Archives
What is Major League Baseball missing?
The Major League Baseball postseason is right around the corner, but the sport is struggling to create any hype about it.
SportsCenter “My Wish” segments set for 2023 return
ESPN's popular and tear-jerking segment series will return Sunday, July 16, and features several top sports stars.
Stephen A. Smith sends pointed message to Los Angeles Angels: ‘No one cares about you’
"I've been in LA quite often, I never hear anybody talking about the Angels."
Chris Russo fires back as critics of his Shohei Ohtani vs Mike Trout take want him fired
Russo may have had a bad take, but it’s not a fireable offense.
Joe Davis calls Ohtani-Trout WBC at-bat ‘one of the coolest things I’ve ever witnessed’
"I wish I had a rewind button to get me back there and a pause button to really soak it in."
Chris Russo takes a blowtorch to the fanfare surrounding Ohtani vs Trout in the WBC: ‘I was bored stiff!’
"They’re making this at-bat out to be the greatest at-bat in the history of Major League Baseball! It’s March 21st! Can we take it easy?!"
World Baseball Classic leading to social media explosion for baseball
The WBC helped set records for MLB on the social media front.
The world of baseball is the biggest winner of this year’s World Baseball Classic
"It's addictive -- like you can't get enough."
Mike Trout blames ESPN fantasy football for “confusion” during in-game interview on ESPN
"Ahh, I can't say that right now, it's the ESPN game."
Rajai Davis had a rough debut on MLB’s YouTube Game of the Week, calling Tigers-Angels
Davis sounded every bit like a first-time broadcaster, especially when interviewing Mike Trout.
Bill Walton gets to call a grand slam and Mike Trout homer, and can’t believe a pitcher’s last name is Bummer
"Bummer? He's not a bummer. He's a meteor. He's an asteroid, soaring through the universe."
After the Mike Trout promotion controversy, ESPN’s Buster Olney asked Trout for a Yankees-Mets weather report
Maybe Trout's interest in the weather was all he needed for media stardom after all.
How can MLB make sure Mike Trout is more well-known than Kenneth Faried – by not blaming Mike Trout
MLB needs to do a much better way of promoting the world's best baseball player, and instead they're blaming him for it.
Boston Globe asks scouts ridiculous “Mookie Betts or Mike Trout?” question, with evaluator falsely stating Betts had a better OPS
This piece included a whole lot of anonymous scouting gold, including one guy who said Betts had a better OPS than Trout the past two years. (He did not.)
Baseball-Reference pokes fun at pivot-to-video trend with amusing April Fool’s gag
Mike Trout's stats page is not quite as remarkable when read in a droll voice over clip-art graphics.
Baseball writers aren’t perfect at handing out awards, but they’re certainly good enough
The Baseball Writers Association of America used to make some really weird decisions in awards voting. In 1944,...
BBWAA voter who put Mike Trout 7th on AL MVP ballot also voted A-Rod 7th 20 years ago
Since his first full MLB season in 2012, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout has been the best...