René Cárdenas, the first radio announcer to broadcast major league baseball games in Spanish to a domestic audience while with the Dodgers and who helped start Spanish-language broadcasts for two other teams, died Sunday in Houston. He was 96.
Bob was a talented player, a proud Pirate and a respected member of the baseball community. On behalf of the entire Pirates organization, we extend our deepest condolences to Bob's family, friends and all those who knew and loved him.
"The Padres are more than a baseball team; they are a unifying force in San Diego, rooted in community, connection and belonging. As life and business partners, and as a family, we are honored to lead this next chapter together."
Payton Tolle's four-seam fastball is always going to be the star of the show. It averages 97 mph with about 7.5 feet of extension. Its average perceived velocity is the highest.
Vin Scully began his illustrious broadcasting career at the age of 22, taking over full-time with the Dodgers after Red Barber's departure in 1953, marking the start of a legendary journey in sports commentary.
The owners of Major League Baseball's 30 teams, who made their wealth through the workings of free enterprise capitalism, want to limit what players can be paid. This apparent political and philosophical irony will most likely lead to a shutdown of baseball at the end of this season.
The Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds have decided they will partner with MLB, which will produce their games for the 2026 season and beyond. The Tampa Bay Rays are also part of that mix, according to media reporter John Ourand, who first broke the news. The Cardinals, Royals and Brewers have formally announced the transition.
Since mid-May, when Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced Pete Rose would be eligible for Hall of Fame consideration and explained his specious reasonings behind it, last week's Hall of Fame vote by the 16-member Classic Era committee carried with it a certain air of inevitability for Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, the two greatest players currently not enshrined in Cooperstown.
Selected 213th overall in the 2012 draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Seattle-born player spent parts of three seasons in the minor leagues before making his big league debut in 2014. Lamb only played 37 games, hitting four home runs in 133 plate appearances. The following season, Lamb played 107 games, hitting six home runs in 390 plate appearances. It wasn't until 2016 that he had an above-average season, hitting 29 home runs in 594 plate appearances in 151 games with the Diamondbacks.
2007 - Andruw Jones leaves the Braves for a two-year, $36 million deal with the Dodgers. Jones will hit .158 with just three home runs and will be released at the end of the season. 1914 - An indoor baseball game is played in Chicago to raise money for the family of recently deceased Cubs third baseman Jim Doyle. 1937 - Ford Frick was reelected as President of the National League for a three-year term.
While reports came out almost a week ago that the Jays and Cease had agreed to a contract, the organization made it official today via a press release. The deal is the largest free agent contract in franchise history, with Cease inking a seven-year pact worth $210 million that reportedly includes some deferred money. The introductory press conference will come at the Winter Meetings in Orlando, slated for sometime next week.
Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which oversees professional sports, called the allegations against Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz "markedly more serious" than other recent betting incidents in baseball. Federal prosecutors on Sunday indicted Clase and Ortiz and accused them of rigging individual pitches over multiple games so gambling associates could profit on wagers.
