Russell Martin has been a fine Major Leaguer for a long time, but the 2018 version of Russell Martin is not, by the…

Spring training is for trying your absolute hardest—up to but not inclusive of any effort that might land you on the DL…

The Blue Jays ran into one hell of an Ump Show during their game against the Oakland A’s yesterday. Over the course of…

I have three thoughts on Russell Martin’s throwing error in the top of the seventh, a baseball play that I’d never…

Russell, my man. Your team is on an eight-game winning streak, it’s the first inning, and you’re playing against the…

Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen took a pitch to his back in Saturday night's game against the Diamondbacks. On a…

This run, the Reds' sixth of 11, didn't have much of an impact on the result of a game, which saw Pirates outfielder Tra…

PNC Park finally got to host playoff baseball, and the fans in Pittsburgh made it a party, screaming and chanting and…

This photo, by the AP's Charles Rex Arbogast, shows Russell Martin just after applying the tag to Nate Schierholtz for…

Pirates backstop Russell Martin doesn't want to be a catcher. It's boring. You have to crouch all game. You never get…

We thought last week's minor kerfluffle, on Bobby Valentine's game of employment chicken, would be the last Red Sox…

Ivan Nova's season has been a colossal disappointment. Last year he was a breakout star, 16-4 and the Yankees' No. 2…

Today's petty tyrant is Laz Diaz, who worked home plate during last night's Yankees-Angels game in Anaheim. Diaz…

The Yankees came from behind to beat the Orioles 6-5 in ten innings of play last night. Joe Girardi called this play "th…

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