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Is Don Mattingly's Job Safe For Now? [Video]

Peter Carrillo — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:05:23 +0000

With a $215 million dollar payroll, the Los Angeles Dodgers are struggling to be the team that many thought they would be. Currently the Dodger's are in last place in the NL West with a 17-25 record

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Epic Fail! Batter Prematurely Celebrates Home Run [Video]

Monster — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:18:26 +0000

Check out this video in which Jun-Woo Jeon of the Lotte Giants of the Korean Baseball Organization, thought he was going to be the hero of the game.

He went up to bat with a runner on base in the ninth inning, his team down two runs. So when he launched a deep fly to left field, he started to celebrate because he thought he had just tied the game!

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El Paso Triple A Baseball Report #1

Steve Kaplowitz — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:25:40 +0000

By this time next season, Triple A baseball will be in El Paso and fans will have a chance to follow the San Diego Padres' affiliate. Every month, I will highlight some of the Padres' players in Double-A and Triple-A that baseball fans can expect to play in El Paso next season

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David Ortiz Fires Up Fenway Crowd Before the Royals/Red Sox Game

Andy Lee — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:56:18 +0000

To say it's been a traumatic week for the city of Boston would be the understatement of a lifetime. Sports has given Bostonians that sense of normalcy they've been craving since Monday's bombing.

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LA Dodgers' Tony Gwynn Jr. Gets Heckled At Coors Field [VIDEO]

Steve Kaplowitz — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:29:42 +0000

The Major League Baseball season is just two weeks old, but a classic video has just resurfaced. In baseball at any level, an outfielder has to keep his focus on the game while trying not to daydream. The outfield can be a lonely place sometimes for ballplayers, especially if no balls are hit in their general direction

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IMDb Managing Editor Keith Simanton Talks Baseball Movies On 600 ESPN El Paso [AUDIO]

Chad Middleton — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:14:21 +0000

In the wake of the release of the new movie "42" last Friday and the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in MLB, there was a special segment on Monday's SportsTalk.

We had the pleasure of having IMDb's Managing Editor, Keith Simanton, to talk about his Top 10 Baseball movies of all time

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El Paso City Hall Implosion in Slow-Motion [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:16:20 +0000

City Hall is gone. Play ball!

A great angle (and nicely done being upwind!) with the slow-motion video from Ryan Hall make this video of the City Hall implosion one of the better ones you'll see.

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Brawl At Petco Leaves Greinke With Broken Collarbone [Video]

Peter Carrillo — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:30:50 +0000

Tempers flared Thursday night, when Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke, hit San Diego Padres Carlos Quentin with a pitch in the sixth inning which led both benches to clear.

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Denard Robinson Throws a Terrible First Pitch at a Tigers Game

Andy Lee — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:20:23 +0000

Our national pastime has a long standing tradition of embarrassing ceremonial first pitches. I usually give entertainers and politicians a pass. However, former President George W. Bush threw the best first pitch at Yankee Stadium during the 2001 World Series.

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Bob Costas Drops Some Ludacris on the MLB Network

Andy Lee — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:29:09 +0000

Bob Costas has been around a long, long time. He's called just about every sport and once had his only late night talk show (look it up kids). However, his heart will always belong to baseball.

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How Did Your Team Perform On Opening Day?

Peter Carrillo — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:55:54 +0000

One game down, only 161 games left. That's right, baseball is back!

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2013 MLB Predictions From 600 ESPN El Paso Staff

Steve Kaplowitz — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:29:24 +0000

Today is Opening Day in Major League Baseball and it's time for the 600 ESPN El Paso crew to offer up their predictions for the 2013 season.

WBC Final Is Set With Two Baseball Rich Countries

Peter Carrillo — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:41:26 +0000

The stage is now set for the crowning of a new champion of the World Baseball Classic.

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Who Do You Have Winning The World Series This Season?

Peter Carrillo — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:32:22 +0000

With about two weeks to go till opening day, who do you see winning the world series this season?

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El Paso's Fernando Rodriguez Injured, Oakland A's Pitcher Needs Tommy John Surgery

Steve Kaplowitz — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 04:18:54 +0000

Although the start of the Major League baseball season is still a few weeks away, an El Pasoan received some bad news last week. Newly acquired Oakland A’s relief pitcher Fernando Rodriguez tore

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El Paso Baseball – Season Tickets Waiting List Now Open!

Lauren — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:59:07 +0000

It’s almost baseball time, El Paso! You can now officially be put on the waiting list for season tickets for the new El Paso Triple A baseball team.

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Earl Weaver Trivia

Lauren — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:45:14 +0000

What team did Earl Weaver manage? If you know we’ll give you 500 points! Don’t know? Click here for the answer.

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Legendary Manager Earl Weaver Spews Profanities In Greatest Umpire Fight Ever [VIDEO]

Steve Kaplowitz — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:25:21 +0000

Last Saturday, Earl Weaver, one of the most successful managers of the Post-World War II era died of a heart attack at the age of 82. Throughout his Hall of Fame career, Weaver was thrown out of 91 baseball games, and his arguments with umpires were legendary. Here's one for the ages.

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Pete Rose's New Reality Show is a 'Hit'

Andy Lee — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:04:41 +0000

I normally find reality television to be vapid, mind-numbing, narcissistic pig slop. Suffice it to say, I tuned into Pete Rose's new TLC show with something less than an open mind. Five minutes in, I was hooked.

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Wade Boggs Attends a Thunder Game, Hams it Up For the Camera

Andy Lee — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:24:13 +0000

Since his hall of fame induction in 2005, Wade Boggs has kept a fairly low profile. Boggs surfaced at last night's Spurs/Thunder game in Oklahoma City.

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