Baseball

It's a brand new season for the Laramie Rangers American Legion Baseball program, as they get started with four games in Casper this Mother's Day weekend. The Rangers will face Cheyenne, two Casper teams and Jackson in action at Mike Lansing Field.

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The Laramie Colts are on hiatus for a year as they prepare to join the Colorado Rocky Mountain Baseball League for the 2014 season. Owners Kent and Nicko Kleppinger made the announcement Friday following the winter owner's meeting for the CRMB league.

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New York Yankees’ shortstop Derek Jeter was helped off the field after fracturing his left ankle in the top of 12th inning of his team’s 6-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers in Saturday’s Game 1 of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium.

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Two of baseball’s final four teams are set after one division series in each league reached its conclusion on Thursday. The two remaining division series have their fifth and deciding games scheduled for Friday.

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It seems like every postseason, some previously unknown or under-appreciated player plays a major role in his team playoff victory. This year’s winner so far is Raul Ibanez, who helped propel the Yankees to a stunning win on Wednesday after he pinch hit for Alex Rodriguez in the ninth inning and homered to tie the game against Baltimore. Then it was Ibanez again in the 12th, this time homering to win the game for New York.

Here’s a look back at some of the most unlikely star company Ibanez now keeps in the annals of baseball history:

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The Colorado Rockies (50-74) bullpen gave up three runs in the eighth along with the lead, and saw their five game winning streak end as the Chicago Cubs (48-76) earned the 5-3 win yesterday in the Windy City. Game 2 of the three-game series is this morning at 11:05 MT at Wrigley Field (TV: Root Sports).

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Every major sport has its share of hard luck losers — the players and coaches who routinely outperform their competition, only to fall just short when it matters most.

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With last night’s 5-2 win over the New York Mets (57-67), the Colorado Rockies (49-73) have won four in a row and eight of their last ten. Colorado starter Jeff Francis delivered five quality innings after giving up a run in the first. The Rockies will go for the four-game sweep of the Mets today at 11:10 ET at Citi Field (TV: none).

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