Teams help fans hurt by flying baseballs
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A Major League baseball pitcher hurls his fastball more than 90 mph (149 kph), and when a batter deflects it foul into the seats, it may fly just as fast, giving spectators a split second to protect themselves.
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ST. LOUIS -- This was the kind of deflating loss that would send some teams -- the Cubs come to mind -- into the fetal position. Twelve grueling innings, a booming walkoff two-run homer and 52,144 people screaming loud enough to make your ears ring.
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SALEM, NH -- Red Sox fans can be superstitious, and students and teachers in one New Hampshire town are using ritual and music to try to bring the team luck.
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Nearly everywhere you turned in the 2007 softball season, there was a top-flight pitcher. North, South, and everywhere in between, many offensive-minded players were kept at bay by these fireballers.
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Hooligans have rarely been a feature of America&#39;s pastime, baseball, but fans and officials were creasing their brows yesterday over an ugly fracas that broke out at a game between
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This fortress that Randy Johnson constructed, the one that keeps fans at arm&#39;s length and teammates at a respectful distance, is also the reason the man can make a grown bat cry.
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Sports teams are putting high technology into stadiums to attract fans, generate cash and improve standings.
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A culture of toughness permeates N.F.L. locker rooms, encouraging players to fight through pain and stay on the field even as they feel the dizzying effects of a blow to the head.
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Manager Buck Showalter got an unexpected visit from a group of players late one night last week after a loss during the Texas Rangers' improbable pennant chase.
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Some baseball teams are built for the long grind of the season, some for a short playoff series.
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The team that did near the worst in Olympic baseball drew the most fans while the team among the most feared were not there. Such was the Olympic baseball competition, where
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Fans flocked to Fenway Park and tied the Boston phone system in knots yesterday trying to snare the few World Series tickets remaining after Major League Baseball, its corporate sponsors, and season ticket holders received their allotments.
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While investigators look for clues in regards to Sundayâs fatal plane crash, NASCAR fans and Hendrick Motorsports personnel are trying to get back to normalcy.
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As everyone knows, the Texas relief pitcher broke a fan&#39;s nose when he heaved a folding chair into the stands at an Oakland A&#39;s game this week.
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NEW YORK -- Yankees fans are paying the price for supporting baseball's highest payroll.
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For fans cheering against Barry Bonds as he approaches Hank Aaron's home run record, there is some hope. For those wishing to be there in person if Bonds breaks the record, there is some help.
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VIERA, Fla., Feb. 26 -- That night last June, Shawn Hill took to the mound at Fenway Park knowing his right elbow wasn't quite perfect, knowing the situation was bound to go bad. The previous two evenings against the Boston Red Sox, the starting pitchers for the Washington Nationals had failed to...