St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina finally had enough of home umpire Rob Drake’s widely inconsistent strike zone on Tuesday night when he exploded in a fit of anger in the 10th inning against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Molina struck out looking at a pitch about 7 inches inside according to the Fox Trax. Molina turned around [...]
CNN is reporting that Hideki Irabu, one of the first Japanese pitchers to come over and find success in the Major Leagues, has been found dead.
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Hideki Irabu was found dead yesterday at his Los Angeles home, Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported.
The newspaper’s website quotes police investigators as saying the 42-year-old’s death [...]
St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa, who had a strangled relationship with former outfielder stud-in-waiting Colby Rasmus, unloaded on the disgruntled player this afternoon once Colby’s trade to the Toronto Blue Jays went through.
Rasmus has been a clubhouse distraction since he came to the big leagues. His father, Tony Rasmus, has also head-butted with LaRussa [...]
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Ervin Santana threw a no-hitter today against the Cleveland Indians as the Angels won the game 3-1.
The Indians led 1-0 after Ezequiel Carrera reached on a throwing error by Angels’ shortstop Erick Aybar. Carrera then stole second. He moved over to third on a groundout. Santana then uncorked a wild pitch [...]
The St. Louis Cardinals traded diva Colby Rasmus to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday in a package deal that involved a total of 8 players.
The Cardinals get SP Edwin Jackson, RP’s Marc Rzepczynski, Octavio Dotel, and OF Corey Patterson in the deal.
In exchange the Blue Jays get the once highly touted Rasmus, RP’s Brian [...]
Christian Lopez was the lucky Yankees fan to catch Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit on Saturday at Yankee Stadium when Jeter homered in the third inning.
Lopez didn’t ask for anything in exchange for returning the historic ball, but the New York Yankees are going out of their way to reward the 23-year old kid from St. [...]
New York Yankees great Derek Jeter became the first Yankee in MLB history to get 3,000 hits on Saturday.
Jeter, in the third inning-his second at bat in the game, hit Tampa Bay Rays’ David Price’s 3-2 curveball over the outfield wall to become the 28th player in MLB history, and first Yankee, to record 3,000 [...]
It has been confirmed that University of Tennessee Vols Athletic Director Mike Hamilton is resigning this morning after an extremely rough last couple of years for the Vols’ athletic programs.
UT President Joe DiPietro sent an email this morning to the Board of Trustees informing them of the resignation.
“He’s an outstanding guy who’s done a lot [...]
MLB Commissioner, Bud Selig, has a big announcement to make on Saturday. But the news has already been leaked so we’ll report it here. Selig is hiring former Yankees manager, Joe Torre, as executive vice president of baseball operations. According to CBS Sports:
No official word yet on what the job specifically entails, but it’s [...]
If you’re going to get nailed for driving under the influence, you might as well go balls out. And if you’re famous, why not go full-douchebag and pull the “Do you know who I am” card. That’s exactly what the Detroit Tiger’s Miguel Cabrera did late Wednesday night when he was pulled over in Florida. [...]
