baseball

AP Source: Cincinnati to Host 2015 All-Star Game

Associated Press — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:36:57 +0000

CINCINNATI — The Reds will host the 2015 All-Star game at Great American Ball Park, the city's first since 1988, a person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press.

A Year in the Life of Kentucky's Minor League

Erin Keane — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:55:43 +0000

A new book about Kentucky’s minor league baseball teams is out. Written by journalist Katya Cengel, “Bluegrass Baseball” (University of Nebraska Press) is an intimate look inside the 2010 baseball season, starring Kentucky’s minor league teams: the Lexington Legends, the Bowling Green Hot Rods, the Florence Freedom and the Louisville Bats. The book documents the highs and lows of the players, groundskeepers, managers and fans of the game’s smaller outfits.

Louisville Slugger, Little League Baseball Will Pay $14.5 Million in Metal Bat Injury Suit

The Associated Press — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:35:01 +0000

Louisville Slugger and Little League Baseball will pay a brain-damaged New Jersey boy $14.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the use of metal bats in youth games.

Steven Domalewski was struck in the chest by a line drive that stopped his heart while he was playing in a youth baseball game in 2006.

He was pitching in a Police Athletic League game when the batter rocketed a line drive off a metal bat. The ball slammed into his chest, just above his heart, sending him into cardiac arrest.