Okay I'm now obsessed with baseball. I grew up as an Angel fan but I am now a "Convert" and my new favorite player is 6'5" Michael Morse. He hit two homers in last nights game against the Oakland A's. Check out this cool blog about Mike!
After becoming part owner of the New Jersey Nets, moving the team to Brooklyn and building a state of the art facility, hip hop mogul and entrepreneur Shawn Carter, better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is expanding his brand further into the world of sports by starting an athlete representation firm called Roc Nation Sports.
He hasn't pitched in a Major League Baseball game since 2010, but the Seattle Mariners were willing to give Jeremy Bonderman a shot to make their rotation. Today, he took the mound against the Los Angeles Angels in the teams fourth Spring Training game of the year. The 30-year-old right-hander gave up three runs on two hits, including a three run home run to catcher and Federal Way native Hank Con
There have only been 15 unassisted triple plays in Major League history. This makes the instant inning killer the rarest play in all of baseball.
Although they don’t keep track of such things, it stands to reason there have been more unassisted triple plays than that on the Little League level — just given the sheer number of games played.
It’s no secret that Boston’s historic Fenway Park is the oldest ballpark in all of Major League Baseball, but did you know it’s also the most expensive?