It’s tough to be the first. It’s even tougher being the only. Perry Barber has been many “firsts,” and often the “only,” over her 45-year career as an umpire at nearly every level of baseball. In 2018 ...

May 9—The Blooming Prairie baseball team lost to New Richland-HEG 12-2 on the road on Friday. BP pitching: L. Schammel (L) 3 1/3 IP, 3 H, 6 BB, 6 ER, 3 K; G. Hein, 2 iP, 4 H, 7 BB, 6 ER, 3 K BP ...

I was very much under-equipped for the task, but in my seven years with the Marlins, I was the go-to analyst for East Asian baseball data. I had previously built decent major league equivalent (MLE) ...