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Mets Eliminated From Postseason Contention Not With A Bang, But With A Real Stupid-Ass Play
A spectacularly silly baserunning blunder is not necessarily the most Metsy way to get mathematically eliminated from postseason contention—it’s no “entire pitching staff mysteriously bursts into flames all at once” or anything—but it’s pretty damn close! And it’s how the Mets were eliminated tonigh...
Cleveland Walks Off For 22nd Straight Win, Will Never Lose Again
Like they have in every game for more than three weeks now, Cleveland won tonight. With an extra-innings walk-off victory, they became the first team to win 22 consecutive games in more than a century. ...
Mike Fiers Suspended Five Games For Throwing At Luis Valbuena's Head In Retaliation For Bat Flip
Mike Fiers had a really bad first inning yesterday against the Angels—five runs allowed, including a two-run shot from Luis Valbuena, who had the audacity to get a little excited and flip his bat. This did not please Fiers. He expressed this displeasure by throwing at Valbuena’s head. That backfired...
The Minnesota Twins Are Still Here
Barely a month ago, it seemed that the Twins’ front office had given up on a playoff run this season. Pitcher Jaime Garcia, picked up in late July as the team was losing ground in the division race, was traded to the Yankees after making just one start. Closer Brandon Kintzler was also dealt to the ...
Rhys Hoskins Remains Ridiculous
Rhys Hoskins now has 33 major-league games under his belt—more than 140 plate appearances—which means that Rhys Hoskins has had a little time to back away from his freakishly hot start and begin looking more like the ordinary prospect people thought he was. But he hasn’t....
Brett Phillips Shows Why 8-2 Double Plays Are The Best Double Plays
Young Brewers outfielder Brett Maverick Phillips, best known for his wonderful laugh, started a brilliant unorthodox double play in Milwaukee tonight. Phillips’s powerful right arm took away a sacrifice fly and protected an early lead against the Pirates....
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Red Sox Security Remove "Racism Is As American As Baseball" Banner Unfurled Over Green Monster [UPDATED]
A banner reading “Racism Is As American As Baseball” was briefly unfurled over the Green Monster between the top and bottom of the fourth inning of the A’s-Red Sox game at Fenway Park tonight....
Cleveland Broadcasters Suggest The Tigers Purposely Injured An Umpire
The most drama out of Cleveland’s clinical, record-breaking win today came when some hot-tempered Tigers were tossed from the game, and when the Indians’ broadcast booth suggested that one of Detroit’s pitchers retaliated by hitting the umpire....
Indians Win Record-Breaking 21st Consecutive Game
The Indians will apparently never lose again. They won their 21st game in a row today, 5-3 against the Detroit Tigers. The win ties the streak held by the 1935 Cubs, and gives Cleveland sole ownership of the AL win streak record, which the A’s have held since 2002....
The Oakland A's Have Finally Decided Where They Want To Build Their Ballpark
The first step in the Oakland A’s long, seemingly never-ending quest for a new ballpark has reportedly been taken. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that A’s ownership has settled on a desired location for a new stadium. Now, they just have to convince everyone else—from the current land-owners to...
Shohei Otani Is Reportedly Coming To MLB, Despite Its Best Efforts To Keep Him Away
Japanese baseball star Shohei Otani, who is in the midst of a Ruthian season for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters—the two-way stud had a 1.86 ERA and 174 strikeouts in 140 innings, to go along with 27 homers and a .322/.416/.588 triple slash in 2016—is reportedly ready to play ball in America. He’ll...
Dodgers Finally Manage To End Nightmarish Losing Streak
A little less than three weeks ago, the Dodgers were 91-36, generating plenty of conversation on how close they might get to being historically great and whether they could possibly lay claim to being the best team ever. Entering today, they were 92-52, mired in an 11-game losing streak in which the...
Minnesota Twins Lay Out A Delightful Spread Of Home Runs
The Twins are doing their best to hold onto the second wild card spot, and they did so with some pretty intense power on Tuesday night. They whupped the Padres, 16-0, with seven home runs. That’s not quite the MLB overall record of 10 (courtesy of the 1987 Toronto Blue Jays), but it is an MLB record...
Cleveland Has Now Won 20 Games In A Row
Tonight’s game against Detroit wasn’t quite like most of Cleveland’s games lately in that it was close, with a final score of 2-0. Tonight’s game against Detroit was exactly like most of Cleveland’s games lately in that they won, for their near-record 20th straight victory....
A's Will Not Burden Fans By Asking Them To Buy Tickets For Game Against White SoxÂ
Along with the rest of Major League Baseball, the A’s announced their tentative 2018 schedule today. That includes a partial list of promotions—many of them geared towards celebrating the team’s 50th anniversary in Oakland—and a very special one on April 17 means that fans will be able to see that d...
City Council Candidate Claims Derek Jeter Endorsement; Jeter Denies It
Derek Jeter is denying that a statement in which he seemingly endorsed Ronnie Cho’s bid for a Manhattan city council seat was in fact an endorsement....
How To Attend A Baseball Game That Never Ends
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—There were two problems with my trip to the Bay Area....
Dodgers And Giants Delay Game, Have One At-Bat, Delay For Nearly Three Hours More, Finally Decide To Play
The Dodgers are having a miserable three weeks. The Giants are having a miserable year. Tonight, together, they had a fairly miserable evening....
Welington Castillo Taken To Hospital After Getting Hit In The Dick And Balls
Orioles catcher Welington Castillo’s game against the Blue Jays began and ended in the first inning. That’s because Toronto catcher Miguel Montero inadvertently created a little backstop-on-backstop violence with a foul tip that hit Castillo right where he least wanted to be hit....
Darwin Barney Works Very, Very Hard To Slide Into Third
If the Orioles had been playing coherent defense here, Blue Jays third baseman Darwin Barney wouldn’t have even had the chance to execute this messy excuse for a slide. But the Orioles were not playing coherent defense here—with the cutoff man throwing to home, rather than just keeping Barney at sec...