Based only on the goofy outfits they wear, any time a Major League Baseball mascot wanders away from the ballpark, the potential for shenanigans goes up tenfold. When the story specifically involves the Phillie Phanatic, along with a wedding at the Jersey Shore, a motel swimming pool and a lawsuit, well, you have struck comedic [...]
The signing of Jorge Soler and the continued mashing of Anthony Rizzo have given Cubs fans a recent reason to hope. Still, there’s no denying that the team is just plain awful during this potentially historic season. The Cubs own a record of 20-40 heading into this week’s series with the Detroit Tigers and just [...]
Assuming he reaches the major leagues (and that he can actually get on base once he’s there), Cincinnati Reds prospect Billy Hamilton will be a unique force. No one in professional baseball runs faster than Hamilton, who has accumulated 236 stolen bases in 307 minor-league games since debuting in the middle of 2009. Hamilton is currently [...]
Two-thirds of the Dodger Stadium outfield is set to continue being a very familiar sight for the next five or six seasons. After signing center fielder Matt Kemp to a monster extension last winter, the Dodgers came to terms on a new contract with right fielder Andre Ethier on Tuesday morning. Dylan Hernandez of the [...]
It probably made for a heck of a story to tell around the Monday morning water cooler. According to a piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, an unidentified man crashed the Atlanta Braves’ annual alumni reunion over the weekend by using the name of John Sullivan, who coached in the organization more than 30 years ago. [...]
Josh Beckett stood rigidly in the batter’s box Monday night, looking like he would rather be fielding questions at a postgame press conference. Appearing not the least bit eager to face Josh Johnson — and why should he? — Beckett wanted to be anywhere but where he was. Too soon in the game for manager [...]
Editor’s note: In the wake of the Jose Valverde spitball controversy, we asked our old pitching pal Dirk Hayhurst what he thought of the whole story. Read what he has to say and then go buy both of his books, which are full of stories that are just as good. Oh lawd! Jose Valverde may [...]
If everything plays out to the expectations that are in Theo Epstein’s mind, the 2012 Chicago Cubs highlight reel could consist of a screenshot of the single tweet that Joel Sherman of the New York Post sent out on Monday afternoon: I hear the #Cubs won out for Jorge Soler. #Yankees tried, but didn’t get him. Part [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. Join Beckett Baseball‘s Chris Olds and Brian Fleischer as they rip into a box of 2012 Topps Series 2 cards in this latest edition of Box Busters. What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Your browser does not support iframes. When technology fails in a brand new $515 million ballpark and a team needs to get word to the bullpen, whom do you call? And how do you do it? After the dugout telephone didn’t work in the seventh inning Sunday afternoon, the Tampa Bay Rays relied on utility [...]
