Jennie Finch wins managerial debut with independent league team For the first time ever, a woman has won a game as a professional baseball manager. Former Olympic Softball pitcher Jennie Finch accomplished the feat Sunday while acting as the guest manager of the Bridgeport Bluefish.  [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] The Bluefish, an independent league team that plays in the … [Read more...]

The Yankees haven't won a game like this in over a century With one swing of the bat, the New York Yankees' game completely turned. Things looked bleak early, as Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jake Odorizzi had no-hit the club through six innings. In the seventh, one swing of the bat was all it took to turn the tides. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] That swing came courtesy of … [Read more...]

A-Rod's young daughter reveals 'craziest' thing her dad has done Alex Rodriguez's eight-year-old daughter Ella completed an assignment at school for Parent's Day, and in the process may have revealed some her father's biggest secrets. Well, that's assuming her information is accurate. We have reason to question said accuracy after listing his age as 43. But what do we really know? She's been … [Read more...]

Week That Was: Week That Was: Royal Pain In the seventh inning of a game against the first-place White Sox in Chicago last Sunday, Mike Moustakas and Alex Gordon raced after a fly ball in foul territory behind third base. The two collided, and in a split second, Kansas City's hopes for a third straight American League title took a substantial hit. Gordon came away from the incident with a broken … [Read more...]

Mariners baserunning gaffes lead to absurd game-ending double play If you're a fan of the Minnesota Twins, then you're conditioned to expect the worst this season. That's how far the expectations have fallen with the team off to a highly disappointing 13-34 start entering play on Saturday. We're sure that overwhelming sense of dread crept into their minds on Saturday night too when the … [Read more...]

Young fan gives Max Scherzer adorable advice on hitting homers Washington Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer has not only developed into one of MLB's most dominant pitchers, he's also a pretty decent hitter. That seems to be the trend these days among the National League's top hurlers. It's well documented that pitchers like Madison Bumgarner, Jake Arrieta and Clayton Kershaw are all … [Read more...]

Should the White Sox make some changes? To say the Chicago White Sox have been in a tailspin lately would be putting it kindly. After surprisingly keeping pace with the crosstown Cubs in April by posting a 17-8 record, they've since faltered in May, dropping 15 of 25 games. The six-game lead they built in the AL Central is completely gone now, and they've lost two straight this weekend to … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Look At Yu Yu Darvish hadn't pitched in a major league game since August 9, 2014. You wouldn't know it by watching him Saturday. Darvish, who underwent Tommy John surgery 14 months ago, struck out seven while allowing just three hits over five innings in his season debut against the Pirates. The right-hander threw 81 pitches, earning his first victory of the year … [Read more...]

The Walk Off: Yu Darvish is back and appears to be in fine form 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.  The Texas Rangers rotation got a big boost on Saturday with the return of All-Star Yu Darvish. … [Read more...]

Darvish makes return Yu Darvish made his long-awaited return to the Rangers on Saturday. USATSI The Rangers on Saturday night topped the Pirates by a score of 5-2 (box score), and the major subplot was that the game occasioned Yu Darvish's first major-league start of 2016. Here's how that went ... Darvish, of course, returned to a big-league mound after undergoing Tommy John surgery in March of … [Read more...]