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Good morning and happy Doug Mirabelli police escort day! Yes, 20 years ago today the entire city of Boston and Red Sox fans all over the world were glued to their screens, anxiously tracking the travel progress of a backup catcher who, at the time, was hitting just .182. This was a silly episode in […]
Good morning, LSB. The Rangers were off yesterday. Jeff Wilson has three developments from the Rangers’ win in the series finale against the Yankees. Evan Grant writes about Nathan Eovaldi figuring things out, as expected. Grant’s Rangers stock report touches on the bullpen and on Corey Seager’s struggles. MLB Pipeline dropped a new list of […]
Four of our writers felt they didn't have enough to even grade him. That tells you most of what you need to know about Scott Morrow's first year on Broadway.
Victors in nine of their last 10 games, Aggie baseball welcomes No. 8 Auburn (30-13, 12-9 SEC) to Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park to open up the month of May. A showdown of epic proportions is on deck, with this top-10 battle sitting as the first of three ranked opponents #7 Texas A&M (34-8, […]
Happy Friday, everyone! The Tigers eked out a win against the best team in baseball yesterday afternoon. With Cleveland off on Thursday, this meant that the Tigers were able to get back to a .500 win percentage and also tie the Guardians for first in the AL Central. The team now heads home to hopefully […]
A few years ago, The Athletic ran a story asking whether the ’23 Orioles were lucky or good. The piece was an annoying attempt to gainsay the team’s 101-win season based on BABIP and expected ERA, things like that. Well, we certainly showed them. The ’23 Orioles got bounced from the playoffs immediately, and since […]
We now know who the Phillies manager for the rest of this already beleaguered 2026 season will be, as Don Mattingly is serving in the interim role following the dismissal of Rob Thomson. But quickly after reports of Thomson’s firing hit the internet, more reports linking the Phillies to recently fired Red Sox manager Alex […]
The Arizona Cardinals, just a few short months ago, had a running back issue: they didn’t have hardly any. Starter James Conner was out all season when he suffered a foot injury in Week 3. His sidekick was Trey Benson, who was selected in the third round of the 2024 NFL draft. In the following […]
Sandwiched in between the two legs of Atlético de Madrid’s UEFA Champions League semifinal is a matchday 34 showdown with Valencia in LaLiga. It’s a Saturday afternoon kickoff at Mestalla, where Atlético will rotate heavily once again amid injuries to key players — who will be afforded further rest following Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Arsenal […]
Despite a shutout loss to the Texas Rangers in the final game of a three-game set at the hands of former Yankees hurler Nathan Eovaldi, the Bombers walked away from Globe Life Field with a victory in the series. Overall, they went 7-2 on the road trip, sweeping Boston and nearly doing the same to […]
Hickory starter Kamdyn Perry threw 3.1 shutout innings, striking out six. Louis Marinaro went two innings, striking out four and having a Zombie Runner score. Paulino Santana was 2 for 5. Yolfran Castillo had a double, a walk and a stolen base. Hector Osorio had a homer, two walks and a stolen base. Marcos Torres […]
Dalton Rushing has been the most surprising hitter for the Dodgers this season. He is also garnering a reputation as the “bad guy” for the most villainous team in baseball. Rushing has been involved in a few altercations over the past four series dating back to the Dodgers’ previous road trip, as during their four-game […]
Toledo Mud Hens 8, Columbus Clippers 3 (box) The Mud Hens pummeled Clippers pitching while the bullpen dominated, racking up 11 strikeouts. Once again, Ricky Vanasco was outstanding. A two-run homer from Cal Stevenson with Eduardo Valencia aboard after a single opened the scoring in the top of the second inning. Corey Julks mashed a […]
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Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 5, Nashville Sounds (Brewers) 2 —Game 1 F/7 The Orioles kept Sam Huff in the organization with a fresh minor league deal after he cleared waivers and elected free agency last week. The move ensured that Baltimore could turn to Huff if either Adley Rutschman or Samuel Basallo went down with an […]
The football world is still buzzing after one of the greatest Champions League matches of all-time between PSG and Bayern Munich in their semi-final first leg in Paris this week. The natural question for fans of other teams around Europe is simple: can we even compete at a level that high? That question was asked […]
At the start of every baseball season, hope springs eternal — even for the Colorado Rockies. In recent seasons, that optimism of better play quickly evaporated as the Rockies were practically eliminated from the playoffs by the end of April. This April was different. Even after Thursday’s loss to the Cincinnati Reds, the Rockies just concluded […]
Good morning, baseball fans! I’m going to be away for the next week or so, so I thought that during that time we could do a fun feature I’m calling the “12 Days of Mays-mas” because it’s May and I think I’m clever sometimes. Essentially, we’ll be watching some Giants games from the vault of […]
For a brief, hopeful moment in the early goings of 2016, it looked like the Minnesota Twins might be able to dig themselves out of their 0-9 hole. Four consecutive victories—a sweep of the Angels and a win over the Brew Crew—harbored hope for a comeback. Byung-Ho was launching massive Park-bangs and even professional wrestlers […]
As is often the case with a Thursday day game, there aren’t as many stories out there as those quotas get filled by game previews and recaps. Even with that, Jaylon Thompson profiled Michael Massey and his newfound positional flexibility: With the help of Royals massage therapist Nicky Stoyles, Massey looked to incorporate different techniques […]
Welcome Jackson Heiden, Contributor In 2015, the Milwaukee Brewers hired Jeff Levering as the newest member of their broadcast team. On September 23, 2017, I was outside listening to the Brewers Radio Network, helping my father re-side the house, when Travis Shaw hit a two-run walk-off home run against the Chicago Cubs in the 10th […]
Happy Friday, everyone. It’s hard to believe it, but we are actually approaching the one-fifth point of the season. It’s no longer easy to just blame issues on a small sample size, and we’re starting to have a good idea of who the real contenders this season might be. The NL seems to be faring […]
Meet the Mets For the seventeenth time in their last twenty games, the Mets lost, as they let a late comeback go to waste in a 5-4 loss to the Nationals. Choose your recap: Amazin’ Avenue, MLB.com, New York Daily News, New York Post, The Athletic, Lohud Luke Weaver, who blew the Mets’ late lead […]
Chad Tracy sits at .500 after his first few games as interim Red Sox manager. The vibes are bleak around the team following the firing of Alex Cora, the third-winningest manager in franchise history, with an insufficient roster that has more than struggled out of the gate. We’ve talked at length about the Cora decision, […]
Though they have yet to lose a series, the Atlanta Braves had a chance at a sweep spoiled in Thursday afternoon’s 5-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers. The Braves jumped out to an early lead, and a strong start from Bryce Elder put them in position to complete the sweep. However, things unraveled late. Atlanta’s […]