MLB Baseball
Reggie Jackson Recounts Racism He Faced In The South
In a powerful interview, baseball legend Reggie Jackson recounted the racism he endured while playing in Birmingham, Alabama as the Jim Crow era was dying. He detailed being called the N-word constantly among other incidents.
Shohei Ohtani Signs 10-Year, $700M Deal With Dodgers
Shohei Ohtani, one of the top players in the MLB today, signed a 10-year, $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Aaron Judge Secures $360M Bag For 9-Year Deal With The Yankees
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Yankees / Getty Aaron Judge has knocked one out of the park during his off season. The slugger has reportedly re-signed with the Yankees for $360 million. As per ESPN, the outfielder has apparently re-signed with the New York Yankees. The Sacramento native was in high demand during his free agency stint and with good reason. The left hander had a record breaking 2022. On July 30, Judge became the second-fastest player in history to hit his 200th career home run (behind Ryan Howard), launching a two-run shot off of Jon Heasley of the Kansas City Royals. On Aug. 29, during a game against the Los Angeles Angels, he hit a 434-foot home run off reliever Ryan Tepera. He became only the tenth player in Major League Baseball history (and third player in ...
2022 World Series Will Not Feature Black Players Born In The U.S.
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tim Warner / Getty The 2022 World Series is upon us and fans of the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies are surely ready to witness baseball excellence at the highest level. Ahead of the series, an alarming story from one outlet went wide stating that there were no Black players expected to play in the game but further examination proved that the headline was something of an overstatement. The 2022 World Series will kick off Friday (Oct. 28) at the Phillies stadium but The Hill, a Washington, D.C. media company that focuses primarily on politics, published a tweet stating that no Black players born in the United States will play in the game. The Associated Press had a more accurate description of the Black players who will play in the World Serie...
Twitter Salutes Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson On 75th Anniversary Of MLB Debut #JackieRobinsonDay
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bettmann / Getty Jackie Robinson made Major League Baseball history 75 years ago today (April 15) after he broke the color barrier in the infamously all-white league. On Twitter, many are saluting the legendary second baseman, and teams across the MLB are joining together to honor number 42. A portion of Robinson’s biography from his official website can be viewed below: Growing up in a large, single-parent family, Jackie excelled early at all sports and learned to make his own way in life. At UCLA, Jackie became the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football and track. In 1941, he was named to the All-American football team. Due to financial difficulties, he was forced to leave college and eventually decided...
Foot Meet Mouth: Stephen A. Smith Apologizes For Insensitive Jab Made Towards Asian MLB Star Shohei Ohtani
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kyle Cooper/Colorado Rockies / Getty Stephen A. Smith is in the opinion business like many other sports media figures, and that sometimes leads to an utterance or two that should’ve remained unsaid. The ESPN personality came under fire for suggesting Asian MLB star Shohei Ohtani hire an interpreter when addressing the media but has since apologized for the insensitive remarks. Shohei “Shotime” Ohtani was the subject of discussion during a recent episode of First Take when Smith made the observation that despite the fandom surrounding Ohtani, he believed that the fact the star pitcher and outfielder’s lack of speaking English hurts the game. “When you talk about an audience gravitating to the tube or to the ballpark to actually watch you, OK, I don’t think...
Donald Trump’s Plan To Throw Fist Pitch At Yankees Game Falls Apart, He Was Never Invited
Source: Mark Makela / Getty As we’ve painfully learned firsthand over the past few years, Donald Trump is a jack of all trades but unfortunately, none of them serve a useful purpose. The race-baiting-lying-ass grifter who conned and cheated his way into the White House has also proven to be as petty as they come. So when he announced that he would be throwing out the first pitch at a Yankee game during last week’s Coronavirus briefing at the White House, many felt it was his way of one-upping Anthony Fauci throwing the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington National’s Opening Day game in D.C. that same day. But yesterday the man who’s made over 18,000 misleading statements since taking the Presidency in 2017 backed out of the “planned” August 15th ceremonial pitch citing other priorities...
MLB Players Took A Knee In Solidarity With Black Lives Matter for Opening Day, Mookie Betts Did During Anthem
Source: Rob Leiter / Getty After months of delay due to the rampant spread of the Coronavirus, last night (July 23) Opening Day for the MLB officially kicked off and much to the chagrin of Donald Trump, many players decided to take a knee and stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Things started when the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals teams kneeled before the rendition of the National Anthem during their 7pm game, but the Los Angeles Dodgers Mookie Betts decided he’d take his knee during the Star-Spangled Banner. According to TMZ the former Boston Redsox star knows that his actions may rub some the wrong way but wants everyone to know the obvious: it has nothing to do with disrespecting the military. “I know my dad served and I’ll never disrespect the flag,” B...
