Whether it is the fault of the major leagues or the minor leagues, baseball has managed to scare the bejeebers out of minor league baseball teams, the entire Appalachian League among them. News broke late last year that 42 minor league teams were in jeopardy of disappearing in […]
It’s beginning to look like the New York Yankees just plain messed up with Sonny Gray. As the Cincinnati Reds anticipate better days, with some projections having the Reds actually winning the National League Central Division this season, one of the deciding factors behind the optimism is starting […]
Jacob deGrom is a study in improbability. The Kingsport Mets of the Rookie-level Appalachian League can forever claim that the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner began his professional career in the Tennessee city. After all, that puts him in an exclusive club. For all the seeming […]
A year ago, the question lingered as to whether former Vanderbilt player Mike Yastrzemski would ever make it to the major leagues. Now, he is expected to be the starting center fielder for the San Francisco Giants, and a star for one of baseball’s most tradition-rich teams. So […]
Pete Rose simply can’t help himself. Amidst all the uproar of the sign-stealing scandal involving the Houston Astros, one of the most perplexing turns in the saga has been Rose coming out of nowhere to argue that since Astros players aren’t being punished he shouldn’t be punished either. […]
New Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker is asking Major League Baseball to “try to put a stop to the seemingly premeditated retaliation that I’m hearing about” in regard to the Astros sign-stealing scandal. Baker knows about retaliation by brushing back a batter. He has ordered it as a […]
Add former University of Tennessee player Rick Honeycutt to the list of people who want to see harsh punishment for those involved in the Astros cheating scandal, including Honeycutt’s belief that Alex Cora should be banned from baseball for life. Honeycutt’s comments were reported by Joseph Dycus in […]
Of all the members of the 2017 Houston Astros, former Vanderbilt player Tony Kemp may have the best excuse of all for his role in what happened in the club’s sign-stealing saga. Kemp just said no. In an Associated Press report, Kemp, who played at Centennial High School […]
It wasn’t clear if any of the media gathered in Dodger Stadium this week to question Mookie Betts and David Price realized the two marquee players were from the same neck of the woods, but there is a distinctive Nashville feel for the team in Dodger Blue these […]
Former University of Tennessee player Yan Gomes, catcher for Washington Nationals, was part of a carefully orchestrated plan to prevent the Houston Astros from stealing signs against National pitchers in preparation for last year’s World Series. According to the Washington Post in a report by Barry Svrluga and […]
