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Blue Jays Beat Yankees – New Season Begins With a Roughed Up Pitcher
The New York Yankees reintroduced Alex Rodriguez, getting a very warm welcome from the home fans, but in the meantime ace pitcher Masahiro Tanaka struggled, making it quite easy for the Toronto Blue Jays to put up some easy points en route to a 6-1 win.
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Cardinals Beat Cubs – New Season and Nothing Changes
The St. Louis Cardinals cooled down the excitement among Chicago Cubs fans on opening day, beating their NL Central rivals 3-0 to make it seem that despite the big talk and changes, nothing really changes.
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The 2015 MLB Fandom Map
Like in the beginning of every baseball season, Facebook releases a map of how the MLB fans are spread out based on the number of likes in each county. The New York Yankees are basically the only team with a major hold outside of its own TV market.
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New York Yankees – Alex Rodriguez Trying to Stay Relevant
Almost forgotten from the hive mind of baseball fans, Alex Rodriguez is trying to make something of a comeback with the New York Yankees, showing up early for spring training in an attempt to give everything a ‘business as usual’ flavor to it, although it’s quite clear it’s not.
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2015 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees (And Also Those That Didn’t Get In)
The 2015 Baseball hall of fame class showed the way for Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio the way in, in a class dominated by three pitchers who all made it in on their first year of eligibility.
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Chicago Cubs – Jon Lester Finally Has a Team
The Chicago Cubs keep making big moves in free agency with the addition of starting pitcher Jon Lester, who preferred joining them to playing for the Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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North Carolina Over Duke – Georgia Tech are the Big Winners
By beating Duke 45-20, North Carolina didn’t just get to win their huge rivalry game; they also made sure the Blue Devils won’t play in the ACC championship game, handing the ACC Coastal division title to Georgia Tech.
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MLB Rumors – Chicago Cubs Interested in a Trade for Jordan Zimmermann
One thing is clear: The Chicago Cubs are ready to take it up a notch next season and add a quality starting pitcher. Whether that pitcher is Jordan Zimmermann, which means initiating a trade with the Washington Nationals, remains to be seen.
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Clayton Kershaw Wins Cy Young Award With Postseason Failure Spoiling His Success
By winning his third Cy Young award in four years, Clayton Kershaw has joined some very prestigious company. However, despite his success and reign as the best pitcher in Baseball, failing to deliver the goods for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the postseason is weighing on him, and hurts more than a little in the celebration of this excellence.
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MLB Rumors – Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners & Houston Astros Interested in Signing Hanley Ramirez
Maybe the most coveted after free agent this offseason is Hanley Ramirez, coming off two and half years with the Los Angeles Dodgers. There’s more than a slight chance he simply re-signs with them, but he’s also getting plenty of interest from the Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants.