U23 European Championship 2019: Dutch clinch second victory in rain-shortened game In the first game of the consolation round, the Kingdom of the Netherlands took on Ukraine. In the first two innings, the Dutch offense had to get used to the slow pitches of the Ukraine pitcher but eventually, in the top of the third,…
DetailsColumn: ‘Field of Dreams’ and more bad baseball on film Major League Baseball is heading to the “Field of Dreams” next season to pay homage to a terrible flick. Yep, the Chicago White Sox will face the New York Yankees in a temporary stadium, to be constructed among the Iowa cornfields where that corn pile…
DetailsMLB unveils ‘Cubbies’ and ‘The Burgh’ uniforms for 2019 Little League Classic The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates are getting a one day makeover at the end of August. On Friday, MLB unveiled new “Cubbies” and “The Burgh” uniforms that both teams will wear during the 2019 Little League Classic. The jerseys will feature a…
DetailsTwins reach new single-season record with 226th home run It’s been quite the year for the Twins, who are currently positioned to upstage the 2018 Yankees for most home runs hit in a single MLB season. In the sixth inning of Friday’s 6-2 loss to the Indians, they reached a collective 226 home runs with…
DetailsOakland Raiders owner rips Athletics over their stadium situation In an interview with The Athletic’s Vincent Bonsignore, Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis ripped the Oakland Athletics, calling them “pricks” and “f***ing dysfunctional” with respect to their stadium situation and how he believes they’ve treated the Raiders since the football team broke its lease and made…
DetailsYasiel Puig shows he’s still Yasiel Puig with a wave and a kiss on the basepaths Yasiel Puig might be on his third team in the last calendar year, but he’s still Yasiel Puig. That identity was in full view as the Cleveland Indians outfielder ran the bases on Friday in an American League Central…
DetailsSparks fly in Toronto after Gardner ejected TORONTO—The last time Brett Gardner slammed his bat into a dugout roof, it spawned countless T-shirts playing off the phrase “Savages in the Box.” This latest installment—let’ call it “I Didn’t Say One Word”—probabl will not have the same marketing potential. Gardner was ejected by home-plate umpire Chris…
DetailsCashman mistaken for thief, stopped at gunpoint Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says he was stopped in Connecticut and forced from his vehicle at gunpoint by as many as nine police officers as he was leaving a gas station Friday. Cashman, 52, said in an interview with the New York Post that his white Jeep…
DetailsKhris Davis Isn’t Batting .247 ???? A fun piece about a fun thing in baseball that is probably going to end. Source: http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/newsstand/discussion/khris_davis_isnt_batting_247
DetailsAmed Rosario thrived offensively and defensively in Mets’ win Amed Rosario has grown by leaps and bounds lately — with his glove and his bat. He took that in a literal sense Friday night. The Mets shortstop saved Marcus Stroman in a sixth-inning jam with a highlight-reel, leaping catch on a line drive that had…
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