New York Mets right-hander Drew Smith was thrown out of Tuesday’s Subway Series game after multiple umpires conducted a foreign-substance check. Before taking the mound in the seventh inning, umpires checked Smith’s hand and ruled that he had a sticky substance on
A nightmare week and season for the New York Mets just got a lot worse. After getting swept by the Atlanta Braves, the team placed Pete Alonso on the injured list with a wrist injury. The Mets slugger was hit by a
Matt Dermody will start Thursday night for the Boston Red Sox, just under two years to the day since he posted a quickly deleted homophobic tweet. While playing in Japan in 2021, Dermody posted a tweet in which he said homosexuality was
MLB officials have postponed Wednesday night’s game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox over air quality concerns following the blanket of smoke that has impacted the northeastern part of the country as a result of the ongoing wildfires
The Cincinnati Reds are promoting 6-foot-5 shortstop Elly De La Cruz to make his major league debut against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Reds announced Tuesday that they were calling up the 21-year-old from Triple-A, giving one of the minor league’s most
The United States Senate could be getting an MVP – literally. Steve Garvey, who won the National League MVP Award in 1974, is considering a Senate bid for 2024. Garvey, who spent his 19-year career with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San
Alex Rodriguez and Doug Mientkewicz spent only one year as teammates in the major leagues, so it may make sense they would not have the best relationship ever. However, that was not their only time as teammates – the two played both
An on-field dispute between an MLB player and an umpire is not uncommon. But Tuesday’s occurrence between Houston Astros star shortstop Jeremy Peña and home plate umpire Jerry Layne was noteworthy due to the egregious nature of a particular strike call. During
The Los Angeles Dodgers invited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI) to their Pride Night before rescinding and then reinviting the group. All of the decisions made by the organization received backlash. Now, an MLB player is speaking out about the second
David Hess stepped away from Major League Baseball in 2021 after doctors diagnosed him with cancer. On Friday, the pitcher revealed his battle with the disease is not over. “The last couple weeks have been a whirlwind for us with this cancer