Major League Baseball News and Rumors
High school player texts Jason Kipnis months after swiping phone number from golf bagMark Townsend, yahoo.com At one time or another, I’m sure just about every single one of us has gone to great - sometimes even embarrassing - lengths to land a phone number. Yes, ladies, that includes many of you as well. But I think it's safe to say very few of us have se |
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T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com Blue Jays reliever Darren Oliver is considering the possibility of retirement after a 19-year career if Toronto doesn't raise his salary or trade him to the Rangers. |
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Anthony Castrovince, MLB.com The signing of Ohio native Nick Swisher was a critical addition for the Indians, both on and off the field. |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com MLB just announced which two teams will be facing off in the first game of the 2013 season, and the matchup is a curious one. On one side there are the Texas Rangers, a team that has proven itself to be one of the most exciting and watchable squads in b… |
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Thomas Harding, MLB.com The Rockies and Sparta Performance Science, a Silicon Valley sports performance company, announced an agreement that will make the club the first pro sports team to install force-plate technology and propriety software as part of the strength-and-condit… |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- San Francisco Giants pitcher Sergio Romo is facing a misdemeanor summons in Las Vegas alleging he violated airport rules after being detained by authorities at McCarran International Airport on New Year's Day. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com San Francisco Giants pitcher Sergio Romo is facing a misdemeanor summons in Las Vegas alleging he violated airport rules after being detained by authorities at McCarran International Airport on New Year's Day. |
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Gary Cotton, MLB.com The Royals added some pitching depth on Thursday, signing right-hander Blaine Boyer to a Minor League contract for 2013. |
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Deadspin staff, deadspin.com He showed up for spring training looking like a fat ass. His fatness touched off a debate about whether he was fat. Eventually, Fat Chipper himself chewed the fat, and soon there was no denying what everyone else could see. He tried masking it. He found… |
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Setup reliever Jason Frasor signed a $1.5 million, one-year deal Thursday with the Texas Rangers. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Note: Hideki Matsui's cameo comes at the 36:41 mark and lasts 25 seconds In an era when nicknames have become decreasingly creative, one of the good ones came from Japan with slugger Hideki Matsui. Matsui, who recently retired after a successful run wit… |
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Jason Beck, MLB.com The Tigers shut down Brayan Villarreal for the rest of the winter to have him focus on being ready for Spring Training. |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com Despite a BuzzFeed post that suggests otherwise, popular Pittsburgh Pirates superstar Andrew McCutchen is not universally beloved. In addition to NL Central opponents, the center fielder's known enemies now include a small, fluffy dog whose owner recent… |
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After hearing form readers, Jay Jaffe tweaks his JAWS system and finds some players initially shut out would be Cooperstown-bound. But that may not be a good thing. |
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Bill Chastain, MLB.com The Rays signed David Price to a contract for the 2013 season on Tuesday, and on Thursday afternoon, executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman addressed the deal. |
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Mark Sheldon, MLB.com Reds fans itching for baseball to return to the forefront now have some dates to circle on their calendars. Pitchers and catchers are slated to report to camp in Goodyear, Ariz., on Feb. 12. The full squad is scheduled to be on site Feb. 15. |
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Richard Durrett, ESPN.com The Texas Rangers agreed to a one-year deal with reliever Jason Frasor and, according to a source, have some interest in Lance Berkman should the veteran decide to play again in 2013. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com A public-relations backlash against the Atlanta Braves reportedly has them reconsidering using the "screaming savage" Native American caricature on their batting practice caps for 2013. Paul Lukas of ESPN's Uniwatch, which recently broke what … |
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Greg Johns, MLB.com First baseman Mike Jacobs, a seven-year Major League veteran who hit 32 home runs for the Marlins in 2008, has signed a Minor League contract with the Mariners with an invitation to Spring Training. |
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Richard Justice, MLB.com Miguel Tejada may love playing baseball more than anyone else on earth, and that'll be clear to the Kansas City Royals the first time he puts on the uniform. |
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Marty Noble, MLB.com None of the people outside the peculiar environment of the Miami Marlins can even pretend to know precisely what it would take to pry Giancarlo Stanton from their roster. The Mets ought to look into that possibility. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com With Santa Claus in everyone's rear-view mirror, we have fully engaged baseball's Hall of Fame ballot season. Longtime Colorado Rockies beat reporter Troy Renck of the Denver Post followed suit on Thursday by publishing his reasons why he didn't cast a … |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com George Owen III never became a baseball superstar. After getting a late start to his career, the outfielder spent four seasons in the Boston Braves' minor-league organization before hanging up his equipment to pursue an accounting job. But despite never… |
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Mark Sheldon, MLB.com The Reds have signed right-handers Jeff Marquez and Kevin Whelan and outfielder Derrick Robinson to Minor League contracts. |
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Paul Casella, MLB.com There are plenty key players who missed most, if not all, of last season, who might be worth keeping an eye on in 2013. Victor Martinez, John Lackey, Logan Morrison, Scott Sizemore and Wilson Ramos were among the notable players mostly absent from play … |
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On an island where the name of Roberto Clemente is emblazoned on stadiums, streets and schools, baseball is making a rally. |
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Russ Canzler is back with the Indians. Nick Swisher is on his way. |
