Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Brantley Banged Up Michael Brantley was on the disabled list for the first 16 games of the Indians' season. He made it 11 games before being sent back. Fatigue in his surgically repaired right shoulder was attributed to inflammation as the team placed the outfielder back on the 15-day disabled list Saturday. The move is retroactive to Tuesday, the day after … [Read more...]

Army softball player scores the most determined run of the season The MLB season isn't even a quarter over yet, but it's getting to be crunch time in the NCAA. In fact, conference tournaments are already in full swing, which means the intensity level has been turned up to the nth degree. Don't believe us? Just check out this determined play by Army's Kasey McCravey in Saturday's Patriot … [Read more...]

David Ortiz caps huge game with milestone walk-off double Saturday belonged to David Ortiz.  The ageless Boston Red Sox star finished his team's 6-5, 11-inning victory against the Houston Astros just a single shy of the cycle, but he made each of his other three hits count in a significant way.  [Elsewhere: Max Scherzer finds perfect place to celebrate a 20-strikeout game] The biggest one … [Read more...]

Adrian Beltre will never be the same after this awkward swing If there's one thing Adrian Beltre never is at the plate, it's cheated. The 37-year-old slugger loves to let it fly when he thinks he knows what's coming, and that approach can lead to any number of results. Sometimes, the results are good, as in a home run. Sometimes, the results are bad, as in a swing-and-miss. Other times, the … [Read more...]

Can the Rockies be a factor in the NL West? Expected to be a non-factor again in the NL West, the Colorado Rockies are on a mission to prove everyone wrong this season. To be honest, they're doing a good job so far. At 17-18, they're just 1.5 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants in the division standings. That puts them closer to first place than several other … [Read more...]

Did an electric stimulation machine help Yasiel Puig end a slump? Baseball players do things a little differently than everyone else. That's the way it's always been, and it's especially true when they're attempting to pull themselves out of a prolonged slump. As the old saying goes. "desperate times call for desperate measures." In baseball, it's more like "desperate times call for … [Read more...]

Max Scherzer finds perfect place to celebrate a 20-strikeout game On Wednesday night, Washington Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer tied a major-league record by striking out 20 Detroit Tigers. In doing so, Scherzer joined elite company, becoming just the fourth member of the 20-strikeout club along with Roger Clemens, Kerry Wood and Randy Johnson. We'll include Johnson here, although his … [Read more...]

Ross Stripling has bragging rights for life after night of firsts Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Ross Stripling has enjoyed a memorable beginning to his rookie season, and that continued in Friday's 8-4 win against the St. Louis Cardinals.   Not only did Stripling earn his first MLB win by pitching five innings and allowing four runs, he also contributed offensively by collecting his first … [Read more...]

The Walk Off: Chris Sale is showing why he's among baseball's best 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.  With Clayton Kershaw off to a historic start for the Dodgers and Jake Arrieta picking up where … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Reyes Suspended More than six months after an alleged domestic violence incident in Hawaii, Jose Reyes was disciplined by Major League Baseball on Friday. The league handed down a suspension through May 31, a total of 51 games when all is said and done. The suspension will be without pay, costing him roughly $7.06 million. Reyes apologized to the organization, … [Read more...]