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DUNEDIN, Fla. – Clay Holmes plans to make one more start in Mets camp before taking on his next spring challenge: the World Baseball Classic. The right-hander first talked about participating in the tournament last year after Andy Pettitte, Team USA’s pitching coach, contacted him. “He said he wanted me to be a part of […]
Observations from Mets spring training on Sunday: Four points The makeshift Mets hit four home runs against Yankees pitching, with Jared Young, Luis Torrens, Hayden Senger and minor league utility player JT Schwartz all going deep — a day after the lineup was held to two hits in the Grapefruit League opener. Luis Torrens runs […]
TAMPA — The Yankees didn’t push their pregame workouts on Sunday; all they had to do was move them across the street. A sewage leak caused by a clogged drain in a pipe outside the footprint of Steinbrenner Field forced the Yankees to hold their breath and head to their player development complex for morning […]
PEORIA, Ariz. –– As each of the Dodgers’ first three batters came to the plate at the start of Sunday’s spring training game against the Padres, the blue-clad section of the Peoria Sports Complex erupted in cheers. The first ovation for one of the club’s returning World Series heroes, infielder Miguel Rojas. The last one […]
Well, that’s one way to start a ball game. Five pitches into Giants-Cubs spring training on Sunday, and an emergency message sounded throughout Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona, causing confusion among players and fans alike. “Attention, attention, an emergency has been reported in this building,” the automated message said. “Please stop activities and leave the building […]
TEMPE, Ariz. – The coming season will be demanding, perhaps the most demanding of Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s career. Next month the World Baseball Classic. Another six-month MLB regular season. And if the Dodgers reach the heights they expect to reach, three or four more postseason series will follow. All this after a playoff run that saw […]
TAMPA — Perhaps the next game Spencer Jones plays at Steinbrenner Field, traffic will be temporarily stopped on Dale Mabry Highway as the Yankees slugger comes to bat. This way, the cars driving past the right-field fence are protected from baseballs flying their way. Jones had a spring debut Saturday that was typical of his […]
