#Major League Baseball

One of Maui’s brightest young athletes, Victoria Hansen, continues to excel on both the tennis court and on the baseball field. At just 12 years old, Hansen has earned her place among the Top US Tennis Association players in the State of Hawaiʻi for the 12-and-under division, firmly establishing herself as one of Maui’s most accomplished young tennis players.

Maui-born MLB All-Star and Los Angeles Angels Manager, Kurt Suzuki, is hosting the Kurt Suzuki Family Foundation’s 7th Annual “A Taste of Hawaiʻi” at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea this weekend in partnership with Chef Isaac Bancaco. The event will feature a night of fine culinary experiences and first-class entertainment.

As the first full-time Major League Baseball manager ever from the state of Hawai’i, Suzuki was humbled as he prepared to go to the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla., on Dec. 6.

Kurt Suzuki, a 2001 graduate from Mauiʻs Baldwin High School, will become the first MLB manager from Hawai’i when he takes command of the Los Angeles Angels.

A chance meeting of the Arizona Diamondbacks CEO while playing at the Hula Grill in Kā‘anapali in 2009 has led to Derek Sebastian performing the Star-Spangled Banner before seven Major League Baseball games.

Having two players from Maui drafted in the same year is rare — in 1999, Wehiwa’s dad Jamie Aloy and future World Series champ Shane Victorino were chosen in the same draft.

Wehiwa Aloy, who is ranked as a possble first-round draft choice for the No. 5 Arkansas Razorbacks, will play this season with brother Kuhio, who transferred from BYU.

Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, is partnering with former Major League Baseball All-Star and Maui native Shane Victorino and the Shane Victorino Foundation to donate 30,000 pieces of boys’ and girls’ athletic apparel to young athletes in West Maui. The donation will directly benefit the West Maui Little League and Lahainaluna High School baseball and softball programs, supporting their recovery and growth and is the largest donation the organizations have ever received.

Bubba Ho’opi’i-Tuionetoa was a standout youth and high school baseball player growing up on Maui. Now, he is one step away from becoming the fifth player from Maui to make it to Major League Baseball.

Maui’s Kurt Suzuki is headed to the World Series for the first time in his 13-year major league career.

Washington Nationals MLB catcher and hometown hero Kurt Suzuki surprise dozens of 6th graders at Kalama Intermediate School with a live Q&A session…

The Legends for Youth Clinic on Maui will take place on Thursday, July 19 at Maehara Baseball Stadium in Wailuku.

An estimated 150 youth participated in the 2017 All Pono Clinic hosted by Major League Baseball All-Star Kurt Suzuki of Maui over the weekend.

Shane Victorino came off the 15-day disabled list today for the Phillies and was in the starting lineup for tonight’s game in Chicago.

Oakland catcher Kurt Suzuki scored the winning for the Athletics in an extra-inning victory over the Angels.

The Kansas City Royals, with Kanekoa Texeira contributing from the bullpen, are off to their best start in years.

Shane Victorino’s Phillies are bidding to become the first team in 66 years to win three straight National League titles.

The major league baseball season got into full swing on Monday and several guys with Hawaii ties were in the mix.

Maui’s Shane Victorino is among a list of baseball players competing for the last spot on the National League’s All-Star Game roster. The Phillies outfielder finished fourth in the public balloting for the three starting outfield positions. He was not selected as a backup by the National League coaches. Hawaii’s four mayors-Bernard Carvalho, Jr., Mufi […]