Kate Upton and Justin Verlander The model and the Houston Astros pitcher met in 2012, and got married in 2017. The icing on the cake of their wedding was that Justin had just won the World Series with the Texas-based team. “It was a very special moment. It was pretty
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Once a Dark Art, This Pitch Is Primed to Take Over Baseball
By Zack Meisel, Cody Stavenhagen and Stephen J. Nesbitt GOODYEAR, Ariz. — A decade ago, on a dusty baseball diamond in Puerto Rico, a veteran pitcher shared with Fernando Cruz the secrets of throwing a splitter, a pitch treated like a black-market product, a dark art best learned in the
Baseball Hall of Famer's wife said she had 'grown men bullying me' to try to get husband on local radio show
Jim Thome is off social media, so it’s a bit difficult to get him on the airwaves. Well, folks at ESPN Cleveland had a little wager for an intern to get the Hall of Famer on their radio station. The intern, named Nick, was challenged to book Thome on “The
What Happens When Your Landlord Bats Leadoff? Ask a Baseball Player.
Shortly after haggling his way out of free-agent purgatory and into a new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kiké Hernández asked his wife, Mariana, to investigate another market. She contacted former Dodger Rich Hill’s wife, Caitlin, with a request: Could the Hernándezes live in the Hills’ house again? The
A Uniform Saga Has Taken Over Baseball. Here’s What We Do and Don’t Know.
In the sweltering summer of 1994, back when Russell Athletics was Major League Baseball’s official uniform supplier, the New York Yankees suddenly switched jersey fabrics, from polyester to a more breathable cotton, to beat the heat. Yankees players raved about the cotton uniforms in a front-page story. Luis Polonia: “Cotton
Grand Canyon baseball player gets ejected following game-tying grand slam after bat flip
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Ex-MLB star rips Angels' Anthony Rendon over baseball 'job' comments
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Angels' Anthony Rendon saying baseball was not a top priority was 'tone-deaf,' Craig Carton says
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Angels' Anthony Rendon says faith and family are bigger priority than baseball
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon is entering the fifth year of a seven-year, $245 million contract he signed before the pandemic-impacted 2020 season. Aside from the 52 games he played in 2020, when the season was shortened to just 60 games, Rendon hasn’t played more than half of
East Carolina's Parker Byrd becomes first NCAA D1 baseball athlete to play with prosthetic leg: 'It's unreal'
Parker Byrd cemented his name in college baseball history books on Friday. The East Carolina University infielder and pitcher entered the game as a pinch-hitter. Byrd received a standing ovation from the crowd inside the stadium, who wanted to recognize him for becoming the first NCAA Division I baseball player