Count Steve Cohen among the New York Mets faithful who are discouraged by the team’s current free fall. Cohen, the Mets’ first-year owner, called out the team’s “unproductive” offense in a tweet Wednesday morning, hours after New York fell further from postseason contention with a fifth consecutive loss. The Mets (59-60) have lost 14 of their past 19 games and, […]

Is it still arm-chair GMing when you own the team? Mets owner Steve Cohen has been something of a firebrand since officially taking the reins of the team. His outspoken Twitter personality has gotten him in hot water in the past, but it has also offered something of an unfiltered look at a mad owner. On Wednesday, after another frustrating […]

Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Has covered baseball since 1981 MY FIRST VISIT to the ludicrously charming town of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, home of the Little League World Series, came in 2015, an assignment several colleagues guaranteed would be a career highlight, which it was, and so much more. One of the many wonderful traditions at the LLWS is […]

Detroit Tigers television analyst Jack Morris said he “did not intend for any offensive thing” on Tuesday night after using an accent when describing what the Tigers should do when pitching to the Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, who was coming up to bat. With the game tied at 2 in the top of the sixth inning, outfielder Juan Lagares […]

Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Freddie Freeman stepped up to the plate in the top of the fourth inning, runners at first and second with one out, the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins tied at 2. This is the quintessential Freeman situation. He entered the game hitting .337 with runners […]

Nearly 100,000 people flooded onto the floor of the 2021 National Sports Collectors Convention in suburban Chicago, all jostling for space while peering into glass cases. Some were there to buy, shelling out anywhere from a couple of bucks to hundreds of thousands on cards. Others just wanted a glimpse of what they had only ever read about — the […]

Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault allegations. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, one of the most polarizing players in his sport, is expected in court Monday for a civil hearing with wide-ranging implications for both the sexual assault allegations against him and, ultimately, his future in baseball. After a couple of delays, Bauer will act […]

Fernando Tatis Jr. doesn’t ever seem to show any rust when he comes off the injured list. For the third time this year, Tatis was placed on IL. And for the third time this year, he homered in his return. This time, he launched a homer not once, but twice, finishing Sunday’s 8-2 win having gone 4 of 5 from […]

There hasn’t been much to cheer for in Phoenix this season, but rookie southpaw Tyler Gilbert gave the fans who arrived at Chase Field on Saturday night plenty to be excited about.  In his first career start, Gilbert made history with MLB’s eighth no-hitter of the season — the most in the modern era — and became only the second […]

Arizona Diamondbacks rookie Tyler Gilbert became the first pitcher in 68 years to throw a no-hitter in his first big league start, blanking the San Diego Padres 7-0 Saturday night at Chase Field. It was the eighth no-hitter of the season, matching the major league record set in 1884, the first season overhand pitching was allowed. Gilbert, 27, struck out […]