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Articles tagged "baseball"NewsWhole new ballgame in digital ageby Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][28.May.08] :. During baseball season, you’ll find Jon Passman in the press box at Wrigley Field or maybe U.S. Cellular Field. In the winter, when it’s hockey and basketball season, you might see him at...  Multimedia ReviewMajor League Baseball 2K8by Jason Cook[16.Apr.08] :. MLB 2K8 has gone the innovation route, overhauling many standards of the baseball sim, making it an interesting experiment in what baseball games can be.  Books ReviewScoring from Second by Philip F. Deaver [Editor]by Neal Hayes[11.Jul.07] :. Even the very best baseball players convert only three or four of every ten at bats into base hits. Perhaps Deaver can find some sort of poetic consolation in that statistic.  News‘Pastime’ blends love, baseball and World War II internmentby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][30.May.07] :. The score is tied as the runner leads off third base, the batter tenses and the pitcher gets ready to deliver. The crowd in the small-town ballpark holds its collective breath as the battle between... NewsHere’s the pitch: baseball in Israelby Joel Greenberg [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][24.Apr.07] :. JERUSALEM - When Ken Holtzman, a former star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and a prominent Jewish ballplayer, was offered the post of manager in a new professional baseball league to be launched this...  Sports FeatureCarrying Jackie’s Torch: The Players Who Integrated Baseball—and Americaby Steve Jacobson [Reprinted from Carrying Jackie's Torch (Lawrence Hill Books) (MCT)][20.Apr.07] :. No matter how great their RBI or batting average, neither Jackie Robinson nor the other black players could escape the racism, insult or injustice of the times. MLB delivers solid hit with new Mosaicby Eric Benderoff [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][18.Apr.07] :. There were moments last week, as I watched nearly a dozen baseball games at once, that I thought I was in my own little Las Vegas. All I needed was a sportsbook and a cocktail waitress, two things... Yanks’ opener close to perfect on a day of many subplotsby Bob Klapisch [The Record (Hackensack N.J.) (MCT)][3.Apr.07] :. NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera had just finished blistering the Devil Rays with one merciless cutter after another, striking out the side so efficiently (13 pitches) and with such overwhelming force (six... |
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