Along with the sunscreen, book, toys and snacks we haul to our waterside of choice this summer, we need a beach towel or two.

First thing’s first: Even though he had no possible reason to want to hit Dodgers instant-living-legend Yasiel Puig with a 2-0 lead and no one on in the sixth inning last Tuesday, Arizona’s Ian Kennedy put a pitch where you just don’t put a pitch in today’s baseball.

PHILADELPHIA — In a city that has become renowned for its hip and innovative restaurant scene, a local tourist attraction is offering decidedly different fare: prison food.

The signings are coming fast and furious, as many former East Valley baseball stars have agreed to terms with the Major League Baseball teams which drafted them last week. All figures courtesy of Baseball America.

NEW YORK — Laura Radocaj of Vero Beach, Fla., was warned when she was pregnant with twins that motherhood would be harder than she imagined — especially because she planned to go back to work while the twins were still babies. "But this has been the easiest transition," said Radocaj, 28, who works from home in corporate communications.

After considering dozens upon dozens of options, the East Valley Partnership announced its new branding effort for the region it calls home — a move that doesn’t stray too far from its roots, but also incorporates a more widely-known entity.

Authorities have arrested a man who allegedly killed his girlfriend with a baseball bat in Mesa.

Former Corona del Sol outfielder Michael Felton is a senior at Campbell University in North Carolina, and is 1 of 15 NCAA college baseball players in the nation chosen as a finalist for the TD Ameritrade Fan ...

Goldschmidt's bust-out campaign is the talk of the NL, even if he'd rather avoid the subject.

Goldschmidt's bust-out campaign is the talk of the NL, even if he'd rather avoid the subject.

When the Arizona Diamondbacks reached the 34th round of baseball's draft, they didn't pick for need or take a chance on potential.

Let’s say a huge Arizona Diamondbacks fan spent three months completely out of touch – a stint on a space station, sealed in the Biosphere, working for the IRS in Cleveland, take your pick – and had no idea how his favorite baseball team had fared over the first two-plus months of the season.

It was a good first two days for local players getting selected in the Major League Baseball draft, as most either went near their projections or above. The next part is signing with the professional ...

Hamilton teammates Patrick Murphy and Cody Bellinger were the first two East Valley high school players off the board on Day 2 of the Major League Baseball draft Friday.

"Take me out to the ball game. Take me out to the crowd. Buy me some biscuits and Scooby snacks ..." -- wait. That's not how the song goes. But it may as well Sunday, June 9, when the Arizona Diamondbacks invite fans to bring their dogs to the afternoon game against the San Francisco Giants.

A couple East Valley standout shortstops in Dustin Peterson and Riley Unroe were both second-round selections in the Major League Baseball draft on Thursday.

As the draft party around him sat in dead silence, D.J. Peterson let out a primal yell and wrapped a bear hug around little brother, Dustin.

In April, Hudson Blake became the first Brophy tennis player to win the singles state championship in 16 years.

Family-owned and operated Little Mesa Café will host a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 8 to support and help raise funds for 2-year-old local cancer survivor Cadence Schutter.