There are 20 article(s) tagged MLB:

• January 2024

  • St. Louis Cardinals caravan stops in Memphis

    Masyn Winn, called up from the Redbirds to St. Louis last season, returns to Memphis representing the visiting Cardinals. The players will be at AutoZone Park Friday evening, Jan. 12.

    By Frank Bonner II January 12, 2024

• September 2023

  • Jonathan Bowlan is second former Tiger this year to earn call-up to MLB

    Jonathan Bowlan was called up to the Kansas City Royals this week after Hunter Goodman was called up to the Colorado Rockies last month. 

    By Frank Bonner II September 20, 2023

• July 2023

  • Two Memphis-area baseball standouts named 2023 MLB All-Star reserves

    Former DeSoto Central standout Austin Riley and former Evangelical Christian School star Brent Rooker were named Sunday, July 2, as reserves for the MLB All-Star Game that will be played July 11 in Seattle.

    Related story:

    Former ECS star is baseball’s early season surprise

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 02, 2023

• April 2023

  • Now playing at AutoZone Park: Masyn Winn, the St. Louis Cardinals’ No. 2 prospect

    Notebook: The Memphis Redbirds’ home-opener gave fans their first look at top prospect Masyn Winn and scorekeeper John Guinozzo, 74, was at his usual post and recalling a 40-year-old run-in with Nashville manager Stump Merrill.

    By Don Wade April 04, 2023

• July 2021

  • Tigers catcher drafted by Colorado Rockies

    Hunter Goodman tied for fourth in the nation with 21 home runs this season.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 12, 2021

• May 2021

  • MLB suspends former Germantown player after sexual harassment investigation

    Former major league manager and coach Mickey Callaway is suspended through at least the end of the 2022 season.

    By The Associated Press May 26, 2021

• February 2021

  • Redbirds get new rivals in MLB’s minor-league remodel

    Realignment is intended to reduce travel and create a more efficient talent pipeline. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 12, 2021

  • Report: Mickey Callaway accused of sexual harassment

    Former Germantown High School player allegedly harassed female media personnel for at least the past five years. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 02, 2021

• September 2020

  • Brent Rooker’s major league debut comes in empty stadium

    But not even a pandemic could lessen the joy Terry Rooker felt when he saw his son playing for Minnesota Twins on TV.

    By Don Wade September 07, 2020

• August 2020

  • Sports Notebook: Memphis AD’s confidence in a football season ‘hour-to-hour;’ opting out no option for FSU star; and dancing in the rain

    Laird Veatch warily eyes the status of the football season; Mike Norvell's best player makes his position clear; and an innocently made but still offensive gesture at a baseball game lands a coach in trouble. 

    By Don Wade August 09, 2020

  • Room Without a View: Former Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp is trapped

    Positive COVID-19 tests have postponed seven Cardinals games and left the team, including the first base coach, stranded in a Milwaukee hotel.

    By Don Wade August 05, 2020

  • Sports Notebook: For NBA, protesting social injustice in America is the easy part; SEC keeps football in the family

    In this week's Sports Notebook: ESPN takes a deep look at the NBA's relationship with China; college football conferences amending schedules amid the pandemic; St. Louis Cardinals one of six MLB teams shut down, and the season might be at risk. 

    By Don Wade August 02, 2020

• July 2020

  • St. Louis Cardinals’ game postponed after two positive COVID-19 tests

    The Cardinals join five other Major League Baseball teams that are in a holding pattern after players tested positive for the coronavirus.

    By Don Wade July 31, 2020

  • Season of Sacrifice: If Cardinals have great season, Stubby Clapp might not see his family until November

    MLB plans to play on despite the number of positive COVID-19 tests on the Miami Marlins. For St. Louis Cardinals coach Stubby Clapp, that means he can keep working -- hopefully all the way through the World Series. But there's a cost: Clapp and his family probably won't see each other till season's end. 

    By Don Wade July 28, 2020

  • Jason Motte says return of MLB won’t change game, but he’s glad it’s back

    There's still a pandemic going on, but it will be nice to have the diversion of a baseball season -- even just a 60-game regular season, says former St. Louis Cardinals closer and current CBHS pitching coach Jason Motte.

    By Don Wade July 23, 2020

• June 2020

  • Sports Notebook: Ole Miss evolving, bears vs. masks, and Precious Achiuwa

    The University of Mississippi might find its preferred name of Ole Miss and its Rebels nickname to be targets for change. Plus, you might be more likely to find a bear in the mountains than you are to find homo sapiens wearing masks on the streets of downtown Gatlinburg. 

    By Don Wade June 21, 2020

• May 2020

  • Hard habit to break: Coronavirus risk will mean ‘there’s no spitting in baseball’

    If MLB games return amid the pandemic, they will do so minus the time-honored baseball tradition of near-constant spitting — or at least that's the goal.

    By Don Wade May 22, 2020

• March 2020

  • MLB to cease operations for at least a month; Memphis Redbirds impacted too

    CBU’s baseball program was taking a hiatus and the Rhodes College season looked to be finished.

    By Don Wade March 12, 2020

• January 2020

  • Cardinals Caravan, with ace Jack Flaherty, stops at AutoZone Park

    In town with the annual Cardinals Caravan, St. Louis starting pitcher Jack Flaherty says the Cardinals just ran into a “hot team” in the NLCS and that there is no place in the game for cheating of any kind. 

    By Don Wade January 17, 2020

• November 2019

  • MLB contraction proposal could affect Redbirds owner Peter Freund

    MLB has a proposal to eliminate more than 40 minor-league affiliated teams; while the Memphis Triple-A team is not directly impacted, Redbirds owner Peter Freund's Short Season A team, the Williamsport Crosscutters, a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate, is on the preliminary hit list. 

    By Don Wade November 27, 2019