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Javier Baez Says Being Unable To Watch Video Of Previous At Bats Is A Factor In His Struggles

Javier Baez Says Being Unable To Watch Video Of Previous At Bats Is A Factor In His Struggles

Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Baez didn’t hold back when he talked about his frustrations over not being able to review video of his previous swings in the middle of a game this year. Jesse Rogers of ESPN reported on Monday that the player mentioned his inability to review previous plays is having at least some […]

4y ago

MLB’s Punishment Of Joe Kelly Is ‘Tough But Fair,’ Analyst Says

MLB’s Punishment Of Joe Kelly Is ‘Tough But Fair,’ Analyst Says

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly was suspended for eight games earlier this week after throwing pitches that nearly hit a couple of Houston Astros players. While most of the baseball world has been up in arms over the length of the suspension, Bleacher Report‘s Zachary Rymer wrote on Wednesday that while the punishment was […]

4y ago

MLB Suspends Dodgers’ Joe Kelly Eight Games For His Role In Benches Clearing During Game Against Astros

MLB Suspends Dodgers’ Joe Kelly Eight Games For His Role In Benches Clearing During Game Against Astros

Major League Baseball today announced an eight-game suspension for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly, ESPN reported. The punishment comes the day after the 32-year-old reliever helped spark a bench-clearing confrontation between his club and the Houston Astros by throwing erratically at batters. In the sixth inning of a contest that the Dodgers would go […]

4y ago

Boston Red Sox Lose Draft Pick, Receive Staff Suspensions For 2018 Sign-Stealing

Boston Red Sox Lose Draft Pick, Receive Staff Suspensions For 2018 Sign-Stealing

The Boston Red Sox were handed down penalties for allegedly using electronic equipment to steal signs from their opponents, as Major League Baseball announced the outcome of their months-long investigation into the team on Wednesday afternoon. The Athletic‘s Ken Rosenthal was among the first to report on the outcome on Twitter, saying the Boston will […]

4y ago

Houston Twitter Troll ‘2020 Astros Shame Tour’ Unmasked As Chicago Cubs Fan Brendan Donley

Houston Twitter Troll ‘2020 Astros Shame Tour’ Unmasked As Chicago Cubs Fan Brendan Donley

One of the biggest Twitter trolls of the Houston Astros has been unmasked. The account titled “2020 Astros Shame Tour” popped up almost overnight and its intent was clear from the very beginning. When it was first created, it wasn’t clear who was behind the posting but whoever it was wanted to make sure the […]

4y ago

Former Yankees Great Mark Teixeira Comes To The Defense Of Mike Fiers

Former Yankees Great Mark Teixeira Comes To The Defense Of Mike Fiers

Don’t count New York Yankees great Mark Teixeira among those who believe that former Houston Astros pitcher Mike Fiers should have kept quiet. Now a baseball analyst, Teixeira appeared on ESPN’s morning show, Get Up and addressed what has been dominating headlines this spring training. In particular, the former first baseman talked about the backlash […]

4y ago

Rob Manfred Says Houston Astros Have ‘Paid A Price,’ And No More Punishment Is Coming

Rob Manfred Says Houston Astros Have ‘Paid A Price,’ And No More Punishment Is Coming

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred sat down for an interview about his views on the Houston Astros over the weekend and tried to explain his thinking on the issue. Among the points of view he offered was that he believes the team has been punished enough. He also made it clear he doesn’t plan […]

4y ago

Houston Astros Fans Go After Buffalo Wild Wings After Tweet About Punishment

Houston Astros Fans Go After Buffalo Wild Wings After Tweet About Punishment

Restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings has jumped into the Houston Astros sign-stealing situation with both feet. Now, fans of the team are trying to get the chain boycotted as payback. The problem for Buffalo Wild Wings was when someone on their social media team decided to compare the punishment handed down to the soccer club, […]

4y ago

Angels Pitcher Taylor Cole Claims Astros’ Sign Stealing Goes All The Way Down To Their Minor Leagues

Angels Pitcher Taylor Cole Claims Astros’ Sign Stealing Goes All The Way Down To Their Minor Leagues

Angels pitcher Taylor Cole believes the Houston Astros weren’t punished harshly enough for their sign-stealing antics over the last few years. On the heels of a new report that shows the perennial World Series contender’s sign-stealing was more prevalent than Major League Baseball first let on, the Angels player took to Instagram to voice his […]

4y ago

Pete Rose Asks For Reinstatement To Baseball, Says If Astros Players Deserve A Second Chance, So Does He

Pete Rose Asks For Reinstatement To Baseball, Says If Astros Players Deserve A Second Chance, So Does He

Pete Rose has asked to be reinstated to Major League Baseball (MLB), potentially clearing the way for his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, following a cheating scandal involving the Houston Astros, ESPN reports. Rose, 78, has been banned from baseball since 1989, following an investigation that determined he had bet on games — […]

4y ago

MLB Rumors: Scott Boras Plans To ‘Break The Bank’ With Stephen Strasburg, Others, Says ‘Wall Street Journal’

MLB Rumors: Scott Boras Plans To ‘Break The Bank’ With Stephen Strasburg, Others, Says ‘Wall Street Journal’

Defying a slowdown in the Major League Baseball free-agent market last offseason that has driven tensions between players and clubs to perhaps their highest point since the 1994 strike season, super-agent Scott Boras remains confident that he can, in the words of The Wall Street Journal, “break the bank” with his current crop of free […]

5y ago

MLB Rumors: In Gerrit Cole Free Agent Race, Yankees Emerge As Clear Frontrunner, Says Ex-Mets GM Jim Duquette

MLB Rumors: In Gerrit Cole Free Agent Race, Yankees Emerge As Clear Frontrunner, Says Ex-Mets GM Jim Duquette

With the Major League Baseball General Managers Meetings well underway in Scottsdale, Arizona, New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman is now preparing for talks with Houston Astros 20-game winner Gerrit Cole. In fact, while experts and even oddsmakers have favored the Los Angeles Angels to land Cole, the real favorite is now Cashman’s club. At […]

5y ago

Kate Upton Posts Rare Picture Of Daughter Genevieve As She Consoles Husband On World Series Loss

Kate Upton Posts Rare Picture Of Daughter Genevieve As She Consoles Husband On World Series Loss

Kate Upton and daughter Genevieve are doing their best to make Justin Verlander feel better about his World Series loss. The model took to Instagram on Friday to share a rare picture of her 11-month-old daughter together with her as they cheered on Verlander and the Houston Astros, who just lost in Game 7 of […]

5y ago

MLB Rumors: Oddsmakers Favor Gerrit Cole To Sign With Angels, Pitcher Wears Scott Boras Cap After Game 7 Loss

MLB Rumors: Oddsmakers Favor Gerrit Cole To Sign With Angels, Pitcher Wears Scott Boras Cap After Game 7 Loss

Within minutes of the Houston Astros World Series Game 7 loss to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, the team’s ace righty starting pitcher Gerrit Cole declared that he was no longer part of the team. On Thursday, a pair of oddsmakers began issuing their picks for the organization most likely to sign free agent Cole. […]

5y ago

Nationals Win First World Series For Washington, D.C., Since 1924, Defeat Houston Astros In Game 7, 6-2

Nationals Win First World Series For Washington, D.C., Since 1924, Defeat Houston Astros In Game 7, 6-2

The Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday — winning the first World Series in the 50-year history of the franchise. The Nationals were founded in 1969 as the Montreal Expos, moving to Washington, D.C., in 2005. The Nationals, […]

5y ago

MLB Rumors: Gerrit Cole Contract Could Set Record For Free Agent Pitchers, Possibly With Los Angeles Dodgers

MLB Rumors: Gerrit Cole Contract Could Set Record For Free Agent Pitchers, Possibly With Los Angeles Dodgers

After winning Game 5 of the 2019 World Series against the Washington Nationals, Gerrit Cole has likely started his final game for the Houston Astros. The 29-year-old right-handed fireballer becomes a free agent after the series wraps up. According to Dodgers Nation, Cole will command a record contact for a pitcher on the open market. […]

5y ago

Washington Nationals Vs. Houston Astros MLB World Series Game 7 Preview

Washington Nationals Vs. Houston Astros MLB World Series Game 7 Preview

The 2019 World Series reaches its conclusion tonight, with the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros facing off in Game 7 of a series that has played out in a way that neither team could have ever expected. For the first time in World Series history, the road team has won the first six games. […]

5y ago

Washington Nationals Vs. Houston Astros MLB World Series Game 6 Preview

Washington Nationals Vs. Houston Astros MLB World Series Game 6 Preview

While homefield advantage has played no role so far in the 2019 World Series, the Houston Astros will be happy to return home to Minute Maid Park with the chance to clinch the title over the Washington Nationals. When the two teams last met in Houston, the Nationals were firmly in control of the series […]

5y ago

Houston Astros Vs. Washington Nationals MLB World Series Game 3 Preview

Houston Astros Vs. Washington Nationals MLB World Series Game 3 Preview

The World Series returns to Washington D.C. for the first time since October 7, 1933, when the Washington Senators were eliminated in Game 5 by the New York Giants. More than 86 years later, the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros will face off in the nation’s capital as the hometown team seeks to cap […]

5y ago

Houston Astros ‘Terminate’ Brandon Taubman, Team Official Who Shouted Verbal Abuse At Women Reporters

Houston Astros ‘Terminate’ Brandon Taubman, Team Official Who Shouted Verbal Abuse At Women Reporters

Three days after Sports Illustrated reported that Houston Astros team official Brandon Taubman shouted verbal abuse at a group of women sports reporters following the team’s series-clinching win over the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series, the Astros announced Thursday that they had “terminated” Taubman’s employment with the club. According to the […]

5y ago

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