JRW Little League Champs Saluted At Wrigley Field
The Jackie Robinson West little league champions of the United States were honored guests of the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Monday.
Watch CBS News
The Jackie Robinson West little league champions of the United States were honored guests of the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Monday.
Kyle Ryan pitched six scoreless innings in his major league debut, and the Detroit Tigers salvaged a split of Saturday's doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox with a potentially costly 8-4 victory.
The contending Tigers won for the fifth time in six games. Chicago has lost nine of 10.
Jorge Soler hit two homers and fellow rookie Javier Baez had a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning off All-Star reliever Pat Neshek as the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Friday night.
Alexei Ramirez had two hits for the White Sox, and John Danks (9-9) pitched six solid innings.
On Wednesday night, the New York Yankees faced off against against the ever so dominant David Price and collected 9 consecutive hits in the third inning. Every Yankee in the batting order got a hit off of David Price last night at Comerica Park.
In light of the Boston Red Sox signing Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo to a seven-year, $72.5 million deal, let's take a look at other MLB players who defected from Cuba.
If you didn't know by now, Texas Rangers' Elvis Andrus and Adrian Beltre are pretty tight. From their back-and-forth banter to fooling each other on the field, there's no pair more fun to watch. Need proof?
The attitude and quality of play of these Little Leaguers was absolutely special.
Rick Renteria knew all about Chris Coghlan's career numbers against Bud Norris, and felt he was playing too well to take him out of the lineup.
Chicago (59-69) fell a season-high 10 games under .500.
The Orioles traded pitcher Jake Arrieta to Chicago in a multi-player deal during last season.
After two days, the first upheld protest in nearly 30 years and another rain storm, the Chicago Cubs finally completed a 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants in a suspended game on Thursday night.
With the San Francisco Giants being the first team since 1986 to successfully protest a game, we decided to take a look back at some of the past protested games upheld by the MLB. Here's five times MLB game protests have been upheld:
It's a long shot, with San Francisco contending Wrigley's tarp is a "mechanical field device."
No celebration is complete without a Gatorade shower.
An ode to the girls who who protect and serve the foul ball line spectators.
In honor of Joe Mikulik's ridiculous rant here are five of the most epic manager meltdowns in baseball history.
Nick Markakis hit a two-run homer and prevented one with a leaping catch in right field, and Nelson Cruz and J.J. Hardy each added a solo shot to power the Baltimore Orioles past the Chicago White Sox 8-2 Monday night.
Most notably, baseball needs to connect with the younger generation.
The Cubs saw this coming, and don't seem worried about it one bit.
Jose Abreu had three singles and three RBIs to increase his major league-leading total to 89, and the Chicago White Sox had 17 hits in an 11-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
Zack Wheeler struck out 10 in a gritty performance, Eric Campbell hit a three-run homer and the New York Mets beat the free-swinging Chicago Cubs 3-2 Friday night.
