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Byline: Kevin Gorman Sep. 15Derek Shelton rarely wears a game jersey in the dugout, but the Pittsburgh Pirates manager proudly wore his home white with the No. 21 on the [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Jun. 18Upon learning that the player known as the game's greatest center fielder had passed, Andrew McCutchen thought about his interactions with the pioneer who called him [...]

Byline: Isabella DiAmore Jun. 1Downingtown West's Jay Slater isn't like most teenage baseball players. His head coach, Scott Rambo, came to that conclusion four years ago. Slater, then an incoming [...]

Byline: Julia Felton Jan. 23Pittsburgh Pirates great Roberto Clemente may be honored on a commemorative coin if a measure currently before Congress is approved. U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-New York, [...]

Byline: Gabriela Carroll Dec. 29Former Phillies outfielder Frank Thomas died in January at age 93. He spent part of the 1964 and 1965 seasons with the Phillies and famously got [...]

Byline: Jeremiah Johnke Nov. 17CHEYENNE Two of the six men recognized as Cheyenne American Legion Post 6 baseball hall of famers Thursday night never expected the honor. Bud McBride was [...]

Byline: Julia Felton Sep. 15A group of six Puerto Rican students is visiting Pittsburgh this week to celebrate national hero Roberto Clemente and honor the baseball legend and humanitarian's legacy [...]

Jun. 10Three local players earned high honors and plenty more were named to the Alabama Sports Writers Association's all-state baseball team, which was announced on Saturday. Oxford's Hayes Harrison and [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Apr. 27When Jeff Capel was an assistant coach at Duke in 2014, he accompanied the team to the Petersen Events Center for a game against Pitt. He [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Apr. 27Dick Groat, who died Thursday of complications from a stroke at the age of 92, played baseball and basketball with equal flair. Baseball MVP, two-time World [...]

Byline: JoAnne Klimovich Harrop Apr. 7Pirates fans waited five years for this moment. No. 22 is back. Andrew McCutchen returned as a Pirate to PNC Park on Friday for the [...]

Byline: Matt Breen PHILADELPHIA Roberto Clemente Jr. was dressing for his first spring training workout in February 1986 when a Phillies official alerted him to a group of reporters waiting [...]

Byline: Matt Breen Dec. 28Roberto Clemente Jr. was dressing for his first spring training workout in February 1986 when a Phillies official alerted him to a group of reporters waiting [...]

Byline: Dave Nichols Sep. 21Maury Wills, a record-setting base stealer with Los Angeles Dodgers, Spokane Indians Rim of Honor recipient and Seattle Mariners manager, died at the age of 89, [...]

Byline: Justin Guerriero Sep. 15Ahead of the 50th anniversary of his 3,000th career hit on Sept. 30, a resolution is being presented in the U.S. Senate by Bob Casey (D-Pa.) [...]

Sep. 7LENOIR The Caldwell County Sports Hall of Fame's Class of 2022 has been selected. It marks the 33rd class of inductees since the service project was started by the [...]

Byline: Paul Guggenheimer Aug. 5A new park celebrating baseball Hall of Famer Josh Gibson's legacy and Pittsburgh's storied Negro League history was dedicated Thursday morning in Station Square. The space [...]

Byline: jjosey Feb. 8The Caldwell County Sports Hall of Fame's Class of 2021 has been selected. It marks the 32nd class of inductees since the service project was started by [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Oct. 9Ben Cherington pointed to the way Bryan Reynolds runs the bases as a model for the Pittsburgh Pirates to follow, calling their 26-year-old center fielder 'the [...]

Byline: Chris Harlan Jul. 4Whether their school had students in the classroom or virtually this spring, there is a special seat up front reserved for these standout performers and coaches [...]

Byline: Don Rebel Jun. 14In most games, Bethel Park's Eric Chalus is one of two, maybe three seniors in the starting lineup. While 2022 looks bright, Chalus has made sure [...]

Byline: Tim Martinez May 25-- May 25--Mention the 2015 Babe Ruth World Series to seniors of the Camas High School baseball team, and memories flood back. Kolby Broadbent remembers feeling [...]

Byline: Steve DeShazo March 10-- Mar. 10--The Atlantic East Conference might want to consider naming its baseball player of the week honor for Marymount's Bill Wojcik. The junior from Caroline [...]

Byline: Frank Carnevale Jan. 28-- Jan. 28--Starling Marte, who spent 13 years in the Pirates organization, took to social media Monday to say goodbye to Pittsburgh and Pirates fans, after [...]

Aug. 02-- Aug. 2--Three Laramie Rangers baseball players earned all-state honors at the AA American Legion level this season. Caleb Eaton was named to the first team. Eaton was a [...]

Byline: Chris Pastrick Oct. 12--Just last month, it was Mister Rogers . Now, it's Roberto Clemente. The Pittsburgh Pirates great is Friday's Google Doodle -- one of those rare honors [...]

Byline: Sarah Marino Aug. 13--West Virginia Black Bears ball players gathered Saturday, but not at the Monongalia County Ballpark. This time, they met up at Mylan Park to lend a [...]

Byline: Mike Miller June 01--He hits for average, hits for power, runs well and plays excellent defense. There aren't many holes in Matt Gorski's game. Throughout the season, as Indiana [...]

Byline: Mike Miller May 31--He hits for average, hits for power, runs well and plays excellent defense. There aren't many holes in Matt Gorski's game. Throughout the season, as Indiana [...]

May 24--Randy Mazey wondered aloud this month if any baseball player in the Big 12 Conference was more valuable to his team than Braden Zarbnisky is to WVU. 'If there [...]

Byline: Bob Bauder Sept. 06--Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto's other claim to fame is he played Little League Baseball with Roberto Clemente Jr. The Clementes spent summers in Scott, down the [...]

May 11--UW-Eau Claire softball coach Leslie Huntington and junior shortstop Evie Schaller took home WIAC honors Tuesday. Huntington was named conference coach of the year and Schaller co-position player of [...]

Byline: Rob Rossi July 13--It sounded like a conversation ripped from the pages of a comic book. But Jeff Locke isn't Robin. And A.J. Burnett isn't Batman. 'He's just one [...]

Byline: Rob Biertempfel May 31--SAN DIEGO -- Baseball is as much about its past as it is the present. Every big league ballpark has at least some sort of shrine [...]

Byline: Dustin Dopirak May 30--Indiana set a Big Ten record with it's eight all conference first team picks, and then Thursday, it set a school record for All-America selections. Indiana [...]

May 22--For the first time in IPFW baseball history, a pair of players were named to the Summit League All-League First Team released Wednesday. Carter DeBoe and Steve Lowden earned [...]

Byline: Chris Togneri July 15--As a teen, Bobby Faloon hitched rides to work with the likes of Roberto Clemente. 'He'd make sure I had a ride every day across the [...]

Byline: John Grupp July 13----No player in the Pirates' minor league system has vaulted up the prospect list this year more than ALEN HANSON. The 19-year-old switch-hitting shortstop is batting [...]

Byline: Dejan Kovacevic July 12--PHOENIX -- Three Pirates sat all in a row at media day for Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, a sight unseen at this event since 1990. [...]

Byline: Bob Cohn June 19--The dugouts at Pirates Charities Miracle League Field in Cranberry contain a variety of bats -- skinny, fat, Wiffle, aluminum. Parker Jacoby prefers to use one [...]

June 05--The Southern Connecticut Diamond Club will honor 35 area high school baseb a l l players a t i t s annual award banquet Sunday at Monticello's Restaurant in [...]

Byline: Joe Curley May 26--Oxnard College second baseman Jake Mahan and catcher Mario Landeros continued a team tradition this week, when both were named to the California Community College baseball [...]

Byline: Karen Price May 02----Discussing his 2-for-4 performance with the Pirates on Sunday, left fielder Xavier Paul said he went into the game just wanting to have fun. 'To be [...]

Byline: Donnie Johnston April 04--Author Phil Dixon likened yesterday's unveiling of a historical marker to baseball hall of famer Pete Hill to the prodigal son returning home. 'But this is [...]

Byline: Jim Carlisle Feb. 10--Tony Malinosky, the oldest living major league baseball player, died Tuesday in Oxnard. He was 101. Malinosky appeared in 35 games at third base and shortstop [...]

Byline: Marc Narducci Sept. 26--A day after Chase Utley's slide at second base that caused a stir among the Mets, New York manager Jerry Manuel had a point of view [...]

Byline: Dave Mackall Jan. 30--For 17 years, Mike Wilson has poured his heart into coaching baseball. But not just at any old school. As free-agent reliever Joe Beimel said Friday [...]

Jan. 25--Oakland Athletics catcher Landon Powell will headline the list of guests at tonight's 36th annual Wilson Hot Stove Banquet at Wilson County Shrine Club. The event, which is also [...]

Byline: Marlon W. Morgan Jun. 17--When Bo Hart made the jump to Triple-A in 2003 with the Redbirds, he was replacing one of the most popular Redbirds ever -- second [...]

Byline: Lacey Storer Apr. 30--Most baseball fans know the story of the legendary Jackie Robinson, about how he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier by being the first black player [...]