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May 20, 2012 12:22 am Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Final Regular Season for 2012 WPIAL and City League BATTING AVERAGE (Minimum 40 at-bats) Name, School — AB — H — Avg John Sansone, Neshannock — 53 — 35 — .660 T.D. Conway, California — 52 — 31 — 596 Michael Noonan, Geibel Catholic — 56 — 33 — .589 Greg Schneider, Thomas Jefferson — 60 — 35 — .583 Zarley Zalewski, Valley — 54 — 31 — .574 Mac Megahan, Knoch — 56 — 32 — .571 Cody Villinger, Southmoreland — 67 — 38 — .567 Brandon Galley, Southmoreland — 57 — 32 — .561 Matt Bakewell, California — 54 — 30 — .556 Steve Krzyzanowski, Brentwood — 54 — 30 — .556 Rick Jones, Laurel — 74 — 41 — .554 Mark Tripson, Baldwin — 49 — 27 — .551 Tanner Garry, Fort Cherry — 60 — 33 — .550 Chris Hawkins, Brashear — 44 — 24 — .545 Eric Richards, Summit Academy — 43 — 23 — .535 Robert DiMaggio, Western Beaver — 47 — 25 — .532 Tyler Delval, Bentworth — 49 — 26 — .531 Joe Killian, Springdale — 57 — 30 — .526 Regis Sauer, Brashear — 57 — 30 — .526 Joey Giles, Sto-Rox — 56 — 29 — .518 Blaise Galewski, Allderdice — 64 — 33 — .516 Nick Miller, Western Beaver — 45 — 23 — .511 Sean Cotton, California — 49 — 25 — 510 Zac Heide, Mount Pleasant — 53 — 27 — .509 Alex Bell, Upper St. Clair — 65 — 33 — .508 Sam Fragale, Seneca Valley — 63 — 32 — .508 Brett Chieze, Shenango — 68 — 34 — .500 Tyler Dubovich, Albert Gallatin — 66 — 33 — .500 Joe DeFloria, Hempfield — 60 — 30 — .500 Nick Smydo, Bentworth — 60 — 30 — .500 Tyler Kurutz, Bentworth — 58 — 29 — .500 Jake Miller, North Catholic — 58 — 29 — .500 Justin Zak, Allderdice — 58 — 29 — .500 Brad Appleby, Greensburg C.C

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Baseball Statistical Leaders – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

CHICAGO — Bridget Houlihan rifled through her gift bag and pulled out a gray T-shirt with a circular Chicago Cubs emblem on the front and FOLLOWER emblazoned across the back, resting on a row of logos from the top social media websites. “This is awesome,” she said.

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Major League Baseball Teams Working On Social Media Outreach – Huffington Post

In its bid to make the world championship, the Israeli squad is being bolstered by American Jewish players like former U.S. All-Star team catcher Brad Ausmus.

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Bill Veeck Baseball’s Greatest Maverick By Paul Dickson Walker & Company. 448 pp. $28

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Book review: ‘Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick,’ by Paul Dickson

[unable to retrieve full-text content]That bizarre exchange of random statements Thursday by Bud Selig and Lew Wolff, concerning the Oakland A’s – it sounded vaguely familiar. It made no sense, and my head was spinning, but it was funny. BudAndLew 2.0 have their act down now, just …

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This baseball joke has no one laughing – San Francisco Gate

Port Orange Spruce Creek and Kyle Marsh, in white, will look to advance to the Class 8A state baseball final when it faces Timber Creek on Saturday. (Joshua C. Cruey, Orlando Sentinel) By Dave Brousseau, Sun Sentinel 1:43 p.m. EDT , May 19, 2012 PORT ST.

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State baseball: New Smyrna Beach falls to Brandon in Class 7A semifinal – Orlando Sentinel

– from University of Portland athletics SPOKANE, Wash. — The Portland Pilots scored a pair of runs on a Sam Westendorf triple in the top of the ninth, but it wasn’t enough as the Gonzaga Bulldogs would hold on for a 5-3 win in a West Coast Conference baseball game played on Saturday afternoon at the Patterson Baseball Complex. GU has taken the first two games of the series, with the third and final game set for 1 p.m.

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Baseball – Gonzaga 5, Portland 3: Ninth-inning rally falters as Pilots lose to Bulldogs – Oregonian