Baseball

Baseball fans -- and millions of people across the Pacific Ocean -- are going to miss out on an unbelievable opportunity tonight when the Yankees travel to Seattle to play the Mariners. In the midst of a 162-game regular season, especially one that has been disappointing for the Yanks to this point, it's easy to overlook a 10:10 p...

Baseball legend Don Zimmer passed away Wednesday night at 83-years old in Dunedin, Fla. Zimmer played in the majors from 1954-65 with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, Cubs, Mets, Reds and Senators. He then embarked on a coaching career that saw him manage four teams and become Joe Torre's right-hand man with the Yankee dynasty teams of the late 1990s and early 2000s...

Another great night of Sectional action last night, I was at Joe Bruno Stadium for the Class B/BB baseball finals. Class D and C finals take place tonight. Here’s the Section II scoreboard. Baseball: Class B: Fonda 3, Voorhesville 2 Great game and great pitching matchup that came down to the last pitch...

A day after visiting with the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks, President Barack Obama is continuing his sports week today in Cooperstown. Obama is visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of a plan to promote international tourism...

Playoff action is heating up across all sports this week. Tuesday featured first round games in baseball, a full schedule in Class A and C boys' lacrosse, while softball and girls' lax are on the docket for today. Baseball AA: Guilderland 2, Saratoga 1 BB: Cairo Durham 6, Ravena 0 -- Catskill 7, Broadalbin-Perth 6 -- and Johnstown 2, Cohoes 1 C: Waterford 14, Schoharie 1 -- Maple Hill 6, Hadley-Lu

Sectional baseball seedings were announced yesterday. There are some really good matchups and really intriguing classes. The area as a whole has been really deep and competitive this season and it should make for a great next week and a half...

The road to Joe Bruno Stadium and a sectional championship starts today for Capital Region baseball teams. According to James Allen of the Times Union on Twitter, the sectional seedings for each class will be released today sometime between noon and 1 p...

Joe O’ Connor hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday to give Kean a 5-4 win over Union College in the first round of the Division III NCAA Baseball tournament.

The Union College baseball team is heading to the Division III NCAA tournament after winning its first Liberty League title this past weekend. Union topped the University of Rochester on Saturday by scores of 7-4 and 6-4. The Dutchmen will travel to Newark, N...

New York State released its first set of baseball rankings yesterday. The rankings include games through April 21. Several Section II teams are represented in the poll including Shenendehowa (No. 2 Class AA) and Nisakayuna (No. 7 Class AA)...

There’s something romantic about Opening Day. The fresh cut grass, cut into some intricate pattern that you could never do in your own yard. The crack of the wood bat -- something that gets lost in the ping of nearly all levels of baseball now...

I was driving through Troy on Tuesday afternoon, and the temperature in my car said 56 degrees. It was sunny. The street was covered in the water of melting snow. And then, because of daylight savings time, the sun stayed in the sky until nearly 7 p...