/tags/major-league-baseball-mlb Major League Baseball (MLB) en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 21:44:56 GMT /news/2024-02-13/jenny-cavnar-makes-history-as-oakland-as-primary-play-by-play-announcer Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics. Cavnar becomes the first woman to handle primary play-by-play duties in major league history. She has covered baseball for 17 of her 20 years in the media business, most recently calling Colorado Rockies games the past 12 years as a backup play-by-play announcer while also hosting pregame and postgame shows and regional coverage. Tue, 13 Feb 2024 21:44:56 GMT /news/2024-02-13/jenny-cavnar-makes-history-as-oakland-as-primary-play-by-play-announcer Associated Press /podcast/inthenoco/2024-02-02/from-the-scorebox-to-first-base-rockies-scorer-jillian-geib-reflects-on-todd-heltons-hall-of-fame-trajectory Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton was recently elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. That means a lot of things to a lot of different Rockies fans, including MLB official scorer Jillian Geib. She joins In The NoCo today. Fri, 02 Feb 2024 10:45:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-02-02/from-the-scorebox-to-first-base-rockies-scorer-jillian-geib-reflects-on-todd-heltons-hall-of-fame-trajectory In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole /news/2023-08-24/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-weiser-sues-epa-and-rockies-lovers-arent-just-fair-weather-fans The Colorado Sun editor David Krause joined us to discuss Attorney General Phil Weiser’s lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, plus a look back at 30 years with the Colorado Rockies. Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:03:47 GMT /news/2023-08-24/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-weiser-sues-epa-and-rockies-lovers-arent-just-fair-weather-fans Nikole Robinson Carroll /regional-news/2023-05-03/study-suggests-climate-change-is-throwing-major-league-curveballs Researchers from Dartmouth College concluded that higher temperatures lead to more home runs, highlighting one of the ways climate change is altering baseball. Wed, 03 May 2023 20:42:30 GMT /regional-news/2023-05-03/study-suggests-climate-change-is-throwing-major-league-curveballs Emma VandenEinde /sports/2021-04-09/americas-oldest-game-takes-a-political-stance-why-the-mlb-moved-the-all-star-game Earlier this week, Major League Baseball announced that the annual All Star Game would be moved from the suburbs of Atlanta to Coors Field in Denver in order to demonstrate the league's opposition to Georgia's new restrictive voting laws. KUNC's Alana Schreiber spoke to Professor Tom Zeiler about this surprising decision from a sport that often strives for political neutrality. Fri, 09 Apr 2021 20:20:16 GMT /sports/2021-04-09/americas-oldest-game-takes-a-political-stance-why-the-mlb-moved-the-all-star-game Colorado Edition /sports/2020-07-24/its-opening-day-for-the-colorado-rockies-heres-what-to-expect-this-season Major League Baseball was supposed to start back in March, but it was pushed back, along with most major sports, by the coronavirus pandemic.After months… Fri, 24 Jul 2020 17:42:27 GMT /sports/2020-07-24/its-opening-day-for-the-colorado-rockies-heres-what-to-expect-this-season Desmond O'Boyle /arts-life/2018-08-24/how-one-colorado-rockies-fan-took-to-twitter-to-get-live-organ-music-back-at-coors-field It started as an off-the-cuff Tweet to the Colorado Rockies: “How many retweets for you to buy an organ and let me be the Coors Field organist next… Fri, 24 Aug 2018 20:14:46 GMT /arts-life/2018-08-24/how-one-colorado-rockies-fan-took-to-twitter-to-get-live-organ-music-back-at-coors-field Stacy Nick /2015-08-05/bryce-harper-or-mike-trout-are-these-two-too-good Commentator Frank Deford weighs in on two of the youngest, brightest stars in professional baseball. Wed, 05 Aug 2015 09:17:00 GMT /2015-08-05/bryce-harper-or-mike-trout-are-these-two-too-good Frank Deford /2015-07-01/all-star-games-are-worthless-if-the-players-are-not-all-stars Major League Baseball's All-Star Game may be less starry than usual this year because of Kansas City fans' campaign to get as many Royals players as possible into the game. Wed, 01 Jul 2015 09:07:00 GMT /2015-07-01/all-star-games-are-worthless-if-the-players-are-not-all-stars Frank Deford /2014-11-12/chicago-or-cleveland-whose-teams-had-more-downs-than-ups Commentator Frank Deford ponders which city has had the worst luck in sports. It's hard to decide whether Cubs fans or Cleveland fans deserve the most sympathy for their years of cheering on futility. Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:50:00 GMT /2014-11-12/chicago-or-cleveland-whose-teams-had-more-downs-than-ups Frank Deford