Baseball Page 1144 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
All-Homegrown MLB Teams
This is fascinating, in a nerdy, obsessive, follows-baseball-to-the-detriment-of-a-social-life kind of way (which is the best kind of fascinating!). What would every 25-man roster look like if they were stocked only with players those teams drafted or signed as amateurs? [It's About The Money]...
The Twins' Bullpen Pulled Off A Perfect Prank Punch
We had seen this bizarre video from Friday's Twins game, of Jared Burton decking Brian Duensing just as a home run sailed over the bullpen, but hadn't realized the mystery had been solved. The short answer: relievers have way too much time on their hands....
Curt Schilling Had A Heart Attack At Age 44
It's been a stressful few years for Curt Schilling, whose failed video game company earned him lawsuits and forced him to sell off his house and his bloody sock. How stressful? Bad enough that Schilling suffered a heart attack in 2011 while watching—not running, watching—the NYC Marathon....
Adam Jones Says A Giants Fan Threw A Banana At Him
Orioles outfielder Adam Jones took to Twitter after yesterday's 10-2 win in San Francisco to complain about a fan tossing a banana onto the field. The Giants say they have no record of the incident....
Here's Ryan Braun Hanging Out With Some Bros In Venice Beach
Ryan Braun might be suspended for the rest of this season, but he seems perfectly content while getting his swell on in California....
A-Rod Hit His First Home Run Of The Season
Alex Rodriguez socked his first homer of 2013, a solo shot off of Justin Verlander, in today's game. Yankees fans seemed OK with it....
Jhonny Peralta And Nelson Cruz Probably Won't Play In The Postseason
Per Pedro Gomez, Jhonny Peralta and Nelson Cruz won't be seeing any action this MLB postseason. The 50-game suspensions for their roles in the Biogenesis scandal aren't holding them back, but their respective teams are....
Josh Reddick Crushed Five Home Runs In Two Days
The Athletics' Josh Reddick might currently have an OBP under .300, but he doubled his 2013 home run total in the span of two days....
J.J. Putz Gets Interrupted By "Kickstart My Heart," Spikes Ball
Theories confirmed by this clip of J.J. Putz spiking the ball after his warm-up is interrupted by a little Mötley Crüe include a) It is never not funny to see pitchers fail to deliver the ball home and b) Baseball announcers don't really love the Crüe....
Juan Uribe Fell For The Hidden-Ball Trick
The Tampa Bay Rays pulled off the hidden-ball trick Saturday, and Juan Uribe was the unfortunate victim....
Jack Clark Fired From Radio Show After Saying Albert Pujols Used PEDs
On Friday, former St. Louis Cardinals player Jack Clark insinuated that Albert Pujols had used steroids early in his career. That statement has now cost him his job as radio co-host on WGNU, a gig he hasn't even held down for a week....
David Ortiz Found A Baby Somewhere
Where did David Ortiz get that baby? Is he going to eat the baby? Put the baby down, Mr. Ortiz. We can find you another one....
Watch Bill Murray And Harry Caray Kick Off The Cubs' First Night Game
Twenty-five years ago today, the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies played the first-ever night game at Wrigley Field. After having only played day games since claiming the park as home in 1916, the Cubs finally succumbed to pressure from MLB, which threatened that if the team ever won a pen...
A Catcher Pitched To A Pitcher Last Night, And It Was Great
Last night's Dodgers-Cardinals game was well out of hand by the ninth inning, so fans were treated to one of baseball's rarest joys: a position player taking the mound for some mop-up duty. And this particular instance was made all the better by the fact that it involved a relief pitcher who was mak...
Alex Rodriguez Appeals Suspension, Likely Won't Claim Innocence
The MLBPA has formally filed an appeal on behalf of its most divisive member. Alex Rodriguez's case will be heard by an independent arbitrator, and we may not know for months whether his record 211-game suspension will stand....
Cleveland Responds To "Let's Go Tigers" With "Detroit's Bankrupt"
We had dueling-fan-base chants this evening in Cleveland. Some plucky Detroiters tried to get a "let's go Tigers" chant going. Cleveland did not appreciate it....
Dioner Navarro Carted Off After This Collision, Holds On To The Ball
Dioner Navarro had to be carted off the field in the seventh inning after a collision at the plate with Chase Utley.With Utley on second, Kevin Frandsen lined a single to right field in just about perfect position for Cole Gillespie to field the ball on a couple of hops and fire a laser home to Nava...
How I Broke The Biogenesis Story: A Chat With The Man Who Scooped MLB
We're joined by Tim Elfrink, managing editor at the Miami New Times and the man who first uncovered one of the biggest scandals in baseball history. Ask him how the story came together, what he thinks of MLB's investigation, the state of alt-weeklies, and anything else that comes to mind....