By Scott Barancik, editor The roster of players set to represent Israel in the World Baseball Classic in South Korea this March is taking shape. Team Israel general manager Peter Kurz, whose squad of former Major League and current minor-league athletes guided Israel to a qualifying-round win in September, said Tuesday that 15 ballplayers had already committed to…
(8:33pm) Here’s video of Toronto’s Kevin Pillar crushing a 2-run HR today * * * (8:26pm) Nate Freiman doubled and Sam Fuld singled for Oakland in a 9-4 win over the Giants * * * (8:24pm) Ian Kinsler hit a 3-run HR and Josh Zeid pitched a scoreless inning for Detroit in a 15-2 win over the O’s *…
(12:50pm) In his first game since hurting his back 10 days ago, Oakland’s Ike Davis played DH and went 1-for-3 on Friday * * * (12:41pm) One of Sam Fuld‘s RBIs Thursday came when he beat out a double play — and was struck in the face by the toss * * * (12:39pm) Oakland’s…
(5:27pm) Why does Patriots QB Tom Brady’s new house have a menorah in it? * * * (9:55am) Is Cardinals prospect Rob Kaminsky working out too hard? His night/day splits are like, well, night and day * * * (9:50am) Here’s some more background on Cardinals prospect Mason Katz‘s bid to add “catcher” to his…
By Scott Barancik, editor Cody Decker is known for producing funny videos. But according to our research, he deserves at least as much praise for his production at the plate. Through games played Thursday (6/25/2015), the 28-year-old San Diego Padres prospect had 14 HRs and 49 RBIs in just 183 at-bats this season. That sounded pretty…
By Scott Barancik, Editor When Ryan Braun launched two home runs Friday (5/15/2015), it left him a dozen short of 250. Only 15 active players, and just 210 of the more than 17,000 who have worn a Major League jersey throughout baseball history, have hit 250 or more HRs. Still not impressed? From 2007 through the present,…
