Masahiro Tanaka is Pitching Really Well These Days
Last winter, one of the bigger feeding frenzies in the major league baseball free agent market had to do with Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. Pitching for the Rakuten Golden Eagles...
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Aroldis Chapman Returns From Injury in Top Form
Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman, who was hit in the head by a line drive in spring training back on March 19th, made his season debut against the Colorado Rockies...
Clayton Kershaw Pitches Seven Shutout Innings in Return
The Los Angeles Dodgers had high expectations going into the 2014 season, but had an early setback when two time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw went on the disabled...
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...
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...
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