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Futures Game includes NC prospects

July 25, 2025 Shawn Krest

Before turning the stadium over to the best players in baseball, MLB allowed the stars of tomorrow to take the field with the All-Star Futures Game. More than 30 players who made this year’s All-Star […]

NC produces over 50 MLB picks

August 2, 2024 Shawn Krest

Major League Baseball reached out to its next generation of players with the 20-round MLB Draft, last week in Texas. As we reported last week, Wake Forest took center stage in the first round, with […]

MATTHEWS: The story of the Arizona beekeeper hero

May 8, 2024 Stacey Matthews

Every once in a while, a story comes along that just gives you all kinds of warm fuzzies. The story of an Arizona beekeeper who raced in to help get a Major League Baseball game […]

Walter Jenkins, 2 Deacons picked in 1st round of MLB Draft

July 12, 2023 Cory Lavalette

While the story of the first day of the Major League Baseball Draft was LSU teammates Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews going 1-2 to the Pirates and Nationals, respectively, North Carolina also made some noise […]

From UNC to ASG: Zac Gallen gets All-Star Game start

July 11, 2023 Shawn Krest

SEATTLE — At some point this season, every major league player has had to answer questions about the impact of the new rules in baseball, including a pitch clock to speed up games. For Zac […]

Madison Bumgarner pitches 7-inning no-hitter

April 26, 2021 The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Madison Bumgarner definitely had no-hit stuff, even if the Major League Baseball record book said he didn’t. Bumgarner threw a seven-inning no-hitter, an achievement that won’t officially count but completed a dominant day […]

Expanded MLB rosters give young players valuable time with big clubs

July 8, 2020 Brett Friedlander

The cancellation of this year’s minor league baseball season was a disappointing blow to many young prospects whose advance up the ranks toward a possible major league career has been put on hold for an […]

Big Four flood first round of MLB Draft

June 17, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Commenting on the competition his team had to beat to win its NCAA regional last spring, a tournament that also included NC State and Campbell, East Carolina coach Cliff Godwin assessed the quality of college […]

State, Duke, Wake, UNC make MLB Draft history with 1st round selections

June 11, 2020 Brett Friedlander

There hasn’t been a game played in nearly three months, but it was still a big night for baseball in North Carolina on Wednesday. Players from NC State, Duke, Wake Forest and North Carolina were […]

100 in 100: McDowell County’s Greg Holland, MLB’s ‘Dirty South’

June 8, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]