“I remember being so hurt by that.. I’m so proud I’m back in Kalamazoo, right, finally made it, got drafted. And you’re like 'man, you know, this is a reality check'.”
The Tigers host the Yankees this week at Comerica Park. One team is still very much in playoff contention. One is not. The Yankees are in second place in the East, 4 ½ games behind the Red Sox. The Indians pulled one out in the 9th to beat the Red Sox 5-4 in a match-up of first place teams...
I have a friend who was a freshman when Derek Jeter was a senior at Kalamazoo Central. She says he was a nice guy, but nobody knew his baseball career would skyrocket to the level it did. Sunday night, was the exclamation point, the "cherry on top" cap to a two decade career.
Dallas Keuchel threw six shutout innings and Colby Rasmus and Carlos Gomez homered to lead the Houston Astros over the New York Yankees, 3-0, in the American League Wild Card game in the Bronx on Tuesday night.