Play ball! Spring is finally here, and as the weather warms up, so does baseball season — and baseball-themed movies. If you can’t make it to the stadium to enjoy America’s greatest pastime, then perhaps your local movie theater will get the job done with the release of “42” (out April 13), a movie that [...]
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No crying in baseball, but babies are all right
In the middle of an extremely disheartening season for the Phillies, it appears as though star shortstop Jimmy Rollins’ baby girl couldn’t have come at a more inconvenient time. Rollins’ wife, Johari, gave birth to their first child, Camryn Drew Rollins, on the eve of the Phillies’ game against the Washington Nationals May 21. Typically, [...]
Pitt hits it out of the park
This is essentially how Billy Beane feels about baseball. As a high school phenomenon in San Diego, Beane could hit a baseball a mile and throw it from deep in right field to home plate without the ball taking a bounce. He was a scout’s dream turned worst nightmare; a sure fire stud who never [...]
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Halladay hits DL again, Phillies future in doubt
For the second consecutive May, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay has landed on the disabled list. And for the second consecutive May, many questions surround the right-hander, his future and the future of the organization. The tipping point for Halladay’s struggles came May 5 when he surrendered nine runs and recorded only seven outs. It [...]