Yesterday’s game between the Texas and Detroit was not close. In fact, it was such a blow out that the Tigers pitched shortstop Danny Worth in the bottom of the eighth of their 9-2 loss. While that could have been comic relief, Worth actually pitched
In the hierarchy of game ending dramatics, the rare walk-off inside-the-park home run ranks the most exciting. We almost had that last night in Pittsburgh; with two outs in the bottom of the ninth of a tie game Pirates outfielder Starling Marte tripled over the
Unexpectedly, the National League East has been baseball’s best division, with all five teams at .500 or above. The Miami Marlins got to the fifty percent mark Thursday by sweeping past the division leading Braves. It was a huge three game series for the Marlins,
These days, when somebody says literally they usually mean figuratively. However, we’re doing no such thing when describing Milwaukee Brewers backup catcher Martin Maldonado‘s at-bat against Pittsburgh yesterday. Facing Charlie Morton, Maldonado took a big cut at a fast ball. But he didn’t’ quite square the
When you hear about the secret service these days, it’s typically a sordid tale of booze, hookers and sleeping one off when they should have been protecting the President. But it wasn’t always that way. Back in the Clinton administration the man in suits and
Remember when everybody was impressed with how ripped Bryce Harper is? Well, the Nationals outfielder is a wee girly man compared to Aroldis Chapman‘s left arm. Chapman has been recovering from taking a line drive off of the face, resultin in a metal plate being
If you grow up in the eighties or early nineties you probably played R.B.I Baseball. A lot of RBI Baseball. In fact, despite its relatively primitive game play, we ranked it the fifth best baseball video game of all-time. Well, after an almost 20 year
Whenever a hitter emerges from the batters box or a pitcher is called to the mound during a home game they have the opportunity to request walk up or entrance music. We’ve compiled a list of our 25 favorite walk up songs from over the
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
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.