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"I love Billy, but I'm still a Yankee. I was rooting for the Yankees to win that playoff last week against Billy." Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin's friendship is legendary. They were Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Batman and Robin, and Thelma and Louise all rolled into one. However, when it came to the Yankees, Mickey Mantle was a Yankee. So was Billy Martin, but ...

No matter the march of time, the game of baseball will always be stuck in 1930. Grandstands, newsreels, games of pepper—the game has an old soul, an ingrained essence that taps into a different era, a different mentality. Through the waxing and waning of exploding scoreboards, cookie-cutter stadiums, and uniforms with shorts—White Sox, I’m looking at you—the game has always had a streak of staidness running through it. It was of ...

April 15 has become a special day around Major League Baseball. All throughout the league, players honor the accomplishments of Jackie Robinson by wearing his No. 42. It is one of the great new traditions of the game. So you can imagine the surprise on the faces of the Mets players when they arrived in the clubhouse at Coors Field on Thursday and found No. 50s in every locker? The mix-up? Apparently a ...

Today may have been the most important start for the Twins yet this season. There were a lot of question marks surrounding Minnesota's rotation before the 2010 campaign. Before today's game, I was very optimistic. After today's game...well, let's just say it's going to be interesting. Through the first few innings, The Franchise looked a little rough around the edges. He let a few too many Sox reach scoring position a bit too ...

In their first full week of play, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim went 2-5 to start the 2010 season. A miserable total by any team's standards, and a shock to the heart of a club that was expected to compete for, if not win, its fourth consecutive division title. Fans are on the verge of taking to the streets, pitch forks in hand and torches raised high. They want manager Mike Scioscia ...

The start to the 2010 Major League Baseball season has not been kind to these pitchers. Scary-bad production is what they all have in common. Pinch their arms because they hope it was all just a bad dream.   1) The Pittsburgh Pirates' Pitching Staff   Hayden Penn, Daniel McCutchen, and Charlie Morton were absolutely terrible on the mound this week. The Pirates’ pitching staff takes the top spot.   1. RP Hayden Penn gave up ...

Today, all of Major League Baseball honors Jackie Robinson. But African-Americans currently make up less than 10 percent of MLB rosters. With any phenomenon in our society, people wonder why it has occurred and share their theories. Some black players feel they are still unfairly discriminated against. Torii Hunter recently said he felt MLB GMs weren't making an effort to ...

I just came across a fun baseball fact you may already know, but if not, you'll want to share like I did. Today is Jackie Robinson Day throughout MLB, and every player, coach, manager, and umpire will be wearing No. 42. However, the only MLB player actually wearing 42 on his regulation uniform is the Yankees' Mariano Rivera. The number was retired in 1997 by all teams, but players who wore it at ...

This is how bad it’s gotten for Alfonso Soriano. A day after Lou Piniella defended the left fielder, Soriano went out and had two more defensive gaffes prompting Piniella to make a defensive switch in the seventh inning against the Brewers on Wednesday. Soriano lollygagged and bobbled a ball hit down the third base line in the fifth and ...

The Mets are off to a horrendous start of the season. The little optimism that once hovered over some Met fans have vanquished within weeks of opening day. Every game is like the same act, pitcher gets smacked around, little to no offense, bullpen does a good job in mop up work but not too good of a job in pressure situations.  Met fans have been through a lot over the ...