Major league pitchers fire 90-mile-per-hour fastballs to home plate from 60 feet, six inches with routine precision, so you'd think they could handle a simple toss to first base. You'd think wrong.
Angels outfielder Mike Trout drove in two runs with two extra-base hits, and the American League beat the National League, 5-3, in the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis on Tuesday night.
If you watch baseball, you may have seen a player with what looked like a funny hat on the pitcher's mound over the weekend. However, not only is that hat a safety device, it's also going to make history.
Being a ball boy seems like an easy gig -- you get to sit on the field and only have to jump out of it to corral balls that are out of play. Someone should go over the job description with this poor kid.
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder may have made early season headline for a suspension that resulted from this brawl, but he's also quite capable of showing a softer side.