Annual baseball writers dinner Jan. 19 to honor Pujols, All-Stars (Belleville News-Democrat) The 51st annual St. Louis Baseball Writers Dinner will honor the National League's Most Valuable Player Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals' All-Star tradition when the event is held Jan. 19 at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis....more...Attorney: Bloomington girl to get baseball tryout (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) BLOOMINGTON A freshman girl would be allowed to try out for the Bloomington South baseball team under an agreement reached after her family filed a federal lawsuit over an Indiana High School Athletic Association rule that could have barred her from the baseball team....more... Baseball transactions (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) Movements in the world of baseball Friday:...more... Elliott brings wealth of baseball knowledge, experience to Magnolia (The Potpourri) Few people get to play baseball as an adult, even fewer get to pitch in the World Series, but for a Magnolia man, that?s just what happened. Bill Elliott played for two different teams at the Men?s Senior Baseball League World Series in Phoenix, Nov. 8....more... Winter baseball a hit (Broomfield Enterprise) It's not often people think of baseball in January....more... Piece of local baseball history for sale (Austin American-Statesman) The former home of local baseball legend and Hall of Famer Willie Wells has been put on the market for $325,000....more... College roundup: Colletti to speak at BC Baseball Hot Stove dinner (The Bakersfield Californian) Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti will be the guest speaker at the 21st annual Bakersfield College baseball Hot Stove Dinner Jan. 17, event chairman George Culver announced. Colletti just completed his third year with the Dodgers after serving as the assistant GM for several years with the Giants. After he brought in manager Torre and slugger Manny Ramirez, the Dodgers won the National League ......more... PONY Baseball announces changes (Elk Grove Citizen) PONY Baseball of Elk Grove is taking registrations for the spring season, and the national body of PONY has adopted a change for the 2009 season. Divisions now are based on the age-under format, meaning players will be allowed to play up and are not relegated to their age group....more... RP baseball makes presence felt abroad (Philippine Daily Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines?Baseball Philippines dished out two complete series in 2008, churning out plenty of down-the-wire matches that brought two different champion teams in the Batangas Bulls and Cebu Dolphins....more... |