Baseball Blog

Baseball: Central Baseball Association seeks coach (Rapid City Journal)
RAPID CITY The Central Baseball Association is seeking a new head coach and two more assistant coaches for the Rapid City Central Cobblers high school baseball team.

Bishops see human frailty in baseball’s steroids scandal (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Bishops Matthew Clark and Jack McKelvey, both lifelong fans, believe baseball will survive the scandal because the game is still a thing of beauty

Japanese PM returns home after successful bridge-building trip to
MSN UK News - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda returned home Sunday after a highly symbolic trip to the birthplace of the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and “baseball diplomacy” reflected the warming of relations between the countries. Fukuda’s four-day

Resolved for 2008
Boston Globe - The problem: Westwood High School’s baseball and softball diamonds and an all-purpose field were supposed to be ready two years ago. History: Getting new fields has been tied to the completion of the new high school complex, which voters originally

John Diaz: A look back at year’s winners, losers, highs and lows
San Francisco Gate - Each year brings highs and lows for all of us, but rarely to the extremes experienced in 2007 by three men who dominated San Francisco headlines: Mayor Gavin Newsom, Supervisor Ed Jew and baseball superstar Barry Bonds. Pride and hubris took a