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B&C Morning Show: Ryne Sandberg Talks Derek Jeter, All-Star Game With Boomer & Carton Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:30PMHall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg called in this morning to talk with the guys about last night's Midsummer Classic in Phoenix and whether or not Derek Jeter should have been part of the festivities.
Sandberg won't rule out return to Cubs dugout Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:49AMRyne Sandberg was passed over as Chicago Cubs manager last fall, but the Hall of Fame second baseman said he won't rule out a return to his former team if the position opens up in the future.
Phillies trades that made us cheer and cringe Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:08AMIN 18 DAYS, baseball's trading deadline will be upon us. Despite the fact that the Phillies have the best record in baseball, our fan base is frantic and desperately wants the team to trade for a "bat."
Ed Rendell: Phillies trades that made us cheer and cringe Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:45AMIN 18 DAYS, baseball's trading deadline will be upon us. Despite the fact that the Phillies have the best record in baseball, our fan base is frantic and desperately wants the team to trade for a "bat."
KAISSER: Baseball nerdery is celebrated Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 1:13AMThe second-floor meeting room area at the Long Beach Hilton on Friday was so abuzz with learned men that it seemed like the baseball equivalent of a quantum physics seminar featuring Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman and John Preskill.
KEISSER: Baseball nerdery is celebrated Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 1:13AMThe second-floor meeting room area at the Long Beach Hilton on Friday was so abuzz with learned men that it seemed like the baseball equivalent of a quantum physics seminar featuring Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman and John Preskill.
Matt Kemp is having a first-class season on a last-place team Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:26PMLOS ANGELES -- Matt Kemp is poised to join a select baseball fraternity. Membership requires a player's statistics pile up, along with his team's losses. Superstars on division-leading teams or contenders need not apply. The club includes Seattle's Felix Hernandez and Kansas City's Zack Greinke, Cy Young Award winners who both pitched for last-place teams. Vladimir Guerrero was a member as one ...
Dick Williams: First San Diego Padres Manager To Make World Series Dies at 82 Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 9:03PMDick Williams, the manager who led the San Diego Padres to their first World Series appearance in 1984, passed away at his home in Henderson, Nevada at the age of 82. According to USA Today , preliminary reports cite the cause of death as a ruptured aortic aneurysm. Williams' playing career spanned 14 years with five different teams. After hanging up his cleats as a player in 1964, Williams ...
52 Hall of Famers expected for Induction Weekend Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 8:17AMIt is almost here. In about two weeks, baseball’s elite will gather in Cooperstown for the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Weekend to welcome the three newest members Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven and Pat Gillick.
First-round picks offer glimpse at Jays' future Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 7:32PMKevin Ahrens immediately set a team goal when hearing he was to join a Lansing Lugnuts team that set a franchise record for wins last season.
The Sandberg Game Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 11:10PMFor all Ryne Sandberg accomplished during his Hall of Fame baseball career, June 23, 1984 stands out as the day he became a household name. In a nationally televised game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs second baseman had a performance for the ages.
Cubs manager's Canadian connection Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 5:05PMMike Quade (KWAH-dee) had it made amongst the ivy last Oct. 19 when he was hired to manage the Chicago Cubs.
The Sandberg Game: A Landmark In Cubs And Baseball History Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 10:27AMIn 2005, Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame after a stellar 15-season career with the team. But on June 23, 1984 , 27 years ago today, Sandberg was a third-year second baseman just beginning to find his groove, as were the Cubs, which hadn't made the postseason in 39 years. Unexpectedly in first place early in the 1984 season, they had lost six of ...
Howie Stalwick: Canuckleheads embarrass a great city Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 1:13AMHowie Stalwick's weekly Behind the 8-Ball column
Local Sport Notes Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 1:10AMDee Arrieta, jr., midfielder, Pueblo West; Melissa Chavez, sr., midfielder. Centennial; Chelsey Cortese, jr., forward, South; Megan Garcia, jr., defender, South; Emily Hoffman, so., Canon City; Bailee Jamison, fr.,
Sports Replay: Chip Kelly's innovation, LeBron James' influence and Darwin Barney's maturity Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:33PMHere is today's Sports Replay, in which The Oregonian's sports editors share the best of what we're reading and watching from around the web. Excerpt: The most unorthodox head coach in college football, Chip Kelly revamped the already novel spread offense -- no huddles between plays and receivers spread across the field -- and pushed play to warp speed.
Only one Piazza, but Draft hides late gems Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 12:35AMOnly one Piazza, but Draft hides late gems
Thunder capture fifth straight Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 6:09AMCody Johnson ripped a three-run homer and Shaeffer Hall tossed six shutout innings as the hot Thunder won their fifth straight and tamed the Reading Phillies, 5-2, last night at FirstEnergy Field in Reading, Pa.
G-Braves Sweep Doubleheader Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 4:48PMThe Gwinnett Braves swept a doubleheader against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Tuesday, May 24, at Coca-Cola Park, in Allentown, PA. Due to a postponement on Monday night, the G-Braves faced off against the IronPigs in two 7-innning games on Tuesday starting at 10:35 a.m. RHP Julio Teheran (4-0) earned the win for Gwinnett in the first game followed by RHP Todd Redmond (3-4) for the Braves.
Extra Nice in Extra Innings Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 3:02PMThe Pawtucket Red Sox completed a 5-3 road trip through Ohio with a 3-2, 10 inning victory in Toledo on Tuesday. The PawSox took 3 of 4 from the Mud Hens. Toledo got on the board first scoring single runs in the first and second innings against lefty Andrew Miller.
Red Wings Strike Early in Chiefs' 10-4 Loss Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 1:32PMThe Syracuse Chiefs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, fell 10-4 to the Rochester Red Wings to end up with a split of the teams' four-game series. Rochester got the scoring going early with five first inning runs against starter Ross Detwiler and never trailed after that.
Yankees Gain Series Split with 5-1 Win Over Tribe Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 1:07PMMOOSIC, Pa. -- Starter Adam Warren allowed just one run on three singles over eight innings, while first baseman Jorge Vasquez provided all the runs the Yankees would need with his International League leading 17th home run of the season in the first inning as Scranton/Wilkes-Barre gained the series split with a 5-1 victory over the Indianapolis Indians on Tuesday morning at PNC Field.
Sandberg, IronPigs to Visit National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 1:07PM(Allentown, Pa.) - Lehigh Valley IronPigs manager Ryne Sandberg - a 2005 inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame - will accompany his club to Cooperstown on Wednesday, June 15, to visit and tour the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs and Philadelphia Phillies jointly announced today.
Comparing cathedrals: Fenway vs. Wrigley Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 1:24AMThe Cubs visit historic Fenway Park in Boston this weekend to play the Boston Red Sox in an interleague series. Get the lowdown on both Fenway and the Cubs' home, Wrigley Field.
Healthy Brown appears headed to Phillies soon Paul Sokoloski Opinion Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 12:34AMHe broke his hand, sprained his thumb and suffered a major blow to his big league dreams.
Remembering Harmon Killebrew, who hammered homers in an innocent era Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 9:23PMHall of Famer Harmon Killebrew, who died Tuesday at age 74, played in a more innocent era when bulk wasn't suspicious and homers didn't come with baggage.
Philadelphia Phillies: The 10 Worst Teams in Franchise History Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 11:39AMThe Pittsburgh Pirates have 18 consecutive losing seasons, an all-time mark. As unbearable and agonizing as this is for Pirates fans, the Philadelphia Phillies had a 31-year stretch from 1918-1948 that defied logic. In those 31 years the Phillies had just one winning season (1932). And even that year they finished just 78-76. Just think about that for a second...31 YEARS OF CONSISTENT AWFULNESS ...
Hens get shut out Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 8:42PMMost baseball fans remember that Ryne Sandberg spent all 16 years of his Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Cubs.Sandberg, now the manager for Lehigh Valley, remembers that it was Philadelphia — the IronPigs’ parent club — that originally drafted him.“It really is ironic,” Sandberg said before Monday’s contest at Fifth Third Field, where his team claimed a 1-0 victory over the Mud Hens.“When ...
The Keystone Combo Sunday, May 1, 2011 @ 1:06PMA look at how the partnership of second baseman and shortstop keys the defense of successful teams.
Suspended Lugnut not on any roster Friday, April 29, 2011 @ 5:32PMShortly after they left last week for their six-game road trip around Iowa, the Lugnuts learned that catcher Jonathan Jaspe had been suspended by Major League Baseball for violating its performance-enhancing drug policy.
IronPigs manager Ryne Sandberg discusses past job interview with Pawtucket, bobbleheads, recent road trip Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 6:15PMThe Triple-A Iowa Cubs manager left the organization in November and received a plethora of phone calls for possible coaching positions. Sandberg said the Phillies and Red Sox contacted him within a day or two of his decision.
IronPigs Open Electrifying Eight-Game Homestand Tuesday Monday, April 25, 2011 @ 2:52PM(Allentown, Pa.) - Off to their best start in franchise history, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs return for an eight-game homestand against division rivals Pawtucket and Buffalo beginning Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. Highlights of the upcoming four-game series with Pawtucket include the highly-anticipated Ryne Sandberg Bobblehead giveaway, the Bethlehem Steel Skyline Cap giveaway and another famous ...
Phillies eye Hall of Fame trip for farmhands Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 1:58PMSomeday soon, maybe not this year but certainly by next summer, a busload of Phillies minor leaguers will take...
Ryne Sandberg's baseball journey brings him here Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 7:18AMAfter a Hall of Fame playing career with the Cubs, Ryne Sandberg is pursuing managerial success with the Phillies Triple-A team.
The Pitch is Back Wednesday, April 13, 2011 @ 1:35PMOpening Day: After five months of frigid weather and nearly 180 inches of snow, no two words ever sounded sweeter. It means baseball is back, and warm weather is just around the corner.
Rodman, the Hall of Fame, and baseball Monday, April 11, 2011 @ 7:12PMDennis Rodman was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame last week, which is pretty amazing for a guy with a 7.3 career scoring average and only one season in which he averaged double figures in points. Rodman, of course, was a tremendous rebounder (he led the NBA in rebounds per game seven consecutive seasons) and made the All-Defensive first team seven times. But he couldn’t score, to the ...
HOGBLOG: Mathieson happy with progress of secondary pitches Friday, April 8, 2011 @ 8:39PMWelcome to the Hog Blog, a blog chronicling the return of affiliated minor-league baseball to the Lehigh Valley after am absence of nearly 50 years. Jeff Schuler , The Morning Call's IronPigs beat writer, is a Lehigh Valley native and has been with The Morning Call since 1987, covering a variety of high school, collegiate and pro sports during his tenure.
HOGBLOG: Opening Night Notebook Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ 6:54PMAfter nearly two months in Clearwater, Ryne Sandberg is eager to get started.
If needed, Phillies have two veteran IronPigs down on the farm Thursday, April 7, 2011 @ 2:44AMALLENTOWN - If the Phillies need to dip into their farm system to address any issues at second base, they have a couple of veterans biding their time in Triple A.
Wind chill takes toll on Ramirez Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 11:15PMALLENTOWN - In Equatorial Nicaragua, where J.C. Ramirez learned to play baseball, they don't know about wind chills - just warm summer breezes.
The wWonderful wWorld of wWAR Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 6:12PMThis is the fourth time in the last month that The Common Man and I have had the opportunity to take over the SweetSpot for the day, and if you’ve been following along (or reading our blog), you know that we’re both fans, albeit with reservations, of the various versions of Wins Above Replacement (WAR). We have used, or at least mentioned, WAR in most posts on here. WAR is just a convenient ...
Will injuries cost Utley the Hall of Fame? Sunday, March 6, 2011 @ 12:53AMWhy is it that so many of the best second basemen at some point find their way to Philadelphia? Before he became a star with the Cubs, Ryne Sandberg came through the Phillies' farm system. Joe Morgan was a key part of the 1983 pennant winners.
Phils blank Fla. State in spring opener, 8-0 Thursday, February 24, 2011 @ 9:27AMHere is the latest from Phillies beat writer Ryan Lawrence, and his Phollowing the Phillies blog.
Mike Quade Sets the Tone for Cubs by Naming Ryan Dempster Opening Day Starter Monday, February 21, 2011 @ 2:16PMRyan Dempster , who is no more than a number two or three on most contending teams, will be the Cubs opening day starter on April 1st at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates . No, this is not an April Fool's joke. In truth, this decision by Mike Quade is less of an endorsement for Dempster as a true number one than it is recognition of the fact that the starter with the most talent is a head case ...
Utley won't let his slump deter him Thursday, February 17, 2011 @ 11:20PMCLEARWATER, Fla. - Chase Utley cemented his reputation for being a hard worker long ago. First to arrive at the ballpark. Last to leave. Whether it's spring training or the regular season, that's Utley's way.
Philleis catchers entertain fans with fancy drill Thursday, February 17, 2011 @ 9:16PMRuiz insists on getting it done right CLEARWATER, Fla. — As catching instructor Mick Billmeyer dug out the ball machine and put it on the Richie Ashburn Field at the Carpenter Complex on Thursday, fans gathered around, knowing just what was coming — the pop-up drill.
Phillies catchers entertain fans with fancy drill Thursday, February 17, 2011 @ 9:16PMRuiz insists on getting it done right CLEARWATER, Fla. — As catching instructor Mick Billmeyer dug out the ball machine and put it on the Richie Ashburn Field at the Carpenter Complex on Thursday, fans gathered around, knowing just what was coming — the pop-up drill.
Sandberg sees himself in Utley Thursday, February 17, 2011 @ 9:15PMThe Hall of Famer is trying to get Phils second baseman to slow down — The time on the tape recorder read 5 minutes and 22 seconds before the Phillies spring training workout at Bright House Field on Thursday morning.
Phillies' Utley chasing a turnaround season Thursday, February 17, 2011 @ 6:46PMCLEARWATER, Fla. -- Chase Utley cemented his reputation for being a hard worker long ago. First to arrive at the ballpark.
Utley chasing a turnaround season Thursday, February 17, 2011 @ 5:48PMChase Utley cemented his reputation for being a hard worker long ago.