With the season winding down there will be a no-win situation featuring Puig and that situation is the Rookie of the Year Award debate.
L.A. natives are so accustomed to beautiful weather year round, that it's often easy to forget what a special time of year summer is.
I'm pretty sure there's no more beautiful place to watch America's favorite pastime. The stadium has undergone numerous upgrades and renovations throughout its 51-year history, but it still retains its original '60s-era feel.
Scrapbooks are made for memorable moments. Within their treasured confines, they hold the highlights of lifetimes and preserve favorite pictures of milestone achievements. Baseball's All-Star Game is the perfect stage to fill those pages.
As the season enters that delicate time between the All Star Break and the trade deadline, it is clear that the Phillies as sellers makes about as much sense as a sand-flavored ice cream sandwich.
Puig has played, as of this writing, exactly 33 games in the Major Leagues. The Dodgers, who had a lot of money, now have a lot less, because they agreed to pay him $42 million over seven years.
The upcoming Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be the first hosted by the New York Mets since 1964, reminding me that following the All-Star br...
When the Dodgers won their one and only World Series in Brookyln, a ticket to Game 4 could be had for $7.35, or less than the cost of a hot dog or a beer at the current Barclays center, which sits on the spot where Walter O'Malley wanted to build his new Dodgers' Stadium.
Four dogs from major stadiums across the country.
I have not yet seen "42" but I'm giving it an enthusiastic thumbs-up. If I had ten thumbs I would give it ten thumbs-up, because I want everyone to see the movie -- especially young people, a shocking number of whom don't know who Jackie Robinson was.
He became largely associated with Brooklyn, the city where he rounded the bases with his team, the Dodgers. However, long before he was launched into immortality on Ebbets Fields, Jackie Robinson was a hailed hero of Southern California.
Something remarkable started the moment my wife, Ellen, and I first met Hope on a ministry trip to Zambia four years ago.
Every Opening Day I reflect on all the hope that lies ahead for my team, and the zen of the ballyard that makes life worth living. So today, here are six lessons from America's pastime for American democracy.
Everyone thinks of Yogi Berra as the quintessential baseball quote. He made you think, laugh and occasionally want to launch your head into a brick wall. But Casey Stengel, manager of 3,766 games in the Big Leagues never wasted any time getting to the point
As we gear up for the exciting release of 42, let's also keep in mind the larger image of Jackie Robinson. He was also a tireless civil rights leader in his own right, furious with racial injustice and positively committed to securing first class citizenship for all.
Baseball is, among other things, a game of questions. As each new year begins there are significant questions facing baseball that address deeper issues facing the game.