Harper Finally Signs With Nats
He waited until the last minute…literally. But local baseball phenom Bryce Harper has agreed to terms on a major league contract with the Washington Nationals. The deal is reportedly for five years...
View ArticleVegas’ Bryce Harper Hits First Home Run
Las Vegas – Bryce Harper became the youngest major leaguer since Adrian Beltre in 1998 to hit a home run. The 19-year old Harper hit a solo shot in the third inning of the National 8-5 win over the...
View ArticleHarper Comes Through In The Clutch
Las Vegas – Bryce Harper’s RBI single in the bottom of the 12th gave the Nationals a 7-6 win over the Mets Tuesday night. Harper is the first teenager since Gary Sheffield in 1988 to deliver a...
View ArticleBryce Harper’s Pine Tar Incident
Las Vegas – Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen had some choice words for Nationals rookie Bryce Harper during yesterday’s game in Miami. Guillen complained to umpires after Harper’s first at-bat that the...
View ArticleBryce Harper Goes 4 for 4
Nationals rookie and Vegas native Bryce Harper put together his first four-hit game in the majors in the Nationals’ 5-3 win over the Mets. After entering 0 for 10 with six strikeouts against Mets Ace...
View ArticleVlog This!: Bryce Harper Hits S.I.
Chad is back and so is Bryce Harper on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Chad takes a look at the article and what is in store for the Washington Nationals outfielder. Oh, Happy Birthday Chad!!
View ArticleNationals’ Bryce Harper Has Responded Well To Hype
By David Heck, Special to CBS Local Sports CBS Local Sports will be profiling one young player from each Major League Baseball team every day for the next 30 days as part of our “30 Players 30 Days”...
View ArticleHarper Hits First Career Walkoff
Bryce Harper hit a two-run walkoff home run in the ninth inning to give Washington a 9-7 win over Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh forced the bottom of the ninth by scoring four runs in the top of the inning off...
View ArticleFormer UNLV Star Williams To Manage Washington Nationals
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Former UNLV star and Major League third baseman Matt Williams is the new manager of the Washington Nationals. The Nationals will hold a news conference Friday to introduce Williams as...
View ArticleExclusive Excerpt From John Feinstein’s ‘Where Nobody Knows Your Name’
CBS Sports Radio host John Feinstein continues his highly successful writing career with his 32nd book, Where Nobody Knows Your Name. The book chronicles the lives of those trying to reach Major League...
View ArticleCan The Nationals’ Anthony Rendon Overcome Growing Pains?
By Rich Arleo CBS Local Sports, in our “30 Players 30 Days” spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day. Anthony Rendon, Second...
View ArticleNational League Mid-Season Team MVPs
Check out the American League Mid-Season Team MVPs. Picking the Major League Baseball All-Star Game rosters is an inexact science, of course. Every summer, there is always controversy about the voting...
View ArticleTop 5 MLB Closer Celebrations
By Jordan Tracy With Mike Trout and Albert Pujols’ mockery of Fernando Rodney’s arrow shooting celebration yesterday, I came to wonder about the significance of the closer celebration. Everyone has...
View ArticleTop 5 Starting Rotations If The Playoffs Started Today
By Jordan Tracy The trade deadline has come and gone. All that is left is possibly waiver wire trades that could include someone like Cliff Lee being dealt but major moves have been made before the...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: High Payrolls Reign Supreme In National League Playoffs
By Sam McPherson In the American League playoffs, the wild-card matchup was between teams with low payrolls — obviously one of them had to advance. But in the National League wild-card game, the team...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Four LDS Matchups In Full Swing For Weekend Action
By Sam McPherson This is the busiest weekend of Major League Baseball playoff action, and all four League Division Series will be sorted out — mostly — over the weekend’s games to be played. If NCAA...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Nationals One Loss Away From Another Playoff Disappoinment
By Sam McPherson Sometimes, you have to wonder why Major League Baseball even bothers with a 162-game season if the results mean so little come October. The grind of a long season can come to an abrupt...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Kershaw And Dodgers Can’t Get Past Cardinals Yet Again
By Sam McPherson The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, again, in the postseason, eliminating them in four games with a comeback win over Clayton Kershaw on Tuesday. Kershaw posted a...
View ArticlePlayoff Pinch Hits: Giants Eliminate Nationals With Three One-Run Wins
By Sam McPherson It’s really true in baseball: once the playoffs start, the regular season means nothing. Take for example the San Francisco Giants, a team with the lowest win total of any MLB...
View Article6 Fantastic Sports Photos You Have To See
By Adam W. Bloom Perhaps one of the greatest side notes from sports is those fantastic moments of time that are captured in photography. Moments where you see athletes flying through the air in...
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