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CHICAGO (AP) – Phillies ace Cole Hamels enhanced his trade value even more, becoming the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs in 50 years while leading Philadelphia to a 5-0 win Saturday. There was drama down to the final out, when rookie center fielder Odubel Herrera stumbled on the warning track, but managed to lean forward and catch Kris Bryant’s flyball to end the game. Hamels…

Pedro Martinez’s Dominance In Steroid Era Ranks Him Among Baseball’s Best Pedro Martinez will take his place among the greatest players of all time Sunday when he’s inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Martinez, who spent the bulk of his career with the Boston Red Sox, obviously is among the most dominant pitchers in the history of the game. We decided to take a look at just how…

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The Baseball Hall of Fame will induct its 2015 class of immortals on Sunday, July 25, 2015, in Cooperstown, New York. Former pitching greats John Smoltz, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez join star second baseman Craig Biggio in the 2015 induction class. Smoltz, Johnson and Martinez were elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America in their first year of eligibility, while Biggio was voted in in his third year….

‘The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season’ by Barry Svrluga Blue Rider, 176 pp., $23.95 “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain,” intoned the venerable Wizard of Oz. Those who love baseball may want to heed the Wizard’s warning before opening this book. It may tell them things about the American pastime they would rather not know. In “The Grind,” Barry Svrluga, a sports writer for The Washington Post,…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest (UPDATE: USA Today reported late Thursday that Cowherd’s comments — and the lack of a response by ESPN and Fox, Cowherd’s soon-to-be employer — angered the MLB Players Association. A source close to the union told writer Jorge L. Ortiz it may stop cooperating with ESPN and Fox in response. An ESPN spokesman said the network any statement would come Friday at the earliest.) On Thursday morning, ESPN radio host Colin…

‘The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season’ by Barry Svrluga Blue Rider, 176 pp., $23.95 “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain,” intoned the venerable Wizard of Oz. Those who love baseball may want to heed the Wizard’s warning before opening this book. It may tell them things about the American pastime they would rather not know. In “The Grind,” Barry Svrluga, a sports writer for The Washington Post,…

A youth league baseball coach — who had been previously charged but never convicted of molesting children under his supervision — has been arrested again. In the latest case, coach David Solomon, 47, described as a “longtime” coach with the city’s Optimist Club, was allowed to have sleepovers with a young ballplayer despite the multiple previous arrests involving molestation on his record. The prior arrests did not result in convictions….

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Colin Cowherd, a person paid tremendous amounts of money to discuss his opinions on professional sports, said on Thursday that he doesn’t believe baseball to be a complex sport. Then, to add insult to insanity, he cited as evidence the fact that Major League Baseball includes many Dominican-born ballplayers. For real. Here’s the quote: “It’s too complex? I’ve never bought into that ‘baseball is too complex.’ Really? A third of…

After an almost unprecedented lull in trading action, two trades of some significance finally were completed Thursday. The Astros became the first to land a viable starting pitcher when they brought Scott Kazmir back home to his native Houston, and the Pirates filled a gaping hole on the left side of the infield created by a couple tough injuries when they imported ex-Pirate Aramis Ramirez, who began his career in…

0 Shares Print TORONTO — After pitching a shutout in the Little League World Series last summer, 13-year-old Mo’ne Davis made the cover of Sports Illustrated, threw out the first pitch at a World Series game and was the focus of a Spike Lee short documentary for Chevrolet. Earlier this summer, French 16-year-old shortstop Melissa Mayeux became the subject of widespread media coverage when she was added to baseball’s international…

Start with the player who was traded. Scott Kazmir has been a lot of things — prospect, disappointment, All-Star, lottery ticket — but he was mostly remembered as what could have been. Take a second there to consider the verb. He was remembered. He was a what-happened-to article that people were writing ahead of time for a slow day. He was broken at 25 and out of affiliated baseball at…

Just a few months before joining the U.S. women’s national baseball team in the summer of 2010, Jenna Marston didn’t even know the program existed. “That’s really sad because I consider myself a sports fan and more importantly a huge baseball fan,’’ said Marston, a Principia High and University of Missouri product currently competing in the Pan Am Games in Toronto. “Even here, when we tell people we play baseball,…

Colin Cowhered was on his ESPN radio show today talking about criticism of Dan Jennings getting the job as the manager of the Miami Marlins. For his part, Cowherd rejects the notion that a guy with Jennings’ lack of experience can’t manage in Major League Baseball. Why? Because he does not buy the argument that the sport is “too complex” as so many people like to say. He probably has something of…

Start with the player who was traded. Scott Kazmir has been a lot of things — prospect, disappointment, All-Star, lottery ticket — but he was mostly remembered as what could have been. Take a second there to consider the verb. He was remembered. He was a what-happened-to article that people were writing ahead of time for a slow day. He was broken at 25 and out of affiliated baseball at…

There are 11 games on the MLB schedule on Thursday, four in the afternoon and seven at night.  DraftKings daily fantasy players have a small pool to choose from in both the early and late contests.  While that may allow for an easier decision process when selecting a lineup, it also creates added pressure to make the right picks in order to keep up with the competition. Here are five…

facebook twitter googleplus tumblr pinterest On Juy 23, 1910, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Highlanders in a routine Saturday afternoon matchup at New York’s Hilltop Park. The 6-2 game had no effect on the American League pennant race, which was won easily by the Philadelphia A’s that year. It didn’t include a walkoff hit or a classic pitching performance. It was just another routine regular season game that…