As New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter nears the end of his final season in Major League Baseball, he continues to move up the all-time hit list.
During Friday’s game against the Cleveland Indians, Jeter got a base hit in the bottom of the first inning, giving him 3,430 career hits. With that single, he moves into a tie for sixth with Honus Wagner on the career hit list.
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There is nothing more satisfying than nailing a home run over the Green Monster, especially against the New York Yankees.
In the bottom of the second inning, Mike Napoli did just that against Shane Greene to give the Boston Red Sox a 2-0 lead. There is nothing that could’ve possibly gotten the crowd more excited at this point in the game.
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Oakland Athletics center fielder Sam Fuld had one of the most impressive plays of his career on Saturday.
During the fourth inning in a game against the Kansas City Royals, the 32-year-old Fuld caught a line drive in center field, then proceeded to throw a laser to home plate, doing a barrel roll in the process. The throw ended up getting to catcher Derek Norris just before Alex Gordon, who was tagged out at home plate.
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Before the Los Angeles Dodgers took on the Chicago Cubs on Friday night, they invited quite a special guest to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Jeff Bridges, the actor who played Jeffrey Lebowski, or “The Dude” in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski, tossed the first pitch. Before throwing a legitimate pitch, Bridges decided to bowl the ball to home plate as a tribute to the film.
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Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig is known for making some crazy highlight plays. And while this one didn’t make much of a difference in the final score, it was still pretty impressive.
In the bottom of the sixth inning of Friday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs, Hanley Ramirez hit a ground ball to third. On the resulting double-play attempt, Puig kept running past third base and charged toward home plate. After sliding past Welington Castillo, Puig faked him out to touch home and score a run.
Unfortunately for the Dodgers, the run only cut their deficit to six in an 8-2 loss.
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The Colorado Rockies had good intentions with their gameday promotion for Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates, but the execution didn’t go as planned.
Update: Saturday, July 26, 2014, 8:15 p.m. ET
The Rockies have apologized for the misspelled jerseys, offering to exchange the jersey for one spelled correctly and a free ticket to a future game.
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The first 15,000 fans were to be given free Troy Tulowitzki shirts. Unfortunately, there was a typo in the All-Star shortstop’s name, with the manufacturers accidentally spelling it “Tulowizki.”
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During Saturday afternoon’s game between the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals, one ball boy had to get creative to avoid being hit.
In the bottom of the first inning, Matt Holliday hit a line-drive foul ball to right field. The ball was headed right towards one of the ball boys, but he quickly hopped out of the way and stumbled into the stands.
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Los Angeles Angels phenom Mike Trout continues to have a terrific season, and he made another huge play for his team Friday night.
In the bottom of the ninth inning against the Houston Astros, Trout swung at a ball well below the belt on an 0-2 count. The 22-year-old got all of the ball, however, and ended up hitting the walk-off home run to give his team the win.
In 81 games, Trout already has 20 home runs and 63 RBI, as he’s having yet another MVP-caliber season.
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The Milwaukee Bucks selected Jabari Parker with the No. 2 overall pick in 2014 NBA draft, and to celebrate, he got the opportunity to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Milwaukee Brewers game.
On Saturday, Parker threw out the first pitch for the Brewers before their game against the Colorado Rockies. After throwing out the pitch, he made sure to give the ball to a young fan behind home plate.
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Oakland Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is back at it again.
In the bottom of the third inning during Friday night’s game against the Miami Marlins, Giancarlo Stanton began running for home after a base hit. However, Cespedes did what he does best, throwing a laser to home plate to somehow get him out.
Cespedes now has an MLB-leading 10 outfield assists this season, as he continues to show off arguably the strongest arm in the majors. The Athletics ended up getting the 9-5 win to move to 49-30 for the year.
[MLB.com h/t Hardball Talk]
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