ORONO, Maine-- The University of Maine baseball 2006 recruiting class has been ranked the third best in the Northeast by Baseball America. The Black Bears are the top America East team, with just Seton Hall and Villanova being ranked above the Black Bears in the Northeast.
Like children the world over, Percy Sledge dreamed as a child about becoming a hall of famer. But the singer who gave us "When a Man Loves a Woman" was likely not dreaming about musical glory.
Wilson Field in Anne Arundel County was once the home of the Hot Sox and the foundation of a proud community His windup is a touch slow, but Tommy Sesker still looks as if he belongs on the pitcher's mound. At age 78, decades past his playing prime with the Galesville Hot Sox, he can hurl a pitch past a former teammate at their old ball field.
Steve Sweeney of San Ramon figured he would fetch $400 a pop or more for his prime second-row seats flanking the Oakland A's dugout. It is playoff time, after all, and the A's sold out tickets for their first American League Championship Series game since 1992. Time to make back some of the thousands of dollars he spent on his choice seats this year, Sweeney thought. Money back from "Moneyball."
NEW YORK -- The National League has been portrayed as baseball's junior varsity division this season, overshadowed by the deeper American League and its wealth of powerful clubs. And so it wasn't surprising that on the eve of the NL Championship Series' returning to New York for the first time in six years on Tuesday, news from an idled AL club dominated the talk in this baseball-mad city.
The National League has been portrayed as baseball's junior varsity division this season, overshadowed by the deeper American League and its wealth of powerful clubs.
Robbie Wilson has had a part in many operations surrounding baseball, and can now add more summer diamond work to his list. The Francis Marion assistant coach was hired on Tuesday as the new Outer Banks Daredevils coach.
*The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum on Saturday allowed friends and fans of the late John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil to gather and mourn his passing Friday night in Kansas City at the age of 94.