In news sure to keep opposing AL Central pitchers up at night, the Detroit Tigers have agreed in principal to sign slugging first baseman Prince Fielder to a nine-year deal, reportedly north of $200 million. The deal ensures that the Tigers Read the rest of this entry »

As the allure of a new Miami Thrice dominated headlines, a third MLB club made an 11th hour move to nab the greatest player in baseball history off of free agency. The Los Angeles Angels, a team whose name was absent in the Albert Pujols Sweepstakes a mere 24 hours ago, shocked the baseball world to sign away St. Louis’s All-Universe slugger. Read the rest of this entry »

With the Dolphins putting together a late season surge and the Heat preparing for another controversy filled campaign, the Miami Marlins continue to plant the seeds of a potential juggernaut. Read the rest of this entry »

A few weeks back, before the Cardinals pulled off the greatest two-game winning streak in my lifetime, I noted one of the provocative storylines centered around the impending free agency gold rush the offseason would present. And just like the NBA during the summer of 2010, an unshakable feeling of something major going down lingers in the air. Read the rest of this entry »

From April through September, baseball is considered an old, aging game. The day-in, day-out ground of a marathon 162-game season simply doesn’t contain enough highlights to hold the attention of the average American, quick to rely on bone-rattling games of football and high-flying basketball contests. Moments like Game 6 of the 2011 World Series serve as reminders that, when the stakes are at their highest, baseball’s excitement can’t be matched Read the rest of this entry »

Conceptually speaking, the World Series is the closest thing in sports to Thanksgiving dinner. The spread takes forever to prepare. So many hands are involved in the process, yet when the meal is finally prepared and laid across the table, the end result all seems worth the wait. Unless your one auntie is allowed to cook the turkey which turns out dryer than the Sahara (in this case a four game sweep) thus ruining the exhilaration which is the “Fall Classic.” Read the rest of this entry »

NBA Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki stands on the mound, moments before throwing the ceremonial first pitch for Game 3 of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals. Read the rest of this entry »

Try watching this clip without welling up.

Six-year-old Cooper Stone, whose father died at a Rangers game this past July, threw out the first pitch before the Game 1 ALDS match-up between the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays. Shannon Stone lost his life when he fell 20 feet from the stands while trying to grab a ball that Rangers player Josh Hamilton had thrown to the dad and Cooper. Read the rest of this entry »

Love baseball, like baseball or hate baseball. One thing baseball was Wednesday night was flat out jaw-dropping. And as I sat at work Thursday morning, the thought looped in my head that the previous night’s events were familiar, like I had seen them before. Then it hit me a la Pete Rose barreling into home plate. Read the rest of this entry »

Pending you stayed up past midnight last night, you were guest to one of the wilder sequence of events in baseball history. Read the rest of this entry »

In the midst of a pennant race for the AL West, Josh Hamilton has had more pressure hanging over him than helping his team take another crack at winning the World Series. Taking part in a promotion with local store CC Carpert, any customer who purchased new flooring or counter tops in September had a chance to get them for free if Hamilton hit a grand slam. Read the rest of this entry »

MLB trades, unlike those seen in the NFL or NBA, rarely feature premium talent exchanged for equally premium talent. The trend didn’t subside this year as some pretty big names found themselves packing their bags for different area codes: all in the name of top-ranked prospects. Read the rest of this entry »

The Phillies have made something of a habit out of nabbing premium talent on the eve of MLB’s trade deadline (picking up Cliff Lee in ’09 and Roy Oswalt in ’10), and this year was no different as Philadelphia acquired All-Star right fielder Hunter Pence from the Houston Astros. Read the rest of this entry »

As the sweltering days of August approach us and thermostats across the country read in triple digits, MLB teams the league over are assessing where they stand before the July 31st trade deadline. Read the rest of this entry »

As sports fan, we come to define athletes by the numbers that represent them – Michael Jordan’s six championship rings and Brett Favre’s 297 consecutive starts being prime examples. More than anything else, Derek Jeter’s storied tenure with the New York Yankees will be defined by the historic milestone which he crossed in today’s game against the Rays, Read the rest of this entry »