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Former White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen revealed just how much he disliked retired slugger Nick Swisher, whom he managed in Chicago in 2008. “I hate Nick Swisher with my heart,” the 56-year-old Guillen said on Wednesday’s NBC Sports White Sox broadcast. Swisher came up in conversation after Guillen was asked if he disliked the former …
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PHILADELPHIA — There are times, the immensely self-deprecating Bret Saberhagen confessed earlier this week in a telephone interview, when the two-time American League Cy Young Award winner reflects on his time with the Mets — his behavior while Shea Stadium served as his office, to be more specific — and offers a rather concise assessment: …
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The Marlins’ coronavirus outbreak forced the Phillies to pause play for a week, and one Philadelphia player was not happy about it. “I was upset at everything that’s transpired through that … whoever decided to step out or not necessarily follow the health and safety protocol,” veteran outfielder Andrew McCutchen said Monday in a podcast …
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The Marlins weren’t trying to find Magic City. The COVID-19 outbreak resulting in positive tests for 18 players in the Miami Marlins’ clubhouse is not the result of going to bars and clubs, CEO Derek Jeter told media members Monday. The situation is leading to calls MLB should halt its season. Lou Williams broke NBA …
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The St. Louis Cardinals were literally rolling the dice with the MLB season. MLB Network confirmed a tweet from former big leaguer Jerry Hairston Jr. that at least a couple of Cardinals players went to a casino recently. The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed St. Louis had 13 positive tests, with seven of those being players. …
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The Phillies look ready to return to the field. Having had all games since last Sunday postponed after playing the Marlins — who’ve had 21 individuals test positive for COVID-19 since their series in Philadelphia — the Phillies announced they had no new positive cases in their most recent round of tests, and will resume …
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The Yankees have gotten off to one of the best starts in baseball, but they know it could all be for naught if COVID-19 gets its way. “I think everybody wonders, whether it be players or fans or who knows, even the league in general,” Brett Gardner said before the Yankees faced the Red Sox …
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MLB is a guinea pig, a crash test dummy. The league is trying to learn in real time how to play a regular season in a pandemic, which falls into the category of trying to learn to swim while surrounded by great white sharks. Maybe you will succeed, but good luck. Additional members of the …
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When the Marlins can finally get back to playing baseball, they’ll do so without second baseman Isan Diaz. The 24-year-old Puerto Rican infielder became the first Miami player to opt out of the season as the team battles a coronavirus outbreak that has affected 21 members of the traveling party. The Marlins — who have …
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The nightmare is in sight. see also MLB's coronavirus problem is spreading quickly MLB’s coronavirus problem is spreading quickly. The Brewers-Cardinals game Friday… Just four days after Rob Manfred declared that the Miami Marlins’ COVID-19 outbreak was not a “nightmare” situation, the MLB commissioner reportedly told MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark that the …
Former White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen revealed just how much he disliked retired slugger Nick Swisher, whom he managed in Chicago in 2008. “I hate Nick Swisher with my heart,” the 56-year-old Guillen said on Wednesday’s NBC Sports White Sox broadcast. Swisher came up in conversation after Guillen was asked if he disliked the former …
