Angels second baseman Sean Rodriguez actually struck out in the fourth inning on Thursday at Comerica Park on a 4-2 pitch. Rodriguez took two balls to take it to a 3-2 count officially -- when he should have walked. Since the Angels didn't catch the mistake, there was no course for appeal...
Alex Rodriguez crushes a ball down the left field line and the umpires use instant replay for the first time in Major League Baseball history to determine whether or not it was home run.
Looks like the runner is related to Devin Hester or Barry Sanders. Either way, very embarrassing for the catcher.
Jason Giambi launched a blast and later a game-winning bullet, rocking the aging house for what was surely the last Yankees-Red Sox game at this Yankee Stadium. The heroics by the lame-duck former star at the about-to-be-demolished ballpark salvaged a game, spared some more bad feelings and brought rare glee. Yet, they only temporarily put off
Jim Thome tied Mickey Mantle for 14th place with his 536th career homer, Gavin Floyd won his fifth straight decision and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 to avoid a three-game sweep.
A baseball fan says a uniformed police officer (perhaps off-duty but working security for overtime) forcibly ejected him from the stadium last night during the Yankees-Red Sox game. Why? He says all he did was try to go to the bathroom while "God Bless America" was played during the 7th inning stretch.
When interviewed by ESPN, Obama made his allegiance clear: "You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there. People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball. Southside."
The MLB will start using Instant Replay in baseball games starting this Thursday.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player -- too good, it turns out.The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch any more.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player — too good, it turns out. The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch anymore
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Major League Baseball had a significant opportunity to market the game via the Beijing Olympics, but by allowing a U.S. roster comprised of a mix of prospects and older fringe big leaguers, MLB has foregone that opportunity and likely sealed the sport's fate as an Olympic event.
Baseball umpires and management signed an agreement Wednesday that will allow the sport to start using instant replay to help determine calls on the field.
Even years before 7-year-old Wrigley was born, his father Jerry Fields says he'd already decided what he'd do. Coming from a family of Cubs fans and with his particular last name, he decided to name his first son after the Friendly Confines.
We'd like to ask one little question of all those people in L.A. who are showering their man Manny Ramirez with so much love: What the heck are you cheering for? For a man who decided his personal net worth was more important than an entire franchise and all the people who played with him, covered for him, depended on him?
Dodgers left-fielder Manny Ramirez, sent to Los Angeles in a three-team trade two weeks ago, said Monday that he "really likes" the Red Sox's new blue-and-white uniforms.
Tribune Co.'s desire to minimize its taxes when it unloads the Chicago Cubs sets the stage for a possible showdown with Major League Baseball.