The Atlanta Braves are among the hosts of an upcoming fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, shelling out $13,200 to do so. The teamâs name is prominently displayed on the eventâs invitation:
The Oakland Aâs are good, and they are hot, and they are young, and this week they have the opportunity to make a statement. Three games against the Mariners, whom they lead by 2.5 games for the second wild card spot, and then three games against the Astros, whom they trail by 2 games for the division. âThe nextâŠ
This is wonderful. Reds utility man Brandon Dixon made his first career pitching appearance Monday night, in the ninth inning of an eventual 10-3 loss to the Indians. His pitching line was great: Dixon threw 10 total pitches; no one of them was harder than 74 miles per hour; the slowest came in under 66 miles perâŠ
The Mets beat the Yankees Monday night, 8â5, for their second consecutive win, and fourth in five games, and sixth in nine. Theyâre coming off their first consecutive series wins since April, and recently got long-suffering Jacob deGrom his first win since mid-June. Things are finally looking ... know what, letâs notâŠ
Ronald Acuña Jr.âthe second-most impressive sub-legal drinking age player in the NL Eastâis having an extremely good time these days. Heâs batting leadoff for an Atlanta Braves team that suddenly finds itself half a game up in the division, and he is smoking the hell out of the damn baseball.
Leonys MartĂn has been out for the Indians with an undisclosed illness since Wednesday, August 8. This started to look like it might be quite a bit more serious than the usual flu-like symptoms on Friday, when manager Terry Francona gave an ominous update of MartĂnâs condition:
Even in a profession that asks old men to talk about baseball non-stop for four hours a night, the Atlanta Bravesâ announcing team stands out for its dedication to infuriating dumbassery. Most often, itâs the duo of Joe Simpson and Chip Caray who do the heavy lifting, running their mouths about suitable battingâŠ
After closing three games in three days, Edwin DĂaz was supposed to have Sunday off. It didnât look like the Mariners would need him anyway, as they trailed the Astros heading to the ninth. But Ryon Healy homered to tie the game, and then Mitch Haniger doubled in the go-ahead run in the 10th, and DĂaz told his bullpenâŠ
Lost in the thrill of rookie David Boteâs spectacular walk-off grand slam was the best pitching duel of perhaps the entire season. New Cubs acquisition Cole Hamels threw seven innings of one-hit, one-run ball, and Max Scherzer, favorite for a third straight Cy Young, did him one better with three hits and 11âŠ
When youâre playing baseball as a kid, just messing around with a bat and a ball in the park or your backyard, what are you picturing? Every time, itâs youâre down three, bases loaded, bottom of the ninth, two outs, two strikes.
Ramon Laureano has played a total of five games in the majors, all this season, all since the start of August. Itâs been a fun start! Heâs already had a number of defensive highlights, and his first hit in the bigs was a walk-off game-winner in extras, in his first career game.
The Colorado Rockies had a chance at a signature win Thursday night against the division-leading Dodgers. Instead they got a signature loss, or at least lost in the same way theyâve lost all year. At home versus their division rivals in a crucial series, Chris Iannetta smacked a go-ahead three-run homer off Pedro BaezâŠ
Exit velocity has become the bugbear of baseballâs antiââsuper nerdsâ crowd. For them, the relatively recent ability to measure how hard a ball comes off a bat is a symbol of everything wrong with modern baseball analysis: a quantification of something that doesnât need to be quantified; a number that tells you whatâŠ
The Seattle Mariners rocked Justin Verlander for a home run, a triple, a double, and a single, all in the first inning of their game against the Astros on Thursday night. The reverse cycle put the Mariners up 3-0 at the end of the first inning, which accounted for exactly half of Verlanderâs game. He was ejected inâŠ
Good news for anyone deeply troubled by the mid-season injury of Blue Jays prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr: Heâs back, he got called up to Triple-A at the end of July, and heâs still belting the ball in that same heroic way weâve enjoyed all year.
After 15 seasons as a big leaguer, Jayson Werth is out of baseball this year, which has given the 39-year-old an opportunity to pick up a couple of age-appropriate hobbies: reliving past glories in pick-up games, and hating on the newly powerful generation directly behind his. In Werthâs case, his quaint andâŠ
Felix Hernandez, once and not too long ago among the ALâs most feared and fearsome fireballers, is near the end of the line. Itâs been a steady decline too, not a cliff, which makes it feel less like an aberration and more the irreversible march of time. His injury-plagued 2017 was his worst statistical season sinceâŠ
Gahhhhh. This is an awful thing that should never happenâwith any living creature, not just a dusty flying bugâbut Yankees-White Sox umpire Bruce Dreckman was remarkably calm when a small, moth-like animal (most likely a moth) flew into his ear between innings.
For the first time since June 18, Mets ace Jacob deGrom started a baseball game and was officially awarded with a win at the end of that baseball game. This is notable mostly because deGrom has been pretty much the best pitcher in the Major Leagues this season.
In the eighth inning of the Philliesâ game against the Diamondbacks on Tuesday, two throwing errors by Arizona led to CĂ©sar HernĂĄndez touching âem all on a bunt.
