Kenny Williams: My New Hero
By now, you’ve heard the reason Adam LaRoche hung ‘em up, walking away from the last year of his contract: the White Sox would no longer let LaRoche’s 14-year-old kid spend all his time in the clubhouse.
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Dirty Plays no Longer Discouraged
You’ll recall that Chase Utley’s totally dirty non-slide broke Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada’s leg in Game 2 of last year’s NLDS. We all watched it three dozen times while we waited for the medical team to cart Tejada off the field.
Read moreDodgers’ Ellis to Wed 6-Year-Old
Advertisements A tiny voice cried out amid the throng of autograph hounds this morning at the Dodgers’ spring training home of Glendale, Arizona. That voice belonged to 6-year-old Dodger fan Amber Savannah McFarland and it said “Yes! Yes, A.J. Ellis, I will be your wife!”
Read moreSpring(ish) Training
The batting tunnels are lit by industrial fluorescent bulbs, hung high above the batting nets. Nothing about the indoor practice facility feels like baseball. But that’s what we’re all doing here on a February Sunday morning.
Read moreThe Baltimore Physical: Nose to Toes
Advertisements The Orioles scooped up a couple more bargains before Spring Training begins in earnest next week. Right handed starter Yovani Gallardo and outfielder Dexter Fowler both agreed to multiyear deals in Baltimore. But not before the O’s put them through the rigors of their famous fitness test. Many a would-be Oriole has succombed to The Physical over the years.
Read moreFowler? I Hardly Knew Her!
And just like that, Dexter Fowler is back with the Cubs. Fowler was all but locked up to play right field for the Orioles, who were ready to part with a draft pick and a lot of money.
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