have you ever thought that no matter how good a ballplayer you are, you’re on this planet to sing?” Charley Pride on His Mother’s Words That Led to Country Stardom 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Doctors recommended that the eye be removed, but Mr. Schoendienst refused, knowing it would end his hopes of becoming a big league ballplayer. Red Schoendienst, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager, dies at 95 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z As a young ballplayer, despite his well-honed talents, he suffered from a lack of confidence. Review | Keith Hernandez’s hijinks in life and mastery on the baseball diamond 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The next couple years will be critical to his development as a ballplayer, and his dad wants to have the time to share as much wisdom as he can. On Basketball: And now, Wade decides if this was the end 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Young ballplayers seem to be realizing this and increasingly practicing their minds as much as their bodies, employing cognitive training along with 1,000 shots or weight training. Perspective | The secret to buzzer-beaters? It’s all in the (mental) release 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Their rooms were across the hall from each other at the hotel where they lived, and they hung out during a stage in a ballplayer’s life that usually involves video games and pizza delivery. A World Series Embrace Was Only One Stop on a Shared Journey 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Someday, not far away, a blur of a ballplayer will arrive in Nationals Park, playing with passion but reminding himself he is “just a regular person,” not a star. Perspective | Victor Robles gets to the clubhouse early. He might get to the majors the same way. 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z “He’s a ballplayer, and that’s probably the highest compliment you can give.” Mike Schmidt’s Heir Apparent Is Nolan Arenado, Says Mike Schmidt 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z “Being a ballplayer is not enough,” he said. These pro athletes are courting success outside the arena 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z He was more interested in reading history, playing baseball and dreaming of becoming a professional ballplayer. Billy Graham, 99, Dies; Pastor Filled Stadiums and Counseled Presidents 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z "There's a lot said about today's ballplayers and how they celebrate, Gibson said. "The arm pump was not really like me. Kirk Gibson to throw out first pitch for Dodgers on opening day 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z “I cringe now when I see a ballplayer being tackled. His head hits the ground, his neck snaps, it bounces back up — when in the past, that wasn’t even an issue.” Bills in Illinois, New York propose age restriction for tackle football among youths 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Mantle told the young ballplayer of a recurring dream. Chipper Jones follows his idol Mantle into the Hall of Fame 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Youngen spoke enthusiastically about the league and her experience as a pro ballplayer, which began in 1951 when she was still a teenager. Former pro baseball player still in a league of her own 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z With a head of hair that turned silver and then white, and a custom of referring to all ballplayers as “son,” Mr. Harvey looked and talked the part. Doug Harvey, Major League Baseball umpire known as ‘God’ on the diamond, dies at 87 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z “I don’t want to say anything right now, but he’s a ballplayer,” Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. said. Osweiler or Lynch? Broncos QB carousel keeps spinning 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z “They wouldn’t even let us try out, and that’s the same discrimination that some of the other black ballplayers had before Mr. Robinson broke the barrier.” Mamie ‘Peanut’ Johnson, hard-throwing woman in baseball’s Negro leagues, dies at 82 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z “Because I’m a ballplayer,” Murray said of adjusting to sporadic minutes. Spurs close on 13-0 run to rally past Mavericks, 98-96 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z So, really, baseball will initially tolerate the mocking of millions of Asian Americans as long as it doesn’t do anything to inconvenience 24 ballplayers? Baseball, Manfred strike out on Gurriel's delayed suspension 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z Roberts is often given credit for balancing the demands of the prodigious baseball minds in the Dodgers’ data-driven front office and the hearts of the ballplayers doing the on-field work. Dave Roberts keeps Dodgers pointed toward World Series glory 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Are ballplayers the only contributors to the commonweal worthy of acclaim? Opinion | Where Have All Our Heroes Gone? 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z “I pitched nine innings just like everybody else. Some fellas acted ugly, but when they found out I was a ballplayer instead of some gimmick, they accepted us.” Mamie ‘Peanut’ Johnson, hard-throwing woman in baseball’s Negro leagues, dies at 82 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z And they dress like ballplayers because they are ballplayers. Dodgers ballgirls who survived Las Vegas shooting spree will return to work this weekend 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z This is a team with the best ballplayer in the world, a significant payroll, and a big market to call home. Angels mailbag: One last week 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z As far as outfielder Eric Young Jr., they provided a supportive environment for a veteran ballplayer in need and let him play. Angels mailbag: Can the bullpen continue pitching this many innings? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z “I mean he’s a ballplayer. Everything we thought he was, he is.” Josh Jackson shines in debut as Virginia Tech holds off West Virginia 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Against all expectations, Pujols became one of the best ballplayers to ever live on this Earth, and for that feat he will forever hold the respect of his peers. Angels mailbag: How long will Albert Pujols bat third? 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z “He’s a great ballplayer, humble guy, plays hard every day and doesn’t complain,” Taylor said. Perspective | Nationals’ Anthony Rendon is everybody’s favorite player — and deserves to be 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z The retired ballplayer known as Big Papi launched a new line of cigars and wines earlier this year. Ex-slugger Oritz has wine lineup, will headline NY festival 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z African-American ballplayers have spoken for years about the difficulty of playing in Boston. Red Sox Renew Push to Rename Yawkey Way Amid Monument Debate 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z “I told him, 'You may be a great ballplayer, but you're the worst umpire in the league. You stink.’ MLB suspends umpire for comments on Rangers' Beltre 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z It took Bellinger, the lanky son of a former pro ballplayer, five games to hit his first home run. The Dodgers' season has been magical. Just ask ol' what's his name 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Or maybe he’s just another ballplayer with a sense of entitlement who thinks that because he pitches in the major leagues he knows all there is about the game and the people in it. Column: Price is wrong going after Hall of Famer Eckersley 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z This promotion, sponsored by a local appliance store, provided some free tickets, souvenir items and opportunities to meet various ballplayers in the parking lot, with Wolff doing the introductions. Letters to the Editor 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Wolff, who was about the same age as most of the Senators ballplayers, traveled with the team and grew close to the players, often tossing batting practice before games. Bob Wolff, Hall of Fame sportscaster of astonishing longevity, dies at 96 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z “I told him, 'You may be a great ballplayer, but you're the worst umpire in the league. You stink.’ MLB suspends umpire for comments on Rangers' Beltre 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z They will welcome back the world’s best ballplayer within a week. Angels' pitching issues continue to take a toll in 5-2 loss to Rangers 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z “He’s a good ballplayer,” said Sam Cassell, coach of the Clippers’ summer league team and a point guard of some note himself. Dad and son agree: Only way Lonzo Ball can go from debut is up 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z In the offseason, those friends — all ballplayers — often convene at the home of Patrick Murphy, one of Bellinger’s high school teammates and a pitcher in Toronto’s minor league system. From scrawny kid to Dodgers slugger, Cody Bellinger is still figuring it out 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z They’re probably going to have the world’s best ballplayer, Mike Trout, available for 14 of those games. Angels mailbag: What's coming up? 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z As the unpolished reflections of one of the few ballplayers to redefine a club, though, it works perfectly. Opinion | David Ortiz: unfiltered, passionate and adored 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z I’m all for tradition, but the primary professional function of a ballplayer is to win. Backtalk: Times readers sound off on Mariners’ surge, Markelle Fultz and Seahawks’ roster 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z As Diaz noted that, due to his build and habit of wearing a baseball cap off the course, Koepka is often confused as a big-league ballplayer. He just won the U.S. Open. But Brooks Koepka would rather be playing baseball than golf - Golf Digest 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Wooden was no Al McGuire, who became the Marquette University basketball coach in 1964 and gained insight into his black ballplayers and the politics of the nation. Opinion | The tall, phenom on the basketball court remembering his legendary coach 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z A half-century ago, ballplayers routinely hit with bigger bats. Angels third baseman Yunel Escobar, unafraid to be different, wields the biggest bat in the majors 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z During his playing days, Bunning’s actions challenged the stereotype of ballplayers – widespread among sportswriters, owners, and fans – as uneducated, happy-go-lucky, and unwilling to speak out and act on their own behalf. The fascinating story of Major League Baseball’s players union stimulated by the death of Jim Bunning 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z It’s an April afternoon in Kansas City, 15 miles from where Albert Pujols graduated high school, 250 miles from where he established himself as the best ballplayer in the first decade of the millennium. Hey, hey, hey! Albert Pujols is nearing 600! 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Chris Taylor is best known simply as being an old-fashioned ballplayer on a team full of them. Chris Taylor is another example of the Dodgers' fringe benefits 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z No matter how many times you’ve seen Colón pitch, it’s startling to watch him stroll onto the mound—especially in these days of ballplayers sculpted by weight rooms and diet supplements. An Ode to Bartolo Colón, the Oldest, Stoutest Player in Baseball, on His Birthday 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z The failing family enterprise and the old, forbearing white — or Negro Leagues — ballplayer now remind us of an extinct vision of the country and the growing distance between Middle America and the coasts. Where Did the Great Hollywood Baseball Movie Go? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Tom Hanks stars as drunken, washed-up ballplayer Jimmy Duggan who is tasked with coaching an all-girls professional baseball team while the rest of America's men were shipped off to fight overseas during World War II. 9 sports movies you can get away with watching on date night - Golf Digest 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z It’s a question that fascinates many people who evaluate ballplayers as a profession. Hey, hey, hey! Albert Pujols is nearing 600! 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z “The bottom line is I’m a ballplayer and I’m a hell of a ballplayer,” Peppers said. College stars bolster draft stock through special teams 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The tournament featured more than 100 young female ballplayers from the United States and Canada, playing for under-16 and under-12 teams. Trailblazers Series offers validation for girls playing baseball 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z “Of course, I wanted to be a major league ballplayer first.” Bob Miller's retirement means the end of a royal era in Los Angeles broadcasting 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z At one end of the room sat Dustin Ackley, the second selection in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, who received one of the largest contracts ever committed to an amateur ballplayer. For every Mike Trout in the draft, there are hundreds of swings and misses by the scouts 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z “It’s my opinion,” he said, “but Fernando is the one single ballplayer who has created more new baseball fans than any other.” When It’s Baseball Forever 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z They are fine athletes, but not to-the-bone ballplayers who think that a tough learning curve is a difficult delight. Trea Turner loves baseball so much, he can hardly feel the pressure 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z “It’s political. It’s as good an excuse as you can find. He’s deserving,” explains Parsons Jr. “I don’t know why, I really don’t. He was a heck of a ballplayer.” Can NFL Hall of Fame find a spot for Jerry Kramer? 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “It’s an honor for me to be chosen. It’s a rare opportunity for a ballplayer to represent his country,” said Indians catcher Roberto Perez, who will play for Puerto Rico. A WBC tradition — MLB teams worry about players getting hurt 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z It is a place many more of the island’s ballplayers hope to find themselves in. Puerto Rico yearns for another golden era in Major League Baseball 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu will return for a second day of testimony in a Miami trial of two men accused of illegally smuggling Cuban ballplayers to the United States. The Latest: White Sox’s Abreu to testify for 2nd day 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z One anonymous ballplayer told the Bergen Record last year that he was distracted by deGrom’s cascading hair. Taylor Motter, other Mariners are giving new meaning to ‘hairy situation’ in spring training 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Hernandez and Estrada’s lawyers insist the men were not operating a ballplayer smuggling ring but running legitimate baseball businesses aimed at getting Cubans to the big leagues. 'My life was in danger': Mariners' Leonys Martin tells of threats in Cuban smuggling trial 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Eaton, for once, isn’t the smallest ballplayer in a big league clubhouse. Adam Eaton is modeling Mighty Mouse. Can he fit that mold with the Nationals? 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z He spent extra time with newcomers to the team, of which there were many, introducing himself — as if they wouldn’t recognize the best ballplayer on the planet — and offering his assistance should they need anything. What’s the Los Angeles Angels’ mission? Avoid squandering Mike Trout’s prime. 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Sometimes for a ballplayer, change is not a salvation, just the final disaster. Perspective | At 32, Nats veteran Ryan Zimmerman knows it’s a matter of adapt or die 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z After all, teenaged ballplayers want to be like their professional idols. Perspective | Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank had a cool brand before stepping into a hot mess 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z They just don’t know who those guys truly are — as ballplayers. Everyone knows these Washington Nationals’ names; no one knows their games 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z “And I think that’s the No. 1 thing that we’re getting paid for. You come to play. That’s a good sign and it’s a very good reputation to have, that he’s a ballplayer.” Adam Eaton is modeling Mighty Mouse. Can he fit that mold with the Nationals? 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z To quote the philosophy/inventor/analyst Data from “The Goonies” — a movie that most current ballplayers have never seen — “That’s atrocious.” Can Jean Segura become the Mariners most productive shortstop since Alex Rodriguez? 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Many former ballplayers missed having major league careers, or longer major league careers with larger contracts, because they competed honestly against cheating opponents, or lost playing time to cheating teammates. Opinion | Is the Baseball Hall of Fame a museum? Or is it a shrine? 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z He benefited, like perhaps no player before him, from the advancement and widespread adoption of new methods for measuring a ballplayer’s value. Tim Raines’s Hall of Fame enshrinement is a victory for stats geeks everywhere 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z A fan subculture has long coalesced around Jewish ballplayers, so much so that their cards have a special category on eBay. A Jewish Player’s 1914 Baseball Card Triggers a $125,000 Dispute 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z But then — superstitious ballplayers that they are — they continued the ritual as they rode a winning streak until beating Great Britain to advance to the tournament. Jewish-American pros look to boost baseball in Israel 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z “How many people he's affected on our team. He's a fantastic teammate. That's one of the highest praises you can give to a ballplayer.” Matt Ryan and Ezekiel Elliott are among 17 first-time selections on AP's NFL All-Pro Team 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The monologue-heavy drama stars Washington as patriarch Troy Maxson, a Pittsburgh garbage collector and former Negro League ballplayer, and Davis as Troy’s wife and homemaker Rose. Adapting August Wilson: How his play 'Fences' became a movie (and why so much of his work hasn't) 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The fictional Chuck Finley was named after “a ballplayer,” according to the inspector’s notes. To save books, librarians create fake ‘reader’ to check out titles 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z “We just look at them as ballplayers who are ready to play.” Young defense playing key role for division-leading Falcons 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z In the meantime, he is continuing his sleuthing efforts to identify potential Jewish ballplayers who can help the cause and verify their heritage. Jewish-American pros look to boost baseball in Israel 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Ballplayers will sometimes just be ballplayers, and that’s part of their appeal. Column: No more Lady Gaga, and that might not be a bad thing 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z But Branca moved on to a career as an insurance salesman with a sideline of raising money for a charity that helped old ballplayers. Editorials from around New England 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Aside from thugs and pro ballplayers, there may be no better bad influences on his young life. Most teenagers are insane. I like that in a person. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z For 17 years starting in the 1980s, he also was president and chief executive of the nonprofit Baseball Assistance Team, providing financial help to former ballplayers who are down on their luck. Ralph Branca, pitcher who gave up historic home run, dies at 90 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z “He’s a tremendous ballplayer,” Skyline coach Mat Taylor said. Camas finally gets best of Skyline in 4A state quarterfinals 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Through it all, he found distraction, and maybe even sustenance, in his former profession as a ballplayer. The Big League Prospect Who Became a Mob Hit Man 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z “It was something he couldn’t resist. It’s like a ballplayer. Put a bat in his hand, and he’ll swing.” Giuliani’s Gamble on Trump Pays Off. Bigly. 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z We remember its essential playfulness, the teasing and jokes that ballplayers can’t keep themselves from cracking even when they are playing for the highest stakes. At Wrigley Field, Cubs and Indians provide America a vote of confidence 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Baseball could be a treacherous place for a black ballplayer in those days. Cleveland Indians in 1948: A Story of Integration 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z But female ballplayers aren’t just the stuff of fiction or even wartime necessity. See How the New York Female Giants Made Baseball History 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z And while he eventually beat the rap, the young ballplayer made an unfavorable impression. The Big League Prospect Who Became a Mob Hit Man 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z He might be the only real ballplayer we have left. As analysts, Pete Rose and Alex Rodriguez are knocking it out of the park. Who knew? 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z He said he told his students that pro ballplayers can earn a lot of money, but also spend a lot of it. Barred From Baseball (in Taiwan) 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z He also imparted his ideal vision of a big league ballplayer. Baseball’s Stirrups: Always in Season, if Not in Fashion 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Most ballplayers use something to reduce the body odor produced by sweat-inducing activity. The Chicago Cubs Are Baseball’s Best-Smelling Team 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z So, a few days before Christmas in 1988, the old ballplayer and hit man pleaded no contest to murder and conspiracy charges, received credit for time served, and walked unshackled into the cold Providence day. The Big League Prospect Who Became a Mob Hit Man 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Many Cuban ballplayers who have defected are reluctant to share the details of their escapes because they fear their stories could endanger others. How Cubs' Aroldis Chapman helped the Castro regime before Cuban defection 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z They were banished from professional baseball, and having trained most of their lives to become ballplayers, they have had trouble finding work, the shame of being implicated sending them into hiding. Barred From Baseball (in Taiwan) 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “They have a great offense as well. Myles is a great ballplayer. I think it will be a fun game.” Tennessee-Texas A&M could feature game’s top 2 pass rushers 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “Thank goodness the ballplayers don’t do that as often.” Orioles are incensed after beer launched from Toronto stands just misses Hyun Soo Kim 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The old ballplayer explained as best he could. The Big League Prospect Who Became a Mob Hit Man 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Cuban ballplayers typically avoid seeking political asylum at a U.S. How Cubs' Aroldis Chapman helped the Castro regime before Cuban defection 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z But in Taiwan, where baseball is almost a national religion, neither man will regain the stature he commanded as a professional ballplayer. Barred From Baseball (in Taiwan) 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “As people adjust to you, you have to make adjustments as a ballplayer. So I think next year’s camp could be extremely competitive and you need to be ready.” Yankees figure to keep getting younger in offseason 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Once they do, Willman believes, there will be an upheaval in the way ballplayers are valued, from roster decisions to salary structure to postseason awards. Can New Technology Bring Baseball’s Data Revolution to Fielding? 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The former ballplayer sent word that he didn’t want any more visits from the rabbi. The Big League Prospect Who Became a Mob Hit Man 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z When I was growing up, a lot of the same things about lack of size and strength regarding Japanese ballplayers were given as reasons they could never succeed in the Majors. Will Women Play Major League Baseball? (And Not Just on TV) 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z To stay competitive, my friend Kurz and his baseball codependents pursue Jewish ballplayers with the determination of Ahab after that whale. Good Bat? Cannon Arm? Jewish? Sign Him Up! 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z “If I talk to a Latin ballplayer, I’m Cuban,” Gonzalez said. For American-born players with Latin heritage, identity is complicated 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z |
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