JUST a brief, soft, friendly reminder to our beloved local sportscasters: We’re not stupid! Monday, Baltimore’s Robert Andino bounced into an easier-than-pie double play. Robinson Cano fielded near second, reached out to tag Nick Johnson, who had just be...
Felix Doubront pitched six strong innings and Cody Ross homered to lead the Red Sox to their first winning streak in May with a 4-1 win over the Indians last night in Boston. Doubront (3-1) allowed one run on three hits, which was all the Indians would g...
PERHAPS if NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA players came up with better, more applicable words than “players union” their organizations wouldn’t strike so many as comical. The use of “unions” as it relates to how players unions operate are making Samuel Gompers, Jo...
George Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman were watching SportsCenter together in January, 2003 when it was reported the Red Sox had signed free agent David Ortiz. That should not have caused much of a stir. Ortiz was no star then and actually had been releas...
WASHINGTON — Major League Baseball suspended Phillies ace Cole Hamels five games yesterday for intentionally throwing at Nationals star rookie Bryce Harper. Hamels was also fined an undisclosed amount for plunking the 19-year-old phenom during Sunday nig...
PHILADELPHIA – No dustups between Bryce Harper and Cole Hamels in the rematch. Harper and his teammates did little damage Wednesday night as Hamels pitched eight scoreless innings and led the Philadelphia Phillies over the Washington Nationals 4-1. Hamel...
Washington, DC – Stephen Strasburg clubbed his first career home run and was one of three Nationals with a long ball as Washington salvaged the finale of a three-game interleague series with a 9-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. Danny Espin...
Major League Baseball rookie sensation Bryce Harper is having a pretty good last couple of weeks. He was able to hit his first home run and even was able to take his picture with a Playboy model. On Tuesday, Harper…Christian Post· 11 minutes ago The Inqu...
Bryce Harper hit his first major league homer, a solo shot to straightaway center field for the Washington Nationals off San Diego Padres right-hander Tim Stauffer. The 19-year-old Harper, the youngest player in the majors, drove a 2-1 pitch to the grass...
That's not eyeblack: Bryce Harper had blood dripping down his face in the 8th inning of Friday night's Nats-Reds game after being cut above his left eye. So what the heck happened? As the Washington Times' Amanda Comak explained, Harper smashed a bat aga...
May, 26, 2012 May 26 2:34 PM ET I shudder at the prospect of the media overkill if Bryce Harper ever dates a Kardashian. Or is discovered to be related to Tim Tebow. Or plays for the Red Sox or Yankees. Or, heaven forbid, gets his batting average up to ....
The Washington Nationals have cornered the phenom market in recent drafts, and 2012 is set up for outfielder Bryce Harper and pitcher Stephen Strasburg to begin their hostile takeover of the National League East. Harper made his D.C. debut four weeks ago...
“RIP Robin Gibb” — what does that even mean on Twitter? Monica Hesse dissects the showy phenomenon of social media mourning : “When celebrities die, we become more aware of our ephemeral existence. Everyone dies, even a Bee Gee, and bleating out tweets i...
Earlier this month, in Cincinnati, Bryce Harper joined several teammates strolling from the stadium to the team hotel. The group included Ryan Zimmerman , Xavier Nady and Adam LaRoche , all of them in a different stage of life from Harper. On the field, ...
No matter what type of craziness surrounds him, Bryce Harper always plays the game hard. Bryce Harper has skipped a lot of steps in his baseball career: college, his last year of high school, anonymity. Harper is that rare person whose talent is so outra...
