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1920 Taking less than a month to deliberate, a grand jury formally implicated Swede Risberg, Chick Gandil, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver, Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams, Happy Felsch and Fred McMullin, along with five gamblers, in the Black Sox scandal over the 1919 World Series. The indictments were highlighted by nine counts of conspiracy to defraud. A lesser-reported (and contradicting the absolutist take […]
The Vancouver Canucks have entered the Brennan Othmann conversation. Multiple reports indicate growing league interest in the New York Rangers prospect, with Elliotte Friedman noting that Othmann’s name is gaining traction after his assignment to AHL Hartford. With Canucks' Nils Höglander sidelined and the forward group seeking more finish, a Brennan Othmann trade presents a cost-controlled swing at upside without wrecking the cap sheet. Frank Seravalli: Re Brennan Othmann: They ha...
Yes, the baseball season is still going on, Phillies fans. No, Dave Dombrowski hasn’t made the trade or signing you wanted yet. Just enjoy the World Series. On to the links: Phillies News MLB News
Daniel Jones MUCH better than Cam Ward – so far! “Heismandoza” America’s BEST! Kam Jones apologizes!
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths. “Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly, HoF Umpire. Today in baseball history: Cubs Birthdays: Jimmie Foxx HOF, Frank DiPino, Michael Barrett, Eli Whiteside, Chris […]
The St Louis Cardinals 2025 outfield produced more WAR than only 4 other teams. That is a glaring weakness. When your outfield is only better than the Rockies, Royals, Pirates, …and Guardians? outfields, you know there’s a problem that needs to be solved. I cannot say that I was excited by our outfield in couple […]
Good Morning Birdland, The official start of the offseason draws ever closer as the World Series begins later this week. While the Orioles have plenty of business to get done, their top priority is clear: hire a manager. The pool of candidates is getting slightly smaller as other clubs make their picks. To recap, here […]
It’s Hump Day! And it’s game day! How about that? Hopefully Juventus don’t have a case of the Wednesdays a little later in the day. Onto some things you may have missed (but probably didn’t). Goals So many goals Look at all these goals I mean, look at all them … saves! Oh, Tony … […]
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we are talking about Mizzou Football! Eli Drinkwitz and players spoke to media today following its first road victory of the season. Despite getting the job done, and as much resilience as the Tigers showed, Drinkwitz as per usual, is right back to work. “I thought our team was […]
We’re in the waiting game for the final matchup of the year, with the World Series set to kick off in two more days. Once we have a champion, the offseason begins in earnest and we’ll start to see the beginnings of the Yankees’ plans for improving this team — unlike many of the past […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Pirates fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. This week’s question has to do with Mitch Keller. Despite a 6-15 recrod this season, Keller […]
The Royals picked up an important three points with a 1-0 victory against Northampton Town at the SCL Stadium on Tuesday night. Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan scored the only goal of the game in the second half to take us out of the relegation zone and move up to 16th. Here is what manager Noel Hunt had […]
Yankee Stadium will not be hosting the World Series this fall. Of course, you already knew that as the New York Yankees failed to reach the American League Championship Series this season. There is a fair amount of time between now and the Pinstripe Bowl, which features a sixth place Big Ten team against a […] The post Yankee Stadium to Host Golf, for the First Time Ever appeared first on The Sports Bank .
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SNY | Phillip Martinez: Luke Weaver was such a valuable reliever for the Yankees for much of his tenure with the team, but an ugly second-half and postseason performance likely spells the end of his time in pinstripes. The struggles began after returning from a hamstring injury in late June and only got worse as […]
It’s Tuesday night here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and join us for a while. We can check your coat for you. There’s no cover charge. We still have a few tables available. Bring your own beverage. BCB After […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Padres fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Names for prospective managers of the San Diego Padres have been flying around since Mike Shildt […]
Kodai Senga’s 2025 season got off to a fantastic start and he looked very much like the ace from his rookie season. When he injured his hamstring on June 12 covering first base he owned a sparkling 1.47 ERA which was the best in major leagues at the time. His main issues in the beginning […]
Yesterday, I started to take stock of some of the highest-ranking San Francisco Giants prospects. I planned to look at how the stock had changed for the top 44 prospects, as determined by our preseason Community Prospect List. I only made it halfway through, then decided it was best to break this into two articles. […]
Padres CEO Erik Greupner provided an update on Monday morning with the 97.3 FM morning show, Ben & Woods, that named former Cardinal Albert Pujols as a managerial candidate for the Padres. He will be interviewing on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Pujols was originally considered the favorite for the manager position with the Los Angeles Angels, […]
There have been some great rotations in the modern era for the Brewers. The 2021 rotation is the gold standard in terms of stats. They were far ahead of any other rotation by starting pitcher fWAR (20.3), and also had the best ERA (3.13) and FIP (3.29). The 2011 rotation helped earn the team its […]
MLBTR continues its position-by-position look at the upcoming free agent class. Before we move on to the pitching, we’ll wrap up the offensive group by looking at the designated hitters. Every position player technically could play DH, of course, but the vast majority of the class has been covered in one of our prior positional…
As usual, one of the main off-season projects will involve reviewing all the players to have pulled on Sedona Red this year, from the everyday men down to the “Who’s he?” of relievers. The order in which this is done is determined by the overall ranking score from 1 to 10, and this very page […]
The Orioles came into 2025 as contenders but their season fell apart quickly. They have the pieces to bounce back in 2026 but what remains to be seen is how aggressive they will be in making offseason upgrades. Guaranteed Contracts Tyler O'Neill, OF: $33MM through 2027 Samuel Basallo, C/1B: $67MM through 2033, including buyout of…
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers are sticking with the same pitching rotation order for the World Series that worked wonders for them in the National League Championship Series. Blake Snell will start Game 1 of the Fall Classic on Friday night, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 2 on Saturday. “Then we’ll kind of see […]