Another good one from Trout on his exchange with Josh Hamilton on the day he joined the Angels. Who would you pitch to? Breaking in a catcher’s mitt: Best for last–Francona on managing Michael Jordan with the Birmingham Barons. Funny stat—MJ put down 3 successful sacrifice bunts. words – @whatproswear […]
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Has any team gone from perennial loser to pennant favorite faster than the Nationals? Until last year, the Nationals had never finished above .500 since they moved to Washington in 2005. In 2012, they finished with the best record in the Major Leagues, 34 games over .500. For 2013, according […]
Granted, we’re way behind on this, but I stumbled across it tonight and if you haven’t seen it, you should. It’s Bryce Harper’s custom Mercedes CLS, complete with a Nationals logo in place of the Mercedes logo on the trunk, and some kind of fancy batrack for his Marucci bats. […]
Infamously cheap Marlins’ owner Jeffrey Loria will make sure that Jose Fernandez, MLB’s #7 top prospect, stays in the minors to begin 2013 so he can maintain control of Fernandez as long as possible without having to pay him well. That’s standard protocol for smaller-market teams, and its a real shame. […]
So this photo sparked some curiosity today: Take a look at Utley’s glove and you’ll see an embroidered Marucci logo. But Marucci only manufactures bats and batting gloves, not fielding gloves, right? WPW went straight to the source: I’m no Sherlock Holmes, but nowhere else on the internet has Marucci […]
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Update: 4.22.2013 Its not often you can look at a guy throw two pitches and think, “Oh good God.” That was my reaction seeing that 88 mph slider that started middle and dove off the outside corner right after the 98 mph two-seam painted on the inside corner. That’s really […]
I stumbled on this this morning and I had to share. This message below is from Vance Albitz (@VanceAlbitz), the pro ballplayer who is leading the effort: “Gloves 4 Troops is aiming to send away 1,000 baseball gloves to troops before the start of Spring Training, 2013. Recently, I was […]
Gerrit Cole, MLB’s #9 prospect for 2013, took a daring path to professional baseball. Cole was chosen in the first round of the 2008 draft (28th) by none other than his favorite team, the New York Yankees. He was reportedly offered a $4 million dollar signing bonus by the Yankees, […]
An interview with Phillies’ equipment manager, Dan O’Rourke, gearing up for SPRING TRAINING! THAT’S RIGHT I SAID IT!!! A few interesting tidbits in here…