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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dakota Hudson missed seeing a fantastic feat in the St. Louis Cardinals’ game Monday night against Milwaukee — which was sort of unusual since Hudson was the man accomplishing it. If the rookie right-hander is to be believed, he had no idea he had been pitching a no-hitter […]
Mookie Betts will not win the American League Most Valuable Player Award this year, but he is quietly, steadily proving every bit the value to the Boston Red Sox he was one year ago. Betts, a former Overton High School star, is currently leading the major leagues in […]
He has a 6-6 record. He is on a team struggling in fourth place in its division. Yet former Smyrna High School and Vanderbilt right-hander Sonny Gray has climbed into the list of contenders for the National League Cy Young Award, accordiing to what ESPN.com calls the Awards […]
In these days when inning-eating pitchers are scarce, rookie Dakota Hudson is grinding out innings — and victories — for a St. Louis Cardinals club that is suddenly in contention in the National League Central. Hudson, a Chattanooga native and former Sequatchie County High School star, is second […]
