/tags/baseball Baseball en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:25:45 GMT /sports/2024-03-29/austin-texas-baseball-round-rock-express-national-anthem From remembering the words to starting on the right note, it takes a lot of work to earn one of the coveted spots to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a Round Rock Express game. Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:25:45 GMT /sports/2024-03-29/austin-texas-baseball-round-rock-express-national-anthem Jimmy Maas /sports/2023-11-02/texas-rangers-win-their-first-ever-world-series-title-beating-the-arizona-diamondbacks-in-5-games The Texas Rangers won their first World Series Wednesday night after an unlikely postseason matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:17:59 GMT /sports/2023-11-02/texas-rangers-win-their-first-ever-world-series-title-beating-the-arizona-diamondbacks-in-5-games Megan Cardona, Toluwani Osibamowo /sports/2022-07-19/jack-white-team-warstic-longtime-field-eastern-travis-county Rock star Jack White loves baseball, like co-own-a-bat-company-stop-a-rock-'n'-roll-tour-to-play loves baseball. His company Warstic has an affinity for a sandlot field in Eastern AGÕæÈË°Ù¼ÒÀÖ County. Tue, 19 Jul 2022 23:42:54 GMT /sports/2022-07-19/jack-white-team-warstic-longtime-field-eastern-travis-county Jimmy Maas /politics/2021-04-05/texas-gov-abbott-says-he-will-boycott-mlb-events-after-league-pulled-all-star-game-from-georgia Abbott also said Monday he was declining to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Texas Rangers' home opening game. Mon, 05 Apr 2021 18:48:51 GMT /politics/2021-04-05/texas-gov-abbott-says-he-will-boycott-mlb-events-after-league-pulled-all-star-game-from-georgia Patrick Svitek /sports/2021-01-22/hank-aaron-baseballs-legendary-slugger-dies-at-86 "Hammerin' Hank" was 86. He shattered Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974, defying the poverty and racism that threatened to diminish him. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 17:09:05 GMT /sports/2021-01-22/hank-aaron-baseballs-legendary-slugger-dies-at-86 Bill Chappell /texas/2020-01-23/what-the-black-spudders-risked-to-play-baseball-in-segregated-texas From Texas Standard:It's easy to find historical information about the Wichita Falls Spudders baseball club. All sorts of trivia can be found online aboutâ€� Thu, 23 Jan 2020 22:44:23 GMT /texas/2020-01-23/what-the-black-spudders-risked-to-play-baseball-in-segregated-texas Michael Marks /texas/2018-11-14/whats-a-sod-poodle-in-amarillo-its-now-a-team-mascot From Texas Standard:The announcement that minor league baseball was on its way to Amarillo came nearly a year and a half ago. Since then, one questionâ€� Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:18:00 GMT /texas/2018-11-14/whats-a-sod-poodle-in-amarillo-its-now-a-team-mascot KUT Staff /texas/2018-05-22/i-just-kept-on-and-on-and-on-53-year-old-rafael-palmeiro-returns-to-baseball From Texas Standard.For 20 years, Rafael Palmeiro terrorized major league pitchers. The hard-hitting left-hander from Miami by way of Cuba is one of onlyâ€� Tue, 22 May 2018 18:17:51 GMT /texas/2018-05-22/i-just-kept-on-and-on-and-on-53-year-old-rafael-palmeiro-returns-to-baseball Michael Marks /texas/2017-11-29/texas-rangers-hope-to-sign-a-young-japanese-pitcher-who-can-also-hit-the-ball From Texas Standard.At the highest levels of pro baseball, pitchers are usually the players with the lowest batting averages. There’s just not enough timeâ€� Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:53:33 GMT /texas/2017-11-29/texas-rangers-hope-to-sign-a-young-japanese-pitcher-who-can-also-hit-the-ball Michael Marks /texas/2017-11-02/houston-exalts-in-its-first-ever-world-series-championship From Texas Standard:For the first time ever, the Houston Astros are World Series Champions. The New York Times wrote that people listened on radios, inâ€� Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:06:37 GMT /texas/2017-11-02/houston-exalts-in-its-first-ever-world-series-championship Michael Marks