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Check Out The Marlins New Home Run Structure (GIF)
After spending the last 19 years playing in Sun Life Stadium, the Florida Marlins will finally be moving into a ballpark that is intended for baseball games, rather than football games. Sun Life Stadium has drawn the ire of many MLB players over the year’s but the opening of Miami Ballpark for the 2012 MLB [...]
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Shane Victorino Brings Us This Outfield Blooper (GIF)
Shane Victorino has won a Gold Glove Award in each of the last three seasons and he didn’t commit a single error all year in 2011, but you wouldn’t know it after watching him in center field during Game 4 of the NLDS last night. While many will be quick to blame the bright evening [...]
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This Day In Sports History (October 6th) – Seattle Mariners
It was on this day in 2001 that the Seattle Mariners won their 116th game of the regular season. The Mariners tied the all-time wins mark, which was first established by the 1906 Chicago Cubs. The 1906 Cubs went 116-36 (.763 winning pct.) during a time when teams played only 152 games per season compared [...]
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This Day In Sports History (October 5th) – Barry Bonds
It was on this day in 2001 that Barry Bonds hit his 71st home run of the season. Bonds broke the record, which was previously set by Mark McGwire three years earlier in 1998. Barry Bonds’ 2001 season was one of the greatest statistical seasons by an individual player in Major League history, as he [...]
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Justin Verlander Gets Beaned By A Foul Ball (Video)
The Detroit Tigers called upon Justin Verlander to get them the important home win in Game 3 of the ALDS last night, and he delivered. However, it wasn’t all smooth sailing for Verlander. In addition to allowing two runs against in both the first and the seventh inning, the Tigers’ ace was also drilled in [...]
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Dee Gordon Is Rod Barajas’ Little Baby (GIF)
At the tender age of 23, Dee Gordon is the Los Angeles Dodgers’ little baby, and he has been treated as such by veteran catcher Rob Barajas. Throughout the month of September, Gordon and Barajas have been taking part in a pre-game ritual that begins with a few hand slaps and ends with Barajas cradling [...]
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This Day In Sports History (September 30th) – Mike Witt
It was on this day in 1984 that California Angels pitcher Mike Witt threw the eleventh perfect game in Major League history. Witt’s Angels defeated the Texas Rangers 1-0 in a game played at Arlington Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Witt’s perfect game came on the final day of the season as he thoroughly dominated the [...]
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Nice Prediction Dan Shaughnessy (Video)
With the Tampa Bay Rays trailing the New York Yankees by a score of 7-0 in the bottom of the eighth and the Boston Red Sox leading the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 during a rain delay in the seventh inning, Dan Shaughnessy uttered the words, “I think the one thing that we have eliminated tonight is [...]
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This Day In Sports History (September 29th) – Maddux Brothers
It was on this day in 1986 that Greg Maddux faced his brother Mike Maddux, as the Chicago Cubs took on the Philadelphia Phillies. This marked the first and only time in Major League history that two rookie brothers started against each other. Greg would easily out-duel his older brother and pick up the win. [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 9/28/11 — Evan Longoria And The Tampa Bay Rays
You couldn’t have written a better script than that. Sure, the St. Louis Cardinals’ run that saw them come from 8.5 games back of the Atlanta Braves to capture the NL Wild Card on the final day of the season was pretty impressive, but how about what unfolded in the MLB’s other Wild Card race [...]
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This Day In Sports History (September 28th) – Ted Williams
It was on this day in 1941 that Ted Williams finished the regular season with a .406 batting average. Williams remains the last player to hit over .400 throughout the course of a regular season. Williams entered the final day of the 1941 season with a .39955 batting average, which would have been rounded up [...]
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9 Most Epic Collapses In MLB History
If you’re a baseball fan, then you are probably aware that the Boston Red Sox are hanging on for dear life in the American League Wild Card standings. On September 1, Boston was 8 ½ games ahead of Tampa Bay. Today, their lead over the Rays is just 1 lousy game. But Boston is not [...]
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Weekly Fantasy Baseball Update: September 17th — September 23rd
Here is your weekly fantasy update, as Tampa Bay and St. Louis are only a couple games back of their respective leagues’ wildcard leaders, and look to gain that ground in the last week of the season. Fantasy Stud of the Week – Matt Kemp, CF, Dodgers While the Dodgers have been eliminated from the [...]
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This Day In Sports History (September 23rd) — Jose Canseco
It was on this day in 1988 that Jose Canseco became the inaugural member of baseball’s 40/40 club. Canseco finished the season with 42 home runs and 40 stolen bases. Jose Canseco enjoyed his best statistical season in 1988. To go along with the 42 home runs and 40 stolen bases, Canseco had 124 RBI’s, [...]
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9 Reasons Why Mariano Rivera Is The Greatest Closer Of All Time
Any day now, 41-year-old New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is going to break the all-time saves record. Now, personally, I don’t think the “save” should be as big a deal as it is. One guy gets a “save” after coming on in the bottom of the eight with the bases loaded, nobody out, and [...]
