Baseball: MLB and college baseball
The Blue Jays welcomed an NBA champion to the Rogers Centre on Thursday night, then gave Kawhi Leonard a standing ovation as they tried to persuade him to stay in Toronto. Across the continent, next to the (former) home of the other NBA finalist, the Athletics staged a dramatic walk-off victory over the Rays. The […] More
In one of the more creative proposals Major League Baseball has seen in modern times, the Tampa Bay Rays will explore the idea of splitting their home games between the Tampa area and Montreal. How exactly that will work still seems unclear, though the idea does say the Rays would start the season in Florida […] More
The stars were out in full force across Major League Baseball on Wednesday. Max Scherzer struck out 10 Phillies — with a black eye. CC Sabathia helped the Yankees sweep the Rays — and won his 250th career game. Mike Trout hit a bomb of a home run — and then did it again, with […] More
A couple of pitching performances highlighted the Wednesday slate in Major League Baseball. Max Scherzer, who broke his nose in a batting practice accident Tuesday, struck out 10 and beat the Phillies with said broken nose and a big black eye. A little earlier, the Yankees’ CC Sabathia hit his second milestone of the season, […] More
It was quite an unexpectedly eventful day to be a Max in Major League Baseball on Tuesday. The Twins’ Max Kepler didn’t start, but he entered the game in the sixth inning as a pinch hitter and finished 3 for 5 with three RBIs and a home run in Minnesota’s marathon victory over the Red […] More
Nationals ace and four-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer had a bunting mishap during batting practice yesterday — but he’ll still be pitching with a broken nose. Whether Manny Machado has to sit out a game for his suspension rides on an appeal after an altercation with an umpire. If the umpires’ union had […] More
A debut with a new team is always an exciting event for a player, but when it’s the American League home run leader joining the Bronx Bombers? Especially when you’re going from a losing team to a World Series contender? That’s why Edwin Encarnacion is happy to be in pinstripes. Speaking of exciting, Justin Upton […] More
Three months out, one swing of the bat. Those were the pertinent numbers for Angels outfielder Justin Upton on Monday, as he returned from a turf toe injury that had cost him almost the first half of the season — and then homered on the first pitch he saw in Toronto. Elsewhere, the Padres’ Manny […] More
Fathers Day in Major League Baseball is special. There’s no other way to put it. It’s special for the fans, the players, the umpires and, of course, the dads. In most cases, it was Dad who introduced their boys to this great game, and there’s nothing better for a Major Leaguer than to repay that […] More
Runs come in bunches at Coors Field. That was especially true this weekend, when the Padres and Rockies got together and split four games that saw the teams score a combined 92 runs, a new Major League record for one series. Speaking of fireworks, Russell Martin provided the late ones on Sunday, giving the Dodgers […] More
A busy Saturday in Major League Baseball had plenty of moments worth remembering, and social media went to work. The Yankees acquired AL home run leader Edwin Encarnacion from the Mariners. French soccer star Kylian Mbappe threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Dodger Stadium before the Cubs rallied for a dramatic win against the […] More
Social media is popular, in part, because it allows the public access to the stars and vice-versa. Sometimes those are just friendly interactions, and other times it allows the stars the space to explain themselves. Pete Alonso used his Twitter account for the latter Friday after he had shooed away the grounds crew Thursday night […] More
