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VIDEO: BYU baseball player hits walk-off grand slam
Mormon Life says: For all you baseball fans out there.
Mormon major leaguer catches on with Twitter
When Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jeremy Guthrie heard that Jay Mohr made some less-than-flattering comments about him on national radio, he decided to reach out to the comedian. "I chose to take a positive approach and send a message to him on Twitter, more or less apologizing for not being as...
BYU baseball: Firesides, service projects planned for Dominican Republic tour
The BYU baseball team will play four games against professional developmental teams for the organizations of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals during a tour of the Dominican Republic over the Thanksgiving break. In addition, the Cougars will conduct a...
Former MLB pitcher Wally Ritchie is BYU baseball's new pitching coach
Mormon Life says: Exciting for BYU baseball . . .
Former Major League pitcher Wally Ritchie is the new pitching coach for BYU baseball. Ritchie, 46, replaces Bobby Applegate, who had been with BYU for the past eight years before joining the staff...
Thousands enjoy Mormon Night with Dodgers
Mormon Life says: Make sure to check out the picture of Elder Cook throwing the first pitch!
More than 4,200 Latter-day Saints and their friends gathered in Los Angeles on July 22 for the annual Mormon Night at Dodger Stadium. Marking the beginning of the celebration for Pioneer Day...
Mormon Night with the Giants
Mormon Life says: Missionaries sang the national anthem--can anyone find a video of this?
Major League Baseball’s reigning world champs, the San Francisco Giants, hosted members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Tuesday night, July 5. Local Church leaders were on hand...
Baseball star turns down MLB for LDS mission
Cale Iorg was where every high school baseball player wants to be. In the spring of 2004, Iorg had scholarship offers from some of the top college baseball programs in the country. Pro scouts wanted to discuss signing bonuses. The future looked very bright for the star shortstop. A prolonged...
How Brigham Young helped win a baseball game
Editor's note: While serving a mission with his wife in the Utica New York Mission, George L. Eads of Bremerton, Wash., met Tom Greenwood, who shared this story. The year was 1960, about 50 years ago now, and I was experiencing my first year of classroom teaching and coaching varsity baseball and...
Killebrew remembered fondly by baseball media
Harmon Killebrew, a major league baseball legend, died of esophageal cancer at his Scottsdale, Ariz., home Tuesday. He was 74. Killebrew played professional baseball for 22 years. Among his great achievements, the slugger finished 11th on baseball’s all-time home run list. His eight seasons with...
Mormons in professional baseball
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jeremy Guthrie is doing his part. For his team and the environment. An article in the USA Today describes how Guthrie, the highest-paid starting pitcher for the Orioles, is doing his part to conserve fuel by riding his bike to and from Camden Yards. He is encouraging...
Kiss It Goodbye
Mormon Life says: In 1960, an upstart Pittsburgh Pirates team beat the highly favored New York Yankees in the World Series. That improbable victory did more than give long-suffering Pirates fans something to cheer about; it put Pittsburgh on the map. And the star pitcher for the Pirates was Vernon Law—an unsophisticated Idaho country boy, widely known as The Deacon, a friendly nickname derived from his strict Mormon upbringing. He was an inspiration both for his success and his morals.
On the day after Vern Law's high school graduation and betrothal to VaNita McGuire, there was a knock at the Laws' door. Outside, the front porch was packed with nine stout men in suits, eight of...
