Baseball
Minor-League Ballpark Will Get a $60 Million Makeover
New seats, a kids’ zone and year-round events are planned. Construction starts after next season.
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Derek Lawson
Derek keeps score by hand and still thinks the sacrifice bunt is underrated.
Tennis & Golf
Tennis Courts Get a Makeover — and Pickleball Lines
Twelve public courts reopen this weekend with new surfaces, lights and shared lines for both sports.
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Baseball
Mariners of the Bay Clinch the Division on a Walk-Off Double
A 41-year-old designated hitter delivered the biggest hit of his career in what may be his final home game.
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Tennis & Golf
A Qualifier Reaches the Open Semifinal — and Brings Her Mom as Coach
Ranked 142nd in the world two weeks ago, she has now beaten three seeded players in a row.
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Baseball
Why Pitchers Are Throwing Harder Than Ever — and Getting Hurt More
Average fastball velocity is up 3 mph in fifteen years. So are elbow surgeries. Inside the sport’s biggest dilemma.
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Tennis & Golf
Golf’s Newest Star Learned the Game on a Nine-Hole Public Course
Green fees were $12. He played every day after school for eight years. On Sunday he won his first major.
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Baseball
The Little League Team From Ohio That Won Over the Country
They lost in the semifinal. Nobody seems to care — their dugout dance has 40 million views.
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Seven Years in the Minors, One Phone Call: Herons Reliever Nate Coleman Gets His Shot
A 28-year-old right-hander with a reinvented slider got the call at 5:40 a.m. The Mariners need him tonight.
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