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In this sprawling warren of cinderblock tenements and rutted roads, tangles of power lines hang like vines. Most residents here, in one of the capital, Santo Domingo’s poorest barrios, have power to’t afford electricity. They grab what they can by splicing into the main lines, and the resulting citywide blackouts are legendary and frequent.

When I visit the neighbourhood of Villa Franca one death in late May, a DJ has found enough power for his massive speakers to exertion the area with pulsing reggaetón. Everyone is out and dancing – several hundred people, from noodly contemptible girls in tank tops, to old men whose wrinkled faces are hidden in the shade of low-pulled baseball hats.

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Australian baseball officials be under the necessity begun bold plans to resurrect a national band from next year.

Federal Sports Minister Kate Ellis has committed $400,000 towards the plans for a new Australian Baseball League.

The Australian Baseball Federation and US based Major League Baseball have entered a joint partnership to establish the competition.

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Career home run record holder Barry Bonds currently faces charges of perjury over his reputed drug use

Several of the biggest names in baseball, sluggers and pitchers alike, were named in a devastating report yesterday on the systematic drug abuse that took place during the sport’s infamous "Steroids Era" – roughly the decade between 1995 and 2005.

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Freshman expected to contribute immediately in 2008

Dec. 14, 2007

NORMAN, Okla. — Soonersports.com’s brings fans the 15th installment of the 2008 Baseball Newcomer Video Spotlights, featuring freshman right-handed pitcher Ryan Duke.

In preparation for the 2008 season, SoonerSports.com will feature one of the Sooners’ newcomers each week throughout the rest of the year.

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Bucknell baseball senior Mathew Wilson (Toronto, Ontario/Northern S.S.) was named to the 2008 Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award Watch List, it was announced on Friday. Wilson, a right-handed starting pitcher for the Bison, was one of three Patriot League players to make the preseason cut, joining 2007 Patriot League Player of the Year Cole White of Army and All-American Mitch Harris of Navy.

Coming off a stellar junior season that saw him finish second in the Patriot League with a 1.78 earned run average over 60.2 innings of work, Wilson enters his senior campaign with a career ERA of 2.96, which currently ranks fifth in both the Bucknell and PL record books. He is second in program history with three career shutouts and sixth on the Bison career list for fewest walks per nine innings (2.96).

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Behind-the-scenes special to air Nov. 25 at 10 p.m.

Nov. 25, 2007

NORMAN, Okla. — Mark Rodgers and Chris Callahan from KOCO Sports Xtra (ABC Ch.5 in Oklahoma City) will air a behind-the-scenes special on the OU baseball team this Sunday at 10 p.m.

Rodgers (White) and Callahan (Red) served as honorary coaches during game three of the annual Red/White Series on Nov. 16 and shot footage of pre-game and in-game activities.  White completed the sweep with an 11-10 win in the final game to conclude fall practice.

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In baseball, villains are as much a part of the game’s history as home runs and strikeouts.

Over the years, you’ve had superstars who also doubled as racists (Ty Cobb, Cap Anson), game-fixers (Hal Chase, the 1919 White Sox), misanthropes (take your pick), drunks and womanizers (again, take your pick). In the modern era, though, two villains tower over all the rest: Barry Bonds, the all-time home run king, and Pete Rose, the all-time hit king.

Bonds, of course, raised hackles early in his career for his bravado and surliness with fans and media. Later, however, he was reviled for his (alleged!) use of performance-enhancing drugs. Now that he’s been indicted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, Bonds angst is at record levels.

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Wesley Moodie

Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) – South African Wesley Moodie and American Zack Fleishman were among Monday’s unseeded winners at the $832,000 Japan Open.

The 2005 Tokyo titlist Moodie snuck past Italian Simone Bolelli 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (10-8), while Fleishman held off Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-1 at Ariake Colosseum.

Up next for Moodie will be this week’s top seed, Spaniard David Ferrer, while Fleishman will encounter last week’s Mumbai titlist Richard Gasquet.

In other Day-1 action, Chilean Paul Capdeville topped Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-6 (7-4), 7-5; Spaniard Ivan Navarro edged out Dutchman Robin Haase 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-0); Taipei’s Yen-Hsun Lu overcame Thai Danai Udomchoke 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (9-7), 6-1; and German Mischa Zverev beat Italian Fabio Fognini 6-1, 7-6 (9-7).

Last year’s winner here was the great Roger Federer, but the Swiss star pulled out of this year’s event last week, citing fatigue. Federer defeated the recently-retired Tim Henman in last year’s Tokyo finale.

 

The 2007 titlist here will collect $145,000.

Source: www.tsn.ca

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