Baseball Page 1003 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
This Year's Home Run Derby Sounds Pretty Good, Actually
MLB released the format for this year’s Home Run Derby today. It’s, uh, different. ...
Orbit Just <i>Loooooves</i> Baseball
We’re not sure what mascot Orbit is doing here, but it doesn’t much look like we imagine what the Astros planned it to....
Bob Costas To Apologize For Epically Raw Burn On Pedro Strop
Bob Costas will apologize to Pedro Strop for launching into an inexplicable, hilarious, and just plain dirty burn on the Cubs reliever after Strop’s poor outing Friday night....
Giancarlo Stanton Reportedly Has Broken Bone In Hand; Everything Sucks
Giancarlo Stanton has been crushing baseballs all season long, smacking out an MLB-leading 27 homers and driving in an MLB-leading 67 runs. So you can understand everyone’s trepidation when he announced some sort of hand injury suffered during yesterday’s game against the Dodgers. And it looks like ...
Angry Umpire Demands That Jon Lester Fight Him
Yesterday’s game between the Dodgers and Cubs was delayed for several minutes when home plate umpire Andy Fletcher decided to go full Ump Show in the second inning, stalking Cubs starter Jon Lester back to the mound in order to establish his authority or whatever....
Josh Donaldson Dives Into The Stands To Make The Catch Of The Year
Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson just made a play that will very likely go down as the best of the year....
The Astros Are Good Now. What The Hell?
If you’re like a lot of sports fans, there’s a good chance that you are just now starting to pay attention to baseball. You’ve finally recovered from all those sleepless nights spent watching NBA playoff games, the world around you is starting to fall into a summer malaise, and you’re ready to spend...
Terry Francona Says He Ate 17 Popsicles In One Night
This Sunday, I bought a box of popsicles and ended up eating six of them that night, which seemed like overkill at the time. Indians manager Terry Francona made me feel better when he revealed he ate 17 in one night....
The Sky Over Fenway Last Night Was Incredible
We had some crazy weather on the East Coast last night, with massive rainstorms and tornado warnings popping up all over the place. On the plus side, the bad weather helped create an amazing night’s sky over Fenway Park....
Young Rays Fan Grabs HR, Saves Siblings
Now for a good baseball boy. This little Rays fan with a nifty grab of Asdrubal Cabrera’s home run that appeared headed straight for his siblings:...
Miguel Cabrera Rewards A Young Fan For Trash-Talking
I dunno, man. There’s nothing in this world more obnoxious than a young boy. Positive reinforcement in form of a bunch of free swag is just going to make this worse....
Study: Mets Fans Bad At English
Exciting times. Exactly as they did for NFL fans earlier this spring, automated proofreading program Grammarly has been sicced on the internet comments of every MLB team’s website. The results show that Mets fans have been swept by the English language. ...
Miguel Cabrera Fans Throw Wrench Into All-Royals All-Star Lineup
Dammit, All-Star voters. The goal was to get every Kansas City Royal in the AL lineup, with only Mike Trout as the outlier. Now, Miguel Cabrera has surpassed Eric Hosmer in the first baseman spot by over a million votes, and Mike Moustakas holds an extremely slim lead over Josh Donaldson....
Long-Lost Notebook Shows Pete Rose Bet On Baseball As A Player
ESPN’s Outside the Lines has gotten its hands on definitive proof that Pete Rose bet on baseball games while he played for the Cincinnati Reds. Rose had previously admitted that he bet on baseball while managing the Reds, but vehemently denied that he ever did so as a player....
Former Ballplayer Darryl Hamilton Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
Police have identified former MLB player Darryl Hamilton and his wife, Monica Jordan, as the victims of what appears to be a murder-suicide after the pair was found dead in their own home. Their 14-month-old child was also found in the house, unharmed....
Felix Hernandez's Son Isn't Here For The Bullshit
The Seattle Mariners did a cute thing before yesterday’s Father’s Day game, having a few of the players line up to catch first pitches from their kids. Keep an eye on the last kid in line, who is Felix Hernandez’s son. ...
Hanley Ramirez Hit A Ball At The Sky Gods Yesterday
Here’s something you probably don’t need to know about the solo home run that Hanley Ramirez hit yesterday, but I’m going to tell it to you you anyway: Ramirez’s shot got higher off the ground than any homer since at least 2006....