Baseball

There is no better feeling for a baseball player than hitting a game-winning home run. So Tennessee slugger Jameson Painter was on cloud nine when his eighth inning round-tripper put his Chuckey-Doak High baseball team in the lead for good in their game against Jonesboro University High. However, when the senior got to the parking lot to drive himself home after the game he went from the thrill of

If you told me ten years ago I would be visiting a Grand Parents website, I'd have hit ya with my cane

Major League Baseball’s opening day was spread out over a week and a couple continents this year, but by Friday all thirty teams will have kicked 2012 off. To celebrate the new season, Marist Poll surveyed 536 baseball fans on whether or not they would actually be attending any of the games this year. Sorry athletes, but it looks like you won’t have a huge turnout.

The Ribbon cutting event is over and now its official!

Cleveland Indians left-fielder Shelley Duncan used all of his six-foot-five frame to make spectacular – and eerily similar — catches on three consecutive Texas Ranger batters.

Foul tips are one of the perils of playing the catcher position in baseball, but one doesn’t usually associate fire hazard with that risk. In the video below, a foul ball off the bat of the Chicago White Sox’s A.J. Pierzynski hits the mask of Detroit Tigers’ catcher Alex Avila so hard that sparks fly.

The world lost a great man over the week end.  Billy Harris passed away in his sleep Friday, and his family and friends woke up a little sadder, but if you knew Billy you can't help but smile as we remember a true gentleman.