MLB RUMORS & GOSSIP
Detroit Tigers: resizing the AL Central
45 games into the season the Detroit Tigers are in the middle of a tighter than expected AL Central race. Detroit enters play on Friday trailing the upstart Cleveland Indians by a half game. Kansas City is five games behind the Tribe with the White Sox only a ½ game behind them. The Minnesota Twins, as expected, are bringing up the rear at 18-26 and eight games back.
If only Justin...
Blue Jays promote Sean Nolin to face Orioles
A day after the Orioles called up Kevin Gausman to face the Blue Jays their AL East opponents will turn the tables. Toronto will promote left-hander Sean Nolin to face the Orioles on Friday.
Nolin, a sixth-round pick in 2010, will be making his major league debut.
The Blue Jays prospect gained some headlines last year after he went 10-0 with a 2.04 ERA across two minor league levels...
Miguel Cabrera on pace to win another Triple Crown
When Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera won baseball’s Triple Crown in 2012, for one reason or another, the achievement seemed to gain far less attention in the sports media than it deserved. Sure, there were the customary cover stories in almost all of the relevant websites and magazines, but for something that not one ball player had been able to do since 1967, the feat...
Nate McLouth Gets Beer Thrown at Him After Making Amazing Catch Into Rogers Centre Seats (Video)
Remember, folks, just because you buy a ticket to the game, it doesn’t give you the right to behave however you want.
During Thursday night’s contest between the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, Nate McLouth made one heck of a catch in the sixth inning on a Colby Rasmus slicing fly ball. The ball ended up foul, and McLouth had so much inertia chasing...
Nationals Coach Was In Playgirl, So Naturally The Players Make T-Shirts To Honor Him
Well, this is something that I never thought I would be writing about: Photographic evidence that your coach posed for Playgirl in the 80’s. Nationals Steve McCatty’s 1984 Playgirl photograph was unearthed. So what do you do when you find out that your pitching coach was in Playgirl? MAKE T-SHIRTS WITH THE PHOTO ON IT. And this is just what the Nationals did. Gio Gonzalez modeled...
CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN
Royals fan runs on field, steals rosin bag
This is just impressive. In the bottom of the eighth inning, a fan in Kansas City rushed the field as Angels pitcher Michael Kohn was getting ready to deliver a pitch to Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar. The fan ran towards the pitcher’s mound and, in one of the best fan-on-the-field juke moves ever, stole the rosin bag and evaded security momentarily with a tremendous slide...
Matt Kemp rocks umpire Wally Bell’s face mask with a foul
It may have been an accident, but Matt Kemp didn't do a whole lot to endear himself to home plate umpire Wally Bell on May 21.
Video: Matt Kemp rocks home plate umpire Wally Bell’s face mask
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Royals fan runs onto field, brilliantly avoids cop while stealing rosin bag (Video)
A Kansas City Royals fan ran onto the field at Kauffman Stadium during Thursday night's game and made a brilliant move to avoid a cop while stealing the rosin bag at the pitcher's mound before finally being tackled and handcuffed.
It happened in the bottom of the eighth inning as Angels pitcher Michael Kohn was preparing to deliver an 0-2 pitch to Royals batter Alcides...
Pitch to Cabrera at your own risk
DETROIT What we are witnessing this week is the best hitter in baseball putting on a show unlike anything hes ever displayed even in winning the Triple Crown last season.
Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera did it again Thursday night, launching a majestic, two-run homer in the first inning. That made it four consecutive games with a homer, matching his personal best streak...
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TERRIFIC TORII
Hunter plays catch with ill child named after him
Torii Hunter is widely regarded as one of the “good guys” of professional baseball. Great teammate and great human being. The latter was on display today, as he played catch with a youngster named Hunter. Yes, he was named after Torii by his huge Minnesota Twins fans parents, and they drove their son to Detroit as part of the Make-a-Wish foundation. Click to watch the...
EASY, BIG FELLA
Blue Jays pitcher loses it in the dugout
Blue Jays pitcher Brandon Morrow isn’t having the best year. Following Thursday’s game, his ERA sits at 5.50. The Blue Jays’ bats got hot in a hurry Thursday against the Orioles’ staff and gave Morrow some run support. The Jays led 8-4 going into the 8th inning before Morrow served up back-to-back jacks to Nick Markakis and Adam Jones. The result: The departure of Morrow...
If healthy and not reeking of booze, Michael Pineda will make a great Yankee this summer in the Bronx
Consistently hitting 93 mph on the radar, New York Yankees flamethrower Michael Pineda tossed five innings on Thursday afternoon in an extended spring training start. Shelved since undergoing the knife last May to fix a torn anterior labral in his right shoulder, the 24-year-old Pineda reported no concerns and is expected to soon partake in a minor league rehab assignment. Acquired...
Atlanta Braves News: Teammates Battle for Playing Time
The Atlanta Braves have continued playing excellent baseball since the completion of the Dodgers series on Sunday, as the team steamrolled right through the Minnesota Twins on their way to a 4 ½ game lead in the NL East over the Nationals.
This great play, however, does not come without some difficulties; namely that the Braves have a roster full of talent but only nine positions...
Jose Canseco fondly recalls time with Rangers
FORT WORTH, Texas Jose Cansecos 2 seasons with the Texas Rangers were marked by him having a ball bounce off his head for a home run and blowing out his arm while pitching.
While those incidents wont exactly make Cansecos list of top career accomplishments, he had nothing but positive things to about his time with the Rangers.
"The ballpark was gorgeous," he said Thursday...
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Fan runs onto field at Royals-Angels game, steals rosin bag, makes cop eat dirt (Video)
A fan ran onto the field at Kauffman Stadium during the middle of the eighth inning in a game between the Los Angeles Angels and Kansas City Royals, providing some of the best excitement of the night. Angels reliever Michael Kohn had an 0-2 count on Alcides Escobar in the bottom of the eighth when a fan wearing a Royals jersey ran onto the field. The fan ran right behind the pitching...
TOOK THE BAIT
Mike Trout hits homer estimated at 463 feet
Tweet We’re quickly approaching the point where nothing Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout does on the baseball field should surprise us anymore. Trout had a rookie season for the ages in 2012. Yesterday, he became the youngest player in American League history to hit for the cycle. Today, he’s crushing 460+ ft. home [...]
UNCALLED FOR
McLouth has beer thrown at him after catch
In Thursday night's Orioles-Blue Jays game at Rogers Centre, Baltimore left fielder Nate McLouth experienced a trifecta of wackiness in the bottom of the sixth inning. Toronto center fielder Colby Rasmus hit a fly ball down the left field line that McLouth got a beat on and grabbed while running. Without time to stop his momentum, McLouth fell into the stands up the left field...
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