Babe Ruth rookie card sells for $130K after being discovered in an old piano After being discovered along with more than 100 other vintage trading cards inside an old piano, a 1916 Babe Ruth rookie card sold for more than $130,000 this week. For many years, Ruth’s rookie card wasn’t nearly as valuable as other…
Details‘Jeopardy!’ champ eyeing MLB GM position? As a kid growing up outside of Chicago, James Holzhauer came home from school, turned on the TV and indulged in his two great loves: Cubs baseball games and “Jeopardy!” episodes, both of which aired in the afternoon. “My dad would come home from work and turn the TV…
DetailsMLB attendance is down again, and rebuilding teams are getting hit hard If two rebuilding teams play a baseball game and no one was there to watch, did the game actually happen? The Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles put that to the test with a doubleheader Wednesday. If Game 1 was any indication, fans…
DetailsCops Got Chased Out of Yankees Locker Room by Security for Trying to Get Autographs Last night was a memorable Yankee moment, as left-handed stalwart CC Sabathia notched his 3,000th career strikeout on the road against the Diamondbacks. I’m sure there were a lot of fans before and after the game trying to get an…
DetailsReport: George Springer received unspecified punishment for use of homophobic slur During a seven-game homestand that included a three-game set versus the Twins, Astros outfielder George Springer was seen shouting a homophobic slur at umpire Ángel Hernández. Dawn Ennis of Outsports reports that Major League Baseball punished Springer in an as yet unknown way for…
DetailsGood seats available: MLB’s early-season attendance issue continues MLB’s overall attendance numbers are slightly down from last April, when they dropped precipitously, a dip the league attributed to poor weather. By the end of the season, league-wide attendance was down more than 3 million, dropping to 69,671,272, the lowest figure since 2003 and down nearly…
DetailsRich Hill: “I Want To Talk About My Son Brooks” (Player’s Tribune) Don’t read this piece anywhere where you’re unwilling to be seen crying. It’s absolutely devastating. But you must read it. In the final moments with our son, we sang our little guy a song that’s near and dear to our hearts. It was…
DetailsAlex Cora explains why teams don’t treat rookies like crap anymore Prior to the Red Sox’ game against the A’s the Red Sox manager reflected on just how differently first-year players are treated from when Cora broke into the big leagues 21 years ago. “You have to include them,” the manager said. “They’re a part…
DetailsIndians lose Corey Kluber to broken forearm | CBS Sports During Wednesday night’s loss to the Marlins (MIA 4, CLE 2), Corey Kluber suffered a broken right forearm when he was hit by a comeback line drive. The ball came off Brian Anderson’s bat at 102 mph, according to Statcast. … The Indians are already…
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