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Back in 2012, in a small garage in central Pennsylvania, Victus Sports CEO Jared Smith didn't start out making Crayola or Santa Claus or Uncle Sam bats. His lumber did stand out color- and design-wise, but for the most part, at the outset of his lumber-making business, the 26-year-old and

Few baseball hats have impacted hip-hop culture as much as the current White Sox cap that debuted in the 1990s. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of hip-hop -- it was 50 years ago that the cultural movement was born in The Bronx -- the Chicago White Sox have produced Fitted

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CLEVELAND -- A piece of paper sat on the seat at José Ramírez’s locker last week. He walked into the clubhouse and glanced down at the colorful printout. For a second, his eyes squinted, curious what was in front of him. Quickly, he burst out into an enormous grin and

On Tuesday, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred unveiled the launch of the Commissioner’s Ambassador Program, a new effort featuring 12 former players who will participate in Major League Baseball programs, represent the game at MLB events and support the league’s international growth, among other responsibilities. The program will be

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CHICAGO -- Food and baseball are intertwined. Walk into any ballpark, and you will instantly be hit with the aromas of hot dogs, burgers and popcorn. As you take in the game from your seat, vendors roam the stands offering an assortment of options, including peanuts, Cracker Jack, cotton candy,

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- The kids at the Little League World Series may not be ready to go back to school quite yet, but Phillies second baseman Bryson Stott came prepared with some extra supplies -- sort of. Stott stepped into the box with a custom No. 2 pencil bat for

Word travels fast in the close quarters of a big league clubhouse. It's not uncommon for players to sling recommendations and referrals across the room, from restaurants to vacation destinations … and even dog trainers. That's how Wesley Dawe, owner of Good DaweG, ended up with a growing contingent of

Aaron Judge followed in Derek Jeter's footsteps as the new Yankees captain last winter, and the two now have something else very significant in common: Judge is the newest baseball player to sign an endorsement contract with Nike's Jordan Brand, which announced the deal on social media on Friday. Jeter

THUNDER BAY, Ontario -- Genevieve Beacom has always been the outlier. Growing up playing mostly on men's teams, one memory crystalizes that best in the 6-foot-2 lefty's mind: Playing in an under-12s competition, she faced an opponent who simply did not want to get in the box. It wasn't because

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Ozzie Albies pulls up a video on his phone, pushing it excitedly into my line of view. He's not showing me some big home run he hit or some diving play at second base or even the time he whacked a ball so hard he tattooed his name on it.

On Aug. 2, Mookie Betts did something he’d done 241 times prior in his Major League career: hit a home run. While the homer extended the Dodgers’ lead against the Oakland A’s, it also changed the lives of a family in a way that Betts didn’t fully realize until recently.

This article is based on an interview with broadcaster Allan Wylie and Lake County Captains broadcast director Cole Liggett, for MiLB.com's "Show Before the Show" podcast. Listen to the full interview HERE. Wylie will be in the Lake County broadcast booth for three more games, Aug. 15-17, vs. the Peoria

In the early to mid 1990s, Joseph Antonio Cartagena, aka Fat Joe, was a rising Hip-Hop star. He rolled with legendary, up-and-coming NYC rappers like Big Punisher and Cuban Link. He'd start up his production company, Terror Squad, a few years later in 1997. He had just released his first

NEW YORK -- The party on Friday night was at the perfect venue: Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, the Boogie Down, where it all began. And some of the biggest names in rap turned out in a living time capsule to celebrate a Golden Anniversary with the mega concert Hip

The family members, friends and casual spectators at the Little League field had no idea what they were watching at the time. New Braunfels, Texas -- a suburb on the north side of the Greater San Antonio area -- has always been a baseball town, but not exactly a traditional

The Yankees needed some help. Sure, they'd won 103 games during the 2009 regular season and mashed their way to the World Series, but they were now facing a very tough Philadelphia Phillies team -- the reigning champs. And the Phillies dominated the Yanks in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium,

PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Lorenzen is more of a skater than a surfer, but he enjoys both. He grew up in Orange County, Calif., where he graduated from Fullerton Union High School and then spent three years at Cal State Fullerton. Lorenzen is SoCal to the bone. It is the easiest

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