They call the equipment the catcher wears behind the plate “The Tools of Ignorance,” because one has to be foolish to play a position which requires so much protective gear. Or perhaps it helps to be a bit crazy. Mariners catcher Jesus Montero has been
After ace Garrett Richards was ruled out for the season Thursday, the Los Angeles Angels suddenly had the need for another starting pitcher. So they traded for a second baseman. The Chicago White Sox have flipped their starting second sacker Gordon Beckham out west for
Minnesota Twins farmhand Byron Buxton’s Double-A debut couldn’t have gone worse. Baseball’s top prospect struck out in his first three at bats for the New Britain Rock Cats. Then the center fielder was involved in a terrifying collision with right fielder Mike Kvasnicka as he
For the second straight year, Jake Peavy has been moved from a struggling team to a contender. The San Francisco Giants acquired the 33-year old from Boston for pitching prospects Edwin Escobar and Heath Hembree. Like most of the Red Sox, Peavy has been disappointing
Last week, baseball legend Tony Gwynn died at 54 after a long fight with salivary gland cancer. It’s a rare disease, only affecting a few thousand a year in the United States. It also has a pretty nasty survival rate. Since doctors don’t really know
Dodgers fans haven’t been able to take a good look at Alex Guerrero, the Cuban defector the team gave a four year $28 million deal to this offseason. When they finally do see him, he may appear a little weird in the ear. Guerrero, a shortstop
It’s a safe bet Robinson Cano is going to get booed Tuesday night when he comes back to Yankee Stadium for the first time since signing a 10-year, $240 million deal with the Seattle Mariners. Cano even had a some fun with this inevitability during
There is not a lot of joy in Astro-land. The squad has lost at least 106 games in each of the last three seasons, and last Monday their game against the Angels earned the dreaded (and extremely rare) 0.0 rating in the Houston market. With
The minor leagues consists of independent leagues, foreign leagues and development leagues for MLB teams. For the purpose of this article we are going to focus on the developmental leagues, which are made up with what commonly called “farm” teams. (Because they are “growing” players
Going to the ballpark and taking in a Major League Baseball game is a great way to spend a summer evening. But you know what’s even better? Seeing a Major League Baseball game for cheap. Yes, watching baseball can be expensive. The average price to