SAN FRANCISCO — Freddie Freeman’s father has long been the one in his ear with an encouraging word and some advice to simplify his swing. Even now, in his mid-30s, he still hears it from dad: Return ...

Basic’s Tate Southisene was confident going up to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning of a tied Class 5A Southern Region baseball winners’ bracket semifinal Thursday. He was so confident he ...