The Wishful Thinker ( World News To You ) » Baseball News http://www.thewishfulthinker.com Everything Beautiful In Life Is Worth Wishing For Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:25:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Baseball News – - Eating away the innings in baseball's cheap seats (USA Today) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-eating-away-the-innings-in-baseballs-cheap-seats-usa-today-2.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-eating-away-the-innings-in-baseballs-cheap-seats-usa-today-2.php#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:29:04 +0000 tinkerbell http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-eating-away-the-innings-in-baseballs-cheap-seats-usa-today-2.php Eating away the innings in baseball's cheap seats (USA Today)
Baseball and gluttony, two of America's favorite pastimes, are merging in a controversial trend taking hold at Major League Baseball stadiums across the nation: all-you-can-eat seats. Fans in these diet-busting sections, for a fixed price usually ranging from $30 to $55, are able to gorge on as many hot dogs, nachos, peanuts and soft drinks as they can stomach. Some teams charge extra for beer, …

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-eating-away-the-innings-in-baseballs-cheap-seats-usa-today-2.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Eating away the innings in baseball's cheap seats (USA Today) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-eating-away-the-innings-in-baseballs-cheap-seats-usa-today.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-eating-away-the-innings-in-baseballs-cheap-seats-usa-today.php#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:28:40 +0000 tinkerbell http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-eating-away-the-innings-in-baseballs-cheap-seats-usa-today.php Eating away the innings in baseball's cheap seats (USA Today)
Baseball and gluttony, two of America's favorite pastimes, are merging in a controversial trend taking hold at Major League Baseball stadiums across the nation: all-you-can-eat seats. Fans in these diet-busting sections, for a fixed price usually ranging from $30 to $55, are able to gorge on as many hot dogs, nachos, peanuts and soft drinks as they can stomach. Some teams charge extra for beer, …

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-eating-away-the-innings-in-baseballs-cheap-seats-usa-today.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Wanamaker strong in baseball debut (Centre Daily Times) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-wanamaker-strong-in-baseball-debut-centre-daily-times.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-wanamaker-strong-in-baseball-debut-centre-daily-times.php#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:35:55 +0000 tinkerbell http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-wanamaker-strong-in-baseball-debut-centre-daily-times.php Wanamaker strong in baseball debut (Centre Daily Times)
HIGH POINT, N.C. Junior college transfer Mike Wanamaker pitched six shutout innings Saturday in the Penn State baseball teams 4-2 decision over High Point in Game 1 of its season-opening doubleheader.

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-wanamaker-strong-in-baseball-debut-centre-daily-times.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Commentary: Spring training is baseball's version of the grind (The Palm Beach Post) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-commentary-spring-training-is-baseballs-version-of-the-grind-the-palm-beach-post.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-commentary-spring-training-is-baseballs-version-of-the-grind-the-palm-beach-post.php#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:35:46 +0000 tinkerbell http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-commentary-spring-training-is-baseballs-version-of-the-grind-the-palm-beach-post.php Commentary: Spring training is baseball's version of the grind (The Palm Beach Post)
When spring training first stretches its legs under the friendly Florida sun, there are some drills and pantomime pickoff exercises that don't even involve the use of a baseball, so basic is the task of reawakening muscles and minds to a task first learned in childhood.

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A rare baseball card is at the center of a contentious lawsuit, with a New Jersey man accusing a memorabilia company of holding the card hostage.

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-card-at-center-of-lawsuit-upi.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Woman could lose eye after brutal baseball attack (The West Australian) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-woman-could-lose-eye-after-brutal-baseball-attack-the-west-australian.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-woman-could-lose-eye-after-brutal-baseball-attack-the-west-australian.php#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:18:41 +0000 tinkerbell http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-woman-could-lose-eye-after-brutal-baseball-attack-the-west-australian.php Woman could lose eye after brutal baseball attack (The West Australian)
A 47-year-old Innaloo woman could lose her sight in one eye after being attacked by three women brandishing baseball bats last night. A police spokesman said the woman had spent yesterday at City Beach before being dropped off at her home later in the evening.

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-woman-could-lose-eye-after-brutal-baseball-attack-the-west-australian.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Baseball star Clemens goes one-on-one with US congressmen (AFP via Yahoo! News) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-star-clemens-goes-one-on-one-with-us-congressmen-afp-via-yahoo-news.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-star-clemens-goes-one-on-one-with-us-congressmen-afp-via-yahoo-news.php#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:13:20 +0000 tinkerbell http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-star-clemens-goes-one-on-one-with-us-congressmen-afp-via-yahoo-news.php Baseball star Clemens goes one-on-one with US congressmen (AFP via Yahoo! News)
American baseball star Roger Clemens scheduled several face-to-face meetings with US congressmen in preparation for next week's House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing.

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-star-clemens-goes-one-on-one-with-us-congressmen-afp-via-yahoo-news.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Hillary Cast As 'Kissing Bandit' On Baseball Card (WCBS-TV New York) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-hillary-cast-as-kissing-bandit-on-baseball-card-wcbs-tv-new-york.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-hillary-cast-as-kissing-bandit-on-baseball-card-wcbs-tv-new-york.php#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:13:04 +0000 tinkerbell http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-hillary-cast-as-kissing-bandit-on-baseball-card-wcbs-tv-new-york.php Hillary Cast As 'Kissing Bandit' On Baseball Card (WCBS-TV New York)
Fred Thompson flopped in his bid to become president, but he's wearing the crown in a new set of baseball cards: He's Babe Ruth, the original home run king. And Mitt Romney isn't waving goodbye to the presidential race, he's waving the ball fair as Carlton Fisk in the 1975 World Series in Upper Deck's Presidential Predictors set. Don't go digging through the store shelves for a Hillary Clinton …

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-hillary-cast-as-kissing-bandit-on-baseball-card-wcbs-tv-new-york.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Fantasy baseball help (NJ.com) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-fantasy-baseball-help-njcom.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-fantasy-baseball-help-njcom.php#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:12:49 +0000 tinkerbell http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-fantasy-baseball-help-njcom.php Fantasy baseball help (NJ.com)
156344. I'm new to the fantasy baseball league and I signed up on the cbs website. I joined an nl only leagueand frankly i need advice on the ranking list. I'll place some of the players that I have and you guys can tell me if I am going in the right direction.

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156354. There is no task that is more difficult in all of organized sports than to hit a baseball with a bat, especially when it comes in at 95 mph, or takes a wicked curve, or when the bottom drops out.

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseballfootball-njcom.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Teen attacks burglar with baseball bat (AP via Yahoo! News) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-teen-attacks-burglar-with-baseball-bat-ap-via-yahoo-news.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-teen-attacks-burglar-with-baseball-bat-ap-via-yahoo-news.php#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:07:36 +0000 tinkerbell http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-teen-attacks-burglar-with-baseball-bat-ap-via-yahoo-news.php Teen attacks burglar with baseball bat (AP via Yahoo! News)
A burglar who broke into a Mesa home got more than he bargained for when 14-year-old boy attacked him with a bat. Ninth-grader Michael Six locked himself in his bedroom, grabbed an aluminum baseball bat and hid in his closet and after seeing a man use a screwdriver to break open a sliding-glass door of his home.

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-teen-attacks-burglar-with-baseball-bat-ap-via-yahoo-news.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Baseball transactions (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-transactions-canadian-press-via-yahoo-news.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-transactions-canadian-press-via-yahoo-news.php#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:07:33 +0000 tinkerbell http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-transactions-canadian-press-via-yahoo-news.php Baseball transactions (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
Movements in the world of baseball Thursday:

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-transactions-canadian-press-via-yahoo-news.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Sports in Brief: U.S. Rep.: Baseball must be cleaned up (The Philadelphia Inquirer) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-sports-in-brief-us-rep-baseball-must-be-cleaned-up-the-philadelphia-inquirer.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-sports-in-brief-us-rep-baseball-must-be-cleaned-up-the-philadelphia-inquirer.php#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:45:57 +0000 tinkerbell http://thewishfulthinker.com/?p=747 Sports in Brief: U.S. Rep.: Baseball must be cleaned up (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig must rid the sport of steroids, even if it leads to his firing or provokes a players strike, a member of the U.S. congressional committee holding hearings on the issue said.

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Major League Baseball, the NFL and the U.S. Olympic Committee each pledge $3 million to help curb doping.

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-and-nfl-join-usoc-to-curb-doping-washington-post.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Hall of Famer remains hard to define in baseball (The Kansas City Star) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-hall-of-famer-remains-hard-to-define-in-baseball-the-kansas-city-star.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-hall-of-famer-remains-hard-to-define-in-baseball-the-kansas-city-star.php#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:37:58 +0000 tinkerbell http://thewishfulthinker.com/?p=611 Hall of Famer remains hard to define in baseball (The Kansas City Star)
Some people voted against Babe Ruth for induction into Baseball's Hall of Fame. Some passed on Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Mickey Mantle, all the greatest players in baseball history.

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As closers have become more important to winning baseball teams over the last few decades, so has the respect given them by Hall of Fame voters in recent winters.

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-on-baseball-a-magnificent-7-worthy-of-the-hall-phillycom.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Baseball stars Clemens, Pettitte asked to testify before Congress (WIS News 10 Columbia) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-stars-clemens-pettitte-asked-to-testify-before-congress-wis-news-10-columbia.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-baseball-stars-clemens-pettitte-asked-to-testify-before-congress-wis-news-10-columbia.php#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:11:46 +0000 tinkerbell http://thewishfulthinker.com/?p=590 Baseball stars Clemens, Pettitte asked to testify before Congress (WIS News 10 Columbia)
Congress wants to hear from baseball stars Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and their former trainer.

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Join pitching coaches and instructors Joe Sperle and Gil Patterson for the Holiday Break Baseball Camp on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Oakland A's Spring Training Stadium, 5999 E. Van Buren, Phoenix.

]]> http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-holiday-break-baseball-camp-the-arizona-republic.php/feed 0 Baseball News – - Pros push for baseball clinic, sports therapy center in Va. (WAVY 10) http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-pros-push-for-baseball-clinic-sports-therapy-center-in-va-wavy-10-2.php http://www.thewishfulthinker.com/sports-news/baseball-news/baseball-news-pros-push-for-baseball-clinic-sports-therapy-center-in-va-wavy-10-2.php#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:36:46 +0000 tinkerbell http://thewishfulthinker.com/?p=503 Pros push for baseball clinic, sports therapy center in Va. (WAVY 10)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Some baseball stars from Hampton Roads want to build a baseball clinic and separate sports therapy center that could attract young athletes from across the country to southeast Virginia.

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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Some baseball stars from Hampton Roads want to build a baseball clinic and separate sports therapy center that could attract young athletes from across the country to southeast Virginia.

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