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Wayne Kirby, bullpen coach Rod Barajas, Major League advance scout/development coach Ryan Flaherty, Major League development coordinator Keith Werman, and bullpen catcher/coaching assistant Peter Summerville will all return in their respective roles for the 2021 season. Dickerson, 55, enters his second season with the Padres organization as bench coach, and he will add third base coach to his duties for the 2021 campaign. The Laurel, Miss. native, who also focuses on infield instruction, wa...

The path of a relief pitcher is one of the most volatile in all of professional sports. Todd Williams’ career perfectly illustrates the tumultuous nature of that bullpen life. If his name rings a bell, it’s probably because he was on the unfortunate side of a moment thats become part of baseball lore. While pitching for the Orioles against the Marlins on June 22, 2006, Williams tried to issue an intentional walk to Miguel Cabrera but tossed a pitch too close to the plate. The budding supers...

In memoriam: the Royals we lost in 2020 Share this story Photo credit should read DAVE KAUP/AFP via Getty Images The end of the year allows us some time to reflect and remember. Baseball lost many major figures this year, seven of them Hall of Famers - second baseman Joe Morgan, outfielder Al Kaline, Lou Brock, and pitchers Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson, Phil Niekro, and Tom Seaver. The game also lost other big figures such as Dick Allen, Tony Fernandez, Jim Wynn, Jay Johnstone, Claudell Washington, ...

share-square-1299574 ST. PETERSBURG -- Coming up with a team name for an expansion team is no easy task. The owner of the team eventually has the final say, but a lot of pressure comes from that decision. There’s pressure from the fan base to get it right, and there’s pressure from the people involved with the team, as everyone has an idea of what the name should be. That was exactly the case when the Rays’ ownership group had to come up with a team name in the late 1990s. Originally, Tam...

The following article is part of Jay Jaffe’s ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2021 Hall of Fame ballot. For a detailed introduction to this year’s ballot, and other candidates in the series, use the tool above; an introduction to JAWS can be found here. For a tentative schedule and a chance to fill out a Hall of Fame ballot for our crowdsourcing project, see here. All WAR figures refer to the Baseball-Reference version unless otherwise indicated. For better or worse, I’m a comp...

WWE brought the ThunderDome to Tropicana Field, but will live fans come with them? The Toronto Raptors announced this week that they will be allowing 15% capacity at Armalie Arena in Tampa. The Toronto team is playing in Tampa this season. WWE might follow suit. Jon Alba reported on his Patreon that he asked WWE about the possibility of moving fans into the new ThunderDome. He was told that they are “keeping an eye on what other entities in Florida” are doing. The Orlando Magic is also allo...

Bag for you. awesome, technology. ainsley: remember when joy read said this about ms-13. >> speech tonight he makes it sounds like the biggest issue in the united states or the biggest threat is ms-13, a gang that nobody that doesnt watch fox news has heard of. ainsley: why did new yorks liberal governor just spend million in combating the gangs. brian: they are by our house. steve: he must be watching fox news. brian: his brother has a show. the white sox must see attraction this year. they can...

You have to pay attention to what he says. they have real consequences. >> tucker: hold on, the white house has issued its plans which have been rejected out of hand by democrats which would end chain migration, make this a merit based system, end the diversity loiter and install everify. whats wrong with those ideas? >> lets talk about some of the other things that this administration. >> tucker: do you agree with those ideas? >> the devil rays right now has increased the amount of people that ...

You have to pay attention to what he says. they have real consequences. >> tucker: hold on, the white house has issued its plans which have been rejected out of hand by democrats which would end chain migration, make this a merit based system, end the diversity loiter and install everify. whats wrong with those ideas? >> lets talk about some of the other things that this administration. >> tucker: do you agree with those ideas? >> the devil rays right now has increased the amount of people that ...

Demographics, secretary sebelius said in a conference call she is going to do it in a week or two. >> do it now. >> the bigger problem i think the president said he was quote looking at all the options and i realize the republicans are putting congressman upton is putting this option on the table i dont know how it will work out. i mean, this is -- you are the wrong person to it ask. but whats the white houses fix for this? i mean, what is going on for these people and what are the options he is...