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Oakland Athletics closer Liam Hendriks went full scorched earth in an interview with The Athletic, bashing the Golden State Warriors over how he was treated by the organization, especially after the team got good. “I don’t follow the Warriors. They treated us like s**t over here so we don’t care for them much,” Hendriks said about how Golden State switched up […]
Yankees senior vice president and general manager Brian Cashman started off his weekend with a scary run-in with the police. On Friday, Cashman told the New York Post that his car was surrounded by a swarm of officers at a Darien, Connecticut gas station. “I had a welcoming committee descend upon me as I pulled out […]
Earlier tonight, Yasiel Puig was shipped by the Cincinnati Reds to the Cleveland Indians as part of a three-team trade with the San Diego Padres. In almost poetic fashion, the Reds gave Puig one last parting gift by getting him involved in an all-out brawl with the Pittsburgh Pirates. With the Pirates just four outs away from finishing off […]
Chicago Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr. hit a foul ball during the the fourth inning in a game against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. The ball end up hitting a four-year-old child, according to the New York Daily News. Houston radio station SportsTalk790 reports that the child is “awake, responsive and taken to a local hospital […]
Legendary Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner passed away on Monday at the age of 69. ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap tweeted a statement from Buckner’s wife Jody, who revealed that Buckner’s death was the result of a lengthy battle with Lewy Body Dementia. Just got off the phone with Jody Buckner, who called to me that her husband, the great […]
HQ Trivia‘s Scott Rogowsky explained his decision to step away from the ultra-popular trivia app. The host, known affectionately as Quiz Daddy, is leaving for a new baseball show on upstart sports network DAZN. He explained on Twitter that he attempted to stay on at HQ Trivia, but couldn’t make it work. A MESSAGE TO […]
Variety has learned that a TV series based on the 1993 film The Sandlot is being developed by Disney+. The show will take place in 1984, and follow the children of the movie’s original characters. Back in February, The Sandlot director and co-writer David Mickey Evans appeared on The Rain Delay podcast where he teased […]
According to The Washington Post, the Trump administration has scrapped a deal that permitted Major League Baseball teams to sign Cuban players without those potential signees having to defect first. The White House defended this decision by saying the Cuban Baseball Federation was part of the Cuban government and nullified the deal on account of a current […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers are working with authorities to help identify the culprit in an incident that reportedly left one man severely injured, KABC reports. After Friday’s intense, six-hour contest between the Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks, unresolved tension seemed to spill into the parking lot. As a result, Rafael Reyna was entangled in a dangerous physical altercation […]
Usually when a guy gets traded just a year after signing a multi-year free agent deal there’s a story there. This anecdote about Indians-turned-Phillies-turned-Indians-again slugger Carlos Santana is no exception. According to a long-form article posted by ESPN on Monday, Santana momentarily lost his cool when he smashed a TV during the waning moments of […]
