A couple weeks ago when former New York Yankees favorite Nick Swisher came back to the Big Apple, he was greeted with a hero's welcome by the famed Bleacher Creatures. Now, that was the response to Swisher who spent just four years in pinstripes.  What kind of response do you think Don Mattingly, who held down first base in New York for his entire 14-year run, would...

"Puigmania" is already running rampant in Los Angeles.  So...why would life be any different for the Dodgers super rookie on his maiden voyage to the Big Apple? Monday night, Yasiel Puig hit up Jay-Z's 40/40 Club and took part in its tenth anniversary party.  And by the looks of it, dude was a hit (get it!) with many of the club's guests. Puig even has...

Remember last year at this time when Jose Canseco urged his "Cansecomaniacs" to write him in for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game? Well...here we go again. Tuesday night, the former big leaguer hit the Twitters and asked his more than 515,000 followers to, you guessed it, send him back to the Big Apple for this year's MidSummer Classic.  Yup, more than a decade after...

The Miami Marlins haven't had that many bright moments so far this season. And while it doesn't appear any more will materialize soon, it's safe to say that rookie pitcher Jose Fernandez with his 4-3 record and 3.11 ERA is one of the few things fans of the fish can be pleased with. Oh, as it turns out...the 20-year-old pitcher is, apparently, also a bird...

With Father’s Day right around the corner and scores of second (and third!) generation players getting selected in the recent MLB Draft…it’s safe to say baseball has Dads on the mind. Courtesy of Sean Forman from Baseball-Reference, here are your Top Five father-son combos. 5.  Mel  (43.05 WAR)  and T odd Stottlemyre (23.22) – 66.27  Like father, like sons...

Mike Mussina spent 18 years in the Majors and as of Tuesday night, has a new job. As a high school basketball coach. That's right, the former pitcher, who put up Hall of Fame-caliber numbers is now the head basketball coach for his alma mater...Montoursville High School in Montoursville, Pennsylvania.  He'll be the school's third head coach in the last five years...

Since he hit the scene last season, Washington Nationals wunderkind Bryce Harper has been immortalized in almost every way imaginable.  He's been made into a Fathead, a lawn gnome and whatever the heck this is. Now...there's this.  And as you can imagine...the outfielder has never looked so good! What...no eye black? The lovely lass under that body paint...

In the wake of the latest PED scandal to rock Major League Baseball, Pete Rose believes it is high time for the league to give him his second chance.

I'll spare you the WWE references because, well, everyone is making them, but did you catch Tuesday night's brawl between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks? Of course you did.  Did you happen to notice this? Yup, that's Don Mattingly getting in the fray with Diamondbacks coach Alan Trammell.  And, yeah, you better believe that Preston Mattingly...

It's not surprising that in the middle of the epic, WWE-style fracas between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday night was Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke. Sure, it was Greinke getting hit in the head by Ian Kennedy that started the melee, but given dude's track record (the Dodgers starter had already hit two batters earlier in the game and ignited a...

San Francisco Giants pitcher Chad Gaudin did late Monday night what a lot of players do while bored on Twitter...he asked his followers to throw some questions his way. Naturally, there were the standard "what stadium is your favorite" or "what player, alive of dead, would you like to face"...but then there was this. An innocent question given the...

The retired Braves slugger might want to think twice before he tries to crack jokes about immigration on Twitter. 

On the same day when Andy Pettitte won his 250th career game, his son Josh was drafted by the Yankees in the 37th round. 

You've gotta think Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander has been waiting all draft to make this announcement. That's right, with the 20th pick (426th overall) in the 14th round, Ben Verlander, the younger brother of the Tigers ace was selected by Detroit. Ben, who was recently named Old Dominion University's 2013 "Outstanding Player" hit .367...

Not the San Francisco Giants, either. Chad Jones was drafted by the New York Football Giants in 2010. Find out how he ended up on the Reds at the MLB Draft.

Not long after Jason Collins came out as gay, the Boston Red Sox offered the former Boston Celtics center the opportunity to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park. So on Thursday night, "Pride Night" at the historic ballpark, the seven-footer, wearing a Red Sox jersey with the number 98 on the back, threw out the first pitch to Red Sox skipper John...

You won’t find Todd Radom’s name anywhere over at Baseball-Reference.  The Sabermatricians (or whatever they’re calling themselves) won’t be arguing his value at their upcoming conference. But if you’ve set foot in any major sports stadium or watched a sporting event on television over the last twenty-plus years…you’ve seen his work. You see, Radom is a graphic...

I think it's pretty safe to say that when the tornadoes hit Oklahoma last month, everyone's collective heart broke.  For New York Mets pitcher Jeremy Hefner, the news, literally, hit too close to home. You see, Hefner was born and went to high school in Perkins, Oklahoma, but lived for 10 years in Moore, the town hardest hit by the tornado.  His family was spared,...

Last year, the Houston Astros selected 17-year-old shortstop Carlos Correa first overall, making him one of the youngest players ever taken in the top spot.  A year later, the 'stros are in the same spot...picking number one and, again, looking for lightning in a bottle.   But let’s not kid each other, being drafted number one doesn’t necessarily mean success.Â...

This is hardly the first time Donald Trump has been critical of Alex Rodriguez.  If you recall, during last year's playoffs, the gojillionaire (that might not be a thing) blasted the erstwhile slugger saying he "can't perform without drugs". Thing is, if this Biogenesis thing ends up having any legs...Trump might be right.  And, boy...does he want the...

Lotsa love going around for Nick Swisher as the Cleveland Indians first baseman made his return visit to Yankees Stadium.  Unfortunately, that wasn't the case when the Tribe squared off against the Cincinnati Reds recently.  On Memorial Day, Aroldis Chapman unleashed a 100-mph fastball over the head of Swisher. Your browser does not support iframes. And now...that...

Remember the old "Late Night" bit where whenever David Letterman needed a guest, he'd bust out Marv Albert or another one of the guests from the proverbial talk show guest Rolodex?  I'm starting to feel that's how the Los Angeles Dodgers are conducting business. Seriously.  It almost seems like the team is constantly trotting out current or former members...

Given the love and respect the famed Bleacher Creatures showed Nick Swisher during his four years in the Big Apple...you knew the New York Yankees faithful had June 3 circled on their calendar. And on Monday, it happened. Now with the Cleveland Indians, Swisher returned to Yankee Stadium for the first time since rejecting a contract offer from the team back in November.Â...

Given the love and respect the famed Bleacher Creatures showed Nick Swisher during his four years in the Big Apple...you knew the New York Yankees faithful had June 3 circled on their calendar. And on Monday, it happened. Now with the Cleveland Indians, Swisher returned to Yankee Stadium for the first time since rejecting a contract offer from the team back in November.Â...

They can't all be Bo Jackson now, can they? After returning a kick a record 108 yards during this past Super Bowl, Jacoby Jones pretty much became a household name.  Well, it was either that or the Baltimore Ravens return specialist's third place finish on "Dancing With the Stars". Either way, if his performance at Sunday's Lardarius Webb Charity Softball...