Michael Clair

The Home Run Derby X season is underway! After blasting homers out of a packed Parkview Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the action is back in Albuquerque -- home of the Isotopes! The competition, which not only highlights light-tower power but defense as well, is a showdown between four co-ed

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. -- Fourteen years ago, they were playing on a small stretch of concrete in Bhutan, the small, mountainous country to the south of Tibet otherwise known as "The Last Shangri-La." This week, they were playing on the finely groomed turf at Heritage Financial Park, home of the

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. -- Fourteen years ago, they were playing on a small stretch of concrete in Bhutan, the small, mountainous country to the south of Tibet otherwise known as "The Last Shangri-La."

Ball gets stuck in fence at Minute Maid Park

Alex Hugo began every morning of the recent Women's Baseball World Cup with a patriotic quote. The U.S. Women's National team superstar and only two-time USA Baseball Sportswoman of the Year Award-winner wanted something that would set the tone for the rest of the day. This wasn't a tournament to

The fans may have lined up around the block for former MLB stars like Manny Ramirez and Jonny Gomes or donned tee-shirts and jerseys for women's softball and baseball stars like Jocelyn Alo, Alex Hugo and Ashton Lansdell. But on Friday night at Rio Grande Credit Union Field, home of the Albuquerque Isotopes, it was a local love story that stole the show.

There was a festival atmosphere when the Hudson Valley Renegades -- High-A affiliate of the New York Yankees -- hosted "Bhutan Night" last week. That night, with the team donning special orange-and-yellow jerseys inspired by the Bhutanese flag -- complete with the "Druk" or iconic "Thunder Dragon" -- 12 young

Jocelyn Alo doesn't mince words. She wants to compete, she wants to win and she wants to dominate. Her career accolades all back that up: The Hawaiian native won two Women's College World Series titles with the Oklahoma Sooners and is the all-time NCAA home run leader among men and

The first thing you need to understand is that Bryan Cranston knows ball. The actor, famed for his performances in "Malcolm in the Middle," and "Breaking Bad," along with dozens of other credits, is not a mere baseball dabbler. He is as baseball-obsessed as any person I've ever had the pleasure of speaking with, going as far as to politely correct me on certain dates in Dodgers history that I had wrong in my notes.

From Seoul to Mexico City; from a VR experience in the heart of London to the deserts of Albuquerque and the center of Nashville's bustling downtown. No, this isn't a new music festival, though the atmosphere isn't far off: These are just some of the locations that