It took six hours, 11 minutes, and 19 innings for the Philadelphia Phillies to knock off the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on Wednesday night (Thursday morning?) in a game that ended at 1:19am. The win went to Wilson Valdez, heroically moving […]
The Twins Hall of Fame slugger is being remembered Thursday in Minnesota – today is Harmon Killebrew Day. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton made the declaration in remembrance of the player who hit 573 career home runs. He died, last week, […]
In the past few days the Internet has been overwhelmed with pieces regarding the man, and the memories of Minnesota Twins hall of fame slugger Harmon Killebrew. Killebrew, who ended his fight against esophageal cancer and entered hospice care about […]
Mariano Rivera is the first pitcher in MLB history to appear in 1,000 games for one team. He trotted out of the bullpen against the Toronto Blue Jays in the ninth inning on Wednesday. He debuted with the Yankees May […]
The Kansas City Royals announced Paul Splittorff, the winningest pitcher in the team’s history, has died. The 64-year-old Splittorff was battling throat cancer but died early Wednesday from complications with melanoma. He passed away at his home in the Kansas […]
Former San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds is in the news again. But this time it is for a good reason. According to NBC Bay Area Bonds has made a donation to pay for the college funds of the children […]
The game between the White Sox and the Rangers is being delayed due to a tornado warning. Play was stopped prior to the bottom of the fourth inning due to heavy thunderstorms. Doppler Radar indicated two cells capable of producing tornadoes […]
Colorado Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa will miss the remainder of the 2011 season with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left pitching elbow. De La Rosa left in the third inning of game one of the Rockies […]
This one is right up Mike Lederer’s alley – sort of. The Philadelphia Phillies Class-A team, the Clearwater Threshers, were involved in a 23 inning game. The Roger Dean Stadium scoreboard had to be reset two times before the Threshers […]
Boston Red Sox 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia left Monday night game against the Cleveland Indians due to a leg injury. Pedroia was rounding 2nd base when he decided to retreat to the base. He was checked by the Red Sox […]