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NEWS ABOUT: minor league baseball

minor league baseball stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - Foreigners, willing to work for less money, are taking American jobs … on the baseball diamond, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ever since George W. Bush signed the Compete Act in 2007, which essentially gave baseball teams unlimited work visas, teams have been snapping up foreign talent at a... More »

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immigration • visa • baseball • minor league baseball • minor leagues

(Newser) - The people of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, are perfectly happy with their AAA Red Sox farm team, and others from across Red Sox Nation are tagging along, NPR reports. Box seats cost $10 at McCoy stadium, and a hot dog can be had for less than an arm and a leg.... More »

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Boston Red Sox • Pawtucket • AAA • Rhode Island • baseball • minor league baseball • Jay-ZTV • farm team

 Manny's Return 
 Captivates Albuquerque 

Ramirez heads to triple-A Isotopes

Jun 23, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manny Ramirez may play for the Albuquerque Isotopes tonight, and droves of locals are planning to be there, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Triple-A team sells 7,715 tickets for a typical game; tonight it expects up to 15,000. Fans aren’t much concerned about the slugger’s... More »

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MLB • Manny Ramirez • Los Angeles Dodgers • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs • minor league baseball • Albuquerque

(Newser) - Stirrups, baseball’s heel- and toe-less signature hosiery, have their pitfalls for one minor leaguer. “They’re uncomfortable,” he says. “They want to fall down. They ride up in back. But it’s the look. You got to have some white showing.” Most major leaguers disagree,... More »

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Kansas City Royals • Jamie Moyer • baseball • minor league baseball • minor leagues • tradition • stirrups • hosiery • Dayton Moore

OPINION

 Expose the Users 
 to Clear the Clean 

'Real victims' of performance drugs are those left behind

Feb 10, 09 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The steroids-in-baseball "shame game" shouldn’t be limited to A-Rod and Barry Bonds, writes Mike Wise in the Washington Post. To keep mum on the others who cheated the game is to ignore the "real victims": The regular players who "chose correctly between right and wrong" ... More »

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steroids • MLB • Barry Bonds • Alex Rodriguez • drug test • baseball • performance-enhancing drugs • minor league baseball

Bull Durham No More: Minor Leagues Have Major Money

Once known for cheap thrills, baseball's lower echelons generating tidy profits

Aug 7, 08 7:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - If your impression of minor league baseball is still Bull Durham-era, Forbes has an update for you. Gone are dirt-poor players traveling to low-tech stadiums on creaky buses: The top 20 teams are worth an average $21.2 million each, and they pulled in $9.8 million per team last... More »

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franchise • sports trade • minor league baseball • minor leagues • professional athletes

Take Me Out to the Brawl Game

Minor-league melee leaves player, fan hospitalized; pitcher faces assault charges

Jul 25, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baseball brawls don’t get much nastier than last night’s dustup between the Dayton Dragons and Peoria Chiefs. The box score: One player with a broken leg, a fan hospitalized after getting beaned by a ball, 15 players and both managers ejected, and the not-so-small matter of Peoria starter... More »

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Chicago Cubs • Cincinnati Reds • fight • baseball • minor league baseball • bench-clearing brawl

Timberlake
To Take Field in Baseball Flick

Pop star will play
minor leaguer trying
to connect with family

Feb 21, 08 8:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Justin Timberlake will take a swing at minor league ballplaying in the upcoming flick The Open Road, the AP reports. Adding to his Hollywood resume, Timberlake will play Carlton Garrett, a made-up member of the Houston Astros’ farm team, the Corpus Christi Hooks. Timberlake, aiming for authenticity, has attempted—so... More »

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Houston Astros • Jeff Bridges • movie review • Justin Timberlake • Corpus Christi • Mary Steenburgen • minor league baseball

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