Bauman soared to record with Roswell in ’54 This season marks the 65th anniversary of Joe Bauman’s record-setting campaign for the Roswell Rockets, when he swatted 72 home runs. He also collected 224 RBIs. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190618&content_id=307626052&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsHead of the Class: A Advanced Salem Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran and Lake Elsinore Storm left-hander MacKenzie Gore headline the Class A Advanced standouts from the first half of the 2019 season. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190618&content_id=308168160&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsProspect Roundup: Games of June 17 Indians prospect Ethan Hankins threw four hitless innings for Class A Short Season Mahoning Valley while Cardinals outfielder Andrew Warner collected eight RBIs in a doubleheader for the State College Spikes. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190618&content_id=308216558&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
DetailsDavid Adams is the rising S.I. Yankees manager you’ve heard of before The ferries whisk by every 25 minutes, the seagulls are still shrieking above and the ballpark still overlooks the postcard-perfect Manhattan skyline on a cloudy day. The scene screams déjà vu for the Staten Island Yankees’ first-year manager David Adams, but he gently…
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The Cardinals’ Bold Baserunning Decision That Failed On Saturday, the Cardinals battled back from deficits of 6-1 and 8-3 to find themselves trailing by just one run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Yadier Molina had just singled off Mets closer Edwin Diaz. Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty came in off the bench…
DetailsChecking In On Huston Street & J.J. Hardy Sometimes, notable players finish out their careers on farewell tours. Other times, they issue formal announcements with varying levels of fanfare. And then there are those that just don’t show up for a while. Some end up returning just when you were beginning to wonder if it was…
DetailsBrian Cashman knows the next Yankees’ upgrade he wants to make Brian Cashman made no guarantees, but the Yankees general manager acknowledged Monday the team’s starting pitching remains a “worry.’’ The sentiment was expressed during a press conference at Yankee Stadium to introduce the team’s newest slugger, Edwin Encarnacion. It was telling that the rotation…
DetailsCalifornia dream? These stars pace MVP races The Angels’ Mike Trout and Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger remain comfortably atop the latest polls for the American League and National League Most Valuable Player Awards as the season nears its halfway point. Trout and Bellinger each received 30 of 34 first-place votes in their respective leagues when MLB.com…
DetailsThe 20 Greatest Arizona Diamondbacks of All-Time Randy Johnson Age: 35 – 40, 43 – 44 Years: 1999 – 2004, 2007 – 2008 Position(s): SP Randy Johnson WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO % WHIP 53.03 62 233 232 118 62 2.83 1630.1 38 14…
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The Sinker Paradox Two things are very much true in modern baseball, and they’re in seemingly direct contradiction with one another. The first hardly requires any introduction: fly balls are leaving parks like never before. There’s almost no point in linking to a story about it, because there’s no way you haven’t heard if you…
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