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AL All-Star leading vote-getter Ernie Clement is part of the Bills Mafia and went through a table at his tailgate, alongside a gnarled old Bills-themed RV called Precious. He also answered the vital question: When it's 8 a.m., should you drink a wedge or Labatt Blue Light?
We did an All-Star episode and Paul Skenes had some thoughts on great Americans.
On July 2, the Boston Red Sox were in last in the AL East, had the fourth-worst record in the league and were 6.5 games back of the final wild card spot with six teams to leap. Today, the Red Sox are a half-game behind Minnesota and Seattle for that final wild card spot.
Junior Caminero told a catcher not to call a fastball again or he'd hit a home run. The catcher called a fastball. Caminero hit a home run. And then he flipped his bat more than 40 feet in the air. The full story behind the "I can't believe it" home run.
Junior Caminero is a superstar -- and we have a whole episode about it.
Be careful what you consume on Fourth of July weekend and do not be like Rickey Henderson.
Madonna wanted to know what Jose Canseco looked like outside of a uniform. So after batting practice one day, Canseco went for an impromptu photo shoot with Michael Zagaris and put together what would be known as his Beefcake Book -- an album of glamour shots to send to her.
Every photo of an athlete, rock star and president in this video taken by one man. He has given us a unique view of the world — and especially the sports world — for six decades. With @Buck providing the soundtrack, the wild life of Michael Zagaris.
Jo Adell robbed three home runs in a game earlier this season, and after ending up in the stands on the last one, surrounded by fans patting him on the back and taking incredible photos of the scene, he said it felt like an out-of-body experience.
The goal of our latest episode was to do our small part in demystifying labor. It's inherently byzantine, but, as Hall of Famer Tom Glavine says, it's too important to let the complexities make it all sound like Charlie Brown's teacher. An informed fan base is a good fan base.
An all-time pitching performance by Jacob Misiorowski. He threw a one-hit Maddux and punched 15. The most in a >99-pitch shutout before was Tarik Skubal's 13. This is Miz finding out in real time what he can be. The velocity is mind-bending. All of it is.
Pennies = outs. Or: How Turk Wendell, the king of baseball superstition, tried to bribe the baseball gods.
Don't step on the foul line. Don't ever talk about a no-hitter. Eat chicken every day. Break up a slump with a golden thong. Wear a rally cap. Brush your teeth between innings. Sports is full of superstitions -- and none more so than baseball. So we talked with the king of 'em.
Keith Hernandez was the king of New York in the 1980s. No one could resist him, whether it was bouncers at the China Club, Elaine Benes or the New York Mets fans that revered him as the captain of the 1986 World Series champions.
I’ve been watching a lot of the Juco World Series this week on ESPN+, and it’s the purest form of baseball I’ve seen in ages. No K zone. No radar gun. Dodgy field. Just guys chasing dreams and a ring. I couldn't love it more. Especially considering this is who’s pitching tonight.
Jacob Misiorowski is one of the best pitchers in the world. He also has a binder of Pokémon cards that is nearly as large as him -- and he is 6-foot-7.
David Ortiz waited for almost two decades to exact revenge on Joe West for calling him ugly.
Paul Skenes threw eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball against Arizona tonight. He finished the eighth with 97 pitches. Pirates manager Don Kelly went to Gregory Soto, who locked down the 1-0 win. Still, Skenes would really like a nine-inning complete game one of these days.
"One dry hump is OK. Two dry humps does not feel very good. I have been dry humped three times once. I felt like I couldn't move my arm for about eight hours." Pete Fairbanks on what it's like to for relief pitchers to get dry humped.
Matt Olson is having a monster year. Leads all of MLB in WAR, RBIs and runs, is atop the National League with 13 home runs and just hit a go-ahead homer to dead center off Andrés Muñoz. Atlanta has the best record in MLB in large part because of Olson.
The baseball dictionary is a magical compendium of terms, phrases and sayings that tell the story of the game. On the latest episode of Sources Tell Jeff Passan, we picked our favorite baseball words with George Brett, @Kurkjian_ESPN, Pete Fairbanks and, uh, Austin Powers.
Catcher is the hardest position to play in baseball. The wear and tear. The chess game on the mind. It takes a special kind of player — and on this week’s episode of Sources Tell Jeff Passan, Cal Raleigh takes us into his world. Which includes a very specific type of protection.
