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Giants fan holding toddler catches foul ball with bare hand (Video)
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A San Francisco Giants fan caught a foul ball with his bare hand, while holding his young son, during the ninth inning of Wednesday's game at AT&T Park.
The fan was standing in the aisle with a toddler sitting in his left arm as Giants infielder Brandon Crawford fouled a 1-2 pitch into the stands behind third base. The fan was...
Hiroki Kuroda leaves game with injury
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New York Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda left after two innings of work Wednesday night. Kuroda allowed five runs on eight hits, including two home runs.
Kuroda left the game with an injury. Announcers on ESPN have speculated that Kuroda has an injury to his back but it is worth nothing that he was hit in the calf by a comebacker in the second.
Entering Wednesday...
Los Angeles Dodgers ready to add to the recently departed(?)
Firings in Los Angeles have become as common as Jack Nicholson at a Lakers game.
Both Dodger GM Ned Colletti (left) and manager Don Mattingly are on the hot seat as long as the Dodgers struggle in last place. (AP)
Tuesday, the NBA Clippers canned coach Vinnie Del Negro in spite of him having won the Pacific Division title. The UCLA Bruins basketball team kicked out coach Ben Howland...
FSU suspends 3B Jose Brizuela indefinitely
Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin suspended starting third baseman Jose Brizuela for a violation of team rules for an indefinite amount of time after the Seminoles ACC Tournament game on Wednesday.
Brizuela started and went 0 for 2 with an RBI and a walk.
He was second on the team with a .320 batting average, three home runs, 12 doubles, 40 RBIs and has scored 34 runs. Brizuela...
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Evan Gattis is Unreal as Braves win 8-3
The Atlanta Braves return home this week could be described as little other than a rousing success. The Braves just completed an 8-3 win over the Twins to complete their sweep of the team from Minnesota. This, after a 3 game dismantling of the Dodgers. Today’s story: Evan Gattis, who clubbed a 4th inning grand slam.
As the winter months unfolded, Atlanta Braves beat writer...
Andre Ethier is Now Eminently Available
All winter, there were rumors that the Dodgers were open to trading Andre Ethier. All winter, the Dodgers declared that there was nothing to those rumors, and that they weren’t having second thoughts about the five year, $85 million contract they gave him last June. When spring training rolled around and Cuban import Yasiel Puig became The Hot New Thing, those rumors picked up...
Cardinals On The Cover Of Sports Illustrated
The Cardinals have lost Jamie Garcia for the season. They're in the process of losing Jake Westbrook for way longer than the '2 starts' that we were told. And Shelby Miller can't be trusted to work out of his own jams.
None of this was going on 2 weeks ago. So what the...?
Wait, what's that? Sports Illustrated sent someone to cover the Cardinals historically...
TROUBLING STORY
Canseco claims he was accused of rape
On Wednesday, Jose Canseco tweeted numerous details regarding how he has been accused of rape and then promptly deleted the tweets.
SCAPEGOATING TIME?
Mattingly throws Ethier under bus?
Embattled Dodgers manager Don Mattingly pulled starting right fielder Andre Ethier from Wednesday's lineup and his explanation for why he did was intriguing.
Ellsbury’s Struggles and the Red Sox
Just a couple of years ago, Jacoby Ellsbury came out of nowhere of have one of the best seasons by a position player in years. He hit .321/.376/.552 (149 wRC+) with 32 home runs while playing center field that impressed both the Gold Glove voters and various fielding metrics. Although Ellsbury had been a first-round draft pick by the Red Sox in 2005 and had been a very good prospect...
Cardinals lefty Jaime Garcia will undergo shoulder surgery
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Cardinals left hander Jaime Garcia will undergo surgery on his left shoulder. The procedure will end Garcia’s season.
The surgery was recommended by Dr. James Andrews after he confirmed the original diagnosis of a tear in his labrum. Garcia will have the surgery performed by the Cardinals team doctor and attempt to return to the team next season.
Garcia was...
Bryce Harper admits he’s afraid of crashing into wall again
Your browser does not support iframes. Gregor Blanco came up with a timely hit for the San Francisco Giants to tie the game in the ninth against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night, but he may have gotten a little help from Bryce Harper. Blanco’s RBI triple tied the game at 2-2 and the Giants went on to win in extra innings. As you can see from the video above, it looked...
Video: Tigers' Cabrera ducks foul ball
Nobody can get Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera out these days.
Heading into Wednesday night's game in Cleveland, he was batting a whopping .384 with 49 RBIs and 12 homers. He hit three homers in Sunday's loss at Texas, then clobbered another in Tuesday's win at Cleveland.
What opposing pitchers haven't been able to -- knock Cabrera out -- one of his own teammates...
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Some Questions For Davey Johnson and the Struggling Washington Nationals
Since May 10, the Washington Nationals have been miserable/depressing/dreary/dull/lackluster… pick your own negative adjective as you please. They lost a series (1-2) to the Chicago Cubs at home, lost another (1-2) to the Dodgers on the road, split a series (2-2) with the Padres in San Diego, and are looking to avoid a three-game sweep today to the Giants as they have lost the...
The Zack Wheeler hype will end up being his downfall
With 2013 being touted as a rebuilding year for the Mets, most fans are excited to see the debut of prospects like Travis d’Arnuad and Zack Wheeler.
It is now May and the talk of these prospects is heating up. d’Arnuad is out with a broken foot and is due back soon while Wheeler just missed a start due to soreness in his neck. The team decided to play it safe with their top...
Mike Trout hits for cycle as Angels pummel Mariners (Video)
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Mike Trout hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to complete a cycle in Tuesday’s night win over the Mariners. Trout became the youngest player in AL history to hit for the cycle and the sixth member of the Angels to do so.
After narrowly missing out on the AL MVP Award in his rookie season the 21-year-old is continuing to put up numbers in...
Was there something fishy about Mike Trout hitting for the cycle? (vid/pics)
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim second-year phenom Mike Trout became the youngest player in American League history to hit for the cycle, going 4-5 with 5 RBI in a 12-0 thrashing of the Seattle Mariners. After a slow start in April, Trout has enjoyed a red-hot May, hitting .343 with 7 homers and 18 RBI. [...]The post Was there something fishy about Mike Trout hitting for the cycle...
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