Every year, Major League Baseball says they are going to do something about speeding up the game. Last year, thanks to replay, they actually made it slower; games in 2014 took a an average of 3:13, the most time ever. Maybe that’s why MLB seems
Vladimir Guerrero already comes from a major league family. Early in his career he actually played with his light-hitting older brother Wilton. There is a good chance the Guerrero MLB family will get a little bigger in the future. Vladimir’s son, 15-year old Vladimir Guerrero
Clayton Kershaw is a safe bet to win the National League Cy Young. How safe? Online gambling website Bovada.lv have taken Kershaw off the board. Kershaw, who has a 16-3 record and 1.73 ERA with 194 strikeouts despite missing the first month of the season
Two of the bigger men in baseball now have new addresses. In front of the midnight August 31 cutoff for postseason rosters, the Oakland A’s acquired slugger Adam Dunn from the White Sox in exchange for minor league pitcher Nolan Sanburn. Dunn, who leads all
Jorge Soler’s Chicago Cubs career has started with a bang. In his first major league at-bat, the 22-year old Cuban defector launched a 2-1 pitch from Reds ace Mat Latos over the Great American Ballpark center field wall, becoming the 117th player in Major League history
Early this year we ran down baseball biggest jerks. Yesterday, there was a discussion on the baseball sub-reddit about the “nicest/coolest baseball player that you’ve met?” No surprise that the famously friendly Torii Hunter and Jim Thome were mentioned multiple times. Here are some of
If you would have said four years ago that Bartolo Colon would be the hottest name at the 2014 August 31 waiver trade deadline, everyone who heard you would have laughed and laughed. Back then Colon was an out-of-the-Major-Leagues 37-year old. He had had a
Yasiel Puig might be the most “toolsy” player in baseball. In addition to being able to run fast, throw far and hit a baseball so hard it is branded with the name from his bat, the Cuban important has some mighty quick reflexes. Cat-like, one
This summer, Jose Canseco has been touring the country in his RV on what he is calling the “All-Star’s Home Run Tour.” The 17-city show has been hitting minor league parks around the country, and it gives contestants the chance to square off against the
Yasiel Puig’s bat flipping antics are known far and wide. But the enigmatic outfielder doesn’t just flip his back in celebration. (Or to mistakenly celebrate something not worth celebrating.) He also goes to his signature move when he’s frustrated. In the Dodgers game against Atlanta last