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Manfred worries cap proposal could lead to repeat of 1994-95 strike

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred worries the owners' salary cap proposal could lead to a work stoppage like the one that caused the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and says the plan is needed because management concluded that the luxury tax system in place since 2003 no longer is working. Owners last week made their first cap proposal since 1994, when a 7 1/2-month strike caused the cancellation of the World Series for the first time in 90 years. Manfred was a junior lawyer on the owners' bargaining team in those negotiations. Players have vowed to fight a cap ...

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Upsets prevail in Babe Ruth League

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent It was Upset City in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League on Tuesday. The top three teams all went down. Reedsville beat Beaver Springs, 9-7; McVeyrtown edged Lewistown, 6-4 and Belltown stunned Burnham, 10-8. REEDSVILLE 9, BEAVER SPRINGS 7 BEAVER SPRINGS—Reedsville held off a late charge by Beaver Springs to win a 9-7 battle over the first-place team. The key player for Reedsville in the upset was Caden McClure. McClure got the win as he worked four and a third innings. He allowed three runs, all in the seventh, ...

Curve rally to beat Fisher Cats, 8-3

MANCHESTER, NH – Trailing 3-2 entering the ninth inning, The Curve rallied for six runs in the top of the ninth to earn an 8-3 win over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Tuesday night. In the six-run ninth inning, the Curve sent ten men to the plate and scored six runs; the most in an inning since May 24th against Erie (3rd inning). Keiner Delgado tied the game with a double into the right field corner and after a groundout for the first out of the inning, Lonnie White Jr. reached on a fielder’s choice and a throwing error that plated two runs. Derek Berg followed with an RBI single ...

Belleville edges McVeytown, 11-9

By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent MCVEYTOWN – Belleville scored two unearned runs in the top of the seventh Monday to edge McVeytown, 11-9, in the only game played in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League. McVeytown didn’t give up a hit in the seventh, but had three walks, two errors and a wild pitch that scored a run. Mason Joyce got the win for Belleville in relief. He pitched the last three innings, giving up one run, one hit, walking two and hitting one batter. Reagan Varner started the game for Belleville. McVeytown had nine hits with four of ...

Butler knocks out Huskies, 2-1

LEWISTOWN — Monday afternoon started a new day and new journey for the Mifflin County baseball team as they opened its first PIAA state playoff game in team history. In front of its home crowd, the Huskies filled the hill against the Butler Golden Tornadoes in the first-round showdown. ...