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David Gonos reveals nine intriguing facts about Upper Deck's 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. card, one of the most popular baseball cards of all-time.

Putting the ball into play seems to be a lost art in Major League Baseball, and it all comes back to the way we are taught to play the game

On this day the Rangers hosted the San Francisco Giants in the first regular-season Interleague game in MLB history.

April 30, 2021 The moment was certainly worth a chuckle. In the seventh inning of a 10-0 drubbing by the Braves on Wednesday night, Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo took the mound. After retiring Johan Camargo on a grounder to first and then walking Ronald Acuña Jr., the NL leader in wRC+, the lefty-tossing Rizzo faced off against lefty-swinging Freddie Freeman, the reigning MVP — and struck him out. Neither combatant could keep a straight face as Rizzo fell behind 2-0 via a slow curveball t...

Games with O’s: Two Also coming over in the Gausman deal with Phillips, Zimmermann reached the Majors in 2020 and is a rotation candidate heading into 21. The 25-year old lefty is the latest Marylander to debut for the O’s. Also worth noting: INF Bobby Young (1954-55), INF Leo Burke (1958-59), RHP Jack Fisher (1959-62), OF Barry Shetrone (1959-62), RHP Jim Lehew (1961-62), RHP John Miller (1962-63, 65-67), RHP Bruce Howard (1968), RHP Dave Boswell (1971), OF Jim Fuller (1973-74), INF Tim No...

Games with O’s: Two Also coming over in the Gausman deal with Phillips, Zimmermann reached the Majors in 2020 and is a rotation candidate heading into 21. The 25-year old lefty is the latest Marylander to debut for the O’s. Also worth noting: INF Bobby Young (1954-55), INF Leo Burke (1958-59), RHP Jack Fisher (1959-62), OF Barry Shetrone (1959-62), RHP Jim Lehew (1961-62), RHP John Miller (1962-63, 65-67), RHP Bruce Howard (1968), RHP Dave Boswell (1971), OF Jim Fuller (1973-74), INF Tim No...

Country are outraged about his turn. the media is livid about his announcement that hes appealing his suspension. newspapers slammed him, calling him a dope and dammed yankee. what a bum. remember the mlb disciplined these other 12 players yesterday, but rodrigez is the only one appealing his suspension, which is far worse than the others. joining me are former major leaguers harold reynolds and billy ripken. welcome to the show. >> thank you. thanks for having us, appreciate it. >> ill ask you ...

Turn. the media is livid about his announcement that hes appealing his suspension. newspapers slammed him, calling him a dope and dammed yankee. what a bum. remember the mlb disciplined these other 12 players yesterday, but rodrigez is the only one appealing his suspension, which is far worse than the others. joining me are former major leaguers harold reynolds and billy ripken. welcome to the show. >> thank you. thanks for having us, appreciate it. >> ill ask you both this question, harold, ill...

0 this should come as no surprise to anybody. if weve learned anything about this president over the last few years, hes proven to be a do as they say, not a do as i do kind of guy. >> when i took office, i pledged to cut the deficit in half by the end of my first term. this wasteful spending has many sources. its time for this waste and inefficiency to end. this is how we can reduce spending, by scouring the budget, by reforming government spending in a time of great need, when our families and...

0 republicans, and i think they understand whats happening here. >> dana? >> im so tired of hearing the phony scandal remark from the left. i find it insulting when you consider the nsa, the irs, benghazi. if its a phony scandal, i wish that people like christie and the president would bring him out to sean smith so she doesnt have to go on television and publicly mourn him and ask the president what happened to letter lost son. were talking about the irs, who admitted wrongdoing, were talking t...