Today's Hottest Information On Baseball for Monday, June 27, 2011

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(7:36:47 PM) Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team files bankruptcy – The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, blaming Major League Baseball for rejecting a television deal that would have given the storied baseball team an urgent injection of cash. (This story continues here)


(7:24:18 PM) Baseball 'Bot, Please Do My Dishes – It can't pitch, hit or run, but it can catch two baseballs barehanded — at the same time. Even Derek Jeter can't do that. But there are some things humans just do better than robots. (This story continues here)


(7:23:39 PM) Baseball's demographics shift away from African Americans – Whether it's access to ball fields, the expense of equipment or opportunities in other sports, fewer African Americans are playing baseball today than in previous decades. Although he grew to be as tall as a power forward and as strong and fast as an All-Pro tight end, Dave Winfield was destined to be a baseball player. He even has a baseball date of birth. (This story continues here)


(6:49:48 PM) A Baseball Road Trip – Baseball-centered trips can often serve as the best way to travel. They're fun, they're educational, and they provide an incentive to see the attractions that a given city has to offer. (This story continues here)


(6:55:35 PM) Peanut-free sections in baseball stadiums welcome allergic fans – For five hours before a Missoula Osprey minor league baseball game last summer, Cheri Pijanowski hand washed 150 white folding chairs with bleach and water. (This story continues here)


(7:30:24 PM) Dodgers File for Bankruptcy After Baseball Rejects TV Deal – The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection after Major League Baseball rejected a television deal with News Corp.’s Fox Sports, leaving team owner Frank McCourt unable to make payroll this week. (This story continues here)


(7:05:15 PM) Enjoying baseball, fighting a war – His dream of a professional baseball career on a losing streak, Donald W. Collins joined the Navy soon after Pearl Harbor had been bombed in December 1941. (This story continues here)


(7:19:16 PM) Sports: Baseball's Bright Lights; NFL, NBA Labor Pains – Baseball players are cursing the sun, football players are still cursing the owners, and basketball players may join them. Host Scott Simon and NPR Sports Correspondent Tom Goldman discuss Wimbledon, the NBA draft and labor talks in the NFL and the NBA. (This story continues here)


(6:56:03 PM) Baseball game geared to those with special needs – Warren Marsh, 29, of Ventura, had been so excited about the Miracle League baseball game and clinic that was held Sunday at Buena High School, his mom resorted to an old parenting trick. (This story continues here)


(7:21:02 PM) Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers File For Bankruptcy – Dodgers owner Frank McCourt cites Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig's interference with club operations and refusal to approve a Dodgers TV deal with Fox Sports as the cause for Monday's bankruptcy filing. (This story continues here)