The batter swings and pops the pitch up high into the air, over the infield. Multiple fielders gather, but there’s a ...
The Oakland Athletics turned an interesting double play to get out of a seventh-inning jam Thursday during their 1–0 win over the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field. With one out and runners on first ...
Carson Kelly and Nico Hoerner react after a pop up drops in the middle of the infield. Nam Huh / AP William Contreras’ routine pop-up wasn’t so routine after all. And a ball that typically is ruled an ...
The Chicago White Sox, owners of MLB's worst record, innovated on the science of losing yet again on Thursday. Though to be fair, they had some help from the umpires. Down 8-6 against the Baltimore ...
The infield fly rule is used in baseball all the way from youth leagues to the majors. During a pivotal part of the World Series game last night, however, it was ignored by the umpires. Why? Let's ...
The call, by veteran umpire Sam Holbrook, put the damper on a would-be Atlanta rally in the eighth and triggered a 19-minute delay as irate Braves fans littered the field, throwing water bottles, ...
Hall of Fame baseball writer Hal McCoy knows a thing or two about our nation’s pastime. Tap into that knowledge by sending an email to halmccoy2@hotmail.com Q: Why does baseball measure a starting ...
The Chicago White Sox lost Thursday's game to the Baltimore Orioles in perhaps the most bizarre way possible, as umpires ended the contest after calling White Sox first baseman Andrew Vaughn out on ...
The Milwaukee Brewers got off to a hot start at Wrigley Field on Oct. 8 in Game 3 of the National League Division Series, but it took a strange turn of events to plate an opening-inning run. With ...
The Chicago White Sox found an absolutely bizarre way to lose another game. Trailing by two runs, the Sox had two on and one out in the ninth inning against the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night at ...
We have dubbed them Atlanta’s Dirty Dozen – the villains of Atlanta Sports. We use the term villain loosely. Some are simply sports figures who proved a thorn in our side, stood in our way, or ...