Every summer C.J. and Kevin Cron take a trip to see their father, Chris, at whatever minor league stop he is at that season.

Every summer C.J. and Kevin Cron take a trip to see their father, Chris, at whatever minor league stop he is at that season.

It started with a trip to Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore 11 years ago and ended Wednesday night in Atlanta despite two rain delays at Turner Field when the New York Mets' Francisco Rodriguez struck out the Braves' Chipper Jones on a 90 mph-called strike.

It started with a trip to Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore 11 years ago and ended Wednesday night in Atlanta despite two rain delays at Turner Field when the New York Mets' Francisco Rodriguez struck out the Braves' Chipper Jones on a 90 mph-called strike.

A charitable organization that has helped dozens of Little League baseball teams throughout the state has reached another milestone.

A charitable organization that has helped dozens of Little League baseball teams throughout the state has reached another milestone.

It might be as simple as finding his groove.

Arizona Christian University will hosts the 2013 Baseball Recruit Identification Camp June 3-6 at Firestorm Field. Players ages 14-18 are invited to attend the camp, which focuses on baseball skills development.

Little League teams from across the state will attend the 19th annual Molina Celebrity Baseball game and end up winners themselves.

Ila Borders works in relative anonymity as a firefighter and emergency medical technician in Gilbert, far away from her time as a gender barrier-breaker in the national pastime.

The large black wool banner with the words "New York Giants" in orange lettering was packed away folded inside a closet of Robert Steckner's den for decades.

Longtime Cactus League executive Robert Brinton died Friday, having established a life work of spring training promotion that dates to his childhood.

Although they’ve been playing since early March, this Saturday is that magical opening day of the season for the Little League All Stars from Ahwatukee Foothills, Tempe and Chandler.

As the Mesa Historical Museum’s popular baseball exhibit dedicated to the history of spring training in Arizona enters the mid-innings of its project-planning phase, two portions of it soon will conclude, but at least one locale will remain open for another two years.

The AZ Pirates, a 13U AAA/Majors team, is hosting tryouts from noon until 2 p.m. on Saturday at Sun Ray Park, 4059 E. Ray Road.

Daron Sutton has seen plenty of baseball in 41 years. As the son of Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton, the Arizona Diamondback play-by-play announcer has been around the game his entire life. Through his childhood, he was around many of Major League Baseball’s history makers of the 1970s and 1980s, so his knowledge base was pretty wide before last week’s Golden Age of Baseball panel discussion in Sun City Grand.

The 21st annual Molina Celebrity Baseball Game will be on Jan. 27 at Scottsdale Stadium, 7408 E. Osborn Road. Tickets are $10 for 17 and over.

The 21st annual Molina Celebrity Baseball Game will be on Jan. 27 at Scottsdale Stadium, 7408 E. Osborn Road. Tickets are $10 for 17 and over.