In the middle of the All Star break festivities, we at PRO Rumors wanted to provide you with a little history about the games, and a list of cool facts that you can brag about to your friends today.
The first All Star game was played in 1933 at Comiskey Park (former home of the White [...]
07/13/11
Moment 21: Willie Mays makes “The Catch” in deep center field during Game 1 of the World Series on Sept. 29, 1954.
Mays won two MVP awards and tied a record with 24 appearances in the All-Star Game. He ended his career with 660 home runs, third at the time of his retirement, and currently fourth [...]
12/30/10
Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees for hitting his 600th career home run. He hit a two-run home run to center field at home in the first inning against Shaun Marcum of the Toronto Blue Jays. Rodriguez is the youngest of seven members of the exclusive 600 home run club. The others [...]
08/04/10
Ken Kendrick, managing general partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks, has quietly kept a passion that he has had since childhood: collecting baseball cards. Craig Harris of The Arizona Republic tells us that Kendrick has no ordinary collection, but rather an elite set of cards that includes the rarest of them all – a rare T206 [...]
04/17/10
Here are your mid-day PRO Rumors:
KansasCity.com says that the Kansas City Royals are showing little inclination to bid for Cuban shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria. In early February, the Los Angeles Angels were known to be interested in the shortstop. It is believed that Hechavarria could land a contract that tops $8 million.
Bill Sanders of the Atlanta [...]
03/08/10
Manny Ramirez has decided to exercise his 2010 player option for $20 million. Given that Ramirez batted .290 hit 19 home runs and 63 RBIs in a shortened season will not give him the leverage to command a better deal. Last year it took Ramirez 4 months to decide what he would do, but it [...]
11/07/09