Michael Cuddyer thought the ball would land foul. But as the Minnesota Twins first baseman watched Mark Teixeira’s high fly ball hug the right field line, descend, and finally fall into the seats just inside the foul pole, he tried not to think what most of the agonized Twins fans at Target Field were thinking. [...]
Could Johnny Damon actually play for the Boston Red Sox again? If he does, the folks at Fenway Park will face the ultimate test of the Jerry Seinfeld Theory that sports fans basically root for laundry. Seinfeld likes the Mets, but Red Sox fans, perhaps above all others, have proved his theory correct. Roger Clemens, [...]
Alex Rodriguez became the seventh -– and youngest –- major league player to hit 600 home runs, reaching the milestone Wednesday at Yankee Stadium against the Blue Jays.After a wait approaching two weeks, Alex Rodriguez finally joined the 600 home run club. The Yankees slugger punched his ticket with a first-inning blast in Wednesday’s game [...]
After a recent drought in home runs, usual slammer Alex Rodriguez hits career-defining homerun number 600 on August 4, 2010 in the first inning of the New York Yankees.
So far, according to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated , the Mariners have asked for minor league catcher Jesus Montero plus two other prospects for Cliff Lee. So far, the Yankees aren’t biting and may be waiting for the price to drop to one of their other catching prospects Austin Romine, J.R. Murphy, or Gary [...]