After months of waiting, Texas Rangers fans got their first sight of Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish in a victory over the Seattle Mariners. Darvish pitched nearly six innings and gave up five runs in the first two innings before calming down the rest of the way. Although he wasn’t dominant, Darvish proved that he could hang with Major League hitters and in this po… Click to read more

Baseball season finally arrived in the United States as the Marlins took on the St. Louis Cardinals in Miami. The game was a little lacking, but that stadium looked pretty sweet. If you ask us, the highlight has to be the Clevelander Club located in center field, complete with body-painted dancers. Hopefully this is the beginning of a beautiful new trend. Unt… Click to read more

While the MLB season started pretty silently in Japan on March 29th, everyone’s looking forward to celebrating “America’s Favorite Pasttime” back in America this coming Thursday. The game is going to feature the defending World Series Champions Cardinals against the Marlins, possibly the hottest team in the Majors. Not only… Click to read more

Ah…Fantasy baseball. While some can’t stand the daily commitment of constant lineup changes, for diehard sports fans it doesn’t get any better than fantasy baseball. Unlike football, most baseball leagues have some sort of keeper rule, meaning the anguish of the Ryan Howard injury to end the 2011 season and the circus surrounding Ryan Braun’s suspensio… Click to read more

The first Spring Training game is still a few days away, but for most fantasy baseball owners the season has already begun.  They’re setting draft dates, submitting keepers, and suggesting rule changes that clog up inboxes. While there are hundreds of thousands of fantasy owners out there, most can fit into a few basic categories. Here are 5 types of… Click to read more

On February 16th we had the opportunity to head over to Sony’s HQ and demo their upcoming release MLB 12 The Show for PlayStation 3. I was real pumped to give the game a try, but was more excited to meet cover athlete Adrian Gonzalez of the Boston Red Sox and star Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia. Two of the best players in the MLB + video games? Sign me up! Check o… Click to read more

Yesterday, Complex reported (via ESPN) that new Houston Astros owner Jim Crane is considering changing the name of the franchise as well as its uniforms when the team moves from the National League to the American League. Yahoo Sports has already given us their list of possible team names, all of which with the exception of 1 can be taken seriously. Our list is… Click to read more

Jorge Posada’s retirement probably came one year too late.  Along with the announcement came the debates over whether he is Hall of Fame worthy.  The prevailing thought seems to be that he was a solid player who consistently put up decent offensive numbers, but he’s not quite good enough to belong.  The thinking behind it is, while 275 career h… Click to read more

After claiming a loss of more than $70 million in 2011, the Mets declined to even make an offer to Jose Reyes, arguably one of the most talented homegrown players in franchise history, who left to sign with the Marlins. Lord knows they aren’t going to land any of the big-name free agents on the market this year. So after failing to make the playoffs for five straight seasons, who in their right mind would watch the Mets in 2012? Tri-State Sports Guys co-host Mike D has five reasons to tune in after the jump.

Bobby Valentine’s return to managing stateside will be an interesting storyline all year. Taking over for a team coming off an epic collapse, surrounded by embellished stories of an Animal House type clubhouse, the new Red Sox manager is walking into a tough situation. If he can get Carl Crawford playing up to his contract and get the staff to dispel the awful reputations they deservedly earned during the late season collapse, he’ll be a coach of the year candidate for sure. Until then, here are Tri-State Sports Guys’ co-host Mike D’s top 5 managers in the game today…

The 1994 Montreal Expos are one of the greatest “What If” questions for many baseball fans. The team with the best record in all of baseball was denied a playoff appearance due to the player’s strike, which cancelled the 1994 World Series. In this week’s “What If” series, we’ll lay out the evidence and leave you to decide for yourself what might have been. Check out our hypothetical opinion and then leave your own feelings in the comment section after the jump.

The Yankees have played in 16 of the last 17 postseasons; a feat 29 other fan bases would kill for. Except Yankee fans aren’t satisfied. Success isn’t defined by making it to October, it’s defined by World Series rings. And one World Series title in the last decade just isn’t going to cut it. The problem is, there are five main obstacles that they need to overcome to get number 28. “Tri-State Sports Guys” co-host, Mike DePalma, breaks it down after the jump.

I don’t know that many experts had the Cardinals and Rangers facing off in the Fall Classic. Apparently the baseball gods favor Jesus Freaks and yanking your starting pitcher halfway through the 5th inning. We’re no strangers to hot Rangers fans – Amber Leigh Hartman and Miss COED Heather O have shown off their Texas-sized allegiances, but we don’t have any COED models repping the Lou-birds. Hopefully, these photo galleries of each team’s sexiest superfans will inspire the lovely ladies of St. Louis to break out their gear and deliver their hottest self-shot pics? Check ‘em out then vote for the team you think has the hotter fans in our poll after the jump.

This infographic comes to us from Flip Flop Fly Ball, the visually stimulating creation of Craig Robinson… no, not THAT Craig Robinson. The site contains baseball infographics and “other visual treats” like the Mets and Yankees logos but in the other’s teams color schemes. Mind blown yet? Anyway, I’m a Mets fan. Occasionally, I watch the Yankees. Mets games take like 2 seconds. Everybody strikes out then someone sac flies a guy who got on because of a three-base error to win the game. Meanwhile, Yankees games are like epic Roman tragedies with 8 intermissions. I have to shave once the final out’s recorded. Well, I finally have proof that Yankees games should only have 6 innings. Check it out after the jump.

This is it, folks. The 2011 playoff slate is just about set – the Yanks, Phils, Brewers, D-Backs, Tigers, and Rangers have clinched their respective divisions. Now, all we need are our 2 wild cards. After 161 games, four teams’ fates come down to the last game of the season. After looking like a sure thing, the Braves and Red Sox have blown considerable leads allowing the Rays and Cards back in to the race. If all teams win, they’ll enter into head-to-head one game playoffs. What’s more exciting than this photo finish? How about photos of their fine female superfans? Check ‘em out then vote for the teams with the hottest fans in our poll after the jump.