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Despite the preponderance of useful data and the potential for a non-savvy manager to render it useless, most MLB managers are former players. Contrast this with the NFL, NBA, and NHL, where fewer than half of all head coaches are former players. These sports, by and large, recognize that a managerial or head coaching role is too important to assign to someone whose only success came when playing….

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0 Shares Print Not only is recent Minnesota Twins call-up Max Kepler believed to be the first person born and raised in Germany to reach the major leagues, the outfielder also is quite possibly the first major leaguer who is the son of two professional ballet dancers. That’s right — ballet dancers. His mother, Kathy, who is from Texas, danced professionally in Berlin, where she met his father, Marek, a…

You have just a few more weeks to play daily fantasy baseball before the season comes to an end, so take advantage of the opportunity and put together a great lineup. Friday’s contests feature a good chance to spend money on Jose Fernandez, who remains almost untouchable at home. Hot hitters like Matt Carpenter and Chris Davis represent solid options to add to your team as well. Beyond that, here…

There have been many, many great performances in 2015, but here are 25 of the best of them. Here goes, our 25 heroes of 2015 … 1. Alex Anthopoulos, Blue Jays GM. Not only did he win the winter, he won the summer, too. It was his relentless pursuit of Josh Donaldson, a player who wasn’t believed to be available, that netted the probable AL MVP. Then at the deadline,…

Not sure whom to buy today in daily fantasy baseball or whom to sit in your season-long fantasy leagues? Let us help set your daily fantasy baseball lineups with today’s most important splits and batter vs. pitcher stats. For more daily fantasy baseball advice and sleeper picks, check out our starting pitcher rankings and the DFS MLB Playbook from our partners at FantasyAlarm.com every morning. You can also get pregame lineups with BvP stats at…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The Arizona Fall League is the place where major-league baseball teams send their best prospects for fine-tuning and closer inspection. If you make it to Arizona in October it typically means your organization believes you have a legitimate chance to play in the major leagues in the next two seasons. Famous Arizona Fall League alums? Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Derek Jeter, Mike Piazza, Albert Pujols, Dustin…

The Kansas City mayor calls it a dream. The Royals general manager calls it a fairytale. Projects like this don’t come around very often, or at least not nearly as often as we’d all like. They are calling it the Kansas City Urban Youth Academy. The possibilities are incredible. On the surface, they will be teaching baseball to kids from six to 18 years old, but really, they want to…

And man, was it foreign. Gomes had “no idea” who Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were. Joe DiMaggio? “Nope.” Mickey Mantle? “Never heard of him.” History lesson over and done with, Gomes at least was able to hit the ball – and then ran the wrong way. Fast-forward some 20 years, and that first-timer from São Paulo has done plenty more than learn the rules. Gomes is the Indians’ No….

Venerable, lovable, quotable Yogi Berra rose to baseball greatness from the humblest of beginnings. He was born Lawrence Peter Berra in St. Louis in 1925, and grew up with three brothers and a sister in the city’s poor, mostly Italian “Hill” section during the thick of the Depression. Parents Pietro and Paolina were immigrants from Malvaglio, near Milan. His father came over “ready to work,” and was a laborer in…

Yes, there’s much debate over whether Berra actually said many of his most famous catchphrases. Maybe he didn’t exactly coin “It ain’t over till it’s over,” but he definitely said, “You’re not out until you’re out.” He claimed he didn’t invent “It’s déjà vu all over again,” but he certainly started using it at some point. Either way, newspapers started attributing these Zen koans by way of New Jersey to…

Yes, there’s much debate over whether Berra actually said many of his most famous catchphrases. Maybe he didn’t exactly coin “It ain’t over till it’s over,” but he definitely said, “You’re not out until you’re out.” He claimed he didn’t invent “It’s déjà vu all over again,” but he certainly started using it at some point. Either way, newspapers started attributing these Zen koans by way of New Jersey to…

Who is number one? No, don’t just look at the standings. Who do you feel like the actual best team in baseball is at this point? Be honest and fair. I’m guessing I’d get up to six different answers from the masses, maybe seven or eight. That’s because a lot of these teams could be ordered in different ways without much legitimate argument against the order. The clear-cut two best…

The baseball world lost one of its all-time greats Tuesday night when Hall of Famer Yogi Berra passed away at age 90. Berra is on the short list of the greatest catchers in history and was a tremendous philanthropist who used his fame for the betterment of others. Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner released the following statement Wednesday: “Yogi Berra’s legacy transcends baseball. Though slight in stature, he was a giant…

USA TODAY Sports’ Bob Nightengale explores the legacy and impact of Yogi Berra.

This print by artist Tony Bernard depicts three traditional UL Ragin’ Cajuns red helmets and one new black helmet. The Cajuns wore the black helmet for the first time Sept. 24 in their victory against FIU. The Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team had its 17-man recruiting class tabbed No. 13 in the nation in the 2015 NCAA Div. I Collegiate Baseball Recruiting Survey, Collegiate Baseball Magazine announced Tuesday. “I think anytime…

Not sure whom to buy today in daily fantasy baseball or whom to sit in your season-long fantasy leagues? Let us help set your daily fantasy baseball lineups with today’s most important splits and batter vs. pitcher stats. For more daily fantasy baseball advice and sleeper picks, check out our starting pitcher rankings and the DFS MLB Playbook from our partners at FantasyAlarm.com every morning. You can also get pregame lineups with BvP stats at…

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When former Yankees general manager Larry MacPhail first saw Yogi Berra, he said the squat, goofy-looking catcher reminded him of “the bottom man on an unemployed acrobatic team.” At 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with a paunchy body and mischievous smirk, Berra seemed an unlikely baseball hero. But the oft-quoted New York Yankees legend, who won three American League MVP awards and 10 World Series titles, is remembered as a…

Finally, a good crop of pitchers to consider for your daily fantasy baseball lineups. Not only can you pay up for aces Zack Greinke or Corey Kluber, but you can also save some DFS cash with value pitchers in the right matchups (Colon, Peavy, Porcello).   No matter which way you go with your pitching, we’ll have a breakdown of the best hitter matchups to help you fill out the rest of…