It didn’t matter that she was four and a half hours early to the game, and it apparently didn’t matter who she was, security didn’t want to let the wife of Stephen Strasburg into Nationals Park. At least not easily. At around 2:30 p.m., Rachel Strasburg walked through the media and suite gate entrance, only [...]
Tampa Bay Rays catcher Dioner Navarro began serving a two-game suspension Tuesday for bumping an umpire during an argument. Bob Watson, baseball’s vice president for discipline, issued the suspension Tuesday. Navarro did not appeal and will also sit out Wednesday’s finale of a two-game series against the Oakland Athletics at Tropicana Field. “Two games, get [...]
Ryan Howard took a good-natured jab at those fickle fans in baseball-crazy Philadelphia. “Hopefully there’s no riots taking place back in Philly,” he joked of his new mega deal. Get used to it, City of Brotherly Love. This guy’s going to be around for a while. The slugging first baseman agreed to a $125 million, [...]
Former All-Star pitcher Edinson Volquez was suspended 50 games Tuesday following a positive test for a performance-enhancing drug, a punishment that will cost him money but won’t hurt the Cincinnati Reds‘ rotation. The 26-year-old right-hander is recovering from reconstructive elbow surgery and isn’t expected to rejoin the Reds until midseason at the earliest. He can [...]
Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being memorialized again today at Major League Baseball parks across North America. From Yankee Stadium to Dodger Stadium, fans are celebrating the 63rd anniversary of Robinson breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier. For the second consecutive year, Commissioner Bud Selig invited all players and uniformed personnel to wear the late Hall [...]
The Angels’ Hideki Matsui might have gotten the loudest ovation of the stirring ceremony that celebrated the Yankees’ 27th title, with fans welcoming back the World Series MVP. But the four stars who last won a title in 2000 wound up winners in the end.”They all played big roles last year, as well,” Yankees manager [...]
The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $10 million, four-year contract with Cuban shortstop prospect Adeiny Hechavarria. A right-handed hitter who turns 21 on April 15, Hechavarria started for Cuba at the 2007 World Junior Championships in Canada. He hit .262 with six doubles, two triples and one homer last season in the Cuban [...]
The Milwaukee Brewers have gotten used to calling Yovani Gallardo their ace. Now he’s got a contract that keeps him in the fold with plenty of time to prove it. Gallardo agreed Thursday to a $30.1 million, five-year deal that could be worth $42.5 million over six seasons. The agreement covers the right-hander’s arbitration-eligible years [...]
The Major League Baseball season got underway today. With a series of games from president Obama throwing out the first pitch in Washington to rookie phenom Jason Heyward hitting a three run homerun in his first major league at bat.
