NEWS This year’s winner of the 40th Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting is Graham McNamee. He called the World Series each year from 1923-34 and the first 4 All-Star games from 1933-36. MLB has recommended for all 30 teams to install netting out to the dugouts to prevent fans from getting…
NEWS The Mariners have hired Amanda Hopkins, the daughter of former Oakland A’s scout Ron Hopkins. She will be a fulltime amateur scout. The Marlins plan on moving fences in as much as 10 feet and alter height to as low as 5 ½ feet in some places. TRANSACTIONS The Rockies have signed a…
NEWS Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. will be the new senior Advisor to the Commissioner Rob Manfred on Youth Programs and Outreach. Armando Galarraga has retired from the MLB. He played 6 years with 4 different teams. He is most famous for his Imperfect Game. He is at the Winter Meetings interviewing for a…
NEWS The Marlins have officially name all-time HR leader Barry Bonds to be their hitting coach with Frank Menechino as the assistant hitting coach. The Padres have named Mark McGwire as their new hitting coach. He had held the same job with the Dodgers the last 3 seasons. Bob Geren is leaving the Mets to…
NEWS The White Sox have hired former MLB player Aaron Rowand to be their minor league outfield and base running instructor. Rowand had an 11 year career with 3 different teams and was an All-Star in 2007 with the Phillies. The Tigers have hired former Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon to be their manager at Triple…
AWARDS NL Rookie of the Year: Kris Bryant (Cubs) AL Rookie of the Year: Carlos Correa (Astros) NL Manager of the Year: Joe Maddon (Cubs) AL Manager of the Year: Jeff Banister (Rangers) NL Cy Young: Jake Arrieta (Cubs) AL Cy Young: Dallas Keuchel (Astros) NL MVP: Bryce Harper (Nationals) AL MVP: Josh Donaldson (Blue…
Guest post written by William Earl Robinson Jr. Another opportunity is here for Hall of Fame voters to cast their ballot for the Hall of Fame and another year is going to go by where they ignore a candidate who I think should be an easy choice for the Hall of Fame. That candidate…
By Josh: The moment that the Hall of Fame officially announced the newest list of eligible players a debate has come out as to whether or not Ken Griffey Jr should be the first ever unanimous decision into the Hall of Fame. Honestly it is crazy to me that there hasn’t been a unanimous decision…
GOLD GLOVES American League C Salvador Perez (3rd), 1B Eric Homer (3rd), 2B Jose Altuve (1st), 3B Manny Machado (2nd), SS Alcides Escobar (1st), LF Yoenis Cespedes (1st), CF Kevin Kiermaier (1st), RF Kole Calhoun (1st), P Dallas Keuchel (2nd) National League C Yadier Molina (8th), 1B Paul Goldschmidt (2nd), 2B Dee Gordon (1st), 3B…
By Kelly: I joined the IBWAA just after the 2014 season ended so I didn’t get a chance to vote for last year’s awards. I looked forward to voting all year long and took it very serious. It’s a lot harder than I ever thought it would be. Here’s how I voted…… Relief Pitchers…
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