As Reds outfielder Stuart Fairchild approached third base to complete his fifth-inning triple against the Marlins on Tuesday, he committed a cardinal sin for baseball players: he ran through his third base coach’s stop sign.
However, thanks to Miami’s dreadful defense, he was rewarded with that rarest of MLB sequences: a Little League home run.
The Marlins opted for an inventive style of defense in trying to keep Fairchild from dashing around the horn, though it proved to be ineffective.
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Aaron Boone ain’t too happy about piling on problems for the New York Yankees.
The Yanks skipper led a glorious tirade Monday night. Home plate umpire Laz Diaz called Yankees’ Anthony Volpe out on strikes, which Boone found egregious.
Aaron Boone Regrest Losing His Cool Against Laz Diaz
Boone lost his chill over Diaz’s missed pitch calls all game, and especially with the Yanks down 2-1 in the eighth inning.
From mimicking the ump to drawing a line in the sand, Boone was out for blood.
“You f**king stink,” Boone told Diaz. “I hear about it every f**king day.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said watching the Pac-12 dissolve to four teams in the latest round of conference realignment “wasn’t one of those great feelings to work in college sports.
After two calamitous tournament exits in a row, it’s time to move on from the USWNT coach. This team can rebound and be better in 2024, but to do that, it needs a fresh start on the sideline.
The Warriors are looking to round out their roster ahead of the 2023-24 NBA season and are reportedly set to host a series of workouts for some veteran players.
Golden State will host workouts for six veteran players, including some former Warriors, over the course of the next two weeks, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Among the players expected to workout for Golden State include Dion Waiters, Trey Burke, Tony Snell, Kent Bazemore, Harry Giles and Juan Toscano-Anderson.
DK Metcalf didn’t hesitate to answer after being asked to describe in a few words the cornerbacks he’s been facing every day this summer for Seahawks training camp.
“Just one word: Loaded,” Metcalf says before Tuesday’s practice in Renton, Wash. “Loaded with talent, loaded with dogs. Loaded with people who feel like they have something to prove, not to anybody, but just to themselves.
Da’vian Kimbrough is just 13 years old, which makes him the youngest professional soccer player in the United States.
This week, Fox Sports Radio host Colin Cowherd read aloud a list of quarterbacks drafted since 2013 who he does not think can win a Super Bowl. The list included Dwayne Haskins, who died in 2022 while attempting to cross a Florida highway.
The segment drew outrage from journalists and X users after it was reposted by an anonymous account called FunHouse.
“This is awful from FS1, Colin Cowherd and everyone involved,” posted Dov Kleiman, a highly engaged but not all that credible account. “Just so bad all around.
Sometimes, a player gets called up to the big leagues too soon. He’s just not ready for the big-time spotlight. That can happen to umpires, too. MLB needed a fourth umpire for the first game of the Philadelphia Phillies-Washington Nationals doubleheader on Tuesday.
So, Lew Williams came up from Triple-A to man first base. And, he played — err, officiated — incredibly poorly.
In the second inning, Williams incorrectly ruled Washington Nationals batter/runner Ildemaro Vargas out at first base.
NBA offseason beef!
A three-way discourse between NBA stars unloaded Monday after Golden States Warriors forward Klay Thompson appeared on Paul Georgie’s “Podcast P” show.
The Clippers All-Star welcomed Thompson for a sit-down where the two discussed myriad topics, including Klay’s infamous “four rings” taunt against Phoenix Sun Devin Booker.
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Thompson admitted to being apologetic over the ‘I’ve got championships and you don’t’ taunt. The Splash Brother reeled back his past flexing in discussion with PG-13.