Are Bench Clearing Brawls Good For Baseball?
It has absolutely nothing to do with the game of baseball, unless talking about the unwritten rules, but for some reason, fights draw major attention to the game.
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It has absolutely nothing to do with the game of baseball, unless talking about the unwritten rules, but for some reason, fights draw major attention to the game.
The Boston Red Sox snapped the San Francisco Giants' five-game home winning streak with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night.
The Milwaukee Brewers withstood a shaky ninth inning to hold on for a 5-4 win over the Athletics on Tuesday night.
If you ask most baseball fans, they'll tell you they like big home runs and lots of runs scored. Well, last week, that's exactly what the fans got from MLB. Washington's Bryce Harper hit a big home run without even wearing batting gloves, while Boston's Mookie Betts really swung for all the fences in Baltimore. As for runs scored, a game in San Diego against Seattle ended up with a football score as the Mariners overcame a 10-run deficit in the sixth inning to win, 16-13.
With the 2016 All-Star game just over a month away, here are three Athletics players who have the best chance of making the American League team.
The St. Louis Cardinals came from behind for the second straight game to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-3 on Sunday night.
The Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 Sunday for a three-game sweep.
This week, we're taking a special look at New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia. The big guy hasn't been fantasy relevant since 2012, but suddenly, Sabathia is looking good again. Currently, his ERA would be the lowest of his long career if he could keep it going through the end of the year. That begs the question: Can Sabathia keep it up through the end of the year? We think so, and we explain why in this week's fantasy baseball advice column. Read on!
Madison Bumgarner won his sixth straight decision to match a career best and hit a two-run homer in a six-run fifth inning that led the Giants over the Atlanta Braves 6-0 Thursday.
Danny Valencia had three hits, including a pair of doubles, Billy Butler added two hits and an RBI and the Oakland Athletics won their fifth straight game with a 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon.
In a short show before the Sharks Stanley Cup Playoff game Grant first talked about Barry Bonds opening up to a sports blog about his bad attitude as a player. In the second part of the show Grant talked about tomorrow's Warriors-Cavs game tomorrow for the first game in the NBA Finals.
The only broadcaster to professionally call all four of the major sports in the US, Kenny Albert joins the show to discuss what it feels like to wear so many hats in the sports world. Plus, hear Kenny break down game two of the Stanley Cup Finals, all that and more, on the all new morning show, The Drive heard only on Sports 1140 KHTK! Daily 6-9 AM
The big MLB prospect news last week was the Los Angeles Dodgers' decision to call up minor-league sensation Julio Urias. The 19-year-old starting pitcher has been the star of the organization's system for awhile, but does that mean he's worth a look in your fantasy baseball league?
The Atlanta Braves beat Jeff Samardzija and the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Monday.
Coco Crisp homered leading off the game, Khris Davis hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Monday.
Jose Bautista may have opened the flood gates to some of the craziest bat flips.
Adam Lind hit home runs in his first two at-bats and had a season-best six RBIs while the Seattle Mariners scored a season-high in runs in a 13-3 rout of the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.
Brandon Crawford's alert baserunning in the second inning gave the Giants an early lift. His long single in the 10th capped another walkoff win.
The expensive additions of Jeff Samardzija and Johnny Cueto have catapulted the Giants into the top of the league.
Grant starts the show talking about the NBA Playoffs. In the second hour Grant has on Dan Russanowsky, the voice of the San Jose Sharks, to come on and talk about the Sharks 3 to 2 lead over the St. Louis Blues in the Western Conference Finals. Next Grant has on Mark Mulder, former Athletics starting pitcher, to talk about the A's and MLB in general. Grant finshed the show taking calls from listeners.
From walk-off wins on the West Coast to dominant pitching in the Windy City to a managerial firing in Atlanta, Major League Baseball is never without exciting, impressive and interesting news. Last week was no exception, so check out the five things you don't want to miss in MLB, right here.
Most fantasy baseball owners plan their draft around picking pitchers that threw well last year. But as we all learn, sometimes things don't go as planned. Pitchers can get hurt; their performance can drop off for a number of reasons, sometimes without rational explanation. The hardest part for the fantasy owner is accepting that the present season is different than past seasons, and it's sometimes better to just admit you drafted wrong instead of stubbornly sticking with bad pitchers all season—and losing the league.
Michael Pineda won for the first time since his opening start this season, Starlin Castro hit a tiebreaking, two-out single in the sixth inning
Are the unwritten rules in the game of baseball something that needs to be changed or is it something that has been around for years and will continue to live in the game. Listen to 2 time All Star Dmitri Young speak on how he views the unwritten rules of the game and of their is place for them among the sport. All that and more, on the all new morning show, The Drive heard only on Sports 1140 KHTK! Daily 6-9 AM
Grant started the show by talking about the huge brawl between the Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays yesterday. Grant started the second hour talking with the voice of the San Jose Sharks Dan Rusanowsky about the Sharks matchup with the St. Louis Blues in the Western Conference Finals. Grant then took calls about the Atlanta Falcons dropping the price of their concessions to the lowest in Major League Sports and what it means to Sports franchises in the future. Grant finished the show with Tom Morton of Haggin Oaks talking about the Golf and Guitars event tomorrow night.
