Community Picks: Toronto Blue Jays 0% vs Boston Red Sox 0%

Long, marathon games are one of baseball’s most agonizing and joyful occurrences. In a marathon game, so much happens that it’s rare when you can pin the fate of the game on one particular thing. The Red Sox won in a walk-off, but they may not have gotten there without an epic outfield throw from center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. Continue to Article

September 06, 2017 11:58:am EST

The South Florida area is bracing for Hurricane Irma, which is disrupting several sporting events that were scheduled to be hosted in the area. The storm was upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday with winds that could potentially reach up to 175 miles per hour. • The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins game has been rescheduled for Week 11 due to Hurricane Irma. Continue to Article

September 06, 2017 10:50:am EST

Yesterday all of baseball was buzzing about the news that the Red Sox had been caught stealing signs via instant replay monitoring equipment and the use of Apple watches. While that launched about 10,000 jokes at the Red Sox’ expense — and will launch more, I’m sure — the question now is what Major League Baseball can and should do about it. Specifically, back in 2001, then-Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Sandy Alderson sent out a memo to all teams that restricted the use of electronic equipment during a game. Continue to Article

September 06, 2017 9:37:am EST

The smart watch made by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) does lots of things, and now you can add cheating to the long list of wearable wonders. Major League Baseball is weighing whether to punish the Boston Red Sox for using an Apple Watch to steal signs during a three-game series with the New York Yankees and, perhaps, other teams, the New York Times reports. The Times said the first-place Red Sox subsequently admitted that their trainers had received signals from video replay personnel and relayed it to Boston players for several weeks. Continue to Article

September 06, 2017 8:33:am EST

Up 2-0 in the top of the ninth, and the Red Sox struggling on offense all night, the Blue Jays probably thought they had a win over Boston in the bag. That would not be so! With a ground out each from Hanley Ramirez and Mitch Moreland, Andrew Benintendi and Mookie Betts would score on back-to-back at-bats to tie the game. That game would stay tied for the next 10 innings. Yes, the two teams locked horns through the 19th inning with neither of them scoring a run. It is now the longest game in baseball this season by innings, besting the Yankees and Cubs’ 18-inning game from March. Those left watching were exhausted and pretty much hoped the Red Sox would just cheat and end it already so people Continue to Article

September 06, 2017 8:12:am EST