People talking about greatest all star game this, best HR derby ever that... None of its real though, save your superlatives for single season, playoffs, single game and all time.
The only cool ASG stat is that Ichiro is the only person to ever hit an inside the park HR in one
I remember covering CONCACAF matches at Swangard between Canada and countries like Honduras ,Costa Rica and EL Salvador. 5000 people would show up,4000 pulling for the Central American side. I love how far Canadian soccer has come—on the pitch and in the stands.Great job boys.
We are saddened by the passing of three-time All-Star and 1968 World Series MVP Mickey Lolich.
Lolich spent 13 of his 16 Major League seasons with the Tigers, while also pitching for the Mets and Padres.
In 1968, Lolich hurled 3 complete game victories against St. Louis in the World Series to lead Detroit back from a 3-1 deficit and win the championship in seven games.
His finest season came in 1971 when he led the American League in wins (25), starts (49), complete games (29), innings pitched (376), and strikeouts (308), while finishing second in AL Cy Young voting.
Lolich won 217 career games and his 2,832 career strikeouts are 5th all-time among left-handed pitchers behind only Randy Johnson, Steve Carlton, CC Sabathia, and Clayton Kershaw.
Lolich was 85 years old.
"Holy smokes, a laser beam strike from Ichiro and Terence Long is gunned down!"
I'm a fan of many announcers across many sports, but Rick Rizzs is the top of the heap for me.
Make sure you tune in this year, it'll be special.
Holy smokes, what a run 💙
After 41 years in the Mariners broadcast booth, Rick Rizzs will be stepping away from the mic at the end of the 2026 season. We can't wait to celebrate Rick during his final year on the call.
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Only a fool would abandon the Mariners now. These devastating losses only harden my resolve. They will eventually win the World Series and that will feel great.
Mariner legend. What a great story. He was bad last year, but he was hurt, he resigned anyway, and he's been a killer all year. He's playing baseball on another level right now.
From the game story:
Will they have any pitching left? Will they be gassed from the emotional victory?
Who cares.
The victory was theirs and for those that call themselves Mariners fans, as painful as it can be at times, to enjoy and celebrate.
Had to work last night, told everyone not to tell me the score. No one did, but looked at my phone around midnight and there were four or five texts so I knew the boys had done it. Rewatched this morning, 15 freaking innings and then Polo time. What a time to be alive! NERS WIN!!
Nobody even got close to 200 hits this season.
Shohei Ohtani ended the year with 55 home runs, that's the first time ever anyone's finished the season with 55.
And he just hit another tying Junior for the Ms all time single season HR record, and the Royals broadcasters dropped a Dave Neihaus my oh my as a truly lovely tribute. KC is a baseball town, that's for sure!
I just wanna say that i had a really good feeling about Big Cal Raleigh like more than 3 years ago so I wrote a poem about him and well, he just broke Mickey Mantle's all time single season HR record for a switch hitter and he catches damn near every day too.