For whatever reason, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred had dedicated his life to destroying the game of baseball. But that reign of terror may have gone too far. In a recent podcast appearance, Rob Manfred, tip-toed around a new idea the owners have apparently been tossing around behind closed doors. The Golden At-Bat. “There are a […]
Aaron Judge almost won the Triple Crown this season. He finished 1st in homers (58), 1st in RBIs (144) and 3rd in batting average (.322). He also led all of baseball in on-base percentage, slugging, OPS, OPS+ and wRC+. And all of this was a season after he won the MVP and set a new […]
The Yankees used to have a permanent residency in the World Series but they haven’t been to the Promised Land since 2009. Whether it was Joe Girardi being too tight or Aaron Boone being too loose or injuries or the Houston Astros knowing what pitch was coming or Aroldis Chapman giving up bombs and smiling […]
Aaron Judge went into the 2022 season on the final year of his contract. He then hit the most home runs in American League history and won the MVP Award. Greatest contract year ever. Gleyber Torres went into 2024 on the final year of his contract and within the first two weeks of the season, […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers are headed to the NLCS after a big 2-0 Game 5 victory over the San Diego Padres. Kike Hernandez hit a massive homer in the 2nd inning that gave the Dodgers a 1-0 lead which is all Yoshi Yamamoto and this unstoppable Dodgers bullpen needed to shut the Padres down. As […]
Pete Alonso was one at-bat away from being left on read all winter. If the New York Mets lost Thursday night, Alonso would’ve entered free agency ready to sign a minimum wage contract. Alonso played all 162 games this season and still managed to have the worst season of his life with career lows in […]
Over the weekend, the New York Yankees made a huge deal with the Miami Marlins to acquire 26-year-old (1-time) All-Star, Jazz Chisholm Jr. BREAKING: The New York Yankees are finalizing a deal to acquire outfielder Jazz Chisholm from the Miami Marlins, sources tell ESPN. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 27, 2024 Prior to this deal, […]
On June 14th, the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 8-1, improving to 50-22, the best record in baseball. Then Boston won the next two games of the series, including a game where they stole 9 bases on the Yankees. 9 stolen bases. Straight up embarrassed New York. And the team hasn’t been the since. […]
New York Mets closer, Edwin Diaz, was thrown out of Sunday’s game before he even got to the mound. With the Mets up 5-2 and Diaz coming into the finish off the Chicago Cubs, an umpire took the game out of his hands after somehow hawk-eying illegal substances on Diaz’s fingers from the bullpen. Here’s […]
On Saturday night, the Washington Nationals lost 7-8 to the Colorado Rockies. Nationals closer, Kyle Finnegan, made a bit of an error. Stepped on rake, if you will. With the bases loaded and the count full, Rockies third baseman, Ryan McMahon, was awarded a free base, resulting in a walk-off victory for Colorado thanks to […]
In 2015, we witnessed the passing of the torch in the Bronx. Guys from the 2009 championship team like Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez were suddenly zapped of their abilities to catch up to fastballs but rookies Greg Bird and Gary Sanchez came in looking like they were next in line to get their numbers […]
Welcome to this weekend in baseball where we talk about some of the more interesting storylines of the weekend in MLB. This week, the Aaron Judge Juan Soto led Yankees spank the Giants and the Tigers punt on their former no. 1 overall pick. 1. Aaron Judge and Juan Soto on the same […]
On Friday night, the Cincinnati Reds pounded on the Chicago White Sox winning 11-1 to keep pace in a stacked NL Central. A big part of Cincinnati’s victory was the power of second-year shortstop, Elly De La Cruz, who hit his 4th homer of the season continually his streak of 4 consecutive games with a […]
Prior to last season, the Padres had developed a reputation for hitting bombs. In 2020, they were given the nickname ‘Slam Diego Padres’ after hitting grand slams in four consecutive games. However in 2023, with their most talented roster in years, the team finished only 2 games above .500 and missed the playoffs. On Friday […]
Umpires and referees should be faceless, nameless entities who exist for the sole purpose of maintaining the rules and fairness in sports. It’s not great that we all know the name of Major League Baseball umpire, Angel Hernandez. On Friday night, Texas Rangers rookie, Wyatt Langford, stepped up to the plate in the 4th inning […]
On July 26th, 2021, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Clay Holmes to the New York Yankees for Diego Castillo and Hoy Park—two guys who are currently minor leaguers in other organizations like, one bad week away from applying for CDLs. The trade didn’t lead off Sportscenter with Scott Van Pelt that night. Clay’s face wasn’t on […]
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