Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval to have shoulder surgery The Pablo Sandoval era with the Boston Red Sox just took another hit. The team announced Monday that the 29-year-old would undergo surgery on his injured left shoulder.  [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] Sandoval has been in limbo since going on the disabled list in mid-April, but this news clears a few things up. … [Read more...]

It doesn't sound like Curt Schilling is getting a job at Fox Sports When ESPN fired baseball analyst Curt Schilling two weeks ago, a result of his latest flap with management about his political views and when to share them on social media, one common theory was that Schilling might have a job waiting for him at Fox Sports.  [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] Fox, after all, … [Read more...]

The top five homers of April, with a very unlikely hitter at No. 1 For a few years now, at the start of each month of the baseball season, we've compiled a list of the longest homers of the previous month. If you like to watch baseballs fly out of stadiums, it's a lot of fun. Never in that time, however, have we had a more unlikely player at No. 1 on the list than we did for April. He's a … [Read more...]

Rangers, Blue Jays meet for first time since famous bat flip Do you remember the last time the Texas Rangers played at the Rogers Centre in Toronto? Sure you do. And the Rangers sure do too. It was Game 5 of the American League Division Series last year, aka the best and wildest playoff game that some of us have ever seen. The Toronto Blue Jays triumphed, propelled by the Jose Bautista bat … [Read more...]

Softball team loses championship game while celebrating too early Life is full of hard lessons. The softball team at Wylie High School in Texas learned one on Friday, when they lost the district championship because of their own premature excitement.  Wylie was playing McKinney North High School, and they were up by two runs in the final inning of the game. There were two outs, but the … [Read more...]

Kevin Pillar gets hugged during this weird play   Near the end of the Toronto Blue Jays-Tampa Bay Rays game on Sunday, there was a bizarre rundown that ended in a hug between the Jays' Kevin Pillar and the Rays' Ryan Webb. But it shouldn't have ended that way. There were two outs in the top of the ninth inning, and Pillar was on first with Ryan Webb on the mound for the Rays. Webb turned and … [Read more...]

Young Rangers fan proudly finds foul ball, then throws it back   When you're a kid, one of the first things you learn to do with a ball is to throw it. From the time you're a toddler scooting around on the floor, grown-ups give you a ball and tell you to throw it back to them. But no one ever tells kids that they're not supposed to do that at a baseball game. That's what happened to a young … [Read more...]

Clayton Kershaw does it all as Dodgers end skid Coming into Sunday's home tilt against the Padres, the Dodgers had lost six in a row and in the process fallen below the .500 mark. It fell to uber-ace Clayton Kershaw to close the wounds. He did that and more. Not only did Kershaw twirl a three-hit shutout against San Diego, but he also struck out 14 against no walks. Oh, and he also registered the … [Read more...]

The Walk Off: Clayton Kershaw ends Dodgers six game losing streak 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.  When the Los Angeles Dodgers needed him most, ace Clayton Kershaw rose to the occasion. This … [Read more...]

ESPN conveniently edits Curt Schilling out of Red Sox documentary The ongoing feud between ESPN and former employee Curt Schilling may have just been taken to a new level. Schilling was fired by the network in April. Shortly after being let go, Schilling accused the station of bias and said they employ some of the most racist people he's ever met. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest … [Read more...]