Baseball Digest is a baseball magazine resource,published in Orlando,Florida,by Grandstand Publishing,LLC. It is the longest running baseball magazine in the United States.
Jeffrey Scot Suppan is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current professional baseball coach who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Boston Red Sox,Arizona Diamondbacks,Kansas City Royals,Pittsburgh Pirates,St. Louis Cardinals,Milwaukee Brewers,and San Diego Padres.
The St. Cloud Rox are a baseball team that play in the Northwoods League,a collegiate summer baseball league. Their home games are played at the Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud,Minnesota.
Robert Paul Melvin is an American professional baseball manager and former catcher who is the manager of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). Melvin has been named Manager of the Year three times.
Mark David Loretta is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1995 and 2009 for the Milwaukee Brewers,Houston Astros,San Diego Padres,Boston Red Sox,and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Todd Anthony Greene is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. In an 11-year career,he played for the Anaheim Angels (1996–1999),Toronto Blue Jays (2000),New York Yankees (2001),Texas Rangers (2002–2003),Colorado Rockies (2004–2005),and San Francisco Giants (2006). He batted and threw right-handed.
Peter Thomas Harnisch is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in college at Fordham University from 1984 through 1987,and was an All-American pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1988 through 2001 for the Baltimore Orioles,Houston Astros,New York Mets,Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds.
The 2005 Major League Baseball season was notable for the league's new steroid policy in the wake of the BALCO scandal,which enforced harsher penalties than ever before for steroid use in Major League Baseball. Several players,including veteran Rafael Palmeiro,were suspended under the new policy. Besides steroids it was also notable that every team in the NL East finished the season with at least 81 wins. Additionally it was the first season featuring a baseball team in Washington,D.C. since the second iteration of the Washington Senators last played there in 1971;the Washington Nationals had moved from Montreal,the first relocation of a team in 33 years and currently the most recent time this has occurred in the majors.
Ronald Jon Roenicke is an American former professional baseball outfielder,coach,and manager. During his playing career,Roenicke played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers,Seattle Mariners,San Diego Padres,San Francisco Giants,Philadelphia Phillies,and Cincinnati Reds. He later served as a coach for the Dodgers,Los Angeles Angels,and Boston Red Sox,and as manager for the Milwaukee Brewers and Red Sox. He is the younger brother of former MLB outfielder Gary Roenicke.
Below are lists of Rule 5 draft results since 1997. Players selected in the Major League Baseball (MLB) phase of the Rule 5 draft must be kept on their new team's active roster for the entire following MLB season,or they are placed on waivers and offered back to their original team if not claimed. Players chosen in the Minor League Baseball phase(s) of the Rule 5 draft remain with their new organization without restrictions.
The 2007 Major League Baseball season began on April 1 with a rematch of the 2006 National League Championship Series;the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets played the first game of the season at Busch Stadium in St. Louis,Missouri,which was won by the Mets,6–1. The regular season concluded with seven teams entering the postseason who had failed to reach the 2006 playoffs including all National League teams,with only the New York Yankees returning;a dramatic one-game playoff between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres;and the largest September collapse for a leading team in baseball history,with the Mets squandering a 7-game lead with 17 to play,losing on the final day of the regular season,and the Philadelphia Phillies capturing the National League East for the first time since 1993. The season ended on October 28,with the Boston Red Sox sweeping the World Series over the Rockies,four games to zero.
The Peoria Javelinas are a baseball team based in Peoria,Arizona,that competes in the West Division of the Arizona Fall League. The team plays its home games at Peoria Sports Complex. The ballpark is also the spring training facility for the San Diego Padres and the Seattle Mariners. The team was established in 1992 as the Tucson Javelinas,and played for two seasons under that name. The Javelinas have won the most championships,seven,of any team in the Arizona Fall League,most recently in 2018.
Micah Burton Owings is an American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks,Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres between 2007 and 2012. During his career,Owings was used as a pitcher and an occasional pinch-hitter;he also played outfielder in the minor leagues. While playing for the Diamondbacks in 2007,he was honored with a Silver Slugger Award as the top-hitting pitcher.
The 2002 Major League Baseball season finished with two wild-card teams contesting the World Series;the Anaheim Angels defeated the San Francisco Giants in seven games for the World Series championship. It was the first title in Angels team history. This was the first season for MLB.tv.
Joseph Andrew Thatcher is an American college baseball coach and former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres,Arizona Diamondbacks,Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim,and Houston Astros.
Thomas Harold Gamboa is an American professional baseball coach and manager.
The 1970 Major League Baseball season:The Seattle Pilots relocated to Milwaukee and became the Brewers,thus returning Major League Baseball to Wisconsin for the first time since the relocation of the Milwaukee Braves to Atlanta following the 1965 season. Major League Baseball returned to Seattle in 1977,when the Mariners began play.
The 2008 Major League Baseball draft,was an annual choosing of high school and college baseball players,held on June 5 and 6,2008.
The 2009 Major League Baseball season began on April 5,2009;the regular season was extended two days for a one-game playoff between the Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins for the American League Central title. The postseason began the next day with the Division Series. The World Series began on October 28,and ended on November 4,with the New York Yankees defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. This was the second time the season was completed in November. The only other occasion was the 2001 World Series,because of the delaying of the end of that season due to the September 11 attacks as November baseball would be guaranteed when Game 4 was played on Sunday,November 1. Had the 2009 World Series gone the full seven games,Game 7 would've been played on November 5,the latest date ever scheduled for a World Series game. It became the latest date for a World Series game in 2022. The American League champion had home field advantage for the World Series by virtue of winning the All-Star Game on July 14 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis,Missouri,4–3. In addition,the annual Civil Rights Game became a regular season game,and was played June 20 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati,Ohio,when the host Cincinnati Reds lost to the Chicago White Sox in an interleague game,10–8. Both teams wore replicas of their 1965 uniforms in the contest.
The 2017 Major League Baseball season began on April 2 with three games,including the 2016 World Series champions Chicago Cubs facing off against the St. Louis Cardinals,the regular season ended in late September. The postseason began on October 3. The World Series began October 24 and Game 7 was played on November 1,in which the Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games,to capture their first World Series championship in franchise history.
