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MLB Looking to Expand to 32 Teams

Posted on by Stentor Staff Writer

Sports Karsten Maurer ‘29 maurerkka05@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has made it known that after the Collective Bargaining Agreement situation is sorted out, his next goal is to expand the league from 30 teams to 32, marking an end to the longest period in MLB history without an expansion team. These are the suggested cities so far: Salt Lake City, Utah; Nashville, Tennessee; Raleigh, North Carolina; Portland, Oregon; and Orlando, Florida. Salt Lake City…

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A Cardinals Fan’s Experience in the Belly of the Beast, Wrigley Field

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A Cardinals Fan’s Experience in the Belly of the Beast, Wrigley Field

Karsten Maurer ‘29  maurerkka05@lakeforest.edu On Tuesday, March 31, I had the opportunity to visit one of baseball’s oldest sights, Wrigley Field, where a couple of friends and I bought tickets for the right-field bleachers to watch the Cubs face the Angels. As a Cardinals fan with absolutely no skin in the game except to root against the Cubs, I decided to wear my Cardinals Ozzie Smith jersey. If you don’t know much about baseball, the…

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Forester Field of Dreams: Should the College Bring Baseball Back to Campus?

Posted on by Jack Loessberg
Forester Field of Dreams: Should the College Bring Baseball Back to Campus?

Many people have wondered why baseball is not a varsity sport at Lake Forest. Actually, baseball was the first varsity sport at the College in the late 1890s. During both world wars, there was an elimination of varsity sports. However, baseball continued at the College until the early 1970s. It died out because there was great pressure for fielding a lacrosse team. Coach Michael Dau ’58, who coached the baseball team in the 1960s, argued…

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