Media

The Sounds of Silence: No Radio in the Bay Area for Oakland Athletics Games

Jul 23, 2020

Major League Baseball, Media, Oakland Athletics, Radio

The Oakland Athletics added a wrinkle to this already weird season, becoming the first MLB team since 1938 to have no local radio broadcasts of games in English. They still employ Ken Korach and Vince Cotro...

Being Unable to Watch Dodgers Games on TV in Los Angeles Is a Tradition

Tom Gibbons

Jan 8, 2019

History, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Media

The Los Angeles Dodgers have the richest local TV deal in baseball – and the strangest. The team receives around $200 million a year to keep its games from being televised to the majority of its local fans. ...

Stick to Your Guns: Keuchel Finding Success with Groundball Approach

Tom Dorsa

Jul 23, 2018

Features, Houston Astros, Video

Dallas Keuchel is at his best when the elusive left-hander is throwing mostly his breaking pitches and using his fastball down in the strike zone. The 2015 American League Cy Young Award winner is sort of an an...

How Ken Giles Has Dominated the Last Three Months

Matt Wojciak

Aug 31, 2016

Houston Astros, Statistics, Video

It didn't take long for Ken Giles to make a name for himself, despite coming up as "just" a set-up man on a relatively bad Philadelphia Phillies team. In his debut season in 2014, Giles struck out 64 batters in...

Carl Edwards Jr. Making Waves out of Chicago’s Bullpen

Matt Wojciak

Aug 2, 2016

Chicago Cubs, Features, Video

After Chicago Cubs starter Brian Matusz was rocked (shocker!) for six earned runs over three innings (by allowing two-run homers in each inning) in Sunday’s matchup against the Seattle Mariners, Cubs right-hand...

Red Sox Calling Up Andrew Benintendi

Matt Wojciak

Aug 1, 2016

Boston Red Sox, Breaking News, Transactions, Video

In a bit of surprising news coming out of Boston near midnight ET on Monday, the Boston Herald's Evan Drellich has reported that Red Sox number two prospect Andrew Benintendi will be joining the major-league cl...

Twitter Partners with MLB to Live Stream Out-of-Market Games

Jesus Rivera

Jul 27, 2016

Major League Baseball, Media, Video

Major League Baseball is looking to expand their audience, and they might have something figured out as they've signed a new deal with Twitter. Twitter has signed a new six-year deal with MLB and the Nationa...

Sandy Leon Capitalizing on Unexpected Opportunity

Matt Wojciak

Jun 27, 2016

American League, American League East, Boston Red Sox, Features, Major League Baseball, Media, Video

Coming in to the 2016 season, Sandy Leon's role in the Boston Red Sox organization seemed to be a most unfavorable one: he'd be stuck in the minor leagues all year, with three talented major-league backstops ah...

Attention Dodger Fans: Don’t Miss Vin Scully’s Last Few Months

Jeff J. Snider

Jun 16, 2016

Features, Los Angeles Dodgers, Media

Are you a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers? Do you live in the greater Los Angeles area? Do you get your television service through something other than Time Warner Cable? If you answered yes to all three of thos...

Mark Trumbo: Making Adjustments and Reaping the Benefits

Matt Wojciak

Jun 3, 2016

Baltimore Orioles, Features, Video

Envision a scenario in which you, the reader, have been blessed with the gift of having a "crystal ball" with which you can look into the future and know anything about the game of baseball. Envision now that y...