The Chicago Cubs’ World Series drought is well documented: 107 years and counting. That 1908 title even came before Wrigley Field, the Cubs’ home since 1916. But the Cubs took care of another drought with their four game division series…
With a clean bill of health, Red Sox manager John Farrell will be back managing full time with the club next season. Farrell has been on medical leave since August while undergoing treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Bench coach Torey Lovullo…
When it was announced that Red Sox television broadcaster Don Orsillo would not be back for the 2016 season, fans were upset. They showed him how much at the final Sox home game. The team put together a video tribute…
A payroll of $184.3 million couldn’t buy the Red Sox a playoff spot. But in the midst of a 78–84 record and last-place finish, there were some reasons for hope. The play of rookie centerfielder Mookie Betts and shortsop Xander…
Orioles Executive Vice President Dan Duquette has extended contract offers to every member of the coaching staff under manager Buck Showalter. All contracts were set to expire at the end of October. With many decisions to come on free agent…
On the heels of a 96-win season and division title, the Orioles fell short of the 2015 postseason. The O’s were in it until just before the season’s final weekend, but they could not keep pace with the Toronto Blue…
Can anyone stop Jake Arrieta? The Pittsburgh Pirates certainly couldn't. Arrieta, the Chicago Cubs' ace pitcher, continued his dominant season-ending stretch by blanking the Pirates 4-0 in the National League wild-card game on Wednesday. Arrieta pitched the entire game for…
Giants catcher Buster Posey and pitcher Madison Bumgarner were two of the top three best-selling jerseys in Major League Baseball for 2015. Posey and Bumgarner, respectively, trailed only Chicago Cubs rookie third baseman Kris Bryant. If not for Bryant, it…
2010, 2012, 2014 . . . 2016? Even-numbered years have been good to the Giants, as they’ve taken home the World Series crown in the last three. The team fell short of the playoffs in 2015, but the Giants players…
Fourteen years and three World Series rings later, Jeremy Affeldt is calling it quits. The left-hander officially announced his retirement prior to the last series of the 2015 regular season. Affeldt came to the Giants in 2009. He made his…