New Era and Topps team up for first-of-its-kind baseball card set For the first time, you may open a pack of baseball cards and find one that contains a swatch from a cap worn by Bryce Harper. Or Buster Posey. Or Andrew McCutchen. Or Marcus Stroman. New Era Cap and Topps announced on Friday a first-of-its-kind baseball card set that will appeal to both cap lovers and baseball-card … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Bumgarner Does It All Do you believe in miracles? Well you don’t have to because the Braves aren’t making the playoffs (they’re projected to win 59 games according to fivethirtyeight.com). That means Thursday was the Giants’ last game ever at Turner Field, which for some reason is closing at the end of the year. Don’t worry, they’re not blowing it to pieces. It will … [Read more...]

The Walk Off: 'Miserable' Padres hit new low by blowing 10-run lead Your browser does not support iframes. 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 a game you need to know about. The San Diego Padres were called "miserable failures" by … [Read more...]

Tim Lincecum hit-and-miss in first minor-league start for Angels Tim Lincecum pitched in an actual baseball game for the first time in nearly a year Thursday night, making a start for the Los Angeles Angels' Triple-A team — and early on, the rust definitely showed.  [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] The first three batters he faced when like this: A single, a double and a … [Read more...]

Rougned Odor recreates infamous punch with help from Dirk Nowitzki Rougned Odor isn't laying low as he serves his suspension for punching Jose Bautista in the face. In fact, he seems to be still having fun with the whole situation. Since he has a little league-imposed time off, Odor went to shoot some hoops at the Dallas Mavericks' practice court where he was joined by Mavericks great Dirk … [Read more...]

Ketchup mascot caught hotdogging and Jason Kipnis made him pay Baseball stadiums have a lot of time to fill between innings, and one of the best ways to fill some of that time is with mascot races. The Milwaukee Brewers have their sausage race, the Pittsburgh Pirates' race features running pierogis and the Washington Nationals have racing presidents. The Cleveland Indians have the Sugardale … [Read more...]

Madison Bumgarner's latest home run put him in elite company Opposing pitchers may want to reconsider their strategy when throwing to San Francisco Giants ace Madison Bumgarner. While Bumgarner hasn't hit for a high average over his career, he's shown some impressive pop. That was on display once again Thursday, as Bumgarner smashed a two-run shot against the Atlanta Braves.  [Join a Yahoo … [Read more...]

Podcast: Inside the mind of one of MLB's best closers This is The StewPod, our baseball podcast with a dash of pop culture. If you dig the show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes. It's the bottom of the ninth inning in Game 7 of the World Series. The bases are loaded and there's only one out. Your manager walks out to the mound and gives the signal. Looks like you're coming into the … [Read more...]

Roundtable: Which player deserves more All-Star votes? The first round of All-Star voting results have been released and it certainly feels like we're having a case of déjà vu. Over in the American League, the Kansas City Royals fans are stuffing the ballots for their players once again. In the National League, the Chicago Cubs are experiencing a similar surge. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy … [Read more...]

Waiver Wired: Waiver Wired: Buying Buxton? I mentioned Jurickson Profar in Waiver Wired last week, but I didn’t do it with much enthusiasm. I figured he would only be a fill-in for Rougned Odor during his seven-game suspension before going right back down to the minors. After missing basically two full seasons, it seemed like the reasonable course of action. Well, Profar is doing a lot to try to … [Read more...]