I was that kid. I was the kid that jumped at the opportunity to not only see my favorite ballplayers, but to actually meet them as well. See, I came to age in the early 90’s, when being a young black kid meant having no shortage of stars that we could relate to. From Ken Griffey Jr. and Frank Thomas...

Earlier this year, Manny Ramirez signed with the EDA Rhinos of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. It’s been several years since Ramirez was a relevant name in baseball. After finally wearing out his welcome in Boston — and winning two World Series during that stint — Ramirez took over...

This wasn’t supposed to happen. Between the grand “everything must go” yard sale of its 2011 offseason haul at the trade deadline last August to repeated injuries and two embarrassing manager firings in two years, it seemed the only thing of any dignity left standing for Boston was the Green Monster. But...

“The Sandlot” is one of the greatest baseball movies of all time, and if you don’t agree, you can just stop reading this right now. I’m not even joking. Go away. If you’ve never seen “The Sandlot,” first off, shame on you. Secondly, where the hell have you been the past 20 years? Third,...

In the spirit of crowning the king way too early (which Rev absolutely hates by the way), this is the first entry in a season-long series of me jumping to conclusions on purpose. However, it’s all in the sake of gauging the game for where it is at the moment, and what a first month of baseball it’s...

For close to 15 years now, the April optimism that comes with the arrival of a new Major League Baseball season is tempered a bit by some stark realities. The PED and steroid cloud has never taken a season off, bad owners continue to swindle their markets and the Cubs still attempt to be competent at...

Usually when a baseball brawl breaks out, it’s the ultimate “you better get him” fight, where there’s a lot of jumping over shoulders, pointing and yelling. Very rarely is there an actual moment where something happens and you think, “Damn, it just got real.” The infamous Pedro Martinez-Don...

For some of you, your Saturday started with the news that one of the 10 greatest basketball players of all-time had his achilles tendon cry “uncle” while Los Angeles Lakers fans began to cry tears in their Kobe Systems. For a few more of you, your weekend may have ended with the news that...

With the much anticipated release of ’42: The Jackie Robinson Story’ and Major League Baseball’s annual celebration of Jackie Robinson next Monday, you have likely noticed the deluge of media that has shined a deserved spotlight on the iconic man and Hall of Famer once again. For those of us born...

It was Buster Posey Day on Saturday at AT&T Park as the San Francisco Giants honored their best post-Bonds player. It was a day where he was officially given his 2012 Most Valuable Player Award, joined by past Giant MVPs Jeff Kent, Kevin Mitchell, Willie McCovey and the GOAT Willie Mays, the pageantry...

For most of Major League Baseball, the 2013 season got underway Monday. However, at the start of the MLB road, the story is just getting started, and it’s assured to be as wide open of a year as we’ve seen in a while … yet not in the ways you’d expect. As the resident TSFJ baseball...

We are on the verge of the breaking of the sports spring, because next Monday is Opening Day for Major League Baseball. While there’s no shortage of MLB season previews, predictions and prognosis’ (we’ll actually have our version of one here on Monday), it’s time to properly...