Tyler Naquin's walk-off inside-the-park homer was unique and fun The play of the night on Friday and perhaps the play of the season in baseball took place in Cleveland when rookie Tyler Naquin delivered a walk-off for the ages. After Jose Ramirez tied their game against Toronto with a conventional home run in the ninth inning, Naquin immediately followed with an unconventional home run … [Read more...]

Brett Anderson looking to be key part of Dodgers success The Los Angeles Dodgers near historic rash of injuries has been well documented. With 26 players landing on the disabled list this season, they’ve had to overcome more games lost from key players than any other team in baseball. It hasn’t been easy for them all season, but there might be a sign of hope on the horizon. On Saturday, ace … [Read more...]

Week That Was: Week That Was: Rising Fast The 2015 draft class has been one of the fastest-rising groups in memory. Already we saw three of last June's top ten picks – Boston's Andrew Benintendi, Chicago's Carson Fulmer and Houston's Alex Bregman – break into the majors. This week, Dansby Swanson became the fourth. The No. 1 draft pick debuted for the Braves on Wednesday, starting at shortstop … [Read more...]

2016 Rio Olympic golf: Park, Ko take medals as Americans just miss bronze If men's golf at the 2016 Rio Olympics featured one of the more intriguing final round duels of the summer between Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose, the women's side produced exactly the opposite of that. Inbee Park ran away with the gold medal for South Korea on Sunday by shooting a 66 for the third time this week to finish … [Read more...]

LOOK: Cristiano Ronaldo sends shoutout to Usain Bolt for Olympic domination Not many athletes in the world have had a better year than Cristiano Ronaldo. After all, the superstar won the Champions League with Real Madrid and Euro 2016 with Portugal. But at the Olympics, we have seen some dominant performances, especially from swimmer Michael Phelps and sprinter Usain Bolt. The latter, a big … [Read more...]

WATCH: Rockies rally against Aroldis Chapman, beat Cubs on walk-off error In terms of runs per game, the two highest-scoring teams in the NL met in Coors Field on Friday. The Cubs, who are averaging 5.1 runs per game in 2016, are visiting the Rockies. Colorado averages 5.26 runs per game. Only the Red Sox (5.49) have averaged more runs than those two teams this year. Friday's game was a wild … [Read more...]

Orioles lose despite historic first-inning home run barrage 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. One day after hitting six homers in a blowout win against the Astros, the Baltimore Orioles offense … [Read more...]

Michael Lorenzen honors late father with emotional first MLB homer Hopefully not lost in a very exciting Friday night of baseball was this special, emotional and nearly improbable moment that happened in Cincinnati. Cincinnati Reds reliever Michael Lorenzen returned to this teammates for the first time since his father, Clif, died unexpectedly on Wednesday. Lorenzen had taken a couple days … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Howard, Zim Exonerated Two players implicated for steroid use in a documentary released last year were cleared by Major League Baseball on Friday. Ryan Howard and Ryan Zimmerman, two of the handful of professional athletes named in the Al Jazeera documentary that aired in December, were found innocent of any wrongdoing after MLB's investigation into the matter, the … [Read more...]

Orioles make homer history, but a weak rotation continues to be exposed in loss Although George Springer hit a solo home run in the top of the first, Friday's game against the Houston Astros could not have started better for the Baltimore Orioles . Four of the first five batters they sent to the plate against Collin McHugh hit home runs. Four of the first five! That's never been done before. … [Read more...]