Jack Baer

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jack Baer

It sounds like Hunter Bigge is going to be OK after taking a 105 mph line drive to the head on Thursday. Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash visited the pitcher at the hospital on Friday and told reporters he was doing well, one day after being carted off Steinbrenner Field in a stretcher. From MLB.com's Adam Berry:“Getting to see Hunter and talk to him, he was in good spirits,” Cash said.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jack Baer

It took some quick hands for Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd to avoid significant harm on Friday. Boyd was pitching in the fifth inning of the Cubs' game against the Seattle Mariners when J.P. Crawford clubbed a 104.7 mph line drive right back at him. The ball seemed destined for Boyd's head, but fortunately his glove got their faster. Crawford was visibly worried for a moment before seeing Boyd had caught the ball, then just looked stunned. Meanwhile, Boyd's father was just loving life.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jack Baer

The Los Angeles Dodgers are getting involved in the current events around their city, one day after those current events came to them. The team pledged $1 million in direct financial assistant for families of immigrants impacted by "recent events in the region" in partnership with the City of Los Angeles on Friday, while promising additional efforts in the coming days.

1 week ago | aol.com | Jack Baer

A testy four-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres culminated in a ninth-inning brawl on Thursday, sparked by a Fernando Tatis hit-by-pitch. With the Dodgers down three runs in the eighth inning, the team brought in rookie Jack Little for his MLB debut. It wasn't the smoothest debut for the right-hander, who allowed four hits, two earned runs, a walk and, crucially, that HBP.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jack Baer

The most consequential swing of Thursday's doubleheader between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers might have come in the bullpen. Pirates reliever Dennis Santana was caught on camera jumping to take a swing at a fan, who was wearing a Pirates jersey and a Tigers hat and taunting him from above the visitors bullpen at Comerica Park. It's unclear what was said to prompt the reaction, but Santana pointed to a specific fan before walking up to him.