This wasn’t your typical laid-back spring training season atmosphere.

Valley Sports:  Clearly, this is a matchup of baseball’s two best teams. The Yankees and Phillies have proven their superiority, and that could make for a World Series classic.

Valley Sports blog: Scott Bordow's take on the LCS... Phillies' pitching, Yankees' power is good enough to reach the World Series.

A capsule look at the eight teams competing in the College World Series, which starts Saturday at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb. (coaches' records at current schools through super regionals):

What began as a collection of 13-year-old Little Leaguers five years ago is now headed to the Connie Mack World Series this weekend.

When it comes to making history, this year’s Arizona State softball team makes it look routine. The Sun Devils have set four single-season team records already, including the smashing of home run and RBI totals. Katie Burkhart, Kaitlin Cochran and Bianca Cruz are toppling individual records, seemingly on a weekly basis.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Ahwatukee’s Shaun Chase pitched a complete-gameshutout and hit a solo homer in the first inning to power the Dawgs to a 1-0 victory over Lemont, Ill. in the Little League World Series Saturday.

June 14, 2004

OMAHA, Neb. - Rice scored three runs in the first inning, then added a record-tying seven in the sixth Monday night as the Owls won their first national title in any NCAA team sport with a 14-2 victory over Stanford.

Tyler Kem had a lot of fun helping the Chandler National Little League team win the West Regional tournament last week in California.

Baseball players love to take everything one game at a time.

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania's governor and Philadelphia's mayor announced Saturday that the city transit system's largest union had agreed not to go on strike as contract talks continued hours before the start of Game 3 of the World Series.

NEW YORK — Look out for Cliff Lee, Chase Utley and this New Red Machine. Lee outdueled CC Sabathia, Utley homered twice and the Philadelphia Phillies kept rolling through October, beating the New York Yankees 6-1 on a misty Wednesday night in the World Series opener.