All season, as his Toronto Blue Jays battled a relentless stream of injuries, John Farrell has repeated the same compliment. We compete in every game, he said. We do not roll over. We take a smart approach...
Kyle Drabek, it should be stressed, is a highly talented rookie with just 10 big-league starts on his record. But opposing batters have quickly learned that patience is a key to success against him.
Joe DiMaggio was barely halfway through the 1951 season when he realized he was losing the war with time.
Tim Lincecum struck out 12 to surpass Christy Mathewson for most double-digit strikeout games in Giants history and Pat Burrell hit a tiebreaking single against his favourite opponent, lifting San Francisco over the New York Mets 2-0 on Wednesday night.
Having followed the major league career of Justin Morneau over the years, watching him play these days is something you do for penance.
Through 25 games with the 51s, his debut at the Triple-A level, Brett Lawrie was hitting .357 (40-for-112) with four home runs, nine doubles, two triples, 17 RBI, a .400 on base percentage and a .980 OPS (on base plus slugging percentage).
Second baseman Scott Sizemore earned his way back into the Tigers lineup after struggling in spring traing.
Sadly, there aren’t many surviving veterans of the Second World War, and that means there aren’t many baseball fans left who were in Yankee Stadium in the summer of 1941, watching the great diversion from the war, otherwise known as Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak.
Just in time for Mother’s Day, the Toronto Blue Jays are hoping to roll out their opening-day lineup.
Dustin McGowan wound up and fired. Aaron Hill drove the pitch over the right-fielder’s head, yelping gleefully as he scooted around first base.
When I started training for my first marathon on a wintry January day seven years ago, Ottawa Race Weekend seemed a long way in the future.