Perplexing Baserunning Decision Dooms Giants to Second Walkoff Loss of Day vs. Phillies There's being careful and then there's being too careful. Sports Illustrated · May 1
Craig Breslow's Eight Biggest Mistakes With the Red Sox Boston's chief baseball officer fired manager Alex Cora last weekend, but Breslow's roster moves often didn't set up Cora for success. Sports Illustrated · May 1
The world’s most expensive losers: the New York Mets are very rich … and very, very bad The Mets have the second-highest payroll in baseball. They also own the worst record in the major leagues The Guardian - US · May 1
Ildemaro Vargas Is the Hottest Hitter in Baseball No One Saw Coming The Diamondbacks journeyman in his 10th MLB season is riding a 22-game hitting streak. Sports Illustrated · Apr 30
MLB fan who snatched home run ball from an 11-year-old girl admits it was a ‘bad decision’ after online backlash Max Quinn eventually returned the ball to the girl, who has since forgiven him The Independent UK · Apr 30
Marlins Win Series vs. Dodgers Thanks to a Really Bad Shohei Ohtani Baserunning Blunder Ohtani looked like a rookie on this botched play. Sports Illustrated · Apr 30
MLB Standings Reveal American and National Leagues Are Two Different Worlds Right Now One league is full of teams playing .500 or better ball. The other is not. Sports Illustrated · Apr 30
The Five Best (and Worst) Starts for MLB Players on New Teams The common refrain among baseball fans at this point in the year, regardless of how their favorite team is performing, is simple: “It’s early.” And yet, here we Sports Illustrated · Apr 30
Phillies Players Booed Mercilessly at Flyers Playoff Game A group of Philadelphia Phillies players were booed by the home crowd during the Philadelphia Flyers’ playoff game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sports Illustrated · Apr 30
Cubs' Nico Hoerner Confirms Dodgers Catcher Cursed at, Insulted Teammate Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner confirmed that Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing said what we all thought he said about Miguel Amaya. Sports Illustrated · Apr 29
How the Dodgers’ Dalton Rushing Struck Out on Just Two Pitches After Awkward Moment With Umpire Dalton Rushing was called out on a pitch clock violation. Sports Illustrated · Apr 29
Seattle’s Josh Naylor Brought the Bat Flip to a Whole New Level After Crushing a Homer Naylor did the right thing after hitting a ball to the moon against the Twins. Sports Illustrated · Apr 29
Juan Soto Had an Unusual Question for Catcher During His At-Bat Soto and the Mets earned a much-needed victory while having some fun. Sports Illustrated · Apr 29
SI:AM | The NL East’s Other Trainwreck The Mets’ struggles have garnered more headlines, but the Phillies have been even worse. Sports Illustrated · Apr 29
Sports Illustrated · Apr 29 SI:CYMI | Diego Pavia Is an NFL QB Plus, all the other drama you've missed in sports this week.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 29 Breaking Down the Extremely Complicated ABS Challenge That Gave Everyone a Lot to Think About Mariners' victory over Twins featured a complex series of decisions for the umpiring crew.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 29 Phillies' Three Biggest Mistakes Since Making the 2022 World Series After the Phillies' firing of manager Rob Thomson, let's examine a few of the club's biggest missteps since winning the pennant in Thomson’s debut season.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 29 MLB Games Are Taking Longer Again, and It's Not Just Because of ABS MLB nine-inning games this season are taking six minutes longer than they did through the same number of games last season and are on pace for the longest avera
Sports Illustrated · Apr 28 Why Phillies Executive Dave Dombrowski Decided It Was Time to Fire Manager Rob Thomson Dombrowski also addressed the rumors about him offering the position to recently fired Red Sox manager Alex Cora.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 28 White Sox Rookie Munetaka Murakami Is Making Everyone Look Silly While Setting MLB Records The Japanese slugger has already set MLB records in his first month in the league.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 28 Rob Thomson Had to Go in Philadelphia The Phillies were failing in every aspect, and Alex Cora’s firing by the Red Sox on Saturday made their decision a lot easier.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 28 Phillies’ Turn to Familiar Playbook Is Unlikely to Work Rob Thomson, who took over during the 2022 season and led the Phillies to four straight playoffs, is out after a 9–19 start. Can Don Mattingly do better?
Sports Illustrated · Apr 28 Rob Thomson’s Firing Proves Even Top MLB Managers Have a Short Leash Now The Red Sox and Phillies have already sent accomplished skippers home after tough starts.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 28 Alex Cora Shares Emotional Message to Red Sox Fans in First Comments Since Being Fired Fired Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora sent an emotion message to the team’s fans in his first comments since being let go over the weekend.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 28 Rays Reporter Saves the Day in Heartwarming Fashion After Unfortunate Home Run Ball Incident All's well that ends well at the ol' ballpark.