Baseball

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.

YouTube to Stream 13 Major League Baseball Games Live Globally

Scott Soshnick, Bloomberg | Wednesday May 1, 2019

The 13 games will be distributed on YouTube globally, and exclusively in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

It's Official! Jennifer Lopez Engaged To Baseball Great Alex Rodriguez

Agence France-Presse | Sunday March 10, 2019

Jennifer Lopez and retired baseball great Alex Rodriguez posted a picture of their hands at sunset, with Lopez's enormous diamond ring.

Man, 2 Sons Hid In Closet As Tornado Struck. Their Heartbreaking Story

World News | Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Thursday March 7, 2019

The man in the baseball cap stood at the edge of the road and gazed out across the devastation, unseeing. "I'm Bobby Kidd," he said. He could barely choke out the words. "AJ was my grandson."

US Man Blindfolded Fiancee, Beat Her To Death, Burned Body: Investigator

World News | Reuters | Wednesday February 20, 2019

A Colorado man accused of murdering his fiance last November beat the young mother to death with a baseball bat before burning her body, a homicide investigator told a hearing on Tuesday, a court official said.

Baseball Fan Died After Being Hit By Foul Ball At Dodgers Game: Report

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 5, 2019

Linda Goldbloom, 79, was struck in the head by a foul ball during a Los Angeles Dodgers game last year. The August 29 death had not been previously reported.

Israeli Student, 21, Killed In Australia While On Phone With Her Sister

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 17, 2019

An Israeli student has been killed in a late-night attack in Australia while she was speaking on the phone with her sister, police said Thursday.

All The Rage: Beijing's "Anger Room" Lets People Smash Away Their Stress

World News | Reuters | Monday January 14, 2019

Smash customer Qiu Siyu just a few sharp blows with a baseball bat to wreck what looked like an old car radio, after which two friends battered telephones, audio speakers, rice cookers and even a mannequin.

Elon Musk Drops Los Angeles Tunnel Plan For Dodger Stadium Project

World News | Reuters | Thursday November 29, 2018

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has scrapped plans for a high-speed passenger tunnel under the West side of Los Angeles but is moving ahead with a similar proposal across town designed to whisk baseball fans to and from Dodger Stadium. Musk's aptly named underground transit venture the Boring Company gave up on its development of a 2.7-mile (4.4...

Amid Crowded Field Of Adult Rivals, 14-Year-Old US Boy Runs For Governor

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday August 14, 2018

Most 14-year-old American schoolboys might be fixated on baseball, chasing girls and dodging their homework. Not Ethan Sonneborn. He's running for governor in Vermont.

Tile Falls On Baseball Fan's Head In US Stadium. He Was Saved By A Bucket

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 26, 2018

A Chicago baseball fan attending a game at a historic stadium in the midwestern US city has a plastic bucket to thank for saving him from serious injury.

Trump's Supreme Court Pick Piled Up Credit Card Debt On Baseball Tickets

World News | Amy Brittain, The Washington Post | Thursday July 12, 2018

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh incurred tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt buying baseball tickets over the past decade and at times reported liabilities that could have exceeded the value of his cash accounts