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Bubba Starling: Huskers or Royals?
MLB The Natural The story of Bubba Starling has evolved into a Midwestern myth over the course of his high school career at Edgerton (Kan.). To hear it told, the lanky 6’5”, 195-pound two-sport...
1 year ago by Nathan Rush Tags: College Football, MLB, Bubba Starling, Nebraska Cornhuskers

Diamond Update
MLB Around the Horn NL Races Going as Expected There are fewer surprises in the National League than in the AL. But one team we didn't expect to be on the north side of .500 is Arizona. On Friday t...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

There is Something Very Wrong with This, Google
MLB When you search for Ted Williams, you should get a lot more images of an American icon who was one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, and fewer images of the alcoholic guy with the funny ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Overtime

Diamond Update
MLB Around the Horn Time to Assess A.L. races Now with the quarter pole comfortably behind us, it’s time to reassess the American League divisional races. Next week, we’ll examine the Nationa...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Ten Players We'd Like To Test For Steroids
MLB Depending on who you talk to, steroids either tarnished America’s Pastime or made it freakin’ awesome. (HOME RUNS!) Either way, that era is over now. According to Bud Selig, Congress and Rafael...
2 years ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB

Diamond Update
MLB Around the Horn Jones’ Knees Take Toll Just as Chipper Jones’ career with the Atlanta Braves was getting underway, a spring training injury in 1994 cost Jones an entire season. The former N...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Jorge Posada: It's not your decision.
MLB Jorge Posada is batting .165. He’s a DH. Of the 13 DHs in the American League with enough plate appearances to qualify, he’s 13th in average and on-base, 10th in slugging and 12th in OPS. Has h...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Joe Girardi, Jorge Posada, Ken Griffey, Yankees

The Worst Hitter in Major League History
MLB Pitchers are notorious for being bad hitters. But Bob Buhl, the National League pitcher from the '50s and '60s who had a .089 career batting average, set the bar so low, you'd have to dig a pr...
2 years ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Bob Buhl

Diamond Update
MLB AL Player of the Week Ben Zobrist, Rays Zobrist made hsitory with his big day in Minnesota with 10 RBIs in a day-night DH. But he was raking the rest of the week as well. He hit .480 with a 1.5...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Ryan Raburn Pulls a Canseco (Video)
MLB Ryan Raburn might be on your fantasy team because he is a second base-eligible player with 20+ homer power. Luckily for fantasy, they don't score fielding, because Raburn has a history of botc...
2 years ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, AL Central, American, Ryan Raburn, Detroit Tigers

Fantasy MLB: Buy Low

MLB Now that we are about a month into the season, the trading block is beginning to call to me. This is the point of the season where I go after an underachiever who could turn it around in the second...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB

Diamond Update
MLB Around the Horn Tulowitzki: Total Package By the time Troy Tulowitzki earns $20 million for a season in 2015, there will be at least 13 other players who have reached that milestone before him....
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Justin Verlander Commits World's Worst Balk
MLB Detroit Tiger ace Justin Verlander got his arms and legs mixed up over the weekend and turned a pick-off throw into a kinda, sorta pitch to home plate throw. According to Verlander: “I w...
2 years ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Overtime, American League, Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers

Fantasy Spin Cycle
MLB By Bruce Herman April 15, 2011 Close-Up on Closers Tony LaRussa says if chooses to go another way from Ryan Franklin, who’s blown three saves in four appearances, the way he’ll go i...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Head First Matters
MLB I’m not sure Texas Rangers third base coach Dave Anderson has yet been pulled out from under the team bus that left Comerica Park last night. The Josh Hamilton bus, that is. Hamilton threw his th...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB