Baseball Page 974 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Do The Astros Need Justin Verlander?
Justin Verlander’s contract is so big that the Tigers had no fear any other team would want it. After the traditional trade deadline passed at the end of July, Verlander and the $28 million he’s owed in each of the next two years easily cleared revocable waivers, making the 34-year-old Tiger still e...
Don Baylor Dead At 68
An easy way to measure an athlete’s influence on his or her sport is to consider what they meant to different groups of fans. Don Baylor, who died of cancer today at age 68, was many things to many people....
Here's Noah Syndergaard's Cameo On <i>Game Of Thrones</i>
Wow, did you watch Game of Thrones last night? Wow! With the dragons, and the...elves? Elves, probably. And orcs, no doubt, seeking to regain the One Ring. And the TARDIS. Wow. (I don’t watch the show.) ...
Mets Radio Broadcaster Fed Up With ESPN-Delayed Start
There’s a bit of pride in having your team chosen for a national broadcast, but maybe not when they’re the sacrificial lambs and you’d really just like to get it over with. The Dodgers completed a season sweep of the Mets last night, and Mets radio announcer Howie Rose voiced his frustrations with t...
Nachos Heroically Saved From Utter Devastation By Sure-Handed Fan
Now here is a clutch play, from today’s Marlins-Braves tilt:...
A's Trade All-Star Yonder Alonso To Mariners For Their Own Dang Prospect
The Oakland Athletics, 8.5 games out of the final Wild Card spot and owners of the second-worst record in the American League, have traded their representative at the 2017 All-Star Game to the Seattle Mariners, for Boog Powell, once a 20th-round draft pick of, that’s right, the Oakland Athletics....
Matt Joyce Suspended Two Games For Use Of Anti-Gay Slur
Matt Joyce of the Oakland Athletics was overheard using an anti-gay slur in an angry exchange with a boorish fan after being robbed of a base hit during Friday’s 8-6 loss to the Angels. Now Major League Baseball has suspended Joyce for two games following the incident....
Now Here Is A Mighty Dong
Giancarlo Stanton got all the way into this 78-mph first-pitch meatball from R.A. Dickey in the top of the fourth inning last night, and sent it to the goddamn Cenobites:...
Old Man Bartolo Colón Pitched A Complete Game In 2017
Ancient baseball man Bartolo Colón started the 2017 baseball season with the Atlanta Braves, where he accrued a nightmarish 8.14 ERA in 10 starts before being released on July 4. It looked like the end for the beloved 44-year-old blobfish, even after an offseason spent toning his, umm, frame like a...
Oakland's Matt Joyce Allegedly Uses Homophobic Slur In Exchange With Fan
Matt Joyce of the Oakland Athletics reportedly used a homophobic slur while shouting at an Angels fan Friday night, according to an Associated Press photographer who overheard the exchange....
Paul Goldschmidt Crushed Baseballs And The Cubs' Spirit Last Night
Paul Goldschmidt was very, very mean to the Cubs Thursday. ...
Cubs' And Diamondbacks' Rain Delay Theater Activities, Ranked
The Cubs and Diamondbacks had to sit through several delays waiting for rain to pass tonight before Arizona could out-slug Chicago, 10-8. Here are the rain delay activities of the two bullpens, ranked:...
Mets Get Extra Mets-y, Lose On Bases-Loaded Walk From Reliever With Numb Fingers
Close your eyes. Think of the current iteration of the New York Mets. What do you see? Probably injured pitchers. Maybe semi-baffling management decisions. Definitely losing. But if you’re not well-acquainted enough with the team to conjure up a mental image of these depressing concepts, do not wor...
The Sad Failure Of Donald Trump's Desperate Attempt At A Baseball League<em></em>
Jeffrey Gildenhorn, a beloved D.C. restaurateur, recreational politician, and full-time man about town for several decades, died earlier this summer after choking on his meal at the Palm, a local power lunch institution. He’d lived a full enough life that none of his many obituaries mentioned his su...
We Have A Blood Feud Between Chris Archer And Orbit
The slow-simmering beef between Rays starter Chris Archer and Astros mascot Orbit has spilled over into outright violence. If you are sensitive or a child or a sensitive child, please don’t watch this....
Here's Yet Another Immaculate Inning This Year
In tonight’s loss to the Tigers, Dellin Betances threw an immaculate inning; such a feat is, depending on how wide your lens, either quite rare or not so much. His is only the 87th immaculate inning in more than a century of baseball. It’s also the sixth this season and the 16th since 2014....
Cleveland Will Have To Go Without Andrew Miller For A Bit
After two weeks of looking slightly more human than usual, Andrew Miller has been sent to the 10-day disabled list with tendinitis in his right knee....
Diamondbacks Run To Mommy To Further Attempt To Gouge Arizona Taxpayers
The Diamondbacks are bringing Major League Baseball into their ongoing attempt to fleece taxpayers out of more money to get a new ballpark. An attorney for the D-backs is claiming that MLB has claimed that if they don’t get a new ballpark or major upgrades to their current park, the league “might” f...
Phillies Won’t Honor Pete Rose After Statutory-Rape Accusation<em></em>
The Phillies announced in April that Pete Rose would be this year’s inductee into the Wall of Fame. Rose, who played five seasons with the Phillies and is best known in Philly baseball lore for his catch of a dropped Bob Boone pop-up in the World Series, would be honored at the team’s annual Alumni ...