Battle Creek, Mich. — The Northwoods League has announced the rosters for the 2016 Northwoods League All-Star Game, which will be played on Tuesday, July 19 at 7:05 p.m. (CST) at Historic Simmons Field in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Battle Creek Bombers’ infielder/outfielder, Daniel Jipping, brings his .353 average, eight home runs and 36 RBI with him for...

Detroit — Hartland’s John Baker and Portage Northern’s Tommy Henry — who are sharing the 2016 Mr. Baseball title — have a bit of a history. They pitched against each other in the Division 1 state finals, with Baker tossing a 10-inning complete game and winning 4-3. The Detroit News Dream Team members, however, were teammates Wednesday...

After bouncing around in baseball bullpens, he returns to catch for his favorite team growing up Sam Palace couldn’t pass up a chance to come home. MIAMI -- The Detroit Tigers recently hired Palace, who graduated from Clarkston High in 2004, as a second bullpen catcher. “It’s hard to put a price on coming back home,” Palace said....

It’s been a great year for the Central Michigan baseball team and on Tuesday several of our alumni were honored with All MAC selections. Senior Pat MacKenzie and freshman Daniel Jipping were named to the first team while junior Logan Regnier earned a spot on the second team. All three made great contributions...

Coach Ryan Trosen, who played on the original Bulls team from 1996-2000, has led the 9U Michigan Bulls to a perfect start winning their first two tournaments on the schedule. The first championship at the TAGs Spring Classic and their most recent at the EMU May Bash. They look to continue their streak...

Just last summer Luke Shilling was catching for the 18U Bulls and was committed to the University of Cincinnati. Since then he has turned himself into a force on the mound, a University of Illinois commit (#4 in the nation) and a potential 1st round draft pick. A “just messing around” bullpen session...

The preseason list of baseball players in Oakland County featured 12 players from the Bulls program including… Luke Shilling, Joe Popp, Trevor Friday, Connor Kin, Jake DePillo, Colin Gottschalk, Drake Lubin, Jake Velisek, David Vinsky, Jordan Wiley, Connor Young and Scott Zychowski. Look for an update on top performances from the 2015 high school...