Curt Schilling wants to charge fans to watch baseball with him Have you ever wanted to watch a baseball game with Curt Schilling?  If the answer is yes, it sounds like your opportunity is coming very soon. Just be warned that it may cost you some of your hard-earned money.  With Schilling drawing little interest from other television networks following his firing from ESPN, it appears he's … [Read more...]

Cubs minor-leaguer shows off impressive freestyle rap skills John Williamson, a pitcher for the Single-A South Bend Cubs, has a backup plan if baseball doesn't work out. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] Check out this video — originally posted on Instagram by former big-leaguer and current Cubs front office staffer Darnell McDonald — of Williamson dropping an impressive … [Read more...]

Roundtable: Who would you cast in a baseball version of 'Space Jam?' "Space Jam 2" is happening … well, supposedly. After years of speculation, the rumors have started swirling again. LeBron James’ production company already has a big deal with Warner Bros., and the project is looking good now that Justin Lin has reportedly signed on to direct. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest … [Read more...]

Saves and Steals: Justice for Miller? A few minor injuries have interfered with our closer tiers. For the most part, it's nothing to worry about long term. Huston Street is out a couple weeks with an oblique injury. Zach Britton is due back any day now. David Robertson went on and returned from the bereavement list. There's one other guy who might be hurt – we'll get to him later. Aroldis Chapman … [Read more...]

Some pitchers rake, but Jeff Samardzija breaks his bat When a baseball player breaks a bat over their knee after striking out, it's usually a position player. Maybe he's in a slump, or he missed his pitch, and he's taking his anger out on the bat. But on Tuesday night, San Francisco Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija demonstrated that even pitchers get angry when they strike out.  In the top of … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Get Carter Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter.   Convinced that his inconsistency and big strikeout numbers weren’t worth the power he provided, the Astros non-tendered Chris Carter over the winter. Carter is doing his best to make them regret the decision. Carter launched a pair of mammoth home runs in Tuesday’s victory over the Angels. It was the … [Read more...]

Ortiz to re-enact post-bombing speech for movie In case you've been wondering what David Ortiz will do after his playing career is over, then Tuesday might've brought with it a hint. Ortiz is going to give acting a go, according to the Hollywood Reporter: Berg is using actual news footage as B-roll for the bombing sequences, which were shot over six days in late April. But for Big Papi's … [Read more...]

The Walk Off: Toronto beats Texas with another big home run Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we'll look the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with what else? A walk-off home run. The Toronto Blue Jays have beaten the Texas Rangers in two of the past three games played between the … [Read more...]

Trayce Thompson smashed a home run that didn't come down It was a big night for the long ball in the major leagues Tuesday. A lot of baseballs seemed to be flying a long way including one from Justin Smoak that ended a game in walk-off fashion in Toronto and another from George Springer that completely left the stadium in Houston. But maybe the most interesting came off the bat of Los … [Read more...]

Here are five of baseball's unlikeliest leaders after four weeks [unable to retrieve full-text content]With about a month in the books, there are bound to be some surprising performances from players. But here are five guys that you'd never expect to be doing what they're doing. … [Read more...]