Baseball: MLB and college baseball
Omaha is a place with some special memories for Whit Merrifield and Nicky Lopez of the Kansas City Royals, and it showed on Thursday night as the Royals and Detroit Tigers invaded TD Ameritrade Park to open the College World Series with the first Major League Baseball game in the state of Nebraska. St. Petersburg […] More
Hitting for the cycle isn’t a totally meaningful stat — it’d be better to just hit three home runs, obviously — but there’s something cool about it, and it’s almost as rare as a no-hitter throughout baseball history. And Thursday’s night’s cycle was different: Of the 326 cycles in Major League history, this was the […] More
Today’s edition of top MLB social posts is all about late-game heroics. There were plenty to go around Wednesday, from an Oakland Athletics grand slam that may be immortalized in ink, to a late-night Braves walk-off. Then there was the Red Sox walk-off walk. From an extra-innings home run to an extra-innings error, both of […] More
Major League Baseball is a widespread league with a long history, but there are still a handful of states that have never hosted a regulation MLB game. That list shrinks by one tonight when Omaha, Nebraska, hosts a Tigers-Royals game as a lead-in to the College World Series that starts Saturday. Elsewhere, the Braves and […] More
Major League Baseball’s top social-media moment from Tuesday? It had to be Hunter Pence’s inside-the-park home run, which is supposed to be the most exciting play in baseball but in this case was just one of the strangest. But there were plenty of other candidates. There was a walk-off from an Indians rookie, some more […] More
Bad news times two for the Dodgers on Tuesday night: First they lost both games of a frustrating two-game series with the crosstown Angels, and in the ninth inning, they lost star shortstop Corey Seager to an strained hamstring. Seager was once a rising star; this year’s rising stars game will have only seven innings […] More
It’s not often players and managers speak out against umpires, both because they don’t want to be fined and because they might fear repercussion on the field. But after a silly brawl broke out between the Pirates and Braves on Monday night, one Pittsburgh pitcher couldn’t help himself. Meanwhile, Dallas Keuchel was happy to be […] More
Medical personnel flew David Ortiz to Boston for a second surgery after the Red Sox legend was shot Sunday night; he still faces a life-threatening situation but is expected to survive. The city of Boston and Red Sox fans are offering their prayers and support, of course. Elsewhere, Dallas Keuchel made his debut in the […] More
Major League Baseball has rallied around Red Sox legend David Ortiz after his horrific shooting in the Dominican Republic on Sunday night. Even former President Barack Obama joined many notable players in wishing Ortiz well and expressing horror at the situation. In less serious situations Sunday, Max Muncy took Madison Bumgarner deep. Then told Bumgarner […] More
Scary and sad news came from the Dominican Republic on Sunday night, when Red Sox legend David Ortiz was shot in a club and spent the night in the hospital. Thankfully, reports say Ortiz will be OK. On the field, Edwin Encarnacion hit two home runs for the Mariners on Sunday, giving him 400 home […] More
It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Or at least that’s what Brett Gardner can tell himself after he had to get some self-inflicted stitches in his lip after a frustrated dugout helmet toss went bad Saturday. David Price watched an insane college baseball performance from his alma mater. And the Angels were […] More
The long-awaited showdown between Angels slugger Shohei Ohtani and Mariners pitcher Yusei Kikuchi took place Saturday night, and Ohtani won the battle resoundingly, hitting a fourth-inning home run as part of back-to-back-to-back shots for the Angels. Elsewhere in the AL West, the Rangers retired Adrian Beltre’s number in the first of a number of ceremonies […] More
