St. Petersburg, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Tampa Bay Rays promoted Chaim Bloom and Erik Neander each to the role of vice president of baseball operations. Bloom and Neander will replace Andrew Friedman, who left to become the Los Angeles Dodgers’ […]
It’s a matchup nobody envisioned at the beginning of the playoffs, let alone the start of the season, as the Royals and Giants become the first World Series matchup between wild card teams since the Angels beat San Francisco in […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The best-of-seven NLCS lasted five games, but St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny will tell you it was a dogfight for both ballclubs. Matheny’s Cardinals were denied at the turnstiles of entering a third World Series […]
Miami, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Former Biogensis of America owner Tony Bosch pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Thursday for conspiracy to distribute testosterone to a number of Major League Baseball players, including Alex Rodriguez. Bosch, whose now-defunct anti-aging clinic was […]
Arlington, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – The Texas Rangers have hired Pittsburgh Pirates bench coach Jeff Banister as their new manager. The Rangers said Thursday evening that Banister signed a multi-year contract and will be introduced during a news conference Friday morning. […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – It wasn’t that long ago fans in Kansas City were calling for manager Ned Yost’s head. Heck, it was only about a month ago. And he didn’t help his cause any on the national level when […]
Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – There won’t be a more significant move this offseason than Andrew Friedman jumping from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Yes, you read that correctly. Friedman left the Rays organization on Tuesday and […]
Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Tampa Bay Rays executive vice president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman has decided to leave the organization and join the Los Angeles Dodgers as president of baseball operations. Friedman’s position with the Dodgers is a […]
San Francisco, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was not in the starting lineup for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series against San Francisco on Tuesday as he battles an oblique injury. A.J. Pierzynski will […]
Phoenix, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) – The Arizona Diamondbacks have selected Chip Hale as their new manager. Hale most recently served as the bench coach for Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin for three years and also spent 10 seasons as a coach […]