Baseball
Can the U.S. return to sports soon? South Korea might offer clues
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Baseball
Sunday, 05 April 2020 20:28
HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD, in the country that thus far has stifled the coronavirus better than any, they're playing baseball again. The games are intrasquad scrimmages. The players sometimes wear masks on the field. It is sports with a dystopian twist. And yet South Korea has pitchers throwing pitches and hitters swinging bats and fielders gloving balls, and the rest…
'Never forget, it was Roberto Clemente throwing'
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Monday, 06 April 2020 05:32
You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we'll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history.ON THIS DATE IN 1973, the Pirates retired No. 21.Curt Gowdy, a Hall of Fame broadcaster, called Roberto Clemente "The Great One.'' I believe he was the greatest defensive right fielder…
Second-Chance World Series Round 1: Sim tourney of MLB's best non-champs begins
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Baseball
Saturday, 04 April 2020 13:00
The Yankees, Dodgers, Athletics and Cardinals have combined to win 53 World Series, so it feels right that all four franchises have been knocked out of a tournament all about second chances as we begin our 32-team sim tourney of the best squad from every franchise to never win it all.It was a quite a first round of our simulated…
Olney: Baseball's potential return is way too complicated to rush
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Baseball
Saturday, 04 April 2020 18:52
The word from the White House was that the president wanted baseball and other professional sports to resume to help keep the country moving forward, to provide at least a few minutes a day for a devastated nation to think about something other than the consuming horrors and death toll.In the first days after 9/11, confused athletes gathered at Yankee…
The wit and wisdom of the Earl Weaver Way
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Baseball
Monday, 23 March 2020 12:47
You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we'll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history.ON THIS DATE IN 1979, Earl Weaver won his 1,000th game as a manager.Weaver is among the top five managers of all time. In 17 years as a manager, all with…
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