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Video shows tot with beer bottle at baseball game
A video snippet from a baseball game broadcast shows a little boy in the stands appearing to take a swig from a beer bottle, creating a fresh headache for a ballclub whose fans have been drawing almost as much attention as its players. The fuzzy video, which began making the rounds online and on TV on Monday, shows the child, who appears to be about 4, putting the bottle to his lips at a game…

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Kimberly moves to WIAA Division 1 sectional baseball final
APPLETON — Righthander Bryce Bellin tossed a five-hitter with nine strikeouts and no walks and drove in two runs with a single in the first as Kimberly blanked De Pere 5-0 in a WIAA Division 1 sectional semfinal baseball game at Appleton North.

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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL PODCAST: Chris Hunn previews the state title games
The Register’s Chris Hunn previews the four CIAC baseball championship games. Also, don’t forget to step into The Batter’s Box.

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Baseball coach leaves another void at Spalding
Archbishop Spalding has another coaching vacancy to fill. After eight years and an average of 21.5 wins a season, Steve Miller formally resigned as the Cavaliers’ baseball coach Tuesday, citing personal reasons.

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Aroldis Chapman: Updating His 2010 Fantasy Baseball Potential
Aroldis Chapman is one of the most talked about prospects in baseball, though it is becoming increasingly questionable if he will make a fantasy impact in 2010.  He’s shown some good and some bad during his time at Triple-A, but the one constant has been struggles with his control (which many feared before he signed).  Let’s take a look at his numbers thus far: 5 Wins 54.2 Innings 4.45 ERA 1.59 …

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Baseball Draft-Player Capsules
Some of the top players eligible for Monday’s first-year player baseball draft (with position, school, height, weight and college class): STETSON ALLIE ^RHP, St. Edward H.S. (Ohio), 6-foot-3, 215 pounds. Ace of high school team coached by his father, Danny, has fastball that sits in mid- to upper-90s and impressive upper-80s slider.

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Baseball’s Andrus, Kinsler looking forward to WC
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers are currently in first place of Major League Baseball’s American League West division. And the focus for starting shortstop Elvis Andrus and second baseman Ian Kinsler is on helping them stay there and further add to their cushion.

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Las Vegas Baseball Player May be #1 Pick
Monday is a big day for a Las Vegas catcher. College of Southern Nevada player Bryce Harper is expected to be the number one pick in the baseball draft.

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Shooter Now: Homegrown talent carries Gophers into regional baseball championship game
The nine starters for the University of Minnesota baseball team that defeated Cal State Fullerton and New Mexico in first-round NCAA tournament games at Cal State Fullerton are from Minnesota.

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Pine View’s Marcus Littlewood has Major League talent as Mr. Baseball
Major League Baseball scouts have said Pine View shortstop Marcus Littlewood is the best position player to ever come out of Utah.

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Rains push back Division 2 baseball district
STEVENSVILLE – Heavy downpours postponed the Division 2 baseball district just one game into the tournament Saturday at Lakeshore.

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Baseball: Major doings deserve a review
A future Hall of Famer retires unexpectedly, an umpire makes the greatest mistake in the history of the game, and the first manager of the season is fired. Even by baseball standards, a lot happened last week that deserves at least a quick review.

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Baseball is life
Every few months, it seems, some pundit with a pulpit likes to clear his throat, waggle a crooked finger of warning at the world, and declare that the Apocalypse is moments away from visiting baseball. If it isn’t labor strife, it’s cocaine. If it isn’t the lingering…

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B’ridge wins district baseball title in Div. 4
BRECKENRIDGE — Breckenridge outlasted Bay City All Saints 2-1 in10 innings Saturday, before beating Merrill 8-3 to win the Division4 district baseball championship.

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Youth baseball is fast becoming a high-stakes race
The Ramapo Rangers hope to play 140 baseball games this year, 22 shy of a major league season. If that schedule doesn’t sound tough enough, consider that big-leaguers don’t have book reports to turn in or science tests to take the day after a Sunday doubleheader.

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YOUTH BASEBALL REPORT: WVRC wins in 9-10s
Miles Underwood tripled as the WVRC downed the FPRD 15-9 recently in the Fort Payne Parks and Recreation Department’s 9-10-year-old baseball league. Evan McPherson was the winning pitcher.

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NCAA baseball regionals continue today
The NCAA’s Auburn and Atlanta baseball regionals will continue with second-round action today. At Auburn, Fort Payne’s Slade Smith and the No. 1-seeded Tigers were scheduled to meet No. 4 Jacksonville Sate late Friday, with No. 2 Clemson facing No. 3 Southern Miss.

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Updates from Lamar baseball vs. Baylor
The Lamar University baseball team ended the second inning of an NCAA tournament game against Baylor in a scoreless tie at Lupton Stadium in Fort Worth. Neither team has put a runner on base.

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YOUTH BASEBALL REPORT: Gamez leads in victory
Diego Gamez closed with three doubles and three RBIs recently as Aaron Beard Construction downed Cherokee Tire 7-2 in the Fort Payne Parks and Recreation Department’s 7-8-year-old baseball league.

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Reno Aces: Baseball legends open Aces homestand with visit
Five baseball legends will visit Aces Ballpark for tonight’s homestand-opening game against Portland.

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Baseball should focus on improving future, not dwelling in past
How does baseball avoid another Jim Joyce moment? Expand the use of instant replay, add an umpire rating system and focus on the future, Scott Miller says. Baseball – Jim Joyce – Sport – Instant replay – Umpire

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WORST CALL EVER Should Finally Take Baseball Into 21st Century (Instant Replay)
One of the worst calls in baseball history robbed a young pitcher of a perfect game last night.

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Oklahoma City to retain Big 12 baseball tournament
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City will remain the home of the Big 12 Conference baseball tournament for another three years.

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Oklahoma City misses out on Big 12 basketball tournament, secures conference baseball tourney
The Big 12 men’s basketball tournament won’t be returning to Oklahoma City anytime soon. But the Big 12 baseball tournament will keep coming to OKC.The Big 12 announced Friday that Kansas City, Mo., would host the men’s basketball tournament through 2014, giving KC a run of five straight years hosting the event.“Very disappointed,” said Tim Brassfield, executive director of the All Sports …

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Former LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman understands the nature of the game
There’ll be a big catch, a big hit, perhaps a big error. A hero and a goat. It’s baseball.

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