There were smiles, smiles, and more smiles. Smiles of joy and smiles of pain. After this first outing of the spring against the Phillies on March 3, Tampa Bay lefthander Shane McClanahan swept through ...

The pre-season is reserved for preparation and conditioning. Occasionally, there is a meeting of two pitchers which would draw considerable attention and is reserved for a September stretch run or ...

Baseball betting rewards the patient and the prepared. The sport runs 162 games per team across 6 months, which means there is more data to work with and more opportunity to find edges than in any ...

Baseball mascots have been a key part of entertainment in the baseball industry since 1964, when the New York Mets opened their stadium and introduced us to Mr. Met. The San Diego Chicken in 1977 ...

I wish I remembered the exact quote or could find it but I remember reading it. Something to the effect of, next time we’re involved in a fight with that team, go after this guy! We will not allow him ...

Good baseball swing trainers, used the correct way, can go a longer way in correcting any issues with your baseball swing. And, once you correct issues in your baseball swing, the sky is the limit for ...

Today we look at one of the worst recruiting videos ever made. Not sure if this is for real or a joke, but for players who want to make recruiting videos, use this as an example of what not to do!

All the acronyms. Welcome to baseball statistics soup. Ever since 1845, this beloved sport has drowned its fans in frippery — or what we longingly call “baseball statistics.” Most of it has been good ...

Ironic. Crash and Nuke make the perfect ‘battery’. Powerful cutline, amiright? Although this isn’t officially a “column,” we all love lists, right? David Letterman has made a career of it, so I figure ...

A story in Strike Two, the second book by former umpire Ron Luciano and David Fisher, piqued my interest. In it, another former umpire, John McSherry, told of his promotion to the major leagues. He ...

“America’s Pastime”, Baseball is one of the biggest sports in the United States, and is loosely referred to as an “American sport” in many parts of the world, but the US is not the only baseball-crazy ...

Not many Pirates fans would number him among their favorite players — or even remember him. He was a Pirate for less than a season and a half. To my knowledge, he’s never come back to Pittsburgh to ...