Jeremy Affeldt has had a change of heart about gay people. Jesus Montero got sent to the PCL and Ike Davis may soon join him. The White Sox always manage to stay healthy and Terry Francona is welcomed back to Boston. Also, Beer.
Alex Sanabia has a little something extra in his repertoire these days. The Don Mattingly Watch continues. A Phillies broadcaster sabotaged Aroldis Chapman. The Twins finally have a strikeout pitcher. The city of Montreal remembers one of its greats.
The Don Mattingly watch continues, while two top prospects are making their season debuts this week. The Rays are thriving, while the Giants starters are struggling. The Mariners are just slow.
Bryce Harper isn't going to slow down for anyone or any inanimate object. The Yankees, Braves and Phillies, believe it or not, are happy with their records. Chris Carpenter is planning a comeback and Jeremy Affeldt is the most honest man in baseball.
We're getting review! For sure! Possibly! It might happen! C'mon, Bud. Wake up, the time to do this was 10 years ago.
He'll be back. Maybe. In Philadelphia. For the moment, he's headed to extended spring training.
Only major league baseball could turn an event designed to honor moms and fight cancer into a fiasco. MLB is still dealing with umpire problems. Roy Halladay issues a public apology and Don Mattingly's job is in danger.
For the second consecutive night, major-league umpires made an embarrassingly bad ruling. Baseball has to get this fixed, and immediately.
The storm over the blown replay call continues to swirl, and MLB narrowly avoided another controversy. Andrelton Simmons and Matt Harvey could be two of the next generation of baseball superstars. And it looks like J.A. Happ will be all right.
A home run call was reviewed Wednesday in Cleveland, and they still got it wrong. Let's start getting these right.
The Nats were going to force their fans to use tickets for a rained-out game only for the makeup date, or lose their money. Now, that's been changed.
The questions are mounting about how bad the Astros might be at the end of the year. The Mariners have problems, but their top two pitchers aren't one of them. A lot of talent is coming into the major leagues from Asia.
The baseball world is dealing with the aftermath of another ump show, this one involving one of the game's biggest young stars. Roy Halladay and Gavin Floyd have a boo-boo and Mike Piazza wrote a book and he's angry.
The Red Sox/Blue Jays rivalry took another step forward as two Blue Jays broadcasters accused the Sox of cheating. Manny Machado and Yadier Molina are really good at baseball and Adam Jones isn't quite as good as he used to be.
Stephen Strasburg over-stimulated his arm, and the jokes just write themselves. Josh Hamilton is having a rough season, but he's taking it well. Casper Wells has a new team (again) and the Red Sox and Brewers are sticking with their current closers.
Baseball security people are focused on backpacks. The question is, why? Backpacks in and of themselves are not inherently evil.
Ken Harrelson invents the only statistic anyone needs to know. Jose Valverde is back and Derek Jeter vows he will be. Brendan Ryan has more free time these days and the oldest living major leaguer turns 102.
Major League Baseball has "clarified" Friday night's bizarre Brewers baserunning. Here's the scoop.
There may be a fan problem in Toronto, while Jason Heyward has more immediate problems. Both Chicago teams are terrible so far. So is Stephen Drew, but he's not worried. And Tom Verducci thinks hitters are taking too many pitches.
Lots on the news of Derek Jeter's injury. Rex Ryan opens his mouth and demonstrates how much class the NFL has. A NY Times columnist asks if its baseball's golden age. Two teams are off to surprisingly slow starts and Mike Piazza is a dancing fool.
Baseball deals with the tragedy in Boston in its own way. Mark Buehrle thinks pitching against the White Sox is weird. Jeff Francoeur is a good teammate and a gracious host. And we look at the good and bad of the San Francisco Giants.
There was a brawl in San Diego last week. Perhaps you heard about it. MLB Bullets breaks down all the details.
Nolan Ryan is staying in Texas. Jason Giambi wants to manage. Barry Zito is suddenly looking like a good investment and Nationals fans are trying to eliminate the wave. And baseball takes time out to honor a legend.
Josh Hamilton doesn't feel welcome in the Lone Star State. Albert Pujols is threatening to retire. The Rays apologize, Jose Fernandez was very good in his debut and Bryce Harper respects those who came before him.
This is a significant anniversary date for baseball, and time to open up this can of worms again.
The designated hitter rule turns 40, yet it still gets carded at the liquor store. Evan Longoria hurt James Shields's feelings with some dumb comments and Jose Bautista doesn't like umpires.
