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Lindsay Berra has covered a variety of sports, from baseball and hockey to tennis and the Olympics, since 1999. She joined MLB.com in 2013.
 | Former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter returned to the field at the Al Oerter Recreation Center in Queens on Saturday morning to the utter delight of 100 children from all five boroughs of New York.
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 | Joe Torre remembers that morning as vividly as every other American. He was manager of the Yankees, and his club had been rained out the day before.
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 | When Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. landed at Pope Field on Fort Bragg on Sunday afternoon for Sunday evening's MLB contest between the Marlins and Braves at newly constructed Fort Bragg Field, he hit the tarmac at the same spot from which our troops deploy overseas. He was met by Lieutenant General Steve Townsend, commanding officer of Fort Bragg and the 18th Airborne Corps.
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 | Major League Baseball spent the last four months turning the overgrown, weed-ridden, rutted old Willow Lakes golf course on United States Army installation Fort Bragg into a 12,500-seat gem of a baseball stadium.
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 | United States Army installation Fort Bragg is the largest U.S. military base in the world, with more than 50,000 active duty personnel. This evening, 12,500 servicemen and women will have the unique opportunity to kick back and watch 50 civilian visitors go to work -- namely, the 25-man rosters of the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins.
More»Jon Morosi joins the guys to talk about Fort Bragg |
 | On Saturday morning at Pope Field, adjacent to Pope Army Airfield on North Carolina's Ft. Bragg, 250 children from military families had a chance to get out and PLAY BALL.
More»Tony Reagins on working with families at Fort Bragg |
 | The Cuban National Team continues its 19-game barnstorming tour through the Can-Am League with three games against the New Jersey Jackals at Yogi Berra Stadium beginning Tuesday night. On Monday afternoon, the team greeted the press at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, adjacent to the stadium on the campus of Montclair State University.
More»Bjarkman discusses baseball in Cuba on MLB Now |
 | So you've never been to Cooperstown, N.Y.? Have no fear. Cooperstown is coming to you. The Baseball Hall of Fame's "We Are Baseball" tour opens on July 3 in Davenport, Iowa, but the tour unofficially began with an invite-only exhibition on Friday afternoon on the campus of Rock Ridge High School in Ashburn, Va.
More»Lindsay Berra sees Yogi's glove used in perfect game |
 | In 2010, the defensive shift was employed 2,400 times in the big leagues. In 2015, that number skyrocketed to more than 18,000. But Joe Maddon, now in his second season with the Cubs, is no longer leading the charge.
More» Maddon speaks on the adjustments for shifts |
 | Baseball is America's Pastime, and on Memorial Day, we cannot forget the patriotism and ultimate sacrifices of the soldiers who've doubled as ballplayers when they weren't fighting for America on the battlefields.
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 | Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez started his first game of the 2016 season on April 15, and he wasted no time proving he was ready to roll.
More» Sox turn strike-'em-out, throw-'em-out DP |
 | I heard my Grampa Yogi say a thousand times, I never knew a time when I didn't know Joe. And I heard Joe Garagiola say a hundred times, I never knew a time when I didn't know Yogi. And it was the same with the kids and grandkids. Grampa and Joe were so intertwined in each other's lives that the younger generations of Garagiolas and Berras naturally developed strong relationships, too.
More» D-backs pay tribute to Joe Garagiola |
 | It was a look of sheer joy that spread across the face of Bernabé Williams as he accepted his college diploma from Manhattan School of Music president James Gandre on Friday afternoon at Riverside Church in Upper Manhattan.
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 | Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones have all performed at New York City's legendary Rainbow Room on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. On Wednesday night, former Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams joined that esteemed group as he performed Art Blakey's "Moanin'" with five other musicians from the Manhattan School of Music at the school's annual gala.
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 | A thunderstorm warning in Washington on Tuesday night did not dampen the mood at Nationals Park, where Bryce Harper and Max Scherzer received their 2015 Esurance MLB Awards.
More» Harper, Scherzer receive Esurance MLB Awards |
 | Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. As Major League Baseball prepares for the 13th annual celebration of Jackie Robinson Day on the anniversary of that monumental date, the league announced Tuesday that it has increased its financial commitment to the Jackie Robinson Foundation and that the two organizations will expand their partnership beginning this year.
More»Robinson breaks the color barrier on Opening Day 1947 |
 | "Play Ball," MLB Network's new weekly show, hosted by Harold Reynolds and geared toward kids, debuted today at 10 a.m. ET.
More»Matt Kemp joins Harold Reynolds on Play Ball |
 | If you happen to be tooling around Southwest Florida taking in some Gulf Coast League ballgames this spring, there's a good chance you'll think the Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles have somehow finagled a way to use the same pitcher.
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 | There's an upside, the Astros say, to being the only AL West team in train in Florida. Surprise is one of them.
More» Hinch reflects on 2015, looks ahead to 2016 |
 | Casey Weathers, yellow sneakers flashing, takes a few running steps and a crow hop before hurling a baseball with all his might into a sock net, which is a mere 30-ish feet away from his release point. A radar gun reading gets spit out on a monitor mounted on the wall: 107.8 mph.
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