On Dec. 17, 2014, I — like many others — was glued to the television, hanging on to every word of the announcement that President Obama was seeking to re-establish relations with Cuba. I could personally relate to this groundbreaking policy because, 10 days earlier, I was an American playing baseball in Cuba. In the […]
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It took Civil War to create silver ball, Eons to lose it
Baseball stories are frequently too good to be true, or too true to be good. A tale about a Maine baseball romp in 1867 between the Norway Pennesseewassees and Bowdoin College pitched to the Hebron Historical Society this week was a home run. Historian Larry Glatz admitted that he had employed subterfuge to get an […]
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Area notices
Farmington Cal Ripken sign-ups There will be sign-ups for Cal Ripken Baseball in Farmington on Wednesday night, March 30 at 6 p.m. in the Mallett School Cafeterai. The registration cost is $20 for T-Ball/rookie and $25 for Majors/Minors. Cal Ripken League sign-ups in Wilton Wilton Youth Baseball will be holding sign-ups for the Cal Ripken […]
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H.S. Baseball: All hands on deck for most opening workouts
The echo pervaded Callahan Family Gym. It was an unusual sound on Monday afternoon for this point in the preseason at Auburn’s Saint Dominic Academy. In previous years, the reigning Class C champions would have been limited to 10 designated players — eight pitchers, two catchers — for a week of advance workouts. Thanks to […]
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Local College Roundup: UMF baseball sweeps Fisher
LYNN, Mass. — The University of Maine at Farmington baseball team opened the 2016 season with a doubleheader sweep over Fisher College on Saturday afternoon in non-conference action. The Beavers won the first game, 6-4, and then held on for a 2-1 win in the second game. In game one, Ben Keene drove home the […]
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College Baseball: Eddie Emerson already a winner for Black Bears
Eddie Emerson’s journey to the University of Maine and Division I baseball was rated ‘PG,’ for postgraduate. Not that there was anything deficient about his run at Lewiston High School, where Emerson was the left-handed ace on the baseball diamond, not to mention an outstanding football quarterback and hockey defenseman. To get where he wanted […]
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H.S. Baseball: Lewiston lands Emerson as next coach
Emerson graduated from Saint Dominic Academy in 2008. On the heels of a post-graduate year at Tilton School in New Hampshire, he walked on at the University of Tampa, where he logged time with the junior varsity team in the NCAA Division II program. After seeing both ends of the East Coast, Emerson flew 3,000 […]
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Notices
Baseball sign ups in Paris PARIS — Baseball sign-ups are scheduled for Wednesday, March 9 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday, March 12th from 9 a.m. to noon, both at town office. Paris nights at In the Zone will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday and Feb. 25 and every Tuesday night throughout March. […]
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Mendoza breaks another barrier at ESPN
The retired softball star was scheduled to call two Monday night MLB games late in 2015 for ESPN and hoped to get a regular gig this year, but figured she might need to wait longer for a slot to open up. Instead, six days after her debut, she leapt onto the network’s showcase platform of […]
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Reports: Red Sox sign free agent David Price
The Boston Red Sox made a splash in the free agent market Tuesday, setting the bar high for the remaining pitchers on the market. According to multiple media reports and first reported by the Boston Globe, the Red Sox agreed Tuesday to a 7-year, $217 million contract with top free agent left-handed pitcher David Price, […]