It’s tough to find many memorable moments in recent Mets history. But there have been some pretty elite seasons. It’s a shame that all of the performances you are about to read happened in seasons that ended, in typical Mets style, in pretty heartbreaking fashion. But even though it’s the Mets, they have had some
Month: April 2020
The Baseball Hall of Fame announced on Wednesday that it is canceling the 2020 induction ceremony due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The 2020 baseball season took another big hit on Wednesday, as the Baseball Hall of Fame announced that it has canceled the 2020 induction ceremony due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The event, which was
TAMPA, FLORIDA – MARCH 18: A view of the New York Yankees Spring Training facility at George M. Steinbrenner Field which has been closed due to the coronavirus outbreak on March 18, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Major League Baseball canceled Spring Training games and delayed opening day due to COVID-19. n (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty
It’s never too early to start thinking about pitchers the New York Yankees should trade for this season. The signing of Gerrit Cole almost immediately made the Yankees World Series favorites, if they weren’t already. But with Luis Severino out for the year, the rotation seems incomplete. Gerrit Cole signed a nine-year, $324 million deal
MLB’s 2004 World Series MVP Manny Ramirez, 47, is seeking a baseball comeback as he hopes to play in China. Manny Ramirez wants to make a baseball comeback and is willing to play in China. “My goal for 2020, is to find a roster spot in the CPBL (Chinese Professional Baseball League),” Ramirez told the
Shohei Ohtani is a unique two-way talent and hearing two of his fellow players rave about his tools reminds us just how special he is. While we may not have baseball, we can still appreciate how unique and unprecedented a player like Shohei Ohtani is. That robust Ohtani fan club includes at least one pair
Baltimore Orioles star Trey Mancini has revealed that he has Stage 3 colon cancer. He likely won’t be playing baseball in 2020. If and when MLB baseball returns in 2020, it likely will be without Trey Mancini. In a column for The Players’ Tribune posted on Tuesday, the 28-year-old Baltimore Orioles outfielder revealed that he
MLB and the Players Association are discussing various options for starting the 2020 season, but no definite plan has been agreed to A month and two days after the MLB season was supposed to begin, it’s becoming increasingly likely that there will be some semblance of a season in 2020. What it will look like,
The New York Yankees are the most illustrious sports franchise ever. Love them, hate them, it’s the truth. Here are 12 players you totally forgot were Yankees. Babe Ruth. Lou Gehrig. Joe DiMaggio. Mickey Mantle. Derek Jeter. Mariano Rivera. Yogi Berra. It’s an incredible list of players that keeps going. I just found out five
It sounds like Yasiel Puig could be heading for the San Francisco Giants once MLB play resumes. It would be an interesting addition for a number of reasons. If indeed we do have an MLB season in 2020, it could be a strange year for San Francisco Giants fans. First, they saw their former star
Michael Jordan’s brief foray into baseball was only in Double-A, but he apparently turned down a major league contract from the Oakland A’s. As shocking as his first retirement from the NBA was, it was even more surprising when Michael Jordan signed to play pro baseball in the Chicago White Sox organization. He played for
Curt Schilling (Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) Roswell, New Mexico’s relationships are the reboot’s greatest strength by Kimberley Spinney David Wells and Curt Schilling were two of the best MLB pitchers of their era. A recent Twitter exchange shows they’re not on friendly terms. David Wells and Curt Schilling were two of the
Legendary Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully was hospitalized on Tuesday after a fall. Here’s to wishing him a quick recovery. Any list of all-time great MLB announcers has to include Vin Scully at or near the top of the list. Scully is one of America’s most beloved baseball figures, known for his talent for
Two fans have filed a lawsuit against MLB and other ticket vendors, demanding a refund for games that will not be played. Even though it’s complicated, MLB should do the right thing issue refunds. On Tuesday, it was announced that two fans have sued MLB, demanding a refund of tickets for games that have not
No-hitters go down in history. 99 percent of the time, it’s for the right reason. Of course, the one percent exists. There have been 303 no-hitters thrown in baseball history. The majority of them have been dominant performances. Some of them, honestly, were mediocre performances and the pitchers got totally bailed out. So we came
Former manager Alex Cora has escaped punishment for the Red Sox sign-stealing scandal in 2018 as the league’s report puts the blame on video room operator J.T. Watkins Major League Baseball has cleared former Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora from any involvement in the club’s sign-stealing scandal during the 2018 season, according to the
It seems like a lifetime ago that the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal was the talk of the country. Whenever baseball comes back, the Astros may be getting bailed out once again. Remember when the Houston Astros were getting booed at every single road spring training game a little more than six weeks ago? In case you
Terry Francona was Michael Jordan’s manager during his time as a baseball player, and he has a fantastic story about a pickup basketball game with MJ. Once upon a time, Terry Francona was a 33-year old minor league manager in the Chicago White Sox organization for the Double-A Birmingham Barons. The year was 1994, and
HOUSTON, TX – OCTOBER 30: Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. shakes hands with Washington Nationals owner Mark Lerner during the World Series trophy presentation after the Nationals defeat the Houston Astros in Game 7 to win the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 in Houston, Texas.
“The Last Dance,” a 10-part documentary on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls’ 1997-98 season, airs on Sunday. But MJ isn’t the only legendary athlete deserving of such an honor. The Last Dance will be tied for the longest documentary, in terms of hours on air, ESPN has ever produced in their “30 for 30” series,
Joe Buck. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Advertising Week New York) Dak Prescott could force the Cowboys to do the unprecedented by Brad Berreman Watch the first five minutes of Michael Jordan documentary ‘The Last Dance’ by Patrick Allen Joe Buck is getting his announcing reps in these days any way he can. We
Barry Bonds owns a multitude of MLB records and his all-time intentional walks mark is one of the most unbreakable ones in all of sports. They say that records are meant to be broken, but a select few would require a monumental feat to break them. Over his 22-year career, Barry Bonds was the most
Houston Astros reliever Joe Smith discusses possible plans to start the 2020 season and his charity Project FRONTLINE, which helps hospital workers in need. With MLB suspended until further notice, the dearth in overall content and the constant urge to return to normalcy have caused leaks of some of the proposed plans and discussions of
The only way that sports can return as soon as possible will be for players to be quarantined and tested frequently, with games in empty stadiums, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert and one of the point people for the United States’ response to the coronavirus pandemic,
MLB is participating in a study to help researchers understand how widespread the coronavirus is, though it won’t tell anything about the game’s return. MLB players and various team employees are participating in a large study to help researchers understand the spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States, according to reports from ESPN
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 14: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force in the Rose Garden at the White House April 14, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced that he is halting funding for World Health Organization WHO. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MLB teams
David Ortiz is a Boston Red Sox legend. He continued his legendary status with the help of actor John Krasinski as they showed their appreciation for health care workers. Boston loves David Ortiz and vice versa. With his latest gesture for the city, “Big Papi” proved to be more than just a retired baseball player.
Ordinarily he’d be preparing to start a game or working between starts in mid-April, but Lucas Giolito used a bit of his downtime to satiate baseball nerds. The Chicago White Sox lost nearly 90 games for a third straight season last year (72-89), but the rebuild appears to be close to over. Lucas Giolito emerged
With no real sports to watch at the moment, MLB The Show is bringing fans something to cheer about, and Fernando Tatis Jr. has been the main attraction. San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis is one of the youngest, most electric players in the game right now. And not surprisingly, Tatis has provided the new
In an Instagram Live last week, Portland Trail Blazers’ guard Damian Lillard called Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge “the new Derek Jeter.” How accurate is that claim? Last week, with the NBA and MLB seasons both on hold, Damian Lillard and Aaron Judge teamed up on Adidas’ Instagram to give their fans a live video. The