Rumors swirl around Chip Hale's future as Diamondbacks visit Reds The Arizona Diamondbacks have been one of baseball’s biggest disappointments this season, and now the focus is on manager Chip Hale’s future. Expected to push the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles in the National League West, the D-backs are last in the division, which has put Hale’s status going forward in question. … [Read more...]

The Week Ahead: Week Ahead: Big Erv Ever so quietly, Ervin Santana has emerged as one of baseball's hottest pitchers over the past month. His rise carries potential implications for the last-place Minnesota Twins and their interim GM as they head toward the trade deadline in seller mode. It also presents an intriguing situation for fantasy owners, with Santana in line for two favorable starts next … [Read more...]

Danny Duffy draws inspiration from boy who died of cancer Danny Duffy acknowledges the crowd after pitching a gem in Friday’s win against Texas. (Getty Images) As baseball observers, we often speculate what goes through the mind of a player in the midst of a brilliant performance. After pitching 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball in the Royals 3-1 win against the Rangers on Friday night, Kansas … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Teheran Tightens Up Just when you thought things couldn't get worse for the Braves, they did. The Atlanta club, owner of the league's worst record and already without talented closer Arodys Vizcaino, suffered another blow Friday when All-Star Julio Teheran left his start due to back tightness. The team initially called the right-hander day to day with tightness in his … [Read more...]

Jeurys Familia joins elite company by converting 50th consecutive save 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 hasn’t necessarily been pretty this week, but New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia … [Read more...]

Sonoma Stompers make history again with all-female battery Kelsie Whitmore will also represent Team USA in the Women’s Baseball World Cup this September. (Team USA) The Sonoma Stompers history-making season continued on Friday as they featured the first all-female pitcher-catcher combination in a professional baseball since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball folded in 1954. Kelsie … [Read more...]

Madison Bumgarner trying to halt Giants' losing streak San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner struggled through his most recent outing seven days ago at San Diego, allowing four runs, including two home runs and suffering the loss. The Giants have lost five consecutive games for only the second time this season and the first since mid-April. They will turn to Bumgarner on Friday … [Read more...]

Phillies vendor carries her popcorn in a very unusual way Being a roving ballpark food & beverage vendor isn’t easy. They do a lot of walking up and down stairs and aisles, and a lot of shouting across large, loud crowds of people. And of course, they do a lot of hauling and carrying. Hot dogs, soda, beer, peanuts, popcorn, they carry it all and bring it to hungry game-goers. Honestly, it … [Read more...]

Bo Jackson bobblehead features him at his bat-snapping best Ah, Bo Jackson. Famous for his athletic prowess and breaking bats like they’re weak little toothpicks. There’s never been a player quite like Bo Jackson. And now there’s never been a bobblehead quite like the Bo Jackson bobblehead. The Chicago White Sox are releasing a limited edition Bo Jackson bobblehead, with the proceeds going … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Strasburg’s Streak Snapped Stephen Strasburg had his impressive winning streak come to an end on Thursday, suffering his first loss of the 2016 season at the hand of the Dodgers. The star right-hander had won each of his first 13 decisions on the season and had been unbeaten through his first 17 starts of the year. It’s the first loss for Strasburg since he fell to the Mets … [Read more...]