Baseball latest front in emerging Fox-ESPN rivalry
Every MLB team must be thinking ahead and considering the immediate and long-term effects of events early in the 2013 season. Trade rumors have already begun to buzz as we learn more about the objectives of each major league franchise. The most Fox's MLB coverage, starting Saturday, faces a transition season: Lead analyst Tim McCarver [...]
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USA TODAY Sports has suggested Jones would be a good replacement for Tim McCarver, who's retiring as Fox's lead MLB analyst after this season, because Jones' low-key style is full of sharp wit. But Jones told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday he's not all USA TODAY Sports has suggested Jones would be a good replacement [...]
Read MoreRetired MLB star Chipper Jones testing broadcasting
The rules for this year's contest are a little different – one player won't be walking away with a million dollars. Here's what 2K Sports has planned. The performance already has triggered all sorts of talk about what's to come in 2013 for Mr. Harper, including a piece by fellow Bleacher Report MLB Lead Writer [...]
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Tom Dart: Rick Ankiel hits three-run homer as unfancied Houston thump big-spending Texas Rangers 8-2 on debut in American League West. It's the most wonderful time of the year, as Opening Day for the 2013 MLB season has arrived. And with it came everything that makes baseball great. From extra-inning affairs to lopsided victories, from [...]
Read MoreMLB Opening Day pitchers, times, TV
In what's become something of an annual ritual, the average price of a Major League Baseball ticket has hit new highs this season, to a league-wide average of $27.73, according to Team Marketing Report's 2013 Fan Cost Index (FCI), an annual survey of Last night, the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros kicked off the [...]
Read MoreMLB Insider: Red Sox already tired of Bobby V
Large Post-Career and Milestone Bonuses Featured in Albert Pujols' Contract No Longer Allowed. He's doing his best early on to get to half of his goal, with an MLB-leading eight homers entering Saturday. But a triple crown seems more probable than 50-50 at this point. Kemp also led in RBIs (20) and was second in [...]
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