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On This Date in Baseball

...the Braves in Boston.1953 - Bobo Holloman of the St. Louis Browns pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Athletics in his first major league start. He never pitched another complete game in the majors.1982 - Gaylord Perry of the Seattle...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-05-06/date-baseball
Sports
A's spoil Maurer's debut for Mariners with 8-2 win

...first at-bat and drove in four runs to lead the Oakland Athletics to an 8-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday...and John Jaso drove in a run against his former team as the Athletics won back-to-back games to earn a split of the season-opening...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-04-05/spoil-maurers-debut-mariners-8-2-win
Sports
Empire Editorial: Bring the facts into the open

...that demonize school sports are hogwash.We believe school athletics at every level - properly coached and monitored - are vital...isolated - incident not be used as an excuse to cut an expense or athletics, that is in itself an investment in the character development...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-04-09/empire-editorial-bring-facts-open
Opinion
Committee OKs omnibus crime bill

...on people who are effectively volunteers could have a chilling effect on parents' willingness to get involved with student athletics."I'm worried that ? this would be a deterrent to participation," said Munoz. "Already I've heard from parents...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-11/committee-oks-omnibus-crime-bill
State
Boston bombs raise worries for Olympics, World Cup

...on Aug. 10-18."Our security measures are tough as they are," said Mikhail Butov, secretary general of the Russian Athletics Federation. "But when it's clear what actually happened (in Boston), we will draw our conclusions."Guarding the...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-04-17/boston-bombs-raise-worries-olympics-wo
Sports
NHL game postponed, security upped after bombings

...the news" about Boston. He expressed shock and sadness about the situation in Boston, saying "it is a very sad day for athletics and for our friends in marathon running."In Brazil, organizers of the 2016 Rio Olympics said they consider security a...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-04-16/nhl-game-postponed-security-upped-afte
Sports
No travel? No way!

Juneau is about to upset the balance of youth athletics across the Southeastern panhandle. Everything that has been good and holy about competition between youth in sports bras and jock...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-29/no-travel-no-way
Sports
Lowrie powers A's past Mariners

...Jed Lowrie and Chris Young hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning, helping Tommy Milone and the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Wednesday night.Nate Freiman had two hits and an RBI in his major league debut as Oakland...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-04-04/lowrie-powers-past-mariners
Sports
Morse, Iwakuma lead Mariners past A's again, 7-1

...Iwakuma followed up Felix Hernandez's gem with an impressive outing of his own, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 7-1 on Tuesday night.Iwakuma struck out seven and didn't walk a batter as the Mariners won their second consecutive...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-04-03/morse-iwakuma-lead-mariners-past-again
Sports
Felix, Mariners, gear up for opener at Oakland

...Hernandez will make his season debut and first outing since landing a $175 million, seven-year contract against the Oakland Athletics.The Seattle ace always faces them to start, or so it seems to the A's."A lot," Hernandez said with a smile. "I've...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-04-01/felix-mariners-gear-opener-oakland
Sports

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