Rob Dibble, the voice of the Washington Nationals, has been fired by WASN after disparaging comments he made about Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg on his XM radio show. Strasburg replaced Don Sutton as the voice of the Nats in 2009.
“So for me, a little bit has to be put back on Strasburg here,” Dibble said. “OK, [...]
The Feds have decided to come hard after Roger Clemens for perjury. The Federal government plans to indict Clemens for lying to Congress, under oath, about taking performance enhancing drugs during Feb 2008 congressional hearings according to The New York Times.
The indictment comes nearly two and half years after Clemens and his former trainer Brian McNamee testified [...]
Here is a complete list of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) once prestigious 600 Home Run Club:
*Barry Bonds – 762 (2,986 games)
Hank Aaron – 755 (3,298 games)
Babe Ruth – 714 (2,503 games)
Willie Mays – 660 (2,992 games)
Ken Griffey Jr. – 630 (2,671 games)
*Sammy Sosa – 609 (2,354 games)
*Alex Rodriguez – 600 (2,267 games)
Total home runs along with [...]
The day after the MLB All-Star game is usually one of the slowest days in sports but not for the Atlanta Braves. The Braves made a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays to acquire veteran shortstop Alex Gonzalez.
Along with Gonzalez the Braves will receive minor leaguer shortstop Tyler Pastornicky and pitcher Tim Collins in exchange [...]
Supermodel Hilary Rhoda threw out the first pitch Friday night between the Washington Nationals and Chicago White Sox in D.C.
The Sox won the game 2-1 in 11 innings, but not before Nationals phenom Stephen Strasburg struck out 10 batters in 7 innings while giving up just one run.
President Barack Obama and his daughters were on [...]
Washington Nationals rookie phenom Stephen Stasburg is on the cover of the new Sports Illustrated. The caption to the right of the cover photo states: “TWO GAMES, TWO WINS, 22 STRIKEOUTS.”
Strasburg is off to an amazing start to his upstart career after his first two starts. His debut was off the charts against the Pirates. [...]
The New York Yankees are on the verge of trading for Curtis Granderson. He will provide the Yanks with power and speed. This move will make their aging outfield significantly more athletic. Melky Cabrera will move over to a corner outfield postion where he has more speed and a much stronger arm than Nick Swisher. [...]
Well, it took the Tigers and the Twins 12 innings in the 163rd game to finally complete the 2009 regular season for Major League Baseball. So who should get the Hardware this season for their trophy cases?
MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS
NL: Albert Pujols
I think this award may some day be renamed to the Albert Pujols Award. When [...]
In honor of the retro uniforms that the NFL often uses, I think Major League Baseball needs to honor some of their past uniforms…….but probably not the Colt 45’s. The Houston Astros were originally called the Colt 45’s,until a new owner and a new ballpark came along. The new domed park,built in 1965,was named the [...]
