Blue Jays manager John Gibbons blasted MLB for trying to make the game safer; in the process, he demeaned women. Gibbons should rethink all of that.
Jesse Spector
The Yankees lost their opening day game with the Astros when Dellin Betances, trying not to hit a baserunner with a throw, instead put the ball into right field. The reliever would've been better off pegging Carlos Correa, creating a rules kerfuffle.
The Yankees decided early in the day there would be no game in the Bronx today.
Todd Frazier will face a new league, new ballparks and new challenges after the Reds shipped him to the White Sox. But does any of that actually matter?
Philadelphia's mea culpa on its treatment of Jackie Robinson has inspired a lot of "Why now?" questions. But there's an obvious answer — an answer not just rooted in the past.
After multiple Hall of Famers have criticized current players' bat flips, Johnny Bench says in a Sporting News Q&A that he has no problem with it, while also talking about a "Baseball Bunch" reboot and PED-tied players' Cooperstown fates.
Best case scenario for the Padres in 2016? A season of bounce-backs for players mired in decline. The worst case? Well, let's just say it could get ugly.
Bartolo Colon does not figure to be a starter for the Mets all season, but he never doubted his decision to return to New York, where his teammates make him feel young and he remains productive.
Just the truth: He was great at baseball but not so great at life until he had baseball taken away from him for cheating.
Alex Rodriguez could have broken Barry Bonds' home run record, but he's better off walking away from history.
Terry Collins knows what order he plans to have the Mets' starting pitchers work to start the season. The pitchers know Collins' plan, too. Two weeks out, those are the only people who need to know.
Notre Dame - Stephen F. Austin was one of the most thrilling games of the tournament.
Villanova heard everyone talking about how they hadn't been able to get past the second round. Now the Wildcats are headed to the Sweet 16, and are going in style after pounding Iowa.
Brad Underwood's team showed with its demolition of West Virginia why teams like Notre Dame are right to be wary.
Whatever the truth is about how LaRoche got out of the picture matters less with each passing day. The divide is real, the infighting immune to gag orders from ownership.
As names like Byung-Ho Park, Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton make the Twin Cities' future look bright, Joe Mauer's decline and question marks loom. And the transition might be painful.
Michigan sure looked like it ran out of gas down the stretch in Friday night’s 70-63 loss to Notre Dame.
The jokes and GIFs come easily, because even people who aren’t wrestling fans know Steve Austin.
Iowa and Temple went down to the wire in a game that was always close, but never seemed in real doubt until the end, when March Madness reared its head in some unusual ways.
The Owls coach makes a kid's day after his team suffers a heartbreaking loss in the NCAA Tournament.
Barclays Center might have been sold out, but you wouldn't know it from the crowd on Friday afternoon, while Villanova fans struggled to find a way in to watch the Wildcats play.
If you think for a second that Adam LaRoche would have been pushed into retirement if he had been a good player for the White Sox, think again.
Friday's games in Brooklyn feature coaches with a wealth of NCAA Tournament experience, so how much change have these basketball lifers seen? As it turns out, March Madness has a certain sanity to it.
The Rangers won the AL West in 2015. They could be even better this year.
Year after year, projection systems undervalue the Royals. We asked manger Ned Yost and players why they think that is.
Can the Nats bounce back from a disappointing 2015 season? Don't count on it.
The Mets are good enough to capture the World Series — if everything goes right.
The Dodgers still have talent, but their NL West reign may be coming to an end.
The other team in Chicago has plenty of interesting pieces, too.
The Blue Jays will score in droves. Is that enough to overcome David Price's departure and management's decision to lay low during the offseason?
Why hasn't Huston Street played for the Houston Astros or Mike Oakland for the Oakland A's? C'mon.
The Reds — up against a rebuild and a top-heavy division — face an uphill battle toward relevancy. When will they be good again? A look at 2016, and questions for the future.
The abhorrent thing that Goose Gossage did was to act as if he had any right to speak on behalf of anyone but himself.
For the Giants, slow and steady wins the race. While the league gravitates toward closers who bring the heat, San Fran might win another World Series with a litany of lighter arms.
The Royals are good enough to make the playoffs again, but they likely will fall short of the World Series.
The Cubs are stacked. So stacked they appear poised to make a World Series run. But are they really. Can they really?
Colorado faces a long and rocky road in 2016, an impossible 'Rookie of the Year' plot away from contention. There are reasons to care. But are there reasons to hope?
Having gone from 10th in the MVP vote two years ago to fourth last year, could this be the year that Anthony Rizzo wins it? If a teammate's comparison to Joey Votto is right, the 26-year-old first baseman just might.
Munenori Kawasaki karaoke? Check. Kung Fu Fighting? Check. Joe Maddon voguing in a headband? Check, and check. Welcome to the Cub way.
Jake Peavy got lit up for six runs in his spring training debut but knows that numbers hardly matter this time of year. What matters is that he feels as good as he has in years.
Jordan Zimmermann and Justin Verlander will be key for the Tigers this year.
After three straight playoff appearances, Pirates could find themselves going home before October.
KC has had great success with pitchers coming back from major surgery, and it also has had stunningly good overall health — a big reason a small-market team has been able to thrive. Thank the trainers.
Losing their new closer for the first month or so won't wreck the Yankees' bullpen. In fact, it might help make the relief corps stronger overall.
Are the aging Yankees in for a rough season?
The Cardinals lost some key players in the offseason, but don't count them out yet.
The Phillies finally are in rebuilding mode. This season won't be pretty, but it may set the team up for future success.
The Orioles won't be terrible in 2016, but they won't be good enough to make the postseason.
Can the Giants capture their fourth World Series title since 2010?
Yoenis Cespedes drives flashy cars, which should anger absolutely nobody, unless maybe you're a sports columnist looking to stir the pot.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred makes the right call as he tries to figure out how to keep baseball from becoming the NFL.
Have you ever seen a league where every team has a realistic chance to make the playoffs? Welcome to the American League in 2016; it figures to be a wild ride ahead.
The Orioles' rotation is full of question marks, the biggest reason to doubt Baltimore's chances of a second AL East title in three years. Adding Yovani Gallardo as a free agent to steady the ship is worth losing a draft pick.
The Yankees have some words of motivation on their clubhouse door this spring. You can find the same words at a CrossFit gym.
Cal Ripken Jr. is one of the best players ever to play baseball, rightfully enshrined in the Hall of Fame. That does not mean he has good ideas about how to make the game appeal to kids.
Is a draft lottery needed in MLB? No, but it could be fun.
Everyone is excited about pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training, because it means winter is ending. But what's the reason that pitchers and catchers get to be first in camp?
What do people want to know about your favorite team? Let's go to Google to find out!
There's nothing wrong with baseball teams tanking. In fact, the very concept implies there's a plan in place. That's a lot better than the alternative.
When Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement this year, a change has to be made to the qualifying offer system for free agents.
The Warriors are so much more than Stephen Curry. They are a dominant force to be remembered.
The Mets were watching Yoenis Cespedes leave them for their division rivals in Washington, until he didn't, and now New York looks like a much better bet to repeat as National League champions.
Appearing as an unnamed reporter who agitated Tom Brady in a feature about the Patriots quarterback leads to thoughts about a key difference between baseball and football — what even recent history means.
The Indians have had three straight winning seasons, and have been doing it on a shoestring. With the Royals defending their crown and the Tigers reconfigured, it's time for Cleveland to spend money to keep up, and sign Yoenis Cespedes.
As pitchers hit less and less, and AL dominates NL, anti-DH arguments are withering away.
The Orioles knew that it would not be easy to replace Chris Davis, but they found a quality replacement in Chris Davis, outbidding the Orioles.
Thrown into limbo by a government shakeup, the Greek baseball federation is hoping to be reborn, and has taken to the Internet to try to raise money for a trip to the European championship this September
A number of quality free agents remain, but most have no obvious landing places.
Ken Griffey Jr. burst onto the baseball scene in the early '90s with stunning stats, earning the label "generational talent." Turns out Mike Trout's numbers are equally awe-inspiring.
Mike Piazza waited patiently to be voted into the Hall of Fame. Did the wait take longer than it should have because of PED allegations? Probably. All of that will be moot as time passes, though.
Falling just shy of election to the Hall of Fame this year, there is every reason to expect Jeff Bagwell, Trevor Hoffman and Tim Raines to make it in 2017.
Should Ken Griffey Jr.'s Baseball Hall of Fame plaque show him with a backwards cap? Here's a better idea.
The Panthers may still make it through the regular season unscathed, but the postseason gauntlet could bury this team that's beginning to show flaws.
Odell Beckham Jr. took little accountability for meltdown against the Panthers.
The Panthers won — again — to secure a 14-0 record. But this time, they had to win ugly. They had to play against ugly.
If you're counting on your favorite player to have another good season, it might be even less likely than you think. Repeating productivity at the major league level is a rare feat.
Trevor Hoffman accumulated more than 600 saves for one reason — he was a great closer for years. Get into the debate on Hoffman for the Hall of Fame.
Adding Todd Frazier, the White Sox have indicated their intention to try to contend in the loaded American League Central, while the Reds are ready to tank and the Dodgers have the look of a team gearing up for a big splash.
For a little more than the price of Zack Greinke, the Giants have now acquired both Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija.
Pete Rose has lost his latest appeal to be reinstated to baseball, which means that he still will not be allowed in the Hall of Fame, which is exactly how it should be.
Jason Heyward's best position is right field, where the Cubs already have Jorge Soler. Could a potential superteam get even more super?
The Astros have two pitchers capable of closing after acquiring Ken Giles from the Phillies. Good as Giles is, Houston should stick with Luke Gregerson, who did the job well for them in 2015.
After finishing in the top two spots in the American League West in 2015, the Lone Star State rivalry figures to heat up even more in the years to come.
The Braves are straight-up tanking in 2016, and the trade of Shelby Miller to the D-backs indicates they'll do so again in 2017. Not everyone on the current roster should be purged, however.
Ben Zobrist is headed to Chicago, where he'll fit in nicely with a collection of young hitters who can pick up the slack once his skills erode.
Bruce Bochy's plans to keep his bullpen fresh hinge on replacing Yusmeiro Petit, who soaked up big innings the past two years and also worked as a spot starter for San Francisco.
The Red Sox had one of the easiest bullpens to hit in the majors in 2015. With the trade for Carson Smith to set up for new closer Craig Kimbrel, that does not figure to be the case in 2016.
Aroldis Chapman's trade from the Reds to the Dodgers hit a snag because of reports of a domestic incident involving the pitcher in October. Would the news have broken had there not been hot stove action?
There hasn't been a lot of hot stove buzz around the defending AL West champs, but that does not mean Texas won't have a much better roster on opening day in 2016 than it did in 2015.
Arizona's signing of Zack Greinke, reported Friday night, gives the National League a makeover.
The Red Sox hired Dave Dombrowski to add big-time talent to the roster. He's done that with the signing of David Price. Now Boston looks like the best bet to win the AL in '16.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has never shied away from sharing high thoughts about baseball.
Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for four touchdowns against the Dolphins on Sunday, exploiting matchups and opportunities while performing his most important job for the Jets, not giving the game away with turnovers.
The Dolphins were atrocious in losing for the fourth time in five games, but not to fans of the art of punting, who got to see rookie Matt Darr put on a show at the Meadowlands.
The Dodgers are spending huge money on international free agents. Time for a global draft? It might happen, but it wouldn't be for the reasons you think.
Former player and coach Andy Van Slyke rips Robinson Cano and Yasiel Puig, among others, in a radio interview, and the episode raises interesting questions about his intentions.
Starting with the live ball era in 1920, we gave a point for each time teams had a 1-2 finish in either their league or division, dropping out any titles won by 10 or more games, then added playoff meetings between any two teams, to determine rivalries.
What is a catch? If you think it's having control of the ball with both your feet on the ground, you may be right, or you may be wrong after a replay review. The Giants lost one on Sunday, then lost the game.
Stephen Gostkowski knows that a kicker's status is always tenuous, but he showed on Sunday why he's been the man for the Patriots for nearly a decade.
The Patriots dodged mistakes and weirdness to stay perfect, improving to 9-0 after a win over the Giants.
The moment, although in coordination with the NFL's month-long "Salute to Service," diluted the effect of the tribute to Paris attack victims.
The Giants wide receiver provided Eli Manning the longest touchdown pass of his career, and he handed the Patriots their longest pass allowed in the Bill Belichick era.
Hundreds of people, many of them DraftKings and FanDuel employees, rallied outside the New York attorney general's office on Friday after he ruled daily fantasy sports are illegal.
When Scott Boras speaks it always makes news, but his words cannot all be taken at face value. Some of the things he said Wednesday at the GMs' meetings were pretty preposterous.
Syndergaard wrapped up his postseason as the only Mets pitcher to win a game in the World Series.
Put aside Dusty Baker's reputation as a killer of pitchers, because he's going to an organization that won't let that even be an issue. The Nationals have the right manager now after the disaster of 2015 with Matt Williams.
The Mets will head into 2016 with a wealth of pitching and better-rested opposition throughout the National League. To get back to the World Series and win it, New York will need to upgrade its lineup after some likely key departures.
The Royals ended 2014 with the tying run on third base. Kansas City wasn't facing elimination in Game 5 of the 2015 World Series, but Eric Hosmer decided that fortune favored the bold and made the play that led to a championship.
The Royals are world champions, beating the Mets in five games in the World Series after yet another late-inning comeback.
Curtis Granderson’s power surge continued and gave the Mets an early lead in Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night.
The Royals took a 3-1 lead into Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday, but knew that there was still a challenge ahead.
For the third time in the World Series, Mets manager Terry Collins left his starter in for just long enough to change the game, and once again it proved costly to New York, now pushed to the brink of elimination.
Jeurys Familia blew his second save of the World Series and the Royals moved one win away from their first championship since 1985 with a 5-3 victory over the Mets on Halloween night.
Noah Syndergaard threw the first pitch of Game 3 to the backstop, but the only time that he really lost control was after the game, when he basically challenged the Royals to fight him.
David Wright's first home run of the postseason came at a great time for the Mets, who saw their captain leading by example in a Game 3 drubbing of the Royals
The Mets, held to two hits in Game 2 of the World Series, bounced back with a 12-hit outburst in Game 3 and got their first win in the World Series since 2000.
Franklin Morales had a rough night in his first World Series appearance since 2007, giving up four runs in one-third of an inning as Game 3 got out of hand Friday night.
Raul Mondesi, whose father was the 1994 National League Rookie of the Year but never appeared in the World Series, made his major league debut Friday night — in the Fall Classic
The auto repair shops across the street from the Mets' ballpark have become a canvas for one local artist, who hopes to see the entire street become a painted tribute to the hometown team.
Blue Jays 3B Josh Donaldson has been elected Sporting News' 2015 Major League Baseball Player of the Year by a panel of 373 MLB players.
The Royals go up 2-0 in the World Series thanks to Johnny Cueto's two-hitter, the first complete game by an AL pitcher since '91, and a four-run fifth vs. Jacob deGrom.
The Mets lost a crazy World Series Game 1. What may be forgotten after the run they've been on: The Mets have lost a lot of crazy games and come out just fine.
Eric Hosmer, whose error in the eighth inning gave the Mets a lead, redeemed himself with the game-winning sac fly in the 14th.
Curtis Granderson, in the World Series for the first time since 2006, hits a go-ahead home run for the Mets in Game 1.
Long before managing big games, Yost was involved with big game.
Daniel Murphy is more than just the MVP of the 2015 National League Championship Series. Setting a record this postseason with home runs in six consecutive games, the Mets’ second baseman has taken that rare leap where people beyond the world of sports recognize his achievements.
When fans post GIFs or Vines of games they are watching, they are not thinking about malicious copyright infringement. They are trying to share their love of the game. MLB needs to embrace that love.
Matt Harvey will begin the parade of New York power arms that can control KC's lineup.
The Mets and Royals only have played nine games against each other in their history. They're about to get a whole lot more familiar in the World Series.
Daniel Murphy has set a record with home runs in six straight postseason games. His next contract will be lampooned as someone buying into small sample size. Is it possible, though, that Murphy has turned a corner?
The Blue Jays' offseason acquisition of Marco Estrada didn't start working out until he teamed up with catcher Dioner Navarro. On Wednesday, the battery powered a season-saving win.
Alex Rios' stolen base that wasn't represents just the latest example of instant replay catching a baserunner coming off a bag for a split second while finishing his slide. Is this a problem that MLB needs to address?
It was one for the record books in Game 4 of the ALCS, so long as your record book is thick and full of records nobody will ever look up.
Chris Young was not the winning pitcher in Game 4 because Ned Yost lifted him with two out in the fifth. Young did not care, because making sure KC defeated Toronto was more important.
The Blue Jays got pounded in Game 4 of the ALCS, but made history by having shortstop Cliff Pennington record the final out of the top of the ninth inning.
The Blue Jays hit a lot better at home than they do on the road, even better than most teams do. Some of that comes from playing in a hitter-friendly park. Could sign-stealing also be part of the equation? Kansas City believes so.
The Blue Jays scored in double figures for the first time in the playoffs, making it clear to the Royals that a return trip to the World Series will not be easy to earn
The Blue Jays may not have held Ryan Goins responsible for the Royals' rally in Game 2, but Goins' Game 3 performance answered any questions about whether the key play two days earlier would affect him.
R.A. Dickey and Chris Young have been teammates twice, most recently with the Mets in 2011 and 2012. Now, two of the most cerebral pitchers in the game face each other in the ALCS, possibly for the chance to face their old team in the World Series.
Noah Syndergaard's stuff got him to the major leagues at a young age, but what's even more impressive is how the 23-year-old has stood his ground in duels with Zack Greinke and Jake Arrieta.
Daniel Murphy's superhuman postseason continued Sunday night with his fifth home run, and his fourth straight game going deep.
The Mets made an addition to their home run apple Sunday, putting a bandage on it after Travis d'Arnaud's long home run in Game 1 of the NLCS.
Down 1-0 in the NLCS, the Cubs can be confident with Jake Arrieta on the mound. Syndergaard will be a significant problem, and the Cubs know it.
Matt Harvey wanted to make up for a shaky Division Series performance when he took the mound for Game 1 of the NLCS. He did so, in a big way.
Matt Harvey is fine after being hit in the arm by a hard liner off the bat of Dexter Fowler.
Daniel Murphy only takes aces deep, it seems. Good thing you see a lot of aces in the playoffs.
Terry Collins says that his decision to start Michael Cuddyer over Lucas Duda is about experience against Jon Lester.
It's been a long time since the Mets were clearly at the top of the New York baseball scene. Having made the NLCS and with a bright future built on young pitching, the Big Apple is suddenly orange and blue.
Toronto's ALCS rotation lines up just fine despite a questionable decision in Game 4 of the ALDS.
The seventh inning of Game 5 of the American League Division Series will go down as one of the craziest the sport has ever seen in such a high-stakes situation, and Toronto came out on top.
How wild was the seventh inning in Toronto? The benches cleared twice after Jose Bautista's epic bat flip.
Russell Martin's throw to the pitcher hit the bat of Shin-Soo Choo, and Rougned Odor scored on the error.
The Rangers put five left-handed bats in their lineup for the deciding game of the division series, and David Price's heavy usage in Game 4 meant that the star southpaw would be a spectator if John Gibbons had his way.
NL ERA champion Zack Greinke and Mets ace Jacob deGrom go head-to-head on Thursday with a trip to the NLCS on the line. It might be the best high-stakes matchup in baseball history.
Clayton Kershaw had a run of nine bad starts in the playoffs. He ended that in a big way Tuesday night, answering questions that never needed to be asked in the first place.
Any Dodgers second baseman will do.
Terry Collins came to New York with a reputation as something of a martinet. Enjoying the greatest success of his career, Collins is having a good time.
No one had a bigger game of late than Yoenis Cespedes, who pushed the Mets to the brink of the NLCS.
Just like last year, the Dodgers face elimination on the road in Game 4 of the NLDS, with Clayton Kershaw tabbed to stave off elimination. He'll face a Mets lineup that just put up 13 runs in Game 3.
Mets fans are riled up, to say the least, before Game 3 at Citi Field.
Clayton Kershaw is upset that Major League Baseball suspended Chase Utley, who appealed the decision, for his Game 2 takeout of Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada.
When Matt Harvey takes the mound for the Mets in Game 3 of the NLDS, there will be a lot of people expecting him to throw at Chase Utlely to avenge the Game 2 takeout slide on Ruben Tejada. It's time to defy expectation.
The box score report, the no-decision, doesn't reflect reality. Marcus Stroman is an ace. And on Friday, he pitched like it.
Rougned Odor was called safe in the 14th inning when he appeared to be out, keeping the winning rally alive for Texas, which grabbed a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
The playoffs are intense. So intense, benches can clear over a foul ball.
Now Toronto fans can parrot "walking the parrot," thanks to a giveaway before Game 2 of the ALDS.
Facing a must-win game to avoid going to Texas in a 2-0 hole in a best-of-five series, the Blue Jays turn to Marcus Stroman and hope that the young right-hander can outduel Cole Hamels.
The Rangers were vulnerable in their Game 1 win over the Blue Jays, allowing Toronto to cut its deficit to one, before shortstop Elvis Andrus helped settle down rookie reliever Keone Kela.
Robinson Chirinos caught David Price in two starts for the 2011 Rays. Who knew that someday they would meet in a Rangers-Blue Jays playoff series? Texas' No. 9 hitter got the best of his old batterymate.
The Jays ace goes deep into Game 1 but isn't effective against the Rangers. The loss puts Toronto in a precarious position heading into Friday's Game 2.
Josh Donaldson became the second third baseman in five innings to have to leave Game 1 of the American League Division Series as the result of a slide trying to break up a double play.
Adrian Beltre helped give the Rangers an early edge on ace David Price and the Blue Jays, but hurt his back in the process.
Indoor baseball always feels a little bit off, but on Thursday afternoon, the noise-amplifying effects of Toronto's roof helped accentuate the bond between Blue Jays fans and longtime star Jose Bautista.
Houston's next task: knock off the defending AL champs in a best-of-five Division Series.
It's off to KC for Dallas Keuchel and the upstart 'Stros after they take the AL wild-card game in NYC.
Many fans who arrived early for the contest were still waiting to get into the park in the second inning.
The Yankees dropped their magic number to clinch a wild-card spot to 1, even though they lost. When they get into the playoffs, how they got there will not matter.
MLB has been welcoming more international players, particularly from Latin America, for years. It's not up to the arriving players to adapt — it's up to Americans to recognize the cultural differences.
Matt Williams needs to be fired by the Nationals, but that was already going to happen. If Washington wants to move forward from Sunday's dugout disgrace, Jonathan Papelbon has to go.
The Eagles had 231 yards of total offense, their fewest in a victory since 2005, but it was in a win, which is all that mattered at the end of Sunday.
After a bright start to the season, the Jets make all-too-familiar mistakes and give the Eagles their first victory of the 2015 campaign.
Welcome to the Jets, Brandon Marshall. You'll fit right in here.
The second-longest punt return touchdown in Eagles history gave Philadelphia a 10-point lead over the Jets.
The Eagles, off to an 0-2 start, got bad news on Sunday as DeMarco Murray was ruled out for Week 3 with a hamstring injury.
Kirk Cousins is now 3-9 as a starter, with two interceptions in his wins and 18 interceptions in his losses — including two on Thursday.
The Redskins and Giants played a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad football game . . . and it wasn't even the worst show that the NFL will put on in prime time this year.
It's been that kind of night for the Redskins.
The Redskins can't do anything right.
Kevin Durant, recently cleared to return to action for the Thunder, showed up in New Jersey to support his favorite football team.
The last time a Yankees-Mets series meant this much, it was the 2000 World Series.
The Royals don't mind that other teams are getting more attention because of how lopsided the AL Central race is. They also don't mind their current slump, because they know such things happen — it's not complacency.
The Yankees and Blue Jays will play a doubleheader Saturday after a rainout Thursday. That benefits Toronto, and New York has no one to blame but itself.
It's not just one misdeed that ruins the NFL — it's the combination of ugliness that makes it unbearable for one writer who simply won't watch the first half the season.
Keith Hernandez is no fan of innings limits for pitchers, and not just because Matt Harvey possibly being capped at 180 this season is bad for the Mets. Innings mean different things to different pitchers, including Harvey.
Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw are the closest pursuers to Bryce Harper for the National League MVP. Being teammates will hurt their chances, but Harper is deserving anyway, even for a shockingly non-playoff team.
Twenty years ago, Cal Ripken Jr. became baseball's Iron Man. But the Oriole legend was so much more than that, as four of his double-play partners recall.
Every team gets to add players to the roster in September. For the Mets, who are trying to limit the innings worked by their young starting pitchers, the ability to bring in extra arms is particularly advantageous.
Jessica Mendoza and the rest of ESPN's 'Sunday Night Baseball' crew did a great job calling Jake Arrieta's no-hitter.
