You don't expect rare elephants to be born in Upstate New York. However, that is exactly what happened at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse. Twin male Asian elephants were born and survived for the first time in a United States facility. The survival rate for twin elephants is about 1%. Mali and Doc are the proud elephant parents of the rare duo.
There's no question that the New York Yankees were a little long in the tooth at the outfield position last season. Today the Yankees and Minnesota Twins have made a trade that will send outfielder Aaron Hicks to New York in exchange for backup catcher John Ryan Murphy...
Spa Catholic graduate Tim Stauffer will reportedly sign with the New York Mets.
Stauffer, a former first-round pick out of Richmond, spent nine years with the San Diego Padres before signing with the Minnesota Twins this season.
He struggled mightily in Minnesota, posting a 6...
Tim Stauffer, one of the players who has helped blaze the trail for Capital Region natives in professional baseball, has been released by the Minnesota Twins.
The Spa Catholic grad was designated for assignment on June 10th.
Stauffer spent nine years with the Padres before signing a 1 yr/$2...
It's been mostly good news this week on the local baseball scene, as we saw three Section II products get drafted in Garrett Whitley of Niskayuna, John Stewart of Greenwich, and CBA graduate Trevor Lacosse.
But with all the good news, comes some bad...
Torii Hunter, veteran presence on the Minnesota Twins, was none too happy last night:
I don't think I've seen a guy react like this before, especially since I think both pitches were borderline strikes. The one that Hunter got punched out on...
The answer to the trivia question, "Who hit the first HR of the 2015 baseball season?" is former Tri-City ValleyCat J.D. Martinez.
Martinez, a power-hitter for the Tigers, clobbered this Phil Hughes pitch to deep right-center.
Martinez hit ...
After nine years in San Diego, Spa Catholic graduate Tim Stauffer has joined the Minnesota Twins.
On Friday, Stauffer joined "Armen and Levack" to talk about his new home, the Capital Region professional baseball scene, the Tommy John outbreak and more...
Former New York Yankee and four-time World Series champion Chuck Knoblauch was arrested on Thursday at the home of his ex-wife in Houston.
Knoblauch was reportedly "extremely intoxicated," and allegedly screamed at his ex-wife before repeatedly banging her head against the wall and eventually throwing a humidifier at her...