As we reported last week, 4th grader Lazar LaPenna, of Long Beach, New York, suffered a fatal seizure after hitting a baseball and running to first base. There was no injury caused by a baseball. Lazar suffered from epilepsy for several years and was on medication for seizures. LaPenna loved baseball and the Mets. His dad was his coach. The baseball world and others took notice of this awful tragedy and even took to Twitter to recruit everyone to pay tribute to the little boy from Long Island.
Little League International in Pennsylvania are advising all local Little League programs across the U.S. to suspend/delay their season to not start until at least Monday, May 11.
Tim Hagerty, the radio voice of the El Paso Chihuahuas, is a great storyteller. A few weeks back, he shared with us on Sportstalk a personal experience from his Little League baseball playing days in Massachusetts.
Hagerty was an 11-year old shortstop playing in a game with runners on first and second base...
The St. Paul Saints, an independent minor league baseball team with a history of wacky promotions, are fulfilling the dream of many managers: getting rid of all the umpires. During their May 11 game against the Gary SouthShore Railcats, the Saints will replace umpires with a judge and a jury...
There are few things more American than the pride parents feel as they watch their little one run for fly balls and swing for the fence on the baseball diamond. The only thing more American is if their little one is on the take to throw the game.
In the fairy tale ‘Hansel and Gretel,’ the brother-and-sister pair leave a trail of breadcrumbs behind to help them retrace their steps back home.
But apparently some California thieves weren’t familiar with the story — it was their own trail of food-related evidence that helped police find them.