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Will anyone hit 74 homers? Even Aaron Judge thinks MLB season record is 'a little untouchable'

Oct. 01, 2024 12:51 PM EDT

What used to be one of baseball's most magical numbers — 61 home runs — now sits buried, eight lines deep, in the Major League Baseball record book. The number now at the top of that record book — 73 home runs — is steeped in a steroid-addled purgatory, but it remains there...

Team with Korean roots wins famous Japanese high school baseball tournament

Aug. 23, 2024 09:51 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — A team with ties to the ethnic Korean community for the first time has won Japan's famous high school baseball tournament, known as the "Koshien." Kyoto International High School on Friday won the coveted championship, defeating Kanto Daiichi High School 2-1 on a...

Tomball teammates share top honors on Texas 6A all-state baseball team

Aug. 02, 2024 18:03 PM EDT

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — The Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 6A all-state baseball team, distributed by The Associated Press: FIRST TEAM Pitcher: C.J. Sampson, Tomball, soph.; Brady Coe, Allen, sr.; Jake Mader-Cooper, Pearland, sr. ...

Grapevine pitcher takes top honor on Texas 5A all-state baseball team

Aug. 01, 2024 18:57 PM EDT

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — The Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 5A all-state baseball team, distributed by The Associated Press: FIRST TEAM Pitchers: Dasan Hill, Grapevine, sr.; Gavin Silva, Leander Rouse, sr.; Michael Catalano, Frisco, sr. ...

Texarkana Liberty-Eylau player takes top honor on Texas 4A all-state baseball team

Jul. 31, 2024 17:56 PM EDT

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — The Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 4A all-state baseball team, distributed by The Associated Press: FIRST TEAM Pitchers: Collier Carroll, Calallen, soph.; Landon Bartell, Spring Hill, jr.; Cade Segura, Pleasanton, jr. ...

Franklin player gets top honors on Texas 3A all-state baseball team

Jul. 30, 2024 18:32 PM EDT

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — The Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 3A all-state baseball team, distributed by The Associated Press: FIRST TEAM Pitchers: Josh Atomanczyk, Franklin, sr.; Brooks Griggs-Bell, Gunter, sr.; Jesse Rusinek, Brock, jr. ...

Collinsville and Ira players get top honors on Texas 2A and 1A all-state baseball teams

Jul. 29, 2024 18:08 PM EDT

BRYAN, Texas (AP) — The Blue Bell/Texas Sports Writers Association Class 2A and 1A all-state baseball teams, distributed by The Associated Press: CLASS 2A FIRST TEAM Pitchers: Rylan Newman, Collinsville, sr.; Titan Targac, Flatonia, jr.; Thomas Perez, Valley Mills,...

Lively strikes out 6, Guardians top struggling Phillies 3-1 in interleague showdown of MLB's best

Jul. 26, 2024 22:05 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ben Lively struck out six in six innings to lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night in a matchup of teams with the best records in baseball. The Phillies returned home for the first time since the All-Star break,...

Beltré, Helton, Mauer and Leyland inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

Jul. 21, 2024 22:47 PM EDT

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Adrian Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton were pegged as athletic phenoms from a young age and all three lived up to expectations with their induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. The Los Angeles Dodgers were so sold on Beltré early on that they...

Clark vows to keep deliberations internal after failed attempt to oust baseball union negotiator

Jul. 16, 2024 22:32 PM EDT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Baseball players' association head Tony Clark vowed to keep the union's deliberations internal following a failed attempt in March to remove his chief labor negotiator. Harry Marino, a former union lawyer who spearheaded the organization of minor leaguers,...