Michael Clair

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NEW YORK -- When Marlins catcher/first baseman Liam Hicks found out that he would be representing Team Canada at this spring’s World Baseball Classic, no one told him. There wasn’t a phone call or text, nor did he learn about it on TV the way some players discover they’ve been

Red Sox Nation has Dave Roberts, his daring theft of second base jumpstarting Boston’s remarkable comeback in the 2004 ALCS. For Venezuelans, they have Javier Sanoja, his ninth-inning steal setting up the game-winning run in this spring’s World Baseball Classic final against the USA. But Venezuela manager Omar López wasn't

When Phillies legends Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, and Shane Victorino return to Citizens Bank Park, bat in hand, to take part in MLBx: All-Star 3-on-3, there will be a familiar foe going up against them. Former Braves slugger, 2026 Hall of Famer and longtime rival Andruw Jones will be suiting

Wearing No. 32 like hero Koufax, Cards lefty revels in history of sport Share

“It was the best game I’ve ever seen pitched,” former Washington Huskies head coach Ken Knutson said. Now the rehab pitching coach for the ACL Royals, Knutson is used to working with professional ballplayers, helping rebuild and rehab the best arms in the world and get them back on the

As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, we've been looking at the things which define this country (just take a look at our A250 video series here!) Naturally, some of the country's most important items are not ideas or places or statues, but printed documents. Like, for instance, the

Terrell Owens has done it all. The former NFL wide receiver is in football's Hall of Fame. He's acted in movies and was a three-sport star in college, even appearing in the NCAA basketball tournament. What he hasn't done is play baseball for the Phillies -- until now. The former

Usually, when we talk about international players, we're talking about the international signees who can join MLB organizations as young as 18 years old. But that's not the only path to pro baseball. As college baseball has become an ever more important development path for players -- and federations --

He struck out Shohei Ohtani \-\- along with Lars Nootbaar and Munetaka Murakami, though those two K's didn’t receive nearly the same level of attention.