Baseball

12/10/2025 |  Snyder's Soapbox: The Baseball Hall of Fame works exactly like it's supposed to (CBS Sports) Among other things, December in the baseball world is the time to discuss the Baseball Hall of Fame. There's an Era Committee vote and BBWAA Hall of Fame ballots are due by Dec. 31. And discussing the Hall of Fame these days means fights on social media platforms. Everything is so dramatic and needlessly dialed all the way up to 100. 

12/10/2025 |  Why Kyle Schwarber's $150M Deal Is a Major Risk for Philadelphia Phillies (DEADSPIN)
The Philadelphia Phillies made the most significant signing of the offseason so far by retaining their star DH, Kyle Schwarber, on a five-year, $150 million deal. Schwarber is coming off a career season in which he slashed .240/.365/.563 and crushed an NL-leading 56 home runs.

12/10/2025 |  White Sox win No. 1 pick in 2026 draft; Rays get 2nd selection (ESPN) ORLANDO, Fla. -- In hopes of landing the next No. 1 draft pick, the Chicago White Sox enlisted the aid of their last top overall pick. The presence of Hall of Famer Harold Baines worked like a charm.

12/10/2025 |  Shohei Ohtani: The Living Legend (Yahoo Sports) The thing about Shohei Ohtani is that he doesn’t compete with other players; he competes with history. Every season feels like a crazy sequel to an already impossible story, and somehow, he keeps getting a bigger budget. In 2025, the mythology hit its apex. Fifty-five home runs. A 1.014 OPS. Six shutout innings and three bombs in one playoff game that made even the most coldhearted haters stop pretending to be unimpressed. He didn’t just play baseball this year; he redefined it.

12/10/2025 |  Shohei Ohtani ex-translator gambling scandal being developed for TV drama (Yahoo Sports) A television drama about the gambling scandal involving Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, is in development by Starz, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The show will tell “the inside story of Shohei Ohtani’s translator Ippei Mizuhara, who journeys from unemployed drifter to international icon only to find himself tangled in a gambling scandal that rocked the sports world.”