Tag result for article published on Fri August 24 2012 11:16 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: baseball, sports
Former Prospect High School shortstop Jason Leblebijian was moved up this week from the Vancouver Canadians of the short season A league and the Northwest League affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays to the Lansing Lugnuts — of the Class A Midwest League. Leblebijian started his Midwest League experience just right, getting on base 3 [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat July 14 2012 5:56 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: baseball, Minor League Baseball, MLB, Northwest League
Guess who’s batting .500 in the minor leagues? Arlington Heights resident and Prospect High School graduate Jason Leblebijian was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 25th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Wednesday, June 7, 2012, started practice with the Bluefield Blue Jays in the Appalachian League (Rookie League) on [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue July 03 2012 5:30 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: baseball, MLB
Arlington Heights resident and Prospect High School graduate Jason Leblebijian, who was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 25th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft Wednesday, June 7, 2012, started practice with the Blue Jays on June 10, 2012. Leblebijian is currently playing in the Appalachian League in Bluefield, West [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed April 11 2012 5:08 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: baseball, major league baseball, MLB
Dear Paul B, Ozzie Guillen should not be taken seriously. So many people are trying to send him to prison for nothing. He is harmless, and probably not very bright. We all know that he is a manager of a baseball team, so why is it important to hear him speak about Castro or any [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat May 28 2011 12:18 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: American Legion Baseball, American Legion Post 208, Arlington sports start, baseball, death notice, Kansas City Royals, obituary
Jack Harry: “He was down to earth. He was real. He never pretended to be a cut above everybody else. One of the most unpretentious people in sports.” Paul Splittorff, the Kansas City Royals’ all-time wins leader, died Wednesday morning from complications of oral and skin cancer at his family residence in Blue Springs, Missouri. [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue May 04 2010 7:26 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: arrest, baseball, fan on field, fans, Philadelphia, stadium, taser
Fan video: I think they might have tasered him. A teen jumped onto the field at Citizens Bank Park at the top of the eighth inning during Monday night’s game against St. Louis. He ran around in circles in the outfield, waving a white towel, for about 30 seconds and dodged two security officers before [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri July 24 2009 7:28 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: American Legion, baseball, Post 208, Recreation Park
American Legion Baseball: Arlington beat Palatine 8 to 7 in the bottom of the eleventh inning after Palatine had the lead until the bottom of the ninth inning. Arlington tied the score 5 to 5 in the bottom of the ninth. Palatine quickly took back the lead, and was leading 7 to 6 when a [...]
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