After months of denials, it looks like the Colorado Rockies have finally come to their senses and will listen to offers for Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez. Of course, there are caveats. Via Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports…. The Rockies are telling clubs they are keeping their “eyes and ears open” for potential deals involving […]

The wife of Yuri Sucart, Alex Rodriguez’s cousin, went off on A-Rod after details of his steroid admission became public yesterday. The New York Daily News had some incredible quotes from Carmen Sucart in an exclusive story. She said Rodriguez came to the Miami home Rodriguez provided to the Sucarts in 2010 and vowed to […]

On Tuesday night, ESPN aired a fantastic 30 for 30 documentary entitled ‘Brothers in Exile’, detailing the journey to America from Cuba by brothers Livan and Orlando Hernandez. The feature was excellent, but there was one part of it that made my stomach turn – Game 5 of the 1997 NLCS, when Livan Hernandez struck […]

It seemed to be in the cards after the Yankees released him in July, but seven-time All-Star Alfonso Soriano has retired after a 16-year career in the majors. Soriano finishes his career with 412 home runs, 289 stolen bases, a triple slash of .270/.319/.500, three Silver Sluggers, and a pair of top ten MVP finishes. […]

Andrew Friedman has his new GM in Los Angeles. His choice for the position is former A’s assistant Farhan Zaidi, a 37-year old with a degree from MIT and a PhD in economics from Cal-Berkeley. THE NERDS ARE TAKING OVER! Friedman is also adding former Diamondbacks and Padres GM Josh Byrnes to his front office […]

The Gold Glove winners for the 2014 season were announced on Tuesday night during a ceremony on ESPN. The AL champion Kansas City Royals cleaned up, winning three awards out of a total of four nominations. In addition to Kansas City’s three winners, Baltimore also had three players win, while Atlanta, Colorado, and Los Angeles […]

For a couple of seasons now, the BBWAA has been releasing the “finalists” for the MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, and Manager of the Year awards a week before the announcements on MLB Network. This year, that day was today, and the BBWAA released the finalists for those four awards in both the […]

The Philadelphia Phillies got a break on Monday when A.J. Burnett declined his $12.75 million option for 2015, making him a free agent. Yes, the Phillies have one more rotation spot to fill, but they save eight figures by not paying a guy who had a 4.59 ERA in 213 2/3 innings last season. But Burnett’s […]

Go ahead and pull one name off of the free agent market – Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez has exercised his half of a $14 million mutual option for 2015. The 36-year old Ramirez hit .285/.330/.427 with 15 homers in 2014 for Milwaukee. After the acquisition of Adam Lind this weekend, and Ramirez’s announcement […]

During the San Francisco Giants’ World Series parade in San Francsico on Friday, World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner wanted to ride a horse during the parade. The San Francisco Police Department denied his wish, but made a compromise with him. At which point, Bumgarner looked over at the line of police horses and said, “Anything? […]

Everyone loves those Taiwanese animation videos that pop up after every major world news and sporting event. Good news! They’ve released one covering the 2014 World Series, and it’s awesome! So much to love. Tim Hudson in a Hoveround! Jeremy Guthrie with a walker! Pablo Sandoval as a baseball-eating panda! Hunter Pence doing yoga and […]

Hunter Pence of the World Champion San Francisco Giants got a gift from former WWE champion Daniel Bryan – a WWE title belt. Post by San Francisco Giants. With all of the love that Daniel Bryan is getting around AT&T Park this season, I wonder if Lou Seal is in trouble for the 2015 season.