The all-time saves leader, Mariano Rivera, suffered a torn ACL yesterday while shagging fly balls at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City and according to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com it is still unknown if he’ll ever pitch again.
“At this point, I don’t know,” Rivera said, repeating softly (via Hoch), “At this point, I don’t know. I [...]
05/04/12
Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre hit three home runs yesterday and helped the Rangers secure their second straight trip to the ALCS. The Dominican infielder hit consecutive homers off of Jeremy Hellickson in the second and fourth, and then homered again off of rookie Matt Moore in the seventh.
Beltre became the sixth player in baseball history ever to [...]
10/05/11
As baseball fans, all of us have experienced moments that are carved into our memories. No matter how hard we try, or how much time goes by, we will never forget these memories.
Sometimes, remembering these past events may not be a good thing. I can remember like it was yesterday the last time my favorite team (in [...]
07/15/11
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
A lot of baseball players have nicknames, many of them given by teammates, others by managers, sports broadcasters, etc. It doesn’t matter how you get it, but you’ll probably be known for better or worse by your nickname rather than your real name.
Earlier this month, I saw an article from Booth Newspapers’ Steve Kornacki that [...]
06/02/11
Yankees’ captain, Derek Jeter, was named the greatest New York City athlete of all time in a Siena College Research Institute Sports Poll released today (via ESPNNewYork.com).
Jeter got 14% of the votes and Yankees’ legend Babe Ruth got 11%. Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle tied for third and former New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath [...]
03/16/11
Moment 9: Oakland’s Rickey Henderson steals third base in a game against the Yankees in Oakland on May 1, 1991, for career stolen base 939, eclipsing Lou Brock’s previous record.
Henderson made his major league debut with Oakland on June 24, 1979, getting two hits in four at bats, along with a stolen base. He batted [...]
12/31/10
Moment 15: Hank Aaron of Atlanta breaks Babe Ruth’s career record of 714 home runs on April 8, 1974.
On April 13, 1954, Aaron made his major league debut and was hitless in five at-bats against the Cincinnati Reds. Two days later Aaron collected his first major league hit, a single off Cardinals’ pitcher Vic [...]
12/30/10
Moment 18: Roger Maris of the Yankees hits 61 home runs to break Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record in 1961.
During a 12-year baseball career, Maris played from 1957-1968 for four different teams, appearing in seven World Series and winning three of them.
In 1961, Yankee home runs began to come at a record pace. One [...]
12/30/10
A couple of years ago I bought a DVD of the MLB’s 30 most memorable moments. I watched that DVD everyday for like a month, and showed it to every friend of mine that I could. Today, I found an article on ESPN.com that summed up all those memorable moments.
In this article I am going [...]
12/29/10