One of baseball’s strangest on-field incidents in recent years has resulted in a one-game suspension — at least for now. Rodolfo Castro, the Pittsburgh Pirates player whose cell phone was pulled from his pocket while sliding into third base during a game last week, has been suspended for one game by Major League Baseball for …
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Scherzer. Degram. Degram. Scherzer. You can order them however you want, now that Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom are finally entrenched at the top of the Mets’ rotation. Each will be the No. 1 starter on almost every other team, and in any case, you’re not really picking the order of the team’s rotation or …
Are Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer the best pitching duo ever? Read More »
LOS ANGELES — When Seattle Mariners third baseman Eugenio Suarez misses a ball, he slams his face into his glove and leaves a few choice words for his leather companion. “I’ll say, ‘Come on, come on,’” he recalled recently in Spanish. “If I don’t eat, you don’t eat.” Yes, Suarez talks to his glove. He …
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The concept of the cycle is familiar to most fans, even if the event isn’t particularly common: a player hitting a single, double, triple and homer in the same game. But have you heard of the home driving cycle? No shame if you don’t. Until Wednesday night, it had happened, as far as historians say, …
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SAN DIEGO – Juan Soto had barely pitched, Josh Bell had just taken the bench and Josh Hader was beginning to learn the names of his new teammates when Peter Seidler, the Padres’ owner, declared that “the art of the possible is here.” But just as quickly as the Padres reset all expectations for their …
St. LOUIS — The Yankees slipped to the bottom Monday, but still maintained a slim lead for the best record in the American League. They sent two of their top-10 prospects and another minor leaguer to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for relief pitcher Lou Trivino and starting pitcher Frankie Montas. While Trevino, a right-hander, …
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Baseball and technology have always made for cautious partners. During a five-year period in the 1930s, when radio became more popular, all three New York teams—the Yankees, Giants, and Dodgers—banned live broadcasts of their games because they feared the new medium would reduce attendance. When the Chicago Cubs added lights to Wrigley Field in 1988, …
Abby Jacobson can really play baseball, he insisted. Just not when the cameras are rolling. “I totally get it when someone’s looking at me,” she told me. It was on a recent weekday morning, on a shady bench in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, overlooking the ball fields. Jacobson lives nearby in the apartment he shares with …
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The San Francisco Giants were playing their home game on the steps of their home club at Oracle Park, but Carlos Rodon and some of his teammates stayed inside. On the beach, Clayton Kershaw was working on a perfect game for the Los Angeles Dodgers. History was passed through a laptop. At least it was …
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It was Venice Beach, Pinky’s Hot Dog Stand, and the Hollywood Bowl all rolled into one. He was Los Angeles, the voice of summer, the poet laureate of the Dodgers – Brooklyn and Los Angeles – for 67 seasons. We knew Vin Scully wouldn’t last forever. It just seemed like he could. Even in retirement, …
