Joey Votto fakes out Phillies fans on foul ball, earns many boos Some baseball players don't care about hearing boos. But other players? Other players thrive on them. Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto revealed what kind of player he is on Sunday when he pulled a devious trick on Philadelphia Phillies fans. In the bottom of the sixth inning of the Reds' game with the Phillies, Phillies … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Fight Night in Texas In A League of Their Own, Tom Hanks utters the famous line, “There’s no crying in baseball.” Funny, he didn’t say anything about fighting. Let’s start at the beginning, because this fight was really seven months in the making. You all remember it—Jose Bautista’s famous bat flip in Game 5 of the ALDS. It was the biggest moment of Bautista’s career … [Read more...]

The Walk Off: Gerrit Cole disses Cubs after shutting them down Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about.  Pitchers are going to have to bring their absolute best in order to shut down the Chicago Cubs … [Read more...]

Strike Zone: Examining The Disappointments Let’s talk disappointments this week. I’m going to address the struggles of 20 players I’m getting lots of questions about. Chris Archer (SP Rays): Just when it looked like Archer had it turned around, he gave up four runs and walked four in five innings versus the Mariners last time out. He’s pitched into the seventh inning just once in eight starts, … [Read more...]

The Internet lost its mind following the Blue Jays-Rangers brawl The biggest baseball punch since Michael Barrett and A.J. Pierzynski, or Nolan Ryan and Robin Ventura, occurred Sunday. The participants this time around: Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista and Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor.  [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] As the Barrett and Ryan punches … [Read more...]

Houston paper apologizes for quoting Carlos Gomez's broken English The Houston Chronicle has apologized after publishing an article that directly quoted broken English from Houston Astros outfielder Carlos Gomez.  In the article written on May 4, Brian T. Smith placed much of the blame for the Astros early struggles on Gomez. It's arguable whether putting the focus on Gomez was justified or … [Read more...]

Relive Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak on MLB Network Your browser does not support iframes.On May 15, 1941, a historic hitting streak began that not only rewrote the history books, it locked the door to the records room and threw away the key. Of course, we speak of Joe DiMaggio's incredible — and most would agree, unbreakable — 56-game hitting streak that has set the standard for … [Read more...]

Quintin Berry throws 41-mph eephus pitch in minor league game Your browser does not support iframes. If the name Quintin Berry rings a bell, it's probably because he appeared in consecutive World Series for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox respectively in 2012 and 2013. He was also a pretty efficient base stealer, swiping 25 straight bags to begin his career.  Other than that though, … [Read more...]

Three things that Braves' fans can look forward to It's tough to imagine this now, but better days lie ahead for the Atlanta Braves. What they're paying right now is the price of rebuilding, which usually comes after a run of success. Considering they've made 17 postseason appearances since 1991, we'd say things have been pretty good overall. [Elsewhere: Did an electric stimulation machine … [Read more...]

The Walk Off: Phillies hold on after old-school collision at home Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about.  It's been awhile since we've seen an old-school collision at home plate in Major League … [Read more...]