There are 18 article(s) tagged Major League Baseball:

• November 2024

  • Former ECS standout Brent Rooker wins Silver Slugger award

    Germantown’s Rooker just completed his second season with the Oakland A’s.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 13, 2024

• July 2024

  • Morris: Why has baseball lost the interest of Black athletes?

    “If baseball is to truly be America’s game, it can only do so if it represents all Americans.”

    By G. Scott Morris July 21, 2024

• June 2024

  • MLB switching to challenge system full-time for robot umpires experiment

    Baseball’s top minor leagues, including the International League the Memphis Redbirds play in, are switching to a challenge system full-time for their test of robot umpires.

    By The Associated Press June 18, 2024

• May 2024

  • Former ECS star makes MLB history with two home runs in same inning

    Brent Rooker, who lives in Germantown during the MLB offseason, is the 60th player in major league history to homer twice in an inning. The last A’s player to do it was Mark McGwire in 1996.

    By The Associated Press May 06, 2024

• May 2023

  • Former ECS star is baseball’s early season surprise

    After years of moving from team to team and trying to stick in the majors, Brent Rooker’s bat is popping this season.

    By John Varlas May 17, 2023

• July 2022

  • Texas Rangers select Collierville ace in MLB draft

    Collierville pitcher Grayson Saunier was taken by the Texas Rangers in the 19th round.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 19, 2022

• May 2022

  • Former Memphian and MLB pitcher David West dies

    The left-hander helped Philadelphia reach the World Series in 1993. He was a 1983 graduate of Craigmont High in Memphis.

    By John Varlas May 14, 2022

• March 2022

  • Memphis Redbirds reassure fans: We’re still playing ball this year

    The Major League Baseball lockout does not affect operations in the minor leagues.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 01, 2022

• July 2021

  • After 9 years in minors, former Tiger gets first big-league hit

    The Oakland Athletics infielder, who also was a standout at the University of Memphis, and Bartlett High School, singled to center in the sixth. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 20, 2021

  • Former Bartlett, Memphis Tigers star Jacob Wilson gets first major league call-up

    After nearly a decade grinding through the minors, the infielder’s perseverance has resulted in a chance with the Oakland Athletics this weekend.

    By John Varlas July 09, 2021

• February 2021

  • Still the King: Hank Aaron died an American hero, and the champion of the home run

    From humble beginnings to home run king, Hank Aaron, who died on Jan. 22, left a legacy. He even found time for a brief stopover in Memphis and hit a home run in a football stadium.

    By Don Wade February 24, 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

• October 2020

  • Redbirds’ owner joins MLB’s effort to upgrade minor leagues

    Peter Freund, owner of three minor-league teams, is joining the initiative to improve player development.

    By John Varlas October 08, 2020

• 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

• July 2020

  • Sanford: It’s time to retire the national anthem from sporting events

    Many fans are not even at their seats when the anthem starts. They are purposefully milling around in the concourse waiting for tipoff. I don’t believe those fans are less patriotic than those standing at attention in the arena with their hands over their hearts. But spectators take the anthem for granted. And it’s time to end the ritual.

    By Otis Sanford July 30, 2020

• May 2020

  • Houston’s Grayson Hitt hoping to hear his name called early in next month’s MLB draft

    Projectability and measurables make Houston's Grayson Hitt an interesting prospect in the upcoming Major League Draft.

    By John Varlas May 28, 2020

• October 2019

  • Nelson: Baseball must change to keep fans

    Baseball romanticists often argue that part of the game’s charm is that it is played off the clock. In theory, they like to marvel, a game could last forever. Speaking literally, no game ever has. It just seems like most of them do.

    By Michael Nelson October 08, 2019

• December 2018

  • For Baseball Hall of Fame candidates, no such thing as cheating a little bit

    With another Baseball Hall of Fame class on the verge of being named, the question again arises over whether those using performance enhancing drugs deserve the sport's unlimate recognition

    By Don Wade December 29, 2018