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Bloomberg
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
Cornhole Is a Popular ESPN Sport Now. Don't Be Mad.
ESPN faced a dilemma last Sunday. A tense, live professional cornhole match was running long and likely to bump into the scheduled start of Major League Baseball's annual All-Star Selection Show. What to do? The network went with cornhole, delaying baseball programming for several minutes of bag tossing (the Selection Show eventually aired in full). Perplexed baseball fans vented on social media (of course, they did). The Selection Show is a gateway to MLB's popular All-Star Game, after all. Cornhole, despite being featured on ESPN for nearly a decade, is still widely associated with backyard barbecues and tailgates.
The Guardian
28-06-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Arizona's Marte says fan reduced him to tears after saying he had texted player's late mother
The Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte has given details about the comments that reduced him to tears during a game earlier this week. A 22-year-old fan was given an indefinite ban from every MLB stadium after he made comments about the second baseman's late mother during a Diamondbacks game at the Chicago White Sox. Marte's mother, Elpidia Valdez, died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic in 2017. Marte initially chose not to speak about the comments, but on Friday he gave details to Spanish-language journalist Yancen Pujols. 'A fan was up on the dugout shouting things about my mother,' he said. 'He was like, 'Last night I sent a message to your mother.'' Sending love to Ketel Marte who was in tears on the field after a fan yelled something at him about his mother, who passed away in a car accident in 2017, per @CDrottar19 Marte said he is used to being taunted by fans, but had never been heckled about his mother. He said what made it more painful for him was the Diamondbacks were in Chicago to play the Cubs when she died. 'We have to do something about the fans; they're going too far,' he said. 'They always shout things about me, but not about my mother. Everyone knows that my mother died in an accident. And nothing. We're praying for him, for the guy who shouted, and for his family, you know? May God protect him. May God protect him and cleanse his heart. They always shout things at me but I don't pay attention, but when they talk about my mother, it's a different story.' ESPN reported that the fan had expressed remorse for the comments. Marte also expressed his thanks to Diamondbacks manager, Torey Luvollo, who comforted his second baseman on the field. 'My manager had my back,' said Marte. 'They kicked the fan out. I don't think he'll be allowed back in the parks.' Arizona fans held signs and wore T-shirts in support of Marte at Friday's home game. After the game he said he appreciated the gestures. 'I felt good, always receiving that type of support from the fans here, it just really made me feel super good,' he said.
The Guardian
28-06-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Arizona's Marte says fan reduced him to tears after saying he had texted player's late mother
The Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte has given details about the comments that reduced him to tears during a game earlier this week. A 22-year-old fan was given an indefinite ban from every MLB stadium after he made comments about the second baseman's late mother during a Diamondbacks game at the Chicago White Sox. Marte's mother, Elpidia Valdez, died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic in 2017. Marte initially chose not to speak about the comments, but on Friday he gave details to Spanish-language journalist Yancen Pujols. 'A fan was up on the dugout shouting things about my mother,' he said. 'He was like, 'Last night I sent a message to your mother.'' Sending love to Ketel Marte who was in tears on the field after a fan yelled something at him about his mother, who passed away in a car accident in 2017, per @CDrottar19 Marte said he is used to being taunted by fans, but had never been heckled about his mother. He said what made it more painful for him was the Diamondbacks were in Chicago to play the Cubs when she died. 'We have to do something about the fans; they're going too far,' he said. 'They always shout things about me, but not about my mother. Everyone knows that my mother died in an accident. And nothing. We're praying for him, for the guy who shouted, and for his family, you know? May God protect him. May God protect him and cleanse his heart. They always shout things at me but I don't pay attention, but when they talk about my mother, it's a different story.' ESPN reported that the fan had expressed remorse for the comments. Marte also expressed his thanks to Diamondbacks manager, Torey Luvollo, who comforted his second baseman on the field. 'My manager had my back,' said Marte. 'They kicked the fan out. I don't think he'll be allowed back in the parks.' Arizona fans held signs and wore T-shirts in support of Marte at Friday's home game. After the game he said he appreciated the gestures. 'I felt good, always receiving that type of support from the fans here, it just really made me feel super good,' he said.
New York Times
06-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
NCAA baseball Super Regionals live updates: Today's scores, results and latest news
Hello, baseball fans. Welcome to The Athletic 's live coverage of the NCAA baseball tournament's Super Regionals. We have eight intriguing matchups to follow this weekend and possibly into Monday. Will the upsets continue after seven unseeded teams survived the regional round last week? Or will the favorites take control? Either way, we will have eight teams advancing to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series with a national title on the line. Follow along with our coverage from across the country.
Washington Post
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Is baseball actually troubled — or is it as good as it's ever been?
If we could love only perfect things, our days would be bleak. Baseball, as we find it today, is an opportunity to appreciate an imperfect thing and allow it to make us feel happy. This year I've watched plenty of MLB games and enjoyed them — a lot. I find baseball just as well-paced, dramatic and aesthetically pleasing — by which I mean imperfect but no more so than in other eras — as the sport I first fell for long ago.
