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Switch Hitters: Lexington Legends go from Astros to Royals

BY BRIAN C. GARDNER The Lexington Legends today announced they are switching their Major League affiliation.  Since their inception on 2001, the Houston Astros have been the Legends’ parent club. In recent years, the Astros have fallen off and this …

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Lexington Legends Star in New Book, Bluegrass Baseball

BY BRIAN C. GARDNER The drive from Whitaker Bank ballpark, home of The Lexington Legends, to Yankee Stadium is 714 miles. But to a player toiling in Baseball’s minor

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Some Olympic Browess! Why Anthony Davis is the One True Olympian on the USA basketball team

BY TREAD     When NBA star Blake Griffin injured his stump-like laig (sic) the wounded Clipper made room on the United States Men's Basketball squad for overall number 1 draft

UK in the Major League Baseball Draft

BY BRIAN GARDNER Several UK players will be drafted in today's Major League Baseball draft, led by Luke Maile, who has played catcher, first base and DH for the

UK Baseball in NCAA regional tourney, Gary Indiana

BY BRIAN GARDNER While The Music Man may consider “Gary, Indiana, Gary Indiana, my home sweet home,” none of the four college baseball teams playing there this weekend call

UK Baseball’s Three Way Pennant Race in the SEC East

BY BRIAN GARDNER While the Keeneland Spring Meet recently ended and Derby's over, Bluegrass baseball fans are being treated to a horse race of a different color this summer.

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UK Baseball: A Championship Season?

Field of Dreams for UK Baseball BY BRIAN GARDNER Far removed from the luster of Rupp Arena and the celebrated Craft Center, toils UK's Baseball Cats and their menagerie of

A Legend Digs THE Legends

Courtesy of Lexington Legends: Photo of Bill Murray wearing a Lexington Legends cap as he sits with Spike Lee at last

Introducing the New Lexington Legends Manager: Andy Shea, at home in the Bluegrass

Andy Shea, named General Manager of the Lexington Legends this past November, is the Youngest General Manager in Minor League Baseball. Originally from Philadelphia, Shea has been a member of

Later Gators: Cats beat Gators in College Hoops

  Later Gators By Kevin Faris "It was a great college basketball game and a great college basketball night." -UK Head Coach Tubby Smith   Major League Baseball may be the National Pastime. The



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