Washington National’s right fielder Bryce Harper made some parents mad the other day when he said kids shouldn’t get participation trophies for youth sports.
If you're headed to Fenway Park to see the Red Sox take on the Seattle Mariners this weekend, grab your glove and get a Green Monster standing room only ticket.
It's no secret, I love baseball. I love everything about it...the smell of the park, that pop a fast ball makes as it screams it's way into a catcher's mitt, the taste of the first hotdog of the season. The uniforms, the theatrics of the umpire when he calls a strike three, and the mascots putting a smile on a young kids face...
Watch as the announcers for the Arizona Diamondbacks die a little inside as they watch a flock of sorority girls take an endless string of selfies during a baseball game.
So me and my pal plan on hanging out a bit more real soon. Y'see, this is the Coastal New England Baseball League Championship trophy and the team I play for has designs on bringing the trophy home this coming Sunday.
There's a good chance you've never heard of Daniel Murphy, the 29 year old second baseman for the New York Mets. And if you have heard of him? Good chance it was because he has been criticized for taking paternity leave to be with wife after the birth of their first child. Seriously, people are criticizing him for this. It's insanity.
Even if your not a baseball fan, you know who Derek Jeter is. But if you are a baseball fan, you know this is the dumbest sports question ever. Watch this anchor's reaction to a stupid question about Derek Jeter.
Dinner, a silent auction, and a chance to hang with past and present major leaguers-- if that's of interest to you, you'll want to be at the Seacoast Mavericks Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction tonight at 6:30.
Thinking you might like to play baseball in the Seacoast this spring and summer? Then swing by USA Training in Newington for a workout sponsored by Coastal New England Baseball League. It's free!