As pennant races heat up, so does the competition for Major League Baseball’s year- end awards. Last week we looked at the top candidates for Most Valuable Player in both leagues. Now we turn our attention to MLB’s premier pitching prize with a similar sneak peek at the contenders for the Cy Young Award in the National and [...]

We go back to the baseball diamond for our play of the day today, and it comes from Seattle Mariners’ infielder Dustin Ackley.  In a 1-1 game against the Cleveland Indians, Ackley was in pursuit of a blooper in midfield. He might have lost sight of it in the sun, because at the last second, [...]

Finally, for all of you baseball diehards out there like myself, we can move past the lengthy NBA and NHL playoffs and into the back half of the MLB season. Is it just me or are the professional seasons just blending together? I feel like we’re already getting geared up for Lebron to hit the [...]

In pretty much every sport, defense gets overlooked.  With rare exceptions, no sports fans go to games because they are looking to see stellar defensive play.  Lebron James, a three time NBA MVP, is widely acclaimed for his all-around athleticism and basketball abilities.  He has been named to the NBA’s All-Defensive First Team for four [...]

Hope all our readers are having a good Sunday. Today’s play of the day is the big story from yesterday in the baseball world. Philip Humber was a relatively unknown pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, until he pitched the 21st perfect game in Major League Baseball history yesterday against the Seattle Mariners. You can [...]

The 2011 season was supposed to be the year of the Boston Red Sox with Theo Epstein snagging Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez from the free agent market. That dream of a World Series in Boston faded in September when the Red Sox surrendered a nine-game lead in the division, only to see it get [...]