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Daily Digit: Why are there so few African-American baseball players?
It’s been 71 years since Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, but African-American participation in the MLB has sharply declined since its peak in the early ’80s.
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Spring training baseball is for the fans
Before the regular season gets underway, it’s easier for players and fans to have fun, do autographs and selfies, and imagine what might happen on that field of dreams out there. Here are photos from training in Florida.
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The Boys of Spring get ready for regular season
With the MLB baseball season quickly approaching, Yahoo takes a look at the Florida spring leagues, where major league starters and hopefuls get into the swing.
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Shooting at GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Va.
James T. Hodgkinson, a 66-year-old from Belleville, Ill., wounded five people, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and two Capitol Police officers, at the June 14 Republican congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Va., practice before he was shot by police. Hodgkinson later died. Here are photos.
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Batter up! Palestinian women try to bring baseball to Gaza
The young Palestinian women don baseball caps on top of their Islamic headscarves and field tennis balls with fabric gloves, giving a decidedly local feel to the great American pastime.
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Why do you love baseball?
“Why do you love baseball?” Though it’s a simple question, not exactly a curveball, it generated wildly different answers — from blunt to poetic, off-handed to carefully considered. Some baseball players and coaches immediately knocked it out of the park, while others took a moment to think over their answers. A love of the game may be natural and intensely felt, but it can be hard to capture accurately in words. They’ve dedicated their lives to America’s national pastime. Here’s why. (Michael W
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Obama invites Cubs to celebrate World Series win at White House
The Chicago Cubs won the World Series early Thursday morning, defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings in Game 7 to end its 108-year title drought. President Obama, a Chicago native and notable White Sox fan, took to Twitter to congratulate the team and invite them to the White House before he leaves office. It happened: @Cubs win World Series.
