Tom Froemming
MLB blogger
Tom Froemming is a proud Minnesotan and avid baseball fan. Before starting out as a blogger over five years ago, he spent time as a college newspaper editor, independent publisher and stringer for a daily. The best place to follow Tom outside of Rant Sports is on Twitter @BaseballByTom.
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Andrew McCutchen Carrying Pittsburgh Pirates’ Punchless Lineup
Somebody forgot to tell Andrew McCutchen today’s professional athlete is pretty much expected to rest on his laurels after signing a big contract extension. The Pittsburgh Pirates locked up their star center fielder this March, signing him to a 6-year, $51.5 million contract extension that has a team option for 2018. If the early returns [...]
TweetMatt Kemp Re-Aggravates Hamstring Injury in Second Game Back From DL
Matt Kemp re-aggravated his injured hamstring last night in what was just his second game back from the disabled list. The Los Angeles Dodgers star center fielder suffered the injury while rounding third base. Kemp slowed on his way to the plate, but it’s wasn’t immediately obvious that he tweaked the hamstring. He pulled up [...]
TweetGrady Sizemore is Cleveland Indians’ Money Pit
Grady Sizemore and the Cleveland Indians have had a lose-lose relationship over the past three seasons. The Indians have committed over $18 million dollars to Sizemore over that span, but the 29-year-old has managed to give them just 104 games. It’s hard to feel bad for a multi-millionaire professional athlete, but Sizemore wants to be [...]
TweetManny Ramirez Will Not Join Oakland Athletics When Eligible
Manny Ramirez will not join the Oakland Athletics when eligible, as the team has decided he is not ready for major league action at this point of his comeback. It was expected Ramirez would debut with Oakland on Wednesday, his 40th birthday, but he has gone 8-for-32 (.250) with no extra-base hits in his rehab [...]
TweetIndy 500 Preview: No Danica Patrick, But Still Plenty of Intrigue
The Indianapolis 500 is the Greatest Spectacle in Racing and one of the biggest sporting events in the world. The IndyCar series hopes that stage can serve as a spotlight to display its next big star. Their last star is over 500 miles away, preparing for a NASCAR race in Charlotte, N.C. Danica Patrick ditched [...]
TweetChipper Jones on Stephen Strasburg: “The Best Repertoire Of Pitches That I’ve Seen”
Chipper Jones has faced over 1,000 pitchers over his career, none quite like Washington Nationals’ young gun Stephen Strasburg. Jones said Strasburg has “the best stuff, the best repertoire of pitches that I’ve seen on any one single pitcher.” We tend to get wrapped up in radar guns, statistics, metrics, advanced metrics, sabermetrics and whatever [...]
TweetAlbert Pujols Has His Swing Back
Albert Pujols is back. Call it a slump, a funk, a choke or whatever you want, Pujols simply hasn’t been himself in his first year in Anaheim. Whether it’s the new league, new team, new stadiums or the weight of the 10-year, $250 million contract he signed, the man they call The Machine has looked [...]
TweetSt. Louis Cardinals in Tailspin, Await Results of Lance Berkman’s MRI
The St. Louis Cardinals enter the week in first place in the National League Central, but you have to wonder how much longer they can pace the rest of the division. The defending World Series champions were dealt another big blow over the weekend, losing Lance Berkman to a knee injury. The severity of the [...]
TweetWill Rhymes Gets Hit in Forearm, Passes Out From Pain
Will Rhymes of the Tampa Bay Rays had to be carted off the field Wednesday night after being hit square in the forearm by a pitch. Boston Red Sox pitcher Franklin Morales clearly wasn’t throwing at Rhymes, but this is exactly why anytime a pitcher intentionally hit’s a batter, severe punishment must be issued. Most [...]
TweetBrett Lawrie Spikes Batting Helmet Into Umpire After Questionable Called Strikes
Brett Lawrie of the Toronto Blue Jays is one of the hardest-playing, fieriest players in baseball. That fire got the best of him at the end of the Jays 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays at Rogers Centre Tuesday night. Lawrie was up against Fernando Rodney with one out in the bottom of the [...]
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