Baseball
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Hank @Hank - over 3 years ago
Slimmed-Down Baseball on TV Has Broadcast Workers Worried
Baseball’s operations manual for the 2020 season is very specific about how games can be broadcast. For each game, up to 40 broadcast personnel can work inside the stadium, and another 15 can work in a broadcast truck nearby.The YES Network, which televises Yankees games,...continued
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Joe @Joe - over 1 year ago
Google wants to make Maps much more immersive
At Google’s Search On event, the company demonstrated features to make its maps more immersive, including updates to its aerial view. It’s also introducing a feature it calls “neighborhood vibe.”
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Arvid @Arvid - almost 4 years ago
1932: Babe Didrikson
Named the greatest female athlete of the 20th century by the Associated Press, Mildred “Babe” Didrikson, a tough-talking Texan, excelled in a stunning number of sports: track, golf, basketball, baseball, tennis, swimming, bowling and billiards among them. She was once ask...continued
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Oren @Oren - almost 3 years ago
College Baseball Pitcher, Sang Ho Baek, Dies After Tommy John Surgery
Sang Ho Baek, 20, “had been battling injuries throughout the season,” a teammate said, and underwent Tommy John surgery, a relatively common procedure for pitchers.
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Elian @Elian - about 2 months ago
MLB The Show 24 launches in Xbox Game Pass in March 2024 for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
For the fourth year in a row, the latest entry in Sony's baseball game franchise is coming day one to Xbox Game Pass.
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Maureen @Maureen - about 3 years ago
Mets General Manager Jared Porter Was Fired for Sending Inappropriate Texts to a Reporter. How Co...
The New York baseball squad's second major personnel crisis in the past year begs the question of how to hire and interview better. Our experts have the answers.
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Jimmy @Jimmy - over 3 years ago
Enrique Oliu, Rays’ Blind Broadcaster, Navigates a Year Without Fans
Oliu cherishes the bond that he forms daily with his baseball listeners in radio land, as he calls it. His wife, Debra Perry, says he has never complained of being tired from pulling double duty; he has worked full-time for 28 years as a community outreach representative ...continued
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Gregoria @Gregoria - over 1 year ago
Mexico's president draws ire after navy helicopter flies in baseball mascot - Reuters
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is facing a flood of criticism after Mexico's navy lent a military helicopter to fly in his home team's mascot at a major baseball playoff during a week of violent unrest elsewhere in the country.
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Elliott @Elliott - over 2 years ago
Olympics-Baseball-Japan a win from gold feel onus to avoid sorrow, boost interest - Reuters
Frowns are about all Japan shortstop Hayato Sakamoto can remember of his country's last gold-medal game in baseball.
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Marjory @Marjory - over 4 years ago
The Home for the Hall of Fame, Nestled in the Past
The Home for the Hall of Fame, Nestled in the Past“What would it look like to have something with blinking letters and numbers?” said Ted Spencer, the former chief curator for the Hall of Fame, who updated the board in the 1980s and 1990s. “I still think it would be out o...continued
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Nestor @Nestor - almost 4 years ago
Sources: MLB reaches deal with umpires on pay
Jeff Passan reports that MLB is feeling increasingly optimistic as the league is developing a plan that could allow teams to play in as many as six cities in 2020. (2:02)Major League Baseball and its umpires have reached a deal to cover a 2020 pay structure during the cor...continued
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Grayce @Grayce - 3 months ago
Happy anniversary to Jon Heyman's Arson Judge tweet
As rumblings of a Juan Soto-to-New York trade draw ever louder, we reflect on this day one year ago, when one name set baseball Twitter ablaze: Arson Judge.Read more...
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Rose @Rose - over 4 years ago
Quiz: The Week In Geek - Mindhunter, Cats, GTA Online and more
Quiz: The Week In Geek - Mindhunter, Cats, GTA Online and moreWhat a week it's been, and what a weekend it's about to be, with San Diego Comic-Con in full swing and news and trailers coming at you like an octopus with a baseball bat (?). But calm yourselves people, becaus...continued
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Rahsaan @Rahsaan - 6 months ago
Photos show Caroline Ellison entering and leaving the courthouse at ex-boyfriend Sam Bankman-Frie...
Caroline Ellison has been mostly out of the public eye until testifying against Sam Bankman-Fried in his trial in New York this week.
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Izaiah @Izaiah - over 1 year ago
How to watch Aaron Judge break the baseball home run record on Apple TV+
Baseball player Aaron Judge is aiming for an all-time home run league record today, having already racked up sixty this season. And in a rather coincidental turn of events, the crucial game lands on the last Apple TV+ Friday Night Baseball day of the season, …
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Assunta @Assunta - 22 days ago
MLB The Show 24 looks to the past and future for women in baseball
Road to the Show: Woman Pave Their Way is a new career mode where players can create a female ballplayer and play through a unique story for them
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Pablo @Pablo - almost 5 years ago
Job of the Day: Youth Travel Baseball Coach
Job of the Day: Youth Travel Baseball CoachArlington Travel Baseball (ATB) is a 501(c)3 non-profit youth baseball organization that provides an opportunity for players ages 9-12U to acquire superior skills through higher levels of competition.ATB is seeking head and assis...continued
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Dayton @Dayton - over 4 years ago
Get a Free 'Steal a Base' Taco at Taco Bell Today
Get a Free 'Steal a Base' Taco at Taco Bell TodayThe day has arrived, Taco Bell fans. It’s time for this baseball postseason’s celebration of Steal a Base, Steal a Taco. Taco Bell’s annual tradition stipulates that if a player steals a base at any point during the World S...continued
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Torey @Torey - almost 2 years ago
Trevor Bauer sues woman who accused him of sexual assault - Reuters.com
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer is suing the woman who accused him of sexual assault, contending her motive was to destroy his "reputation and baseball career, garner attention for herself, and extract millions of dollars" from him.
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Cameron @Cameron - about 2 years ago
The Rise of E-Sports Has Big Implications for Traditional Sports
Kids were already drifting away from traditional sports before the pandemic, with ramifications for the entire sports industry. The trend has accelerated in the pandemic.
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Angus @Angus - over 3 years ago
This Kickstarter-born baseball hat has a pull-down face mask inside
All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers.If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission.TL;DR: As of July 28, you can pick up the ingenious Hide-a-Mask for $26.Masks (and hand sanitizer) ha...continued
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Delia @Delia - over 4 years ago
Saturday BP, 7/13/19
Saturday BP, 7/13/19On Stranger Things, Eleven’s favorite saying is that “friends don’t lie.” Very compelling, and it serves a narrative function at times.My saying is “friends don’t let friends go three hours without knowing that Buster Posey hit a grand slam.” There’s a...continued
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Joe @Joe - over 3 years ago
Anything's possible says MLB's first woman general manager Ng - Reuters
As she sat on a stool at home plate in Miami Marlins Park on Monday a message flashed onto the giant jumbotron behind the first woman general manager of a Major League Baseball team, "Welcome Kim Ng".
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Emmie @Emmie - about 4 years ago
The free market is elusive
Free markets aren’t particularly common.At the baseball game, the snack vendors sell what the person with the concession tells them to sell. It’s a choice, but Hobson’s choice: take it or leave it.Geography makes the idea of a free market difficult, because only one busin...continued
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Oren @Oren - over 3 years ago
MLB gives 1920-1948 Negro Leagues 'Major League' status - Reuters UK
Major League Baseball (MLB) is elevating the Negro Leagues of 1920 through 1948 to "Major League" status, MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred said on Wednesday, calling the move a correction of "a longtime oversight".
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