“There’s no crying in baseball,” manager Jimmy Duggan (Tom Hanks) tells one of his outfielders in A League of Their Own. Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus demonstrated, however, that there’s still a good deal of whining.
Former World Series champion catcher and now baseball analyst for Canadian English-language CTV’s Sportsnet Gregg Zaun went after Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura after Ventura called out Toronto Blue Jays star outfielder on Twitter. The tweets, in Spanish, have since been
It was initially believed that ESPN Radio host Colin Cowherd, who is unofficially set to join Fox Sports, would end his tenure at ESPN on next Friday. ESPN, however, decided to go ahead and let him go immediately following a social media
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?
On Tuesday, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred stated that he supports expansion, envisioning a sport that could mushroom to 32 teams.
Before his game against the St. Louis Cardinals on ESPN Sunday, Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star centerfielder Andrew McCutchen impersonated ESPN MLB analyst Tim Kurkjian, who has a very distinct voice that has also been impersonated by J.P. Arencibia, Elliot Johnson and Derek Holland.
Cincinnati Reds legend Pete Rose has been given the green light to appear on the field with the other Cincy greats during this year’s All-Star Game festivities at Great American Ball Park. He also hopes to meet the new commissioner about a renewed relationship with Major League Baseball sometime in the near future, reports say.
The St. Louis Cardinals have fired their scouting director in the wake of an FBI investigation into charges that someone in the team’s front office hacked into the computer system of the Houston Astros.
On Monday’s “Olbermann” on ESPN2, host Keith Olbermann addressed MLB’s instant replay system with a monologue arguing that replay “is sucking the life out of baseball.” Olbermann pointed out that the replays have too long of a wait time so MLB should either implement
After two less-than-stellar years as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, Ryne Sandburg has announced his resignation from the team’s top job.
A new study examining comments posted to sports news stories by fans of the nation’s Major League Baseball clubs finds that New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies fans fail basic grammar while Royals fans give their opinions most often.
Boston Globe columnist and frequent panelist on ESPN’s “Around the Horn” Bob Ryan spoke on Sunday’s “Sports Reporters” on ESPN about Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer losing his perfect game in the top of the ninth inning with two outs when
Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer tossed a no-hitter on Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. An incredible feat for the Nats ace for sure, but Scherzer came oh-so close to joining an even more exclusive club.
Major League Baseball may have just found out how easy it is to game an electronic, online election after its All-Star Game voting erupted with tens of millions of ballots for players for the Kansas City Royals. Now the league is canceling up to 65 million of those votes.
After another unsatisfactory outing, the Padres relieved manager Bud Black of his duties and appointed Dave Roberts as the interim manager.
Minnesota Twins outfielder Torii Hunter was ejected from the game Wednesday night against the Kansas City Royals after arguing balls and strikes with home-plate umpire Mark Ripperger. Hunter, already visibly unhappy with the second strike call on him, was then
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.
The Oakland A’s called up pitcher Pat Venditte from Triple-A ball on Friday morning. On Friday night, he became the first pitcher to throw with both arms in the big leagues since 1995.
Cleveland Indians players and coaches shaved their heads in a show of support for teammate Mike Aviles’ daughter, who suffers from leukemia and prepares to undergo chemotherapy.
Phillies fans were not very happy to hear that Philadelphia’s general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. considers trading his club’s veterans, namely Cole Hamels, Jonathan Papelbon, Ryan Howard, and Chase Utley.
A picture of St. Louis Cardinals mascot Fredbird holding up a sign reading “Police Lives Matter” recently surfaced on Twitter, as well as other social media sites. The photo later made its way onto the St. Louis Police Officers Association’s
In wake of Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Will Smith being ejected from Thursday’s matchup between the Brewers and the Atlanta Braves for using a foreign substance, MLB writer for ESPN Buster Olney spoke on Friday’s edition of “Mike and Mike” on
The top 333 sports franchises in 17 professional leagues around the world pay out a staggering $17.9 billion in player salaries.
On Tuesday’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on ESP Radio and ESPNU, host Colin Cowherd brought up the Miami Marlins and their hiring of a manager who has never managed a professional baseball team and has not coached since he
Montreal proved its love for baseball by supplying nearly 100,000 fans for two exhibition games between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Cincinnati Reds last month. The city’s mayor now plans to meet with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on the
After eleven years of litigation and much hoopla involving the greatest home run hitter in MLB history and his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs, the United States Court of Appeals in April reversed the sole conviction in which federal prosecutors were able to pin on Barry Bonds.
Speaking to reporters in Houston on Wednesday night in Houston, new MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred may have stirred up a hornet’s nest with one idea he broached: reverting to the 154-game schedule that baseball featured from 1904 through 1960 in the American League and 1904 through 1961 in the National League. From 1900-1903, MLB featured a 140-game schedule.
The Chicago Cubs have built an entire baseball tradition on its outfield bleacher seats. But this month the Cubbies unveiling their new, re-built bleachers in the stadium’s first major change since their construction in 1937.
Opening Day at Petco field marked the implementation of the San Diego Padres’ new concealed carry policy, which bans off-duty and former cops from carrying concealed weapons for self-defense.
A group of New York Mets fans fed up with the team’s owners funded a pair of billboards near the stadium this week demanding the team be sold off.
During Sunday’s season opener several restrooms at Chicago’s half-renovated Wrigley Field went out of service, causing long lines and forcing some fans to urinate in beer cups. Now the team has installed rows of porta-potties to serve as a back up.
On Monday’s “All In With Chris Hayes” on MSNBC, guest and Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page commented on what Major League Baseball is doing in the inner city in order to create more fans by installing youth academies and speeding
The grand-old game returns with all the makings of a very interesting season. While most agree the Nationals, Dodgers, and Mariners should be pretty darn good, and the Phillies, Diamondbacks, and Rangers should be, well, pretty darn bad, a slew of teams present a huge spectrum of possibilities.
On Sunday’s airing of “Outside the Lines,” MLB reporter Pedro Gomez appeared as a guest to discuss the effect of the United States restoring full diplomatic ties with Cuba on Major League Baseball, which has seen a recent influx of
If Montreal wants a baseball team, it will have to ante up for a new stadium says Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred.
Venezuela, a fertile ground for major-league talent, now repels many of the players it produced.
Major League Baseball hopes to add a bit more drama and uncertainty to the playoffs by scheduling all of the final games at the same time.
The Milwaukee Brewers are making an effort to put a quick end to the spread of pink eye in the clubhouse by banning high fives, a report says.
In a crippling blow to the Texas Rangers, three-time All-Star Yu Darvish announced Friday that he will undergo ligament-reconstruction surgery on his right elbow, otherwise known as Tommy John surgery.
Will Ferrell is set to travel around the Cactus League by helicopter Thursday to “debut” as a ball player in every position in different games across the league.
