Rawlings Baseball Bats Feature

New bats reduce high school baseball power game

High school baseball players throughout the country are using new baseball bats that don’t have as much pop as the old ones. Batting averages are down as well as home runs. Coaches say they are adapting to a new style of play.

Local Sports

SHEPHERDSTOWN - Senior first baseman Nathan Minnich of the Shepherd Univesity baseball team has been named one of six finalists for the 2012 Tino Martinez Award as the most outstanding player in DII college baseball.

Truman State baseball signs ten

Brooks is a four-year letter winner at North Kansas City High School while also being the squad’s most valuable pitcher the past two seasons. He was an honorable mention all-conference pick during his career.

Back-to-Back

Grizzlies defeat Kimberly 10-0 in 3A title game

Dayton’s Walker looking forward to next level

Dayton Broncos star shortstop Andrew Walker is listed as one of the top 500 baseball players in the nation.

CLASS 3A BASEBALL: Kimberly Powerless to Stop Fruitland

Fruitland too much for Bulldogs, who are no-hit and sent home after five innings.

Pitching steps up big for No. 10 Lafayette

Lafayette baseball coach Scott DeNoyer knew he had some talent returning this season, but he didn’t know what would happen with his team’s pitching staff.

High school baseball: Have no fear, Chad Sedio Nation is here

It’s easy to be jealous of Chad Sedio. The Highland senior is a record-breaking, five-tool outfielder with a Division I scholarship. He’s extremely quiet yet wildly magnetic to his teammates. His girlfriend asked him to prom via the ginormous video scoreboard at Progressive Field. Oh, and the invite-only Facebook fan group “Sedio Nation” is still going ... Read More

Angels grant a wish for boy with cancer

A hospice team asked Chris Corbin what he wanted to do for his 12th birthday. He said he wanted to see the Angels play and meet the players.

Hamilton vs. Beltran, with a cameo by Craig

TOWER GROVE • Aware that his teammate's power surge is going to bring the inevitable questions to his locker, St. Louis Cardinals spokesman and first baseman Lance Berkman requests that interviewers do one piece of homework before approaching him about Carlos Beltran.