Doug Slaten

The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players. Marco Estrada (Glendale Community College, 2003) pitcher, Milwaukee Brewers: Estrada showed just how versatile he can be while performing for the first-place Brewers of the National League'...

Matt Swynenberg was like an inventor with a new patent on Monday. He had a new product that no one could touch. The Hagerstown pitcher unveiled a new breaking ball that baffled Lexington batters for 7 2/3 innings, allowing the Suns to score a come-from-...

The Hagerstown Suns came up with a major-league comeback to bail out a Major League star. On a night when Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg made his second rehabilitation start for the Suns, Hagerstown brought out the bats and rallied for five...

The Hagerstown Suns’ march to a playoff berth was slowed like it met the Ides of March. On Monday, the Suns went in with a lion, but were taken out by a Lamb. Pitcher Stephen Strasburg, the Washington Nationals’ young lion, made his third...

The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players. Brandon McCarthy (Glendale native) starting pitcher, Oakland Athletics: While the Athletics have been eliminated from playoff contention, it hasn't deterred McCarthy from continuing to...

It was a season marked by celebration for many of the local athletes currently plying their trade in baseball's minor leagues. Whether it was celebration of one's talent in the form of an all-star or MVP nod, or a dog pile on the infield in exultation of...

GLENDALE — The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players. Freddy Sanchez (Glendale Community College, 1998) second baseman, San Francisco Giants: Despite not having Sanchez, a former National League batting champion and All-Star...

GLENDALE — The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players. Brandon McCarthy (Glendale native) starting pitcher, Oakland Athletics: McCarthy rebounded from a rough outing against the Detroit Tigers on July 20 with one of his best...

The following are recaps on area athletes who played Major League Baseball during the recently concluded 2011 season. ESTRADA, CREW COME UP SHORT With the Milwaukee Brewers' postseason run expiring two wins shy of a World Series berth, Glendale...

GLENDALE — The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players. Freddy Sanchez (Glendale Community College, 1998) second baseman, San Francisco Giants: The former National League batting champion was set to get a second opinion on his...

GLENDALE — The following are updates on area Major League Baseball players. Freddy Sanchez (Glendale Community College, 1998) second baseman, San Francisco Giants: Despite a 1-0 stumble against the Florida Marlins in which he went one for three...

GLENDALE — For the second time in as many years, a veteran major leaguer with local ties has retired. Just as St. Francis High graduate Mark Loretta hung up his cleats before the 2010 season, Loretta's former high school teammate and Glendale...