U.S. national soccer team visits Cuba for first time since 1947 (Sun-Sentinel)
U.S. team visits Cuba for first time since 1947 The Italian restaurant at the U.S. national soccer team's hotel on the seaside Malecon promenade has an old-time baseball theme, adorned with bats and gloves, assorted caps and catcher's equipment.
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Brewster baseball team takes Division 33 (The Journal News)
BREWSTER - Division 33 boys baseball players proved they are truly the All Stars of Brewster. The "Cardiac Kids," as they became known, started the summer season with no uniforms and limited support and equipment, but each one of them brought their smiles and desire to play baseball.
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Despite losing gear one team plays on (KXLY-TV Spokane)
Despite having thousands and thousands of dollars in gear stolen, the coaches of the River City River Cats youth baseball team are proud of their team for staying focused on their love of the game.
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Attention to detail keeps baseball's team officials busy (USA Today)
Every team has its version of Rockies assistant GM Bill Geivett. They're all crucial extensions of their higher-profile general managers, sharing a multitude of tasks and expertise needed to run a 21st-century Major League Baseball team.
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Cards owners need to act on comments by La Russa (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Props to Cardinals manager Tony La Russa for going on record to issue a challenge to team ownership. La Russa's comments to Post-Dispatch baseball writer Joe Strauss were fair. They were spot on. And they were necessary. The Cardinals will leave 2008 with something to build on.
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New Dow athletic complex in exploration phase (Midland Daily News)
     Midland Public Schools officials are in the exploration phase of a $2.3 million effort to renovate H.H. Dow High School's athletic complex, including a multipurpose football field, track, soccer, baseball and softball fields.
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Sept. 6 youth sports announcements (Waco Tribune-Herald)
* The Centex Rage, a 12-and-under select baseball squad, is looking for players for the upcoming season.
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New pathway improves access to Danbury High softball fields (The News-Times)
DANBURY -- A local paving company donated its services this week to complete an 800-foot pathway to the softball fields at the high school.Colleen Stanley, a member of the city's Common Council and co-owner of American Pavement Specialists, said her company agreed to donate $6,000 worth of equipment and labor to the project after reading in The News-Times about accessibility problems at the field.
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The Playbook (Plano Courier)
Right-handed pitcher Brady Hamar, a 2006 Plano East graduate, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball for Oklahoma Christian University.
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Local sports in brief (The Daily News of Newburyport)
Field Hockey Drop-in River Rivals Field Hockey registration for Amesbury, Newburyport, Pentucket and Triton students, grades 3 through 8, runs through Sept. 7 at Amesbury Skate and Sport. Participants in this six-week Sunday program (Sept. 14 through Oct. 26) learn skills and scrimmage under the direction of high school coaches and players. A $75 registration fee covers all equipment and a shirt.
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