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Musicians + Sports: Frankie Ballard On Baseball And The Detroit Tigers’ World...
By Scott T. Sterling Growing up in Battle Creek, MI, burgeoning country music star Frankie Ballard harbored dreams of baseball, with the sport helping propel him through his college years at Western...
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An Ugly Loss For The Rays Will Lead To Trade Rumors
Joe Maddon said last night the Rays got ambushed. The best part of the evening was it wasn’t on local TV last night and bleary eyed Rays didn’t have to ask themselves why why why did I stay up so late...
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12 Types Of People You See At A Baseball Game
For the average baseball fan going to the ballpark is a tradition like no other. Watching your favorite team play, drinking a beer, eating a hot dog and singing “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” is the...
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(AUDIO) If The Rays Have To Make Moves, Who Could They Trade Away
play pause Rays Trade Draft Part 1 Fan Interference play pause Rays Trade Draft Part 2 Fan Interference play pause Rays Trade Draft Part 3 Fan Interference This season for the Tampa Bay Rays has not...
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Lets Bring Back The HIT SHOW
By Rich Herrera – @RBIRich Hurrah the Rays have finally defeated the Yankees at their own game. For years and years the Yankees had led baseball in having the longest games in baseball. Way back in...
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Sons Of Don Zimmer
I really had no reason to go the Trop last night. The Rays were back after a bad road trip and tensions were high all around town on how bad the Rays have been this season. But for some reason I felt I...
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5 Things You Need To Know About The 2014 MLB All-Star Game
Follow all the news from the 2014 MLB All-Star Game. The 2014 MLB All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN, is upon us. So let’s look at the five most interesting things about the 85th edition...
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21 Things That Have Happened Since The Last Back-to-Back Home Run Derby Champion
After Yoenis Cespedes won Monday night Home Run Derby for the second consecutive year, he became the first back-to-back champion in 15 years. Ken Griffey Jr. did it in 1998 and 1999 and now Cespedes...
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6 Newest Members Of The National Baseball Hall Of Fame
By Chris Kral This weekend, the National Baseball Hall of Fame is celebrating 75 years of honoring baseball’s legends. Taking place in Cooperstown, NY, six baseball players/managers will be inducted...
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5 Epic Manager Meltdowns In Baseball
by @TaraLipinsky Minor League manager Joe Mikulik is infamous for his histrionic tirades and on Sunday as manager of the Class-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans, an affiliate of the Texas Rangers, he kept his...
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5 Times MLB Game Protests Have Been Upheld
By Chris Kral A rain-delayed and tarp-snafu’ed game at Wrigley Field caused uproar within the San Francisco Giants organization after their game versus the Chicago Cubs was called in favor of the Cubs,...
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6 Times Elvis Andrus And Adrian Beltre Proved They’re Best Friends
By Chris Kral If you didn’t know by now, Texas Rangers’ Elvis Andrus and Adrian Beltre are pretty tight. From their back-and-forth banter to fooling each other on the field, there’s no pair more fun to...
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12 Best Tweets Celebrating Derek Jeter’s Legendary Final Hit At Yankee Stadium
With Derek Jeter’s last game played at Yankee Stadium last night wasn’t without drama. Leading up to the game, forecasts called for heavy rain and wind, thus threatening The Captain’s home and career...
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5 Baseball Robberies from 2014 You Have To See
It’s time once again to look back at some of the greatest moments from the 2014 season. Who doesn’t love a robbery?! Well I guess most folks don’t but when it comes to baseball and making incredible...
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Keidel: Royal Blue Skies For Kansas City
By Jason Keidel » More Columns Before we saw baseball as a business, before cable deals and big markets bogarting the bold ink and the best players, there was a sense of a free-wheeling meritocracy to...
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9 Notable MLB Free Agents To Keep Tabs On
With the offseason officially upon us, we say goodbye to the 2014 teams that we loved and hated and to the players on those rosters. I say this because the free agency period begins on Tuesday and...
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Halfway Through The Fantasy Baseball Season, Where Does Your Team Stand?
By Sam McPhersonBy the time the Fourth of July has passed, the 2016 Major League Baseball season will be entering the second half of its long, six-month life. As real-life general managers evaluate...
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If Your Fantasy Baseball League Has A Trade Deadline, Act Fast To Make A Move
By Sam McPherson In standard, one-season fantasy baseball leagues, there is often a trade deadline toward the end of August. This means no trades can be made in the league after the deadline passes,...
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5 Best MLB Catches So Far This Season
By Rich Arleo Baseball has been called a game of numbers for years, and for good reason. There are stats to judge almost everything a hitter or pitcher does these days, and while the ever-evolving...
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5 MLB Aces No One Saw Coming In 2017
By Rich Arleo The 2017 MLB season has been dominated by offense, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been great pitching performances. While the usual suspects like Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Chris...
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30 Players: AL East Brimming With Breakout Potential
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. American League: East |...
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30 Players: Top Prospects Set To Leave Mark On NL East
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. American League: East |...
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30 Players: AL Central’s Young Stars Ready To Take Next Step
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. American League: East |...
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30 Players: NL Central Rich With Young Pitching
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. The Chicago Cubs have built...
View ArticleSpring Training Report: Ohtani Struggles, Altuve Gets Paid
By Norm Elrod With Opening Day just over a week away, teams around the league are rounding into form, or scrambling to fill gaps as suspensions, injuries and growing pains become a reality. One...
View ArticleKansas City Royals Become First Team To Sign A Player With Autism
CBS Local — Tarik El-Abour is not a Major League Baseball player yet, but his signing by the Kansas City Royals marks a historic first for the national pastime. After signing a minor league contract in...
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Twitter Reacts To Astros Closer Ken Giles Punching Self In Face
By Ryan Mayer Baseball can be a frustrating game, especially for guys called upon in late-game pressure situations. One day, you quickly work your way through the opponent to lock down a save, and the...
View ArticleThe Baseball Report: Pujols Gets 3,000th Hit, Kimbrel Fastest To 300 Saves
Ryan Mayer Most of the talk surrounding Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols in recent years concerns his struggles to live up to his mammoth contract. It’s true that Pujols isn’t the same hitter...
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‘Pitching Nun’ Shows Off ‘Nunbelievable’ Dance Moves
CHICAGO, Ill. (CBS Local) – Sister Mary Jo Sobieck showed off her smooth moves at a Chicago White Sox Saturday, tossing a perfect strike in a ceremonial first pitch that quickly went viral. Now, the...
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Best Sports Moments In July 4th History
Bryan Altman, CBS Local Sports While the Fourth of July is synonymous with many things – such as patriotism, barbecues and fireworks – one thing America’s independence day doesn’t bring to mind is...
View ArticleDr. Anthony Fauci On Baseball Returning This Summer: ‘There’s A Way Of Doing...
(CBSNewYork/CBS Local) — Quarantine may be the best opportunity people will ever have to catch up on all those television shows they’ve missed. However, it’s the worst time to be a sports fan. With...
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Florida Man, Wife Arrested For Stealing From Youth Baseball League
Credit: PCSO/CW44 News At 10 POLK COUNTY (PCSO/CW44 News At 10) – Husband, 45-year-old James “Jamie” Wetherington and wife, 36-year-old Elizabeth Wetherington, both of Mulberry, were arrested...
View ArticleGiants Put First Female Coach Into MLB Game
On Monday, Alyssa Nakken became the first female to coach in a Major League Baseball game.
View ArticleCaught On Video: Georgia Tech Baseball Player Meltdown
Georgia Tech says it is discipling a student-athlete after a video of him cursing at two women in a drive-thru surface online. The women tagged the baseball program– in a Facebook post with video that...
View ArticleFormer TB Rays Prospect Found Guilty Of Triple Murder In California
CORONA, Ca. (CW44 News At 10) – A former Tampa Bay Rays prospect and former first round draft pick in 2011 has been convicted of a gruesome triple murder of his father, uncle and an ADT employee in...
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St. Petersburg Mayor At Stand-Still With Tampa Bay Rays Over Stadium Plans
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CW44 News At 10) – St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman says the city and the Tampa Bay Rays remain at a stand-still. Right now, the team and the city are disagreeing on ownership...
View ArticleTwo Family Members Struck By Lightning In Tampa
TAMPA, Fla. (CW44 News At 10) – Two family members are now recovering, after both were struck by lightning over the weekend…and survived! Ashley Moberg, and her father, John Moberg, described one of...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg Businesses See Increase In Customers On Rays Game Days
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CW44 News At 10) – One week after the Tampa Bay Rays had their opening game, local businesses are seeing a huge increase in customers! At The Burg, the owner says on game days...
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Several Tampa Bay Rays Players Decline To Wear LGBTQ Logos On Uniforms For...
TAMPA, Fla. (CW44 News At 10 | CNN) — Several players on the Tampa Bay Rays did not wear LGBTQ logos on their uniforms for the team’s Pride Night celebration during Saturday’s game against the Chicago...
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Miami Marlins’ Daniel Castano Hit In The Head By 104mph Line Drive
CINCINNATI, Oh. (CW44 News At 10 | CNN) — Miami Marlins pitcher Daniel Castano was struck in the head by a 104 mph line drive from the bat of Cincinnati Reds third baseman Donovan Solano in the game’s...
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