'Big Hurt' bids baseball farewell

The executive director of the Major League Baseball Player’s Association has released a strong statement condemning the Arizona immigration law. I’ve pasted it below the fold: New York, NY, Friday, April 30, 2010 … The following statement was issued today by Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Michael Weiner regarding the immigration law recently passed by the state of Arizona.

Today marks opening day for the 2012 major leagu

Major League Baseball and the Chicago White Sox have moved to refute criticism from White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen that Asian players receive more support that Latin American ones.Guillen said Sunday that Asian players have translators while Spanish speakers are often left to fend for themselves and said there was little warning to Latinos about the risks of performance-enhancing drugs.

Through 54 games the Miami Marlins are now 13-41 and are already 19.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the National League East. But that awful record only begins to tell the story of how bad the Marlins really are. Consider this...

Manny Ramirez has begun the next phase of his colourful and controversial career after he was officially introduced as the newest member of the Chicago White Sox.The 12-time all-star was claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers for the final month of the Major League Baseball playoff chase.Ramirez said he his still driven to win championships despite the fact the Dodgers were willing to give him up without getting anything in return.

The GIF below, constructed by Drew Sheppard of Fangraphs.com, shows six of Miguel Cabrera's home runs from the past year. While there are some locations that are worse than others, there are no good spots to pitch to the red-hot Cabrera.

Watch any Major League Baseball game on TV. More often than not, when a view of the “crowd” pops onto the screen, you’ll see more empty seats than people. (Check out an early April game at eerily empty Marlins Park, for example.) And the fans who did actually show up may be spending little or nothing to “support” the team. There’s no shortage of promotions around the country aimed at enticing more fans into coming out to the ballpark. The Cleveland Indians dropped beer prices to $4 for the entire season, down from a minimum of $5.25 last year.

Watch any Major League Baseball game on TV. More often than not, when a view of the “crowd” pops onto the screen, you’ll see more empty seats than people. (Check out an early April game at eerily empty Marlins Park, for example.) And the fans who did actually show up may be spending little or nothing to “support” the team. There’s no shortage of promotions around the country aimed at enticing more fans into coming out to the ballpark. The Cleveland Indians dropped beer prices to $4 for the entire season, down from a minimum of $5.25 last year.