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Turtle causes unexpected delay during minor league baseball game

There can be many animal-related delays when it comes to baseball, as we saw recently in Arizona, but the turtle delay may be the first of its kind. The Single-A St. Lucie Mets and Bradenton Marauders were shocked Saturday when a swift turtle invaded the field at Lecombe Park in Bradenton, Fla., and the game […]

Giants are playing ‘dogs–t’ baseball amid horrific stretch: Logan Webb

Logan Webb has had enough of the Giants’ slide, especially after Friday night’s 4-2 loss to the Reds. The Giants lost Webb as a starter despite pitching seven strong innings, but are 3-7 in their last 10 games, averaging just three runs during a rough period. Additionally, he has averaged 2.9 points in 15 games […]

Ex-Yankee Clint Frazier signs with independent league baseball team

Clint Frazier is returning to the diamond. The former Yankee signed with the Atlantic League’s Charleston Dirty Birds on Thursday after failing to sign with an MLB franchise this spring. The 29-year-old outfielder is looking to return to the big leagues after a rocky start to his MLB career. Clint Frazier is returning to the […]

Tri-City Chili Peppers Come Up With Genius ‘Cosmic’ Idea For Baseball Game

I don’t know what’s cooler … this “cosmic” idea or the name “Tri-City Chili Peppers.” Based in Colonial Heights, Virginia, a minor league baseball team will be the first team in the sport’s history to play a “cosmic baseball” game, with the team playing June 1 under a system of special artificial lighting that also […]

Baseball is still an American game

On May 4, 1869, the Cincinnati Redstockings defeated the Great Western Base Ball Club, 45-9. It was the Redstockings’ first game as an all-professional team. They went on to a perfect season in 1869, going 57-0. Baseball was America’s game, and the Redstockings, for a brief time, were America’s team. Professional baseball clubs would become […]

Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu closing in on resuming baseball activities

BALTIMORE — Wednesday marks a week since DJ LeMahieu was out of action for at least a week to receive treatment for a non-displaced foot fracture. The Yankees’ veteran infielder has not yet resumed baseball activities, but he may do so soon. “Not yet, but I know he came in feeling good today,” manager Aaron […]

Ohio Lawmakers Push Resolution to Put Pete Rose in Baseball Hall of Fame

Two Ohio state legislators are joining the fight to have Cincinnati Reds star Pete Rose inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rose was permanently banned from the Hall of Fame for gambling, and the ban is expected to be lifted posthumously. But many people fought to see him inducted into the Hall of Fame […]