A group of protesters descended on the Major League Baseball offices, urging commissioner Bud Selig to move the Arizona Diamondbacks to AAA because of the team's last-place record, league worst ERA, and just all-around low level of play. no comments
Players on the Baltimore Orioles are shocked that former ESPN Baseball Tonight analyst and current manager Buck Showalter has actually managed before, figuring he was just some guy that talked about baseball for a couple hours a night on TV. no comments
Tired of feeling singled out and unable to communicate with their manager, American-born players for the White Sox have demanded a translator to finally be able to understand their volatile leader Ozzie Guillen. no comments
Not wanting to deal with any potential fines, suspensions or embarrassment , Astros AAA outfielder Grady Keppler is really hoping he'll be called up to the bigs soon before he is asked to take a drug test, ultimately revealing that he's been using human growth hormone. no comments
The New York Yankees payed tribute to longtime owner George Steinbrenner, as well as public address announcer Bob Sheppard before Friday's game, leading Alex Rodriguez to wonder what his Yankee Stadium ceremony would be like once he's passed. After all he's done to 'finally bring the Yankees a championship', the slugger is almost certain it will be 'so much better' than anything they did for George Steinbrenner. no comments
Baseball fans sat through a less than stellar 2010 Home Run Derby, where some of the sport's supposed top sluggers failed to even come near two 'hit it here' signs hanging in the outfield stands. Had one of the derby participants connected with a 'hit it here' sign, $1 million would have been donated to Stand Up For Cancer. no comments
Major League Baseball's All-Star break is less than a week away, but for some players and teams it cannot come soon enough. Wanting to get a jump on their vacation plans, the Cleveland Indians have asked Major League Baseball if it would be OK for them to forgo their final series before the break, and get out of town a few days early. no comments
After years of watching him look the other way during each of the pitcher's outbursts, family members of Tommy O'Neile, 36, have finally convinced him to seek treatment for being an unwavering supporter of Carlos Zambrano. They knew things had reached the breaking point when O'Neile still stood behind the Cubs pitcher after he got into a shouting match with first baseman Derrek Lee. no comments
Inspired by a win over the Marlins followed by a three game sweep of interleague rival Washington, the Baltimore Orioles are looking to climb into fourth place in the American League East by extending their current winning streak another fifty games. no comments
Rookie phenom Stephen Strasburg faced the Pittsburgh Pirates in his major league debut Tuesday, and the young pitcher's performance, including his 14 K's, is getting plenty of attention. The Pirates, however, say the performance was mediocre at best. As outfielder Lastings Milledge put it, 'Bro, we're the Pittsburgh Pirates.' no comments
