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MLB Network just announced that it will air a bunch of famous games featuring walkoff hits tomorrow starting at 10AM. The lineup: 10:00 a.m. – New York Yankees at Seattle Mariners, 1995 ALDS, Game Five – Edgar Martinez steps to Read more
Today’s question is open-ended: what’s your best Little League war story? Or Babe Ruth or high school baseball war story. Or softball war story. Or even your best sandlot war story. Basically, I want to hear about your greatest baseball Read more
Oakland Athletics minor league manager Webster Garrison is hospitalized in Louisiana and on a ventilator with the coronavirus, according to his fiance. Nikki Trudeaux posted her latest update Monday night on social media. She said the 54-year-old former major leaguer Read more
In a recent appearance on the 755 Is Real Podcast, hosted by The Athletic’s David O’Brien and former Braves reliever Eric O’Flaherty, catcher Evan Gattis confirmed he is “done playing” baseball. Gattis said back in October that he didn’t have Read more
Even during a pandemic, the Astros can’t seem to avoid putting their foot in their mouth. Per The Athletic’s Daniel Kaplan, Astros owner Jim Crane claimed in a legal filing on Monday that Major League Baseball “explicitly exonerated” him in Read more
Major League Baseball just announced that it will provide a stipend to all minor league players through at least May 31. Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that it will be $400 a week. They’ll receive medical benefits as well. Two Read more
27 years ago today, the Cardinals acquired switch-hitting outfielder Mark Whiten from the Indians in exchange for pitcher Mark Clark and minor league infielder Juan Andujar. Andujar never advanced past Double-A while both Whiten and Clark would go on to Read more