Each year, MLB teams play 162 regular season games. Due to this plethora of contests, most players never feel performance nerves until the end of the season when their team is trying to cement a playoff spot or is vying…
Matt Moore Placed On Disabled List
The Tampa Bay Rays have placed left-handed pitcher Matt Moore on a 15-day disabled list, due to a recent elbow injury. Moore injured his elbow during Monday’s game against the Royals, and then underwent an MRI on Tuesday. The Ray’s…
Clayton Kershaw Becomes Baseball’s Richest Pitcher
Today was a great day if your name happens to be Clayton Kershaw. The 25-year-old southpaw finalized a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kershaw will be receiving $215 million over seven years. This new deal makes Kershaw the highest…
66-Pitch Perfect Game: High School Player Pitches An Amazing Game
While a perfect game in the majors is pretty much always newsworthy, it’s rare that a non-professional player gets much attention for it. Sometimes, though, a pitcher manages to accomplish this rare feat in a way that makes the larger…
Virgil Trucks Dies; MLB Pitcher Was 95
MLB all-star pitcher Virgil Trucks has died at the age of 95. The Detroit News is reporting that Trucks was admitted to a hospital near his home in Calera, Alabama on March 21 for pneumonia. He died on March 23.…
Dwight Gooden Threats Lead to Restraining Order
TMZ is reporting that former MLB pitcher Dwight Gooden has had a restraining order filed against him by his estranged wife. Monique Gooden had called police on March 1, claiming Gooden had made “terroristic threats.” A temporary restraining order has…