Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre hit three home runs yesterday and helped the Rangers secure their second straight trip to the ALCS. The Dominican infielder hit consecutive homers off of Jeremy Hellickson in the second and fourth, and then homered again off of rookie Matt Moore in the seventh.
Beltre became the sixth player in baseball history ever to [...]
10/05/11
A lot of baseball players have nicknames, many of them given by teammates, others by managers, sports broadcasters, etc. It doesn’t matter how you get it, but you’ll probably be known for better or worse by your nickname rather than your real name.
Earlier this month, I saw an article from Booth Newspapers’ Steve Kornacki that [...]
06/02/11
Moment 3: Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hits his 71st home run of the season on October 5, 2001.
Bonds played from 1986 to 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants. Bonds’ accomplishments during his baseball career place him among the greatest baseball players of all-time. He has a record-setting seven MVP’s, [...]
12/31/10
Moment 15: Hank Aaron of Atlanta breaks Babe Ruth’s career record of 714 home runs on April 8, 1974.
On April 13, 1954, Aaron made his major league debut and was hitless in five at-bats against the Cincinnati Reds. Two days later Aaron collected his first major league hit, a single off Cardinals’ pitcher Vic [...]
12/30/10
Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the New York Yankees special assistant Reggie Jackson met with soon-to-be free agent Jayson Werth for lunch on Friday. Jackson is an old family friend to the Werth family given that he played with Dennis Werth in the Yankee outfield from 1979-1981 and Jayson’s mother, Kim, [...]
03/27/10