Bryce Harper first came on the radar in May of 2009 when the-then 16-year old was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, hailed as “Baseball’s Lebron.” “His name is Bryce Harper. You don’t know him, But every big league scouting director does. He hits
The first athlete to get a high profile farewell tour was basketball great Kareem Abdul Jabber. The sky hook artist formerly known as Lew Alcindor was feted with gifts during the 1988-1989 NBA season as he played for the last time in the arenas he
Breaking up is hard to do. Ian Kinsler was a vital cog for the Texas Rangers for eight years. The second baseman made three All-Star games with the team and helped led them to back-to-back World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011. But the Rangers
Whenever a baseball team makes a big trade fans hold their breath. “Will this one come back to haunt us?” Here are a collection of trades that certainly have fans wondering what could have been. Read on for the ten worst trades in baseball history.
Some baseball manager are tacticians, whereas others are ego-juggling players’ coaches. Some skippers turned to managing after successful baseball careers, whereas others never even made the major league. There is no formula for what makes a successful baseball manager. We can, however, analyze results and
Baseball players are among the highest paid athletes in the world, with salaries so astronomical that they are hard for even the most mathematically inclined fan to keep track of. That’s where Cot’s Baseball Contracts comes in. The website, which is named for Cot
The NCAA baseball regionals are part of the NCAA Division 1 Baseball Championship. Every year around Memorial Day a selection committee decides the 64 teams who will make up the NCAA Baseball tournament. 30 teams get automatic births from winning their conference and 34 are
When compared to the NBA NFL or NHL, the Major League Baseball draft is a crapshoot, with only 66 percent of players selected in the first round ever making the Major Leagues. In fact, three times the first overall pick in the MLB draft never
The manager isn’t the only old guy in a baseball uniform sitting in the dugout. Most Major League teams have at least seven or eight additional coaches who assist the manager in running the team and preparing the players. Managers typically get to pick their
When a team select number one in the Major League Baseball draft they expect to be getting a big time player. However that’s not always the case. In fact, few overall number ones became All-Stars, let alone superstars. Here are ten players who bucked that