Baseball

"Diplomacy Is Not About Crying Wolf": India's Advice To Pakistan On Kashmir

India News | Reported by Nidhi Razdan, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday January 17, 2020

A day after yet another attempt by China to raise the Kashmir issue before the United Nations Security Council flopped, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin today advised Pakistan to reopen traditional diplomatic channels instead of "crying wolf" through its regional ally.

Major League Baseball To Remove Marijuana From Banned Drug List

Agence France-Presse | Friday December 13, 2019

Major League Baseball (MLB) said the move would come into effect in 2020 and added that marijuana will be treated the same as alcohol-related issues.

US Man Who Inspired "Ice Bucket Challenge" Dies At 34

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday December 10, 2019

A former US college baseball player who helped inspire the global phenomenon known as the "ice bucket challenge" to tackle a deadly neurodegenerative disease has died at the age of 34, his family said Monday.

Trump's Awkward Hug With Baseball Champion At White House

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday November 5, 2019

US President Donald Trump welcomed the Washington Nationals to the White House on Monday, saying their improbable World Series title -- and impeachment -- was all anybody wanted to talk about in the nation's capital.

On Camera, Trump Booed At Baseball Game, Crowd Chants "Lock Him Up!"

World News | Reuters | Monday October 28, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump was greeted with boos and a smattering of chants of "Lock him up!" when he appeared on screen at the World Series in Washington on Sunday, even as he celebrated one of the biggest wins of his administration.

AAP MLA Som Dutt Gets Bail In Assault Case

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 16, 2019

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted bail to AAP MLA Som Dutt, who was recently taken into custody to serve a six-month jail term for assaulting a man with a baseball bat during campaigning for 2015 Assembly elections.

US Man Dies At Eating Contest "Shoving Tacos Down Without Chewing"

World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 15, 2019

A man died shortly after participating in a taco-eating contest at a minor league baseball game in the US state of California, authorities said.

Borussia Dortmund Sink Liverpool In US Tour Opener

Agence France-Presse | Saturday July 20, 2019

Liverpool face Spanish side Sevilla on Sunday at Boston's Fenway Park baseball stadium in the second game of their three-match US tour.

In Sundar Pichai's Prediction For World Cup Final, India And...

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 13, 2019

Google's Indian-American CEO Sundar Pichai has predicted that India and England would clash in the finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and said he was "rooting" for the men in blue to emerge victorious.

Siddhant Chaturvedi Was Deemed 'Too Upmarket And Fair' For Indian Player's Role In Million Dollar Arm

Entertainment | Press Trust of India | Monday June 10, 2019

Siddhant Chaturvedi said: "They had two Indian guys who play baseball, I did the audition for that. They felt I was too upmarket and fair for it."

She Hit 'Record' Before Falling To Death. Footage Led To Husband's Arrest

World News | Antonia Noori Farzan, The Washington Post | Thursday June 6, 2019

The 27-year-old had headed to Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Saturday to catch a baseball game with her new husband, Bradley S. Jenkins, and some of their co-workers from the Illinois Department of Corrections. It was a balmy summer day in the city, and the Cardinals defeated the Cubs, 7-4. But at some point during the game, things grew tense betwee...

US Teen Stripped, Killed Inside Tunnel By Gang She Was About To Report

World News | Lynh Bui, Peter Hermann, The Washington Post | Saturday May 18, 2019

Ariana Funes-Diaz was killed in a tunnel, naked, beaten with a baseball bat and slashed with a machete, according to police. She had been lured there on April 18, police said, by MS-13 gang members who worried she was about to hand them over to law enforcement.

US Shooting Survivor, 12, Wanted To "Go Down Fighting With Baseball Bat"

World News | Marisa Iati, The Washington Post | Friday May 10, 2019

The sixth-grader stood outside his Colorado charter school, one arm wrapped around his dad, while he described how he had planned to try to thwart an active shooter.

Fortnite Banned in Boston Red Sox Clubhouse

Mike Hume, The Washington Post | Friday May 3, 2019

Major League Baseball's reigning champs are off to a rough start this season, but there will be no llama drama for the Boston Red Sox.

Man Beats Cab Driver To Death After He Was Allegedly Refused Way On Road

Ghaziabad News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 2, 2019

A man killed a cab driver by repeatedly hitting him with a baseball bat allegedly after he refused to give the accused way in Khoda Colony in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, police said on Thursday.