Weekly Hit Ground Ball: Upton away
Hitting home runs in a homecoming game
Whilst it’s normally just perception rather than a meaningful trend, it often seems that when one player goes down to an injury, their team is then hit by further setbacks
The recent trade of Justin Upton from Arizona to Atlanta
For once this season, expecting the unexpected didn’t quite work out
I was stuck on a train on early Sunday evening with my pocket DAB radio at least allowing me to drift off to Toronto. The Blue Jays were hosting the Yankees and thanks to BBC 5 Live Sports Extra I could listen in while on the move
Catchers beware: upset Major League umpire Laz Diaz at your peril
It’s already been a dramatic week in MLB, from the high of Jered Weaver’s no-hitter to the low of Mariano Rivera’s knee injury
Friday 20 April marked the 100 year anniversary of the first game at Fenway Park. With the Yankees in town, it felt like a good time to try out a more colourful way of keeping score
Just like Man Utd’s Paul Scholes, Andy Petttitte has found that nothing can compare with playing your chosen sport
Jorge Posada announced his retirement on Tuesday, formally bringing to an end a seventeen year playing career spent with just one team: the New York Yankees