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West Virginia Pitcher Plucks Line Drive Right Out Of The Air With His Bare Hand

Alek Manoah is a big, talented pitcher for West Virginia who snagged this line drive out of the sky and got his team a slick double play.

Rained Out While Trailing 10-1, Florida Baseball Decides Not To Reschedule To Avoid Loss

Florida, the seventh-ranked team in the nation, hosted Stetson, a team that entered the game 13-17 overall, Tuesday night, playing four full innings that can only be described as an ass-beating by the visiting team.

Report: White Sox Near Deal With Mike Pelfrey

According to a report from Jon Heyman of Fanrag Sports, the Chicago White Sox are about to bolster their pitching staff with the addition of 11-year major-league veteran Mike Pelfrey:

Joey Gallo Sent This Baseball To Hell, Where It Belongs

Texas Rangers third baseman Joey Gallo unleashed on a Carlos Carrasco offering in Tuesday’s game, and the ball ended up in the middle of the second deck.

Jeremy Hellickson Vows To Never Hit Another Triple

The designated hitter is a farce and an abomination, but it does keep your pitcher from getting all tuckered out after a jaunt around the basepaths. That’s what happened to Phillies starter Jeremy Hellickson on Monday, after a line drive to right field made him the first Phillies pitcher to hit a triple on opening day…

Adam Wainwright Threw One Of The Worst Pitches Ever On Purpose

During the fourth inning of yesterday’s game between the Cubs and Cardinals, St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright let loose a truly horrendous pitch. With two men on and one out, Wainwright spiked an 0-2 pitch into the ground, about 25 feet in front of the mound.

Stephen Piscotty Had An Extremely Painful Inning

Cardinals outfielder Stephen Piscotty had a great day yesterday, signing a six-year extension with St. Louis the day after beating the Cubs on national television. He had the opposite sort of day today, as he had to leave the Cards’ game early with a head contusion after getting hit by a trio of baseballs thrown by…

Diamondbacks Fuck Up Online

Who’s ready for #TealTuesday in Arizona??? These guys!!!

Mets Fan Mad

The Mets are 1-0 to start the 2017 season. Some Mets fans are irate.

Mark Trumbo Does His Thing, Crushes Extra-Inning Walk-Off Homer

The home run factory that is the Baltimore Orioles picked up right where it left off last season in its Opening Day game against the Toronto Blue Jays—the team that beat them in the AL Wild Card game last year. Tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 11th inning with two outs and two strikes, the Orioles’ Mark Trumbo feasted…

Red Sox Fan Acts Like A Jamoke

Is the foul ball worth the dignity you lose while trying to get it? In this instance, probably not.

There Was No Escaping Ted Williams

This piece, originally published as “The World’s Richest Problem Child” in Newsweek, is featured in The John Lardner Reader: A Press Box Legend’s Classic Sportswriting, and appears here with permission from the author’s estate.

The Detroit Tigers Will Offer You Aging Stars And A Terrible Bullpen

This is part of an occasional series comprising MLB season previews.

Javier Baez Blames Stadium Ad For Missed Grounder

It’s strange to see Cubs super utility man Javier Baez looking uncomfortable on the field, but that’s exactly what happened in the bottom of the third inning of last night’s game between the Cubs and Cardinals.

Brewers Reliever Sent To Triple-A: I'd Rather Have "A 9-To-5 Job Where I Get Treated Like A Human"

After six years in the Brewers’ minor-league system, Tyler Cravy made his debut in the big leagues in 2015. It didn’t go especially well, and neither did his return last year. But the 27-year-old clearly thought he was sticking around after a decently strong spring training, with a 2.03 ERA over 11 outings, and he was…

MLB Opening Day Hashtags, Ranked

Opening Day begins in less than one hour, and we have been blessed with 30 team marketing slogans and emojis to celebrate. Ranked:

Yadier Molina Will Technically Now Be The Highest-Paid Catcher In Baseball

After weeks of negotiations, the Cardinals have reportedly reached a deal for a three-year extension with Yadier Molina. The team will officially announce the contract this afternoon, but early reports have pegged the total sum at $60 million, which would make the 34-year-old baseball’s highest-paid catcher in terms…

José Quintana Still On White Sox

Ace pitcher José Quintana, still a member of the Chicago White Sox, is scheduled to pitch Monday’s home opener against the Detroit Tigers.

Do You Really Want To Know Anything About The Marlins?

Last year was a fun one for the Miami Marlins, until it really, really wasn’t. José Fernández’s death may not actually cast a pall over the Marlins’ entire 2017 season, but it certainly feels that way now. It will definitely feel that way whenever I have to watch Dan Straily pitch.

The Baltimore Orioles Will Just Keep Swinging

This is part of an occasional series comprising MLB season previews.

That's Probably It For Jimmy Rollins

It’s likely most baseball fans didn’t even realize that Jimmy Rollins was with the San Francisco Giants at spring training this year. The 38-year-old former Phillies star signed a minor league deal with the team in December, and was a long shot to make the opening day roster. After going 5-for-42 in 17 spring games,…

Aw, This Career Minor Leaguer Tearing Up Over Making The Phillies' Roster Is Great

Brock Stassi is 27 and has spent his six-year career in professional baseball bouncing around the Phillies’ minor league system. He found out today that he’d get his first taste of the big leagues with a spot on the team’s Opening Day roster, and his reaction was very earnest and very sweet with plenty of tears:

Everybody Hits The Deck As Bees Swarm Spring Training Game

The above is a snapshot from today’s spring training matchup between the Rockies and the Padres. What, pray tell, is going on here? A terrible game of hide and seek? A few guys choosing a weird time to practice their “stop, drop and roll” skills? Nope. Just a good old-fashioned swarm of bees:

Rougned Odor's New Deal With The Rangers Includes Two Horses

This afternoon, the Rangers announced that second baseman and noted face-puncher Rougned Odor had signed a six-year, $49.5 million deal to stay with the team. According to the Dallas Morning News’ Evan Grant, the Rangers also agreed to give Odor a pair of nice horsies. Odor supposedly rides every day in the offseason,…

Are You Aware That The Yankees' New Right Fielder Is Extremely Large?

Newly named starter Aaron Judge is listed at 6-foot-7, 275 pounds.

Ichiro On Retirement: "I Think I'll Just Die"

Marlins outfielder/baseball’s True Hit King Ichiro Suzuki is 43 years old, yet he’s not going to stop playing professional baseball anytime in the forseeable future. Last year, he appeared in 143 games and hit .291, and even though the Marlins don’t plan to use him as an every-day starter, Ichiro will once again get…

Vin Scully Might Watch The Dodgers' Opening Day If He Isn't Too Busy

You might be ready for the return of baseball, but Vin Scully isn’t arranging his day around it. The former Dodgers broadcaster told the Associated Press that he has no plans to watch the team’s first Opening Day game without him since 1950.

How To Get Into The KBO, The Wildest, Most Outlandish Baseball League In The World

The baseball season is almost upon us, but you don’t have to wait for MLB to get started. Opening day for the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) is March 31. Why should you be care? Well … can I interest you in bat flips?

Dear President Trump: Throwing Out The First Pitch At The Nats Game Will Heal This Nation

Dear Mr. President,

White Sox, Continuing Rebuilding Effort, Trade Peter Bourjos

It’s no secret that the Chicago White Sox are more focused on the future than the present, and so it’s no surprise that the battle for their center field job—one of spring’s major storylines—has ended with veteran Peter Bourjos moving on to a team that hopes to contend. The Tampa Bay Times’s Marc Topkin had the scoop,…