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Cuban former baseball players look back on 'defection' era
By Anonymous - Dec 15, 2017
By Yvette Sanchez/For The Sporting Nation

America’s heartbeat in spring and summer is the sound of the crack of a wooden bat hitting a baseball.  But just 90 miles south of Key West, Florida, that sound is the sound of freedom.             Cuba's deteriorating exteriors is a daily...
Tempe Diablo Stadium completes 50th spring season
By Anonymous - Apr 30, 2017
By Nathan Delia/For The Sporting Nation

Spring training has been a hit in Arizona since 1929 when the Detroit Tigers became the first team to head down to the desert for some preseason baseball. But there are a lot of other components that go into what seems to be such a simple month-...
Staying loyal to The King
By Sunny Cadwallader - Apr 29, 2017

The Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday, April 25 by a score of 19-9. An eyesore of a score for Mariners fans, and another frustrating result for a team thought to be much better than it has played so far this season.

Felix Hernandez, Seattle’s ace, was on the mound for...
Morales trying to make good on big-league dream
By Anonymous - Apr 16, 2017

By CYNTHIA ESQUEDA/For The Sporting Nation 

 

TEMPE, Ariz. -- This past March, Osmer Morales, a Venezuelan-born professional pitcher, was given an opportunity of a lifetime. He came a step closer of fulfilling his dream of playing in Major League Baseball when he was invited to...
See 'We Are Baseball' exhibit at Arizona spring training
By Anonymous - Mar 22, 2017

By Dan Karl/For The Sporting Nation


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Baseball fans can see more than a game at Salt River Fields, home of Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies spring training. 

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