In a visit to the broadcast booth during the Chicago White Sox-Boston Red Sox game, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred laid out the timeline for expanding the league and even pinpointed two cities that excite him.
The Tampa Bay Rays play the Cuban National Team on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in an exhibition game in Latinoamericano Stadium in Havana. Maybe next year the Cuban government permits their baseball team to travel to Tropicana Field in St. Pete to even this up as a home-and-home series. It would save fuel costs for a return trip, after all, and Cuba, like its army of prostitutes, really, really needs the money.
After defecting to the U.S., Cuban baseball star Yulieski Gurriel and his younger brother Lourdes report that they intend to sign with Major League Baseball clubs, preferably the same one.
All-time hits leader Pete Rose held a press conference at his Las Vegas, NV restaurant to respond to Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred denying his reinstatement to the league. In front of a large crowd, “Charlie Hustle” said he was
Arizona Republican Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake have produced a report criticizing the Defense Department for spending $6.8 million on “paid patriotism” at sporting events since 2012.
On Tuesday’s “The Herd” on Fox Sports 1, former Major League Baseball All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra told host Colin Cowherd about how he gained a competitive advantage during his playing days. Cowherd noted that Dykstra kept a book on umpires,
California politicians want Major League Baseball players to quit chewing tobacco so badly that they made the decision for them.
Pop singer Demi Lovato headlined Major League Baseball’s All Star Concert at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio last Saturday, and many are asking the question: Did she throw some shade at Ariana Grande?
Pop star Ariana Grande’s donut-licking, “I hate America” incident is under investigation by local police.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Atlanta Braves put on an offensive fireworks display in the Pirates’ 10-8 win at Atlanta’s Turner Field Friday night – but the sparks apparently extended into the audience as actor Michael Keaton took a stand against a heckler who was after Pirates center-fielder Andrew McCutchen all night.
Thinking of New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his historic milestone of passing Willie Mays’ lifetime home run record last week, I was reminded of the jokes kids used to tell one another when they wanted to impress their playground friends with the epic grossness of their imaginations.
In an appearance on “CBS This Morning” on Monday, former Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig addressed a number of issues related to baseball on the heels of his resignation from that post. One of those issue included steroids in
