Monson: Baseball beats math class, but just barely By Gordon Monson Tribune Columnist Published May 15, 2012 05:28PM MDT If there’s anything in sports more encouraging than spending a day at the ballpark, watching baseball with 13,000 kids, I have no idea what it could be. Tuesday, for me, came straight out of 1969. It was a happy throwback. The Salt Lake Bees took the field for their annual ...

We don#39;t cover sports around here too often, but this is special: a Milwaukee Brewers pitcher left an adorable note for reporters after he had to run out of the stadium last night to get to the hospital because his wife is eight months pregnant and was having contractions. John Axelford was on a streak of 49 consecutive saves before the ninth inning of last night#39;s Cubs-Brewers game when he gave ...

The No. 9 ranked Rice baseball team (23-11) hosts longtime rival Texas State (21-10) at Reckling Park on Tuesday (April 10) at 6:05 pm . The contest will be televised by CSS Sports .

Baseball and softball were eliminated from the Summer Olympic Games with the conclusion of play in 2008 in Beijing. In order to increase their chances for another opportunity to be a part of the Games in 2020, top officials representing both sports have banded together to submit a bid that will be decided next year.

The Washington baseball team returns to Pac-12 action with a three-game series at Oregon State this weekend. Saturday#39;s game will air live on ROOT Sports in the Northwest (1:00 p.m. PT).