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At least 4 more baseball players suspended for gambling

After San Diego Padres utility player Tucupita Marcano was banned for life for betting on baseball, four other players were also suspended for gambling. MLB said Marcano had placed 387 bets totaling more than $150,000, 231 of which were on major league baseball, including 25 bets on games involving the Pittsburgh Pirates, a team Marcano […]

Glow-in-the-dark ‘Cosmic Baseball’ game goes viral

The baseball lights shine brightly in the summer, but one Southern college baseball league is doing something a little different: shining America’s pastime under black lights. The Tri-City Chili Peppers are a collegiate summer team that was able to play a game under black lights on June 1st. The Chili Peppers play in the Coastal […]

St. John’s makes return to NCAA baseball tournament for first time since 2018

Mike Hampton picked up his phone to find more than 1,000 text messages of congratulations. After St. John’s won the Big East Tournament, friends, family and many of the former St. John’s legendary players, including John Franco, Rich Aurilia, Joe Panik and CJ Nitkowski, reached out. It’s a reminder of what the program means to […]

MLB’s greed makes watching baseball easier to live without

It’s impossible to be clear-sighted when you’re blinded by greed, but MLB showed its generous side and let us watch baseball self-destruct at no extra cost to us. Last fall, during a crowded postseason that dipped TV audiences below the Mendoza Line, remaining fans were sent on a daily and nightly scavenger hunt to find […]