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In honor of the lovable, loatheable Trop, now is as good a time as ever to count down Major League Baseball's worst stadiums. For the record, this is a difficult list to make, since baseball is awesome and stadiums seem to get grander every year. But these five teams managed. Read More »
This week, 23-year-old cancer patient Julie Kramer was a guest on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she told her story. It was there that Phillies 2B Chase Utley made time to give the super fan a crazy surprise. Read More »
Yankees GM Brian Cashman left no question as to how signing Chase Headley will affect incumbent overpaid headache, Alex Rodriguez, who also played third base before his full-year suspension from the league following the Biogenesis scandal. A-Rod, Cashman says, is now the most expensive DH on the planet. But can he still hit? Read More »
Right after Lester was introduced at a Cubs press conference, the club unveiled his new Chicago jersey. Lester will wear No. 34 because his old number, No. 31, is retired by Chicago. Guess who wears No. 34 on Boston, where Lester played for more than eight seasons? That's right, Big Papi. Read More »
If Brian Cashman is being truthful and the Yankees don't sign Scherzer, then they are clearly not contenders. Cashman said recently that Scherzer's asking price of $200 million is too high. Who are these Yankees? When is any price tag too high? Maybe its the Yankees that have learned from disastrous deals they've made with free agents in the past. Those mistakes stare them in the face every day: Mark Teixiera from first base, Alex Rodriguez from third, or the bench, or the front page of the tabloids, CC Sabathia from the snack stand. The Yankees are filled with aging, expensive players who are well past their prime (and we haven't even mentioned Carlos Beltran). So maybe restraining from pulling the trigger on Scherzer, who has won 39 games over the past two seasons, is the right move? Read More »
Yasiel Puig spent last week celebrating his 24th birthday appearing on video game covers and selling a whole mess of vitamin water. How would the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar follow that? Could it be topped? Turns out he spent this week — during which the Dodgers completely overhauled their roster — mainly chilling. That is, according to his Instragram. Puig made nine posts to Instagram this week, an Adrian Gonzalez-like slow week for him that started with a snap of him and DJ Khaled because, you know, they the best. But after that things died down in the life of Yasiel Puig, which apparently means playing a lot of FIFA. Puig's from Cuba and he's 24, so the fact that he unwinds with FIFA isn't exactly a suprise. But that he's this proud of his wins maybe is. Puig published four FIFA videos to Instagram this week, the first three followed immediately by two of grainy footage of a muscular man climbing out of a pool. Boy, would a translator help out here. Then a day later Puig honored his fellow Los Angeles sports star Kobe Bryant with a fitting tribute when Bryant passed Michael Jordan to become third on the all-time NBA scoring list. The photo is a graphic of Bryant driving to the hoop and Puig, next to him, bowing — because it seems that trip to Japan had a lasting impression on young Yasiel. Above the graphic is a list of the NBA all-time scoring leaderboard, with Bryant highlighted above Jordan. Maybe this is an elaborate marketing ploy by Puig to make him more L.A.-likable, or maybe the kid just admires greatness. He has the potential for it one day for sure. Read More »
The Chicago White Sox haven't made the playoffs since 2008. In that time, the American League Central Division has been mostly dominated by the Detroit Tigers, who built a divisional empire on the backs of Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer. A few months ago, the White Sox had two sellable assets: dynamic ace Chris Sale and AL Rookie of the Year Jose Abreau. Now, as Christmas approaches, they may be the Majors's most improved team. The White Sox continued their offseason assault this weekend by signing Melky Cabrera to a three-year deal worth $42 million, according to ESPN. The signing enhances one of last year's least-productive outfields and adds to a long list of quality players added since the World Series ended. In November, Chicago added power-hitting first baseman Adam LaRoche — who will probably DH — in a low-key, two-year deal. They them made a splash by snatching former New York Yankees closer David Robertson to a four-year, $46-million contract. The White Sox then traded for coveted Oakland Athletics starter and notorious mustache enthusiast Jeff Samardzija, giving Chicago a legitimate No. 2 starter behind Sale. The team also acquired reliever Zach Duke to help the bullpen and now has added to its outfield. Cabrera was an All-Star in 2012, the same year he was suspended for elevated testosterone levels. Read More »
All must be considered with a question mark attached to the end. Read More »
After perhaps the most intense, memorable and active 48-hour period in the history of Major League Baseball's winter meetings, the dust has finally cleared and there are new faces in the clubhouses of the Dodgers, Marlins, Reds, Angels, Padres, Red Sox and Cubs. Read More »
In a move called "an earthquake" for baseball, former Oakland As and Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester has signed a six year, $155 million dollar contract... not with former team the Red Sox as expected, but with the upstart Chicago Cubs. In an offseason full of notable moves, the Lester signing is massive, and will likely set off a whole train of player movement with the Red Sox, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies now all looking to solidify their rosters. Now the free agent market has been set, we can expect some fireworks! Read More »
The White Sox signed David Robertson to a four-year, $46 million deal, while Samardzjia comes over from Oakland just more than four months after being traded from the Cubs at the Trade Deadline. In Montero, the Cubs landed one of the only veteran catchers available. Read More »
San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner earned World Series MVP honors after allowing one earned run in 21 Fall Classic innings, an accomplishment that sparked another prestigious honor Monday, Dec. 8. On Monday, Bumgarner was named "Sports Illustrated's" Sportsman of the Year for his efforts, beating out a crowded field of candidates that included Michael Sam and Kansas City Royals fans. Sam came out as the first publicly gay football player in February. And Bumgarner was the only thing standing between Royals fans enjoying a World Series title they had been waiting 29 years for. He clinched Game 7 of the World Series with five innings of shutdown relief, pitching on just three days's rest. Read More »
The Major League Baseball offseason is a cold and lonely time. Thankfully, we have Yasiel Puig's reckless party-themed Instagram account to keep us busy, offering a window to a life we can live carelessly, vicariously through. Read More »
