Tag: baseball
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Mariners win AL West for 1st time in 24 years as Raleigh reaches 60 homers in 9-2 win over Rockies
SEATTLE (AP) — Only fitting it was Cal Raleigh who catapulted the Seattle Mariners to their first AL West championship in 24 years Wednesday night. The switch-hitting catcher launched two more homers to give him a major league-best 60 this season, and the streaking Mariners clinched the fourth division crown in the franchise’s 49-year history…
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Pine Creek grad Riley Cornelio named Washington Nationals Minor League Pitcher of the Year
Riley Cornelio’s breakout season earned recognition this week, as the Washington Nationals named the Pine Creek graduate their Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Cornelio, 25, posted a 3.28 ERA in 134 1/3 innings with 135 strikeouts across three levels. He started the season at High-A Wilmington, where he had spent the full 2024 season.…
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Pine Creek grad Riley Cornelio named Washington Nationals Minor League Pitcher of the Year
Riley Cornelio’s breakout season earned recognition this week, as the Washington Nationals named the Pine Creek graduate their Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Cornelio, 25, posted a 3.28 ERA in 134 1/3 innings with 135 strikeouts across three levels. He started the season at High-A Wilmington, where he had spent the full 2024 season.…
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Pine Creek grad Riley Cornelio named Washington Nationals Minor League Pitcher of the Year
Riley Cornelio’s breakout season earned recognition this week, as the Washington Nationals named the Pine Creek graduate their Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Cornelio, 25, posted a 3.28 ERA in 134 1/3 innings with 135 strikeouts across three levels. He started the season at High-A Wilmington, where he had spent the full 2024 season.…
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The baseball player you’ve never heard of is the player we should all aspire to be
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Many of us dream of being the hero in a baseball game. Bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, the world championship on the line. The pitch. The swing. The hit … and it’s gone! What…
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Double first base coming in 2027, change in softball comms highlight incoming rule changes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Say goodbye to the single first base. This is the last prep season it’ll exist. Along with a bevy of other changes in various other prep sports, the National Federation of State High School Associations recently announced the introduction of a double first base in…
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The origins of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Major League Baseball faced a shutdown during World War II. Rosters were filled with old veterans and teenagers just to keep games alive. Naturally, the level of play declined. In those tight times, who would…
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Opposing team’s flags and paper bags: Rockies fans resigned to historic losing season
For fans of the Colorado Rockies, Thursday’s game was a glimmer of hope in a season that has been mostly devoid of it. After battling the San Francisco Giants — one of just six MLB teams with at least 40 wins this season — the Rockies rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to walk off their divisional…
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Ex-Georgia star Charlie Condon agrees to record $9.25-million bonus with Rockies, report says
Follow the money. The Rockies believe in Charlie Condon. Colorado and Condon, the No. 3 pick in the MLB draft, agreed on a $9.25 million signing bonus, ESPN reported Friday. It’s tied for the most lucrative draft bonus in MLB history, the report said. Last season at Georgia, Condon became the third player in NCAA…
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Falcon baseball loses to Holy Family in 4A semifinals, remains alive in playoffs
“Three more games.” Falcon baseball coach Brandon Stegman repeated those words to his players in the huddle after their tilt with Holy Family. Listening to Stegman’s postgame speech, it’s hard to tell the Falcons dropped their semifinals game 11-6 to the No. 5 Tigers on Saturday afternoon at Erdle Field at the United States Air…