Jamie Moyer has spent half of his life pitching in the Major Leagues. Like an ageless wonder with a rubber arm as he’s made a living defying the critics and earning spots on seven different Major League rosters. His most recent tenure came with the Philadelphia Phillies where Moyer spent the past four seasons in the […]

Dare We Hope that Manny May be Famed? Ron Washington, manager of the Texas Rangers, shares a view point that a lot of baseball’s most respected minds have had recently – all in regards to recently defamed slugger Manny Ramirez. “Until the past couple of years, I thought he was on his way to the Hall […]

Later this year, baseball fans and movie watchers alike will be united by the film adaptation of the best-selling Michael Lewis book Moneyball. Though a fascinating read in its own right, perhaps just as intriguing as the book itself has been the path the story has taken to production. Alas, after far too many unanswered questions and changes in direction, […]

Francisco Liriano put himself in the baseball history books last week when he threw a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field. He joins an elite list of pitchers who have tossed a coveted no-no, after stringing together just the 265th such performance since 1875. It was the first no-hitter for a Twins pitcher since […]

If it was up to Andrew McCutchen, he’d be in a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform for his entire career. “I plan on being here, that’s the mindset. This is where I want to be, ” he said. “I don’t want to go anywhere, and I’m going to be here for as long as they want me to be here.” […]

When the Tampa Bay Rays shipped Matt Garza to Chicago this offseason, they robbed the Cubs of a bounty of prospects. On top of prying away Chicago’s best pitching prospect and Pitcher of the Year Chris Archer, the Rays also snagged slick-fielding Korean shortstop Hak-Ju Lee, who was ranked as the Cubs’ fourth-best prospect by Baseball America. Add in Brandon […]

At 34 years old and coming off his worst season at the plate since an injury-shortened 2007 campaign, Lyle Overbay wasn’t exactly considered one of the premier free agents available last offseason. In addition to being a solid defender at first base, though, Overbay’s strong work ethic, 10 years of experience and ability to hit to the […]

When Brandon Morrow took the mound against the Tampa Bay Rays in early August last year, all he was looking to do was to give his Toronto Blue Jays team a chance to win. After striking out 14 batters in seven innings without allowing a single hit, he was doing exactly that, and in historic […]

When the Philadelphia Phillies brought back Cliff Lee this past offseason, all of the talk around baseball was about their starting rotation, and rightly so. On top of adding a two-time All-Star and Cy Young Award winner, the Phillies have their ace Roy Halladay, who is a seven-time All-Star and two-time Cy Young Award winner, […]

There’s a rising awareness concerning brain injuries across all professional sports these days, their seriousness, and the jeopardy players put themselves in by attempting to play through them, but we need not look at the severity of concussions in hockey or football to understand why Major League Baseball is taking measures of their own to […]