Mike Trout Archives

Bomani Jones laments ESPN’s role in baseball’s fading national relevance

"As ESPN became the operation that dictated everybody's coverage...baseball was the biggest loser in terms of how we view its biggest teams and its biggest stars."

Mike Trout ‘fired up’ after being ranked 39th best player in MLB Network’s Top 100 rankings

"Stuff like that fires you up a bit. It's all good."

Ken Rosenthal: Mike Wilbon’s exit velocity comments show issue with ESPN’s MLB coverage

"It's probably better to focus on a specific sport — the way I do — than talk about things you don't have any knowledge of."

Jonathan Papelbon calls Stephen A. Smith ‘racist’ and ‘shady’ after Mike Trout rant

"I look at him (as) three things. I look at him as a racist, I look at him as xenophobic, I look at him as a fake."

Stephen A. Smith baffled by Mike Trout’s injuries: ‘Half the time you’re chewing pumpkin seeds!’

"It's baseball, not the UFC!"

With Shohei Ohtani on the Dodgers, we bid farewell to the viral ”Tungsten Arm’ O’Doyle’ meme

An era is over.

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.)

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