Baseball / MLB Dec 12, 2020
Braves' Marcell Ozuna becomes first NL player to be named MLB's top DH
The Atlanta Braves' Marcell Ozuna made history on Friday, becoming the first player from the National League to win the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award. The 30-year-old Ozuna, traditionally an outfielder, started 21 games in the outfield and 39 games as the designated hitter, ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Apr 30, 2020
Hawks pitcher Carter Stewart eager to prove himself in Japan
Carter Stewart is determined to prove that the Hawks made the right decision by taking a chance on him at such a young age
Baseball / MLB Jan 6, 2018
Los Angeles Angels newcomer Shohei Ohtani has been ranked MLB's top pitching prospect as well as its top overall prospect in an informal poll conducted by mlb.com. The results, published on Friday, were from the third annual MLB Pipeline survey of major league executives. The 23-year-old ...
Baseball / MLB | MAN ABOUT SPORTS Aug 11, 2015
Braves trying to turn back clock to glory days of yore
by Dave Wiggins
The Atlanta Braves have gone back to the future this season. It's been out with the new, in with the old — as in styles of playing the game. The Braves are currently taking a page from their recent history, the halcyon days from 1991 through ...
Baseball / Japanese Baseball | HIT AND RUN Jun 17, 2014
New Lions slugger Mejia relishes opportunity to play in NPB
by Jason Coskrey
Ernesto Mejia remembers the bus rides. Those long trips to games in rookie ball, Single-A and a notch up the ladder in Double-A. Some of those rides could last for seven, eight, nine hours. Mejia said that in the Texas League — he played for ...