Post-college days are a learning experience for pitchers
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The odds are overwhelmingly against them. For every Abe Alvarez , who made a cameo at Fenway Park in July just 13 months after the Red Sox drafted him out of Long Beach State, there are dozens of top-rate college pitchers who will toil in the farm system and never reach the majors.
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Baseballâs mass migration to Arizona for spring training is a development that would have been someoneâs spring fantasy a couple of decades ago.
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Scott Kazmir had a cool confidence in a tough environment for baseball&#39;s youngest pitcher and a sense of wonder that he had succeeded in it.
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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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A few years ago, the Cardinalsâ Rick Ankiel was one of the best young left-handed pitchers in the major leagues. Now heâs hitting and fielding in the minor leagues.
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This weekâs practices in preparation for Saturdayâs Senior Bowl served as the beginning of an intense three-month evaluation that will culminate with the N.F.L. draft in April.
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In most sports, there are athletes built for the long haul, and those who dazzle in quick, mercurial bursts. Track and field has distance specialists and sprinters. Baseball has starting pitchers, setup men, and closers. Based on anecdotal evidence collected from 40-odd years immersed in sports literature, I suspect sportswriters fall into roughly the same categories. Like the starting pitcher who is awkwardly relegated to the bullpen, some writers aren't a great fit for every project. Lars Anderson, author of "Carlisle vs. Army," is a case in point.
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Now that the College World Series is underway in Omaha, Neb., AP writers will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports during college baseball&#039;s main event:
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Joe Torre's explanation for his team's recent turnaround -- looseness among the players.
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Those who spend their summers in major-league bullpens can easily understand the emotions that led to Monday night&#39;s ugly incident in Oakland.
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The news on East and West Coasts this week reflected the fragility of hope based on an aging pitcherÂs arm and a young pitcherÂs value.
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WASHINGTON It&#39;s been more than 30 years since baseball was in Washington DC -- and many residents don&#39;t seem in a hurry for a return.
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Now that a few days have passed to ease the pain of the World Series loss -- somewhat -- St. Louis Cardinal fans can look back at an awesome season that was fun while it lasted.
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After-school sports club are being launched to improve basic skills like throwing and catching.
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Like the autumn leaves, baseball changes in October. Pitchers dominate, and hitters desperately look for ways to score runs. By Andre Pichette, AP.
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While many baseball players have gone new age with their training methods, Oaklandâs Nick Swisher opted for the oldest program he could find, which involved a barn in central Ohio.
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The pitching coach who has been in professional baseball for 40 years thought the ball was too low. The relief pitcher who has been on major league mounds for more than a decade feared it would bounce on the plate.