Former Major League Baseball All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra spoke Tuesday on Fox Sports 1’s “The Herd” about the sport’s Hall of Fame. Dykstra explained how everyone in the league was taking amphetamines in the 1980s, and questioned what the threshold
The Texas Rangers had payback on their minds for this weekend’s series with the Toronto Blue Jays. In Game 5 of the 2015 ALDS, Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista angered the Rangers when he unleashed one of the biggest bat flips
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder had a tough time Monday night in San Francisco chasing a foul ball. As Saunders got to the ball, he tripped over the bullpen mound. It appeared as if the outfielder would recover to make the catch, but
On Monday, Miami Marlins catcher JT Realmuto hit a two-run home run, but was only credited with an RBI single. In the bottom of the second inning, and with Marlins outfielder Marcell Ozuna on first, Realmuto hit a deep fly ball.
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.
Fears over the Zika virus forced Major League Baseball to relocate a planned two-game series from San Juan to Miami.
Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals has signed the largest endorsement deal in Major League Baseball history.
Detroit Tigers outfielder Tyler Collins lost a ball in the lights Monday night in the sixth inning against the Oakland A’s. Detroit fans then booed Collins, who quickly flipped out his middle finger in response. After the game, the outfielder apologized to
A man was seen on the ESPN broadcast of the Boston Red Sox at the Houston Astros game Sunday holding up a “Cruz 2016” sign. Politico reports the man is the campaign manager for GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz
Before the Cardinals finished playing the Cubs at Busch Stadium on Monday controversy exploded over claims that when African American Cubs right fielder Jason Heyward came to the plate someone yelled the “N-word” over microphones ESPN had trained on the fans. It turned out that the charges were a complete hoax, yet many major sports outlets reported on it as though it were true.
Retired MLB player Adam LaRoche gave an interview with ABC’s T.J. Holmes that aired Tuesday on “Good Morning America.” LaRoche, 36, recently decided to retire and walk away from a $13 million contract after being told to stop bringing his 14-year-old
Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval is on the disabled list for a shoulder injury but that is the least of his health issues insiders now say.
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Gerrit Cole came within inches of serious injury Thursday against the Detroit Tigers. In the sixth inning, Tigers pitcher Jordan Zimmermann sharply lined a Cole pitch directly back from where it came, grazing the top of Cole’s
Adam LaRoche, the White Sox player who walked away from a $13 million contract because the team wanted to limit his son’s time in the clubhouse, now talks about his abrupt decision to quit baseball.
HBO host and New York Mets minority owner Bill Maher had some choice words for Mets division rival and Washington Nationals star outfielder Bryce Harper while a guest on AM 710 in New York radio show “The WOR Sports Zone”
[LANGUAGE WARNING] On Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight,” host John Oliver took on the New York Yankees after their COO Lonn Trost defended a new ticket policy that Trost said will protect the premium fans from sitting near a fan who has never sat
As 22 of 30 Major League Baseball teams start the season equal in the standings at 0-0 today, Commissioner Rob Manfred celebrates the parity that characterizes baseball in the 21st Century.
Chicago Cubs star outfielder Jason Heyward was the buzz of Sunday’s Cubs-Mariners spring training game in Mesa, AZ. In the top of the third inning, a group of bees began to attack Heyward, and others in attendance, causing a 10 minute
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Drew Hutchison had a bit of a scare Sunday in a spring training game against the Tampa Bay Rays. In the fifth inning, Rays’ Brad Miller attempted to steal second base on Hutchison. Blue Jays catcher
In the second inning of the spring training matchup between the Houston Astros and the New York Mets Thursday, Astros first baseman A.J. Reed sent a deep fly ball that one-hopped the wall, ending up at its base. Mets centerfielder
While ESPN’s Bob Ley was reporting on “SportsCenter” after the Tampa Bay Rays vs. Cuba national team game in Havana, Cuba, a political protester hopped up on the set. The protester got next to Ley on live television, and another started
During the Tampa Bay Rays game against the Cuba national baseball team, ESPN’s Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez and Doug Glanville interviewed President Barack Obama, who addressed the Brussels attack and the impact of his trip to Cuba. Regarding the Brussels
President Obama explained why he changed the rules to allow Cuban players to join American teams, without having to denounce their Cuban citizenship.
President Barack Obama was greeted Tuesday by cheers as he entered Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, the site where the Tampa Bay Rays are taking on Cuba’s national baseball team. This trip to Cuba is the first by an MLB team since the Baltimore
While talking about the upcoming Tampa Bay Rays game against the Cuban national baseball team on the Tuesday broadcast of “Mike and Mike” on ESPN Radio, ESPN’s Dan Le Batard said the fact that an American baseball team went over to
In a press conference Monday, Tampa Bay Rays star third baseman Evan Longoria discussed his team’s upcoming game in Havana against the Cuban national team, saying the common denominator between the United States and Cuba is the love of baseball. “I think
Several players anonymously complained about the ubiquitous presence of Drake LaRoche in the White Sox clubhouse before team officials told Adam LaRoche to scale back his kid’s participation in team activities, USA Today reports.
A former player in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system, who has come out of the closet to announce his homosexuality, claims he quit baseball because he overheard teammates approving the killing of gays.
Houston Astros outfielder Carlos Gomez thinks Bryce Harper may have been on to something when he recently advocated for baseball players to show more emotion in their sport.
Hall of Fame pitcher Goose Gossage said that MLB executives consist of a lot of “nerds” turning baseball into a “joke.”
In an interview with ESPN Magazine, the reigning NL MVP waxed eloquent about his perception that Major League Baseball has become “tired” as a result of taboos and traditions regarding self-expression.
Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman is going to be a dad. On Tuesday, his wife, Chelsea, posted a video of their baby’s gender reveal. In front of a small gathering, Chelsea tossed the ball to Freddie, who smacked the
A young fan at the Pittsburgh Pirates versus Atlanta Braves spring training game came within mere inches of having a severe head injury this weekend.
Several new rules have been agreed upon by Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association this week, one to ban the rolling block of infielders by base runners during a double play and two others aimed at making game play a bit faster.
Ruben Tejada rejoined the New York Mets at Port St. Lucie training facilities on Monday after suffering a broken leg during the NL Division Series, when Dodgers infielder Chase Utley crashed in to him in an effort to break up a double play.
Prompted by Dodgers Chase Utley’s far reaching slide to break up a double play during the second game of the 2015 NL division series that broke Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada’s right leg, MLB plans to change the rule governing slides into bases.
Despite spending a century crusading against gambling in sports, many of the nation’s major professional leagues are now cutting deals with the sports betting industry, a new report says.
Following in the footsteps of the NFL, the MLB aims to hold its first regular season game in London in 2017.
The designated hitter (DH) rule looks closer than ever to crossing over from baseball’s American League to the National League, reports say.
Major League Baseball gave teams an extra day to make trades for the upcoming season.
