By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus After nearly seven months of walk-offs, endless video reviews, pitching changes, defensive shifts, and so many other things too tedious to talk about, we baseball fans finally get the payoff. Say hello to the REAL season. Or as Foghorn Leghorn would say, “Postseason, that is!!” You grind through […]
Read more "MLB Playoff Capsules: Division Series"EDITOR’S NOTE: This article first appeared on BASN Newsroom in March of 2005. By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — When Boston’s Ted Williams hit .406 to win the AL batting crown in 1941, he was regarded by many as baseball’s last .400 hitter. However, a brief look at the history books […]
Read more "BASN Classics: The Last .400 Hitter"I BET YOU! (A BASN Black Paper, continued) By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN Newsroom PHILADELPHIA (www.basnnewsroom.com) Over two years ago, rows of betting machines were lying dormant in parts of Central and Southern New Jersey. After much arm twisting, the road to legal sports betting outside of Las Vegas […]
Read more "I BET YOU! (A BASN Black Paper, continued)"NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has announced the schedule for the 2018 Postseason, which is set to open with the National League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook on ESPN on Tuesday, October 2nd, followed by the American League Wild Card Game presented by Hankook on TBS on Wednesday, October 3rd. Game One of […]
Read more "2018 MLB postseason schedule revealed"EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first appeared on BASN Newsroom in May 2006. By Tony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — When it was all said and done, they chose to serve. Despite the racial inequities they received on and off the field, they chose to serve. Whether it was World War […]
Read more "BASN Classics: They Chose To Serve"Major League Baseball will hold day one of the 2018 MLB Draft on Monday, June 4th at MLB Network’s Studio 42 in Secaucus, New Jersey. This year’s Draft will begin live on MLB Network and MLB.com at 7:00 p.m. (ET). Prior to the start of the Draft, MLB Network will air a Draft preview show, also […]
Read more "2018 MLB Draft Details Announced"By Gary Norris Gray, BASN-Newsroom-Staff Reporter OAKLAND, CA.-The United States of America is going through another episode of traumatic race relations, with this country’s leader turning a blind eye to the current crises and even aiding and abetting the enemy with his comments. This on the 71st anniversary of Jackie Roosevelt Robinson breaking the […]
Read more "HAPPY JACKIE ROBINSON DAY 2018"By Anthony McClean, Editor In Chief Emeritus NEW HAVEN — When the name Jackie Roosevelt Robinson comes up in present-day conversation, many things are said and written. As we’ve known for over seven decades, the native of Cairo, Georgia would forever change the face of baseball. But in many ways, Jackie was and still is […]
Read more "The Pioneer: 42 Things You Should Know About Jackie Robinson"CHICAGO — First it was Tommy John; now another elbow condition is throwing a curve ball at young baseball players. With more kids playing baseball year-round and throwing at record velocities, ulnar neuritis, also known as cubital tunnel syndrome, is a condition keeping more players off the field. Physicians at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush (MOR), who are team physicians for […]
Read more "What Is Ulnar Neuritis And Why Are More Baseball Players Getting It?"EDITORS’ NOTE: Over a decade ago, BASN ran a three-part series entitled “The Women of The Negro Leagues”. It focused on three great female pioneers of the historic baseball league. One of the women written about was Mamie “Peanut” Johnson who passed away earlier this week on December 19th. Today, BASN Classics looks back at […]
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