Saturday’s Say Hey, Baseball includes the big start to the Red Sox weekend, Chris Archer’s Pirates debut and Felix Hernandez’ career. By Matt_Collins@MattRyCollins Aug 4, 2018, 8:00am EDT While the vast difference between leagues has been clear since the beginning of the season, the American League East was supposed to be the exception to the
Ouch. By Whitney McIntosh@WhitneyM02 May 28, 2018, 6:36pm EDT Is this the definitive point when Rudy Giuliani realized he can’t enjoy the pleasures of New York City the way he used to? The former mayor and NYC golden boy took himself out to the ballgame on Monday afternoon, settling in to watch the Yankees lose
It’s 2017 and I need the Yankees to make me bleed so I know I’m alive. By Whitney McIntosh@WhitneyM02 Dec 11, 2017, 5:21pm EST The Yankees introduced Giancarlo Stanton on Monday, and by any measure, the press conference was exactly what you would expect. Stanton was clean shaven and smiling, and he dutifully put on
by Eric Stephen Dec 5, 2017, 6:26pm EST Keep track of the hot stove season in Major League Baseball, with all the free agent rumors and done deals in one spot. Where will power hitters like J.D. Martinez, Eric Hosmer, and Mike Moustakas land? What team(s) will add Yu Darvish or Jake Arrieta to their
The Astros were the butt of baseball’s jokes not that long ago. Now they’re having a whole lot of fun. by Grant Brisbee@mccoveychron Nov 2, 2017, 7:00am EDT LOS ANGELES — The Houston Astros were a joke. A literal punchline to whatever baseball joke you could come up with. They were “The Aristocrats!” of baseball,
Time flies when you’re having fun in 100-degree weather! by Whitney McIntosh@WhitneyM02 Oct 24, 2017, 11:44pm EDT Well, that game flew by! If you feel the same way, that feeling is correct. Game 1 of the 2017 World Series, in which the Dodgers beat the Astros 3-1, was the fastest game in 25 years of
This year’s Fall Classic will be the Dodgers versus the Astros. by Whitney McIntosh@WhitneyM02 Oct 21, 2017, 11:50pm EDT Once again, the first run in a Yankees–Astros game didn’t come until a few innings into the game. Not every game in this series has been that way, but the “early pitchers duel-turned run fest” after
They’ll face the Astros in the ALCS. by Whitney McIntosh@WhitneyM02 Oct 11, 2017, 11:51pm EDT Cleveland almost came back to win it, but in the end one of the top teams in the regular season couldn’t pull out the win in an elimination game (yet again) and handed three games straight to the Yankees to
Keep track of the playoff action day by day through October. by Eric Stephen Oct 3, 2017, 7:30am EDT The 2017 MLB playoffs are here, with 10 teams providing us several storylines to watch this October, from the Wild Card games all the way through the World Series. We have three 100-win teams — the
This is a huge sigh of relief for Thunder fans. by Mike Prada Sep 29, 2017, 4:15pm EDT Russell Westbrook has committed himself to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the long haul. He’s agreed to sign a five-year, $205 million designated player contract extension, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. It’s the richest contract in NBA