Rookie Jose Abreu Off to Sizzling Start
It’s not unusual for major league rookies to have a good first month or two of their first seasons, only to see things come back down to earth after opposing...
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Yankees’ Michael Pineda Suspended 10 Games for Pine Tar
New York Yankees right hander Michael Pineda was handed a 10 game suspension for “possessing a foreign substance on his person” during the Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox game on...
Albert Pujols Hits 500th Home Run of His Career
Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols hit career home run numbers 499 and 500 off Washington’s Taylor Jordan on April 22nd in one of the quietest run ups to...
Brewers’ Martin Maldonado Hits the Cover Off the Ball. Really.
One of those timeless expressions in baseball referring to a good hitter is “he hits the cover off the ball”. Milwaukee Brewers catcher Martin Maldonado did exactly that on April...
Baltimore Ball Girl Makes Nice Play on Fair Ball
It was 1-1 in the top of the fourth inning in the Baltimore Orioles vs. Toronto Blue Jays game on April 13th. With a runner on first base, Jays’ first...
Ryan Braun Motivated by Booing, Hits Three Home Runs
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun is back with the club following last season’s suspension for performance enhancing drug use in the Biogenesis case. With the possible exception of Alex Rodriguez,...
Baseball Milestones of April 8th
April 8th is the anniversary of two significant Major League baseball events of the past. Forty years ago, on April 8th, 1974, Henry Aaron of the Atlanta Braves broke Babe Ruth’s...
Derek Jeter Makes Sure Young Fan Gets a Baseball
The farewell tour for Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter began in Houston with a three game series against the Astros. The Yankees dropped the first two games, but won the third...
Royals Fan Makes Parody Version of Lorde’s “Royals”
Well you knew this was coming. A Kansas City Royals fan named John Long has a parody version of Lorde’s Grammy award winning song “Royals” and it’s pretty cool. Although...
Reds’ Aroldis Chapman Has Surgery, Could Return in 4 to 6 Weeks
Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman, who was hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of the Kansas City Royals’ Salvador Perez in a spring training game...
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