Saturday, April 11 MLB highlights Dynamic duo: Oakland’s Sam Fuld and Ike Davis combined for 6 hits and 5 RBIs in Friday’s 12-0 win over Seattle * * * Sam Fuld went 3-for-5 with an RBI single for the A’s * * * Oakland’s Ike Davis went 3-for-5 with two doubles and four RBIs Friday…
By Ron Kaplan, correspondent “Slide, Kelly, Slide!” was usually heard in association with the great 19th-century player King Kelly, who played for several Major League teams and was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945. But fans of the Israeli team that will be participating for the first time in the upcoming World Baseball Classic…
(9:41am) In the offseason Australian Baseball League, Rays prospect Maxx Tissenbaum is 3rd in OPS (.968) and HRs (6/tie), 7th in OBP (.405), 9th in average (.323) * * * (9:30am) Check out this new video interview with Padres “AAA” prospect Cody Decker * * * (9:14am) Former MLB prospect Eric Berger is 3-2 with a…
(9:37pm) LSU junior Alex Bregman is ranked 13th on Baseball America’s list of the Top 50 prospects in the 2015 draft class * * * (9:01pm) Wow! Rays prospect Maxx Tissenbaum finished the Australian baseball season with a fifth-ranked .340 average, rapping out 3 hits each in 5 of his last 10 games * *…
By Scott Barancik, editor Baseball great Al Rosen died Friday night (3/15/2015) in Rancho Mirage, Calif., just two weeks after his 91st birthday. A native South Carolinian who learned boxing as a youth to defend himself against anti-Semitic attacks, “Flip” Rosen had a storied career with the Cleveland Indians despite playing just 8 full Major League…
Aaron Poreda is leaving the Rangers for Japan’s Yomiuri Giants. A 6’6″ LHP, Poreda made his MLB debut in 2009 and didn’t return to the Majors until 2014 * * * RHP Mitchell Osnowitz has been blogging about baseball since June, when the Braves signed him * * * Rays prospect Maxx Tissenbaum is hitting .282 with…
