Baseball News
Two homers and a no-hitter, and other tales of pitchers who actually hit
ESPN - 19 May 2020 15:10
There have been days when pitchers won games and hit walk-off homers, and seasons when they hit better than .300. Last year, Michael Lorenzen did something only Babe Ruth had done.
Angry ex-ump Garcia: Kept quiet for son-in-law
ESPN - 19 May 2020 11:00
Richie Garcia was among baseball's best-rated and most popular umpires. Now Garcia is fed up. He is feeling impugned by a former colleague in a lawsuit Garcia has nothing to do with.
Stranded M.L.B. Prospects Find a Backyard of Dreams
The New York Times - 19 May 2020 07:00
Seth Blair, a longtime pitching prospect, set up a practice area in his Arizona backyard and opened it to other players who did not have access to baseball facilities during the game's shutdown. As many as 15 of them sho...