Posted on 24 February 2012.
On Thursday, Major League Baseball arbitrator Shyam Das overturned National League MVP Ryan Braun’s 50-game suspension for testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone.
Posted on 17 February 2012.
JJ Franco spent much of his childhood in Shea Stadium, watching his father, John Franco — who will be inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame this summer — pitch for the Mets.
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Posted on 14 February 2012.
Since late last summer, hype has followed Cuban sensation Yoenis Céspedes and his imminent arrival in the United States.
Posted on 24 January 2012.
On Dec. 10, news broke that shook the baseball world to its core: Albert Pujols had signed a 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Posted on 12 December 2011.
The 50 home run seasons are down, the moonshots into the upper deck are less common, but if the allegations against Ryan Braun are true, Major League Baseball may not be as clean as once thought.
Posted on 07 December 2011.
On the baseball field, Hank Aaron opened new doors for African-American players. After retiring in 1976, he continued to expand opportunities for others through entrepreneurship and humanitarianism.
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Posted on 02 November 2011.
Most Alabama students paid $5 for a ticket to Saturday’s game against LSU, but for some fans, the cost of attendance may be hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Statewide website AL.com reported there were two tickets for sale on Stubhub.com for a seat in row 25 of the lower level north end zone for $10,423.14 each. The tickets are no longer available.
Posted on 28 October 2011.
The St. Louis Cardinals rallied from their last strike twice to befeat the Texas Rangers 10-9 in game six of the World Series Thursday. The Cardinals played from behind for most of the game, twice coming down to their last strike, but third baseman David Freese’s game-winning homerun evened the series at 3-3 and forced a game seven at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Posted on 29 September 2011.
The story of “Moneyball,” which opened in theaters this weekend, is, for the most part, the story of Billy Beane. Appointed as general manager of the Oakland Athletics in 1998, Beane inherited a 65-win team that, because of the limited market, had little payroll flexibility. Just a few years later, the team was winning with such relentless consistency that Michael Lewis had already begun researching and writing his best-selling book that would serve as the basis for the movie.
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Posted on 23 August 2011.
Former Virginia Cavalier ace Danny Hultzen agreed to a five-year, $10.6 million contract with the Seattle Mariners last week. The Seattle ball club had selected Hultzen with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2011 Major League Baseball draft this past June and has guaranteed the lefty $8.5 million — the fifth-largest total in the draft’s history.
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