Trevor Bauer hammers Astros in expletive-laced tirade Trevor Bauer has never been shy about sharing his feelings, and he has a lot of them when it comes to the Astros’ cheating scandal. “They are hypocrites, they are cheaters, they’ve stolen from a lot of other people and the game itself was completely unfair,” the Reds…
DetailsJustin Nicolino Signs With Taiwanese Club Former MLB southpaw Justin Nicolino will keep his career going with a move to Taiwan. He has signed on with the Rakuten Monkeys, per a team announcement (via CBPL Stats). Now 28 years of age, Nicolino spent three years in the bigs with the Marlins between 2015 and 2017.…
DetailsYankees’ Brian Cashman rips Astros owner: Sign-stealing did impact game TAMPA — Brian Cashman is calling Jim Crane’s bluff. A day after Crane, the Astros’ owner, claimed his club’s illegal sign-stealing program “didn’t impact the game,” Cashman, whose Yankees lost to the Astros in the 2017 ALCS, clapped back. “I definitely think it had an…
DetailsMy Favorite Commons My parents come from large families. My mom is the second oldest of seven children and my dad the youngest of seven. Hordes of grandparents, great aunts, great uncles, aunts, uncles, and cousins made for wonderfully chaotic family parties and holidays in my youth. But it is with my mom’s younger sister…
DetailsNationals GM Mike Rizzo hints at how much baseball world despises Astros WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Nationals GM Mike Rizzo loved beating Houston in the World Series last October. On Friday he offered up his own St. Valentine’s Day massacre of the cheatin’ Astros. The two teams share the same spring training complex but…
DetailsRizzo Downplays Nationals’ Interest In Trade For Third Baseman While we’ve heard some chatter suggesting the Nationals remain interested in trading for a top-shelf third baseman, Nationals president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo downplayed the possibility in comments to assembled media members including Todd Dybas of NBC Sports Washington (Twitter link). Rizzo didn’t exactly stamp…
DetailsCheating Astros don’t deserve any vigilante justice PORT ST. LUCIE — I hope no pitcher who feels wronged by the Astros literally takes the matter into his own hands. There is real potential for this. The anger toward what Houston players did at least in 2017 to illegally steal signs and the lack of punishment…
DetailsThe Astros’ Apologies Did Little To Repair Their Image Shortly after Astros owner Jim Crane, new manager Dusty Baker and players Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve addressed the media in a press conference regarding their sign-stealing scandal yesterday, the clubhouse was opened up for the entire roster to offer comments on the ordeal. Their comments…
DetailsNationals’ Kurt Suzuki backs Yankees: Astros were whistling in World Series The Astros’ insincerity isn’t the only reason their apologies feel insufficient. While investigating Houston’s sign-stealing program, MLB found evidence that Houston used illegal methods during their run to the franchise’s first-ever World Series title in 2017, and parts of 2018. MLB reported no findings…
DetailsJ.A. Happ’s adjustments ahead of surprising Yankees chance TAMPA — J.A. Happ stood in his front of his locker at Steinbrenner Field on Friday following an offseason of uncertainty, when it looked for much of it the left-hander would be shipped out of The Bronx following the signing of Gerrit Cole. “It’s good to be…
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