The best-pitched game of all time took place 100 years ago. To celebrate, we dig into the best pitching performances of this century. One hundred years ago today, the two best pitching performances ever were thrown in the same game. Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves and Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Robins each tossed
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The Tampa Bay Rays have done a great job of punching above their weight, but does their current model offer a path to perennial contention in the AL East and deep in the playoffs? The Tampa Bay Rays have a nice little model for winning going. They’ve been able to strike a really nice balance
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Giancarlo Stanton is one of the biggest names on the Yankees roster, but it’s imperative that Brian Cashman trade him away as soon as possible. Yankees officials don’t know when their 2020 season can officially get underway, but that won’t stop them from debating a number of internal topics in the meantime. One of those
MLB players will take part in a multi-week virtual season playing each other in MLB The Show. As we wait for real baseball to return to fields around the country, MLB and the MLB Players Association are ready to bring virtual baseball into our homes. On Friday, the league announced the creation of the “MLB
The latest reported proposal to start the MLB season involves dramatic realignment and teams playing the regular season at their spring training facilities in Florida and Arizona. It’s becoming clear that MLB will leave no plan unconsidered when it comes to how the 2020 season could possibly start and play out in the face of
The MLB season is postponed while the world deals with a pandemic. Trying to get creative with a new league format, it could lead to a league-wide DH this year, and possibly in the future. It came out on Friday that MLB is considering an idea that the league could completely change the format of
Major League Baseball hasn’t expanded since 1998, but if there is MLB expansion, here are seven potential cities for new teams. MLB has toyed with the idea of expansion, not having done so since 1998, when league added the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay then-Devil Rays as their 29th and 30th teams. The last
Andres Galarraga, the Venezuelan power-hitter, is a hero to all baseball-loving Latinos. Let’s remember his great life and legacy. Welcome to Los Nuestros, a new column in which we look at the careers of some of the greatest Latino ballplayers in MLB, and our experiences as fans. For our first installment, we delve into the trajectory
MLB is seriously considering a plan to begin the season in Arizona, sooner than expected. There are just too many problems with this idea. Late last night, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that Major League Baseball and the Players’ Union are working on a plan to begin games in May, playing entirely in Arizona. As I scrolled through
PHOENIX, AZ – APRIL 08: A general view of empty stadium seats during the MLB game between the Cleveland Indians and Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on April 8, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Arizona Diamondbacks won 11-2. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images) New Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniforms: Reaction and photos by Matt Verderame Buccaneers
MLB and the Players Association discussed a plan on Monday that would see the 2020 season take place in empty Spring Training ballparks in Arizona. MLB is exploring every option to get their season started, including holding all games in empty ballparks across Arizona. The 30 MLB clubs and the Players Association discussed such a