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2023 American League Wild Card Series
The 2023 American League Wild Card Series were the two best-of-three playoff series in Major League Baseball (MLB) that determined the participating teams of the 2023 American League Division Series (ALDS). Both Wild Card Series began on October 3, with Game 2s scheduled for October 4. ESPN broadcast both Wild Card Series in the United States together with ESPN Radio while Sportsnet broadcast the Minnesota Twins vs. Toronto Blue Jays series in Canada. These matchups are: *(3) Minnesota Twins (AL Central champions) vs. (6) Toronto Blue Jays (third wild card): Twins win series 2–0. *(4) Tampa Bay Rays (first wild card) vs. (5) Texas Rangers (second wild card): Rangers win series 2–0. Background Under the current playoff structure, there are two Wild Card Series in both the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The lowest-seeded division winner and three wild card teams in each league play in a best-of-three series after the end of the regular season. The winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Minnesota Twins Season
The 2023 Minnesota Twins season will be the 63rd season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 14th season at Target Field, and the 123rd overall in the American League. Offseason Rule changes Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes will be in place for the 2023 season: * institution of a pitch clock between pitches; * limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance; * limits on defensive shifts requiring two infielders to be on either side of second and be within the boundary of the infield; and * larger bases (increased to 18-inch squares); New Uniforms On November 18, 2022, the team unveiled its first complete uniform redesign since 1987. Along with the 4 brand new uniform designs, the team unveiled an altered "TC" logo and an "M" logo featuring a red North Star. Regular season Game Log , - style="background:#bfb;" , 1 , , March 30 , , @ Royals , , 2–0 , , P. López (1–0) , , Greinke (0–1) , , Durán (1) , , 38, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Mendoza
Jessica Ofelia Mendoza (born November 11, 1980) is an American sportscaster and former softball player. Currently, she serves as a color commentator and analyst for ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball and Los Angeles Dodgers coverage on Spectrum SportsNet LA. As a softball outfielder, Mendoza was a collegiate four-time First Team All-American and two-time Olympic medalist. Mendoza played from 1999 to 2002 at Stanford and was a member of the United States women's national softball team from 2004 to 2010. She won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She played professionally in National Pro Fastpitch and was named 2011 Player of the Year and currently ranks in the top 10 for career batting average and slugging percentage. She was an analyst on ESPN's '' Sunday Night Baseball'' from 2016 to 2019. She was dropped from the ''Sunday Night Baseball'' broadcast after the 2019 season but remains an ESPN baseball analyst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Barksdale
Robert Lance Barksdale (born March 8, 1967) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began umpiring in the major leagues on a fill-in basis in 2000 and was promoted to a full-time major-league position in 2006. Umpiring career Barksdale umpired in the minor leagues from to . His minor league service included the Appalachian League, the South Atlantic League, the Florida State League, the Florida Instructional League, the Southern League, the Pacific Coast League, the Arizona Fall League and the International League. Barksdale served as a major league fill-in umpire between 2000 and his full-time MLB promotion in 2006. He was added to crew Q, led by Dale Scott, when he was called up permanently. Barksdale was the home plate umpire when Randy Johnson struck out 20 Cincinnati Reds batters at Bank One Ballpark on May 8, 2001. Barksdale was at first base on August 7, 2004, for Greg Maddux's 300th win and also at first base on June 1, 2012, when Johan Santana thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Wegner
Mark Patrick Wegner (born March 4, 1972) is an American Major League Baseball umpire. He worked in the National League from 1998 to 1999, and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He was promoted to Crew Chief for the 2018 MLB season when Dale Scott retired after the 2017 MLB season. Umpiring career Wegner has umpired in ten Division Series (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2020), five League Championship Series (2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018), and two World Baseball Classics (2009, 2013). He also officiated in the 2008 All-Star Game, the 2014 and 2018 National League Wild Card Games, and the 2013 World Series and recently the 2017 World Series. Wegner wears uniform number 14, and previously wore uniform number 47. For the 2018 regular season he was found to be a Top 10 performing home plate umpire in terms of accuracy in calling balls and strikes. His error rate was 7.28 percent. This was based on a study conducted at Boston University where 372,442 pitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremie Rehak
Jeremie Rehak (born 1988) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball. Rehak wears uniform number 35. Rehak graduated from Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, then played three seasons for the Ohio Bobcats baseball team as a walk-on. During his freshman season in 2007, Rehak was an infielder. In later seasons, he was moved to the outfield. While attending Ohio University, Rehak umpired youth baseball. In January 2011, he enrolled at the Wendelstedt Umpire School. Subsequently, Rehak began his professional umpiring career in the minor leagues. He had spent three seasons at the Triple-A level until his major league debut in April 2018. In December 2020, the Wendelstedt Umpire School announced that Rehak had been hired to a full-time position at the major league level. See also * List of Major League Baseball umpires The following is a list of major league baseball umpires. The list includes umpires who worked in any of four 19th century major leagues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Muchlinski
Michael William Muchlinski (; born February 26, 1977) is an American Major League Baseball umpire. He umpired his first Major League game on April 24, 2006, and was officially hired by MLB prior to the 2014 season. Umpiring career Muchlinski officiated behind the plate on August 5, 2011, for a benches-clearing brawl between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants. He ejected Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino, Giants catcher Eli Whiteside, and Giants pitcher Ramón Ramírez from the game. Muchlinski was the first base umpire on June 13, 2012, when Giants pitcher Matt Cain threw a perfect game against the Houston Astros. Muchlinski was the home plate umpire on June 20, 2015, when Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer pitched a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Scherzer had a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning and a 2–2 count on José Tábata. Tábata appeared to lean into Scherzer's eighth pitch of the at bat, controversially rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Iassogna
Daniel Ralph Iassogna (born May 3, 1969) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball. He joined the major league staff in . In 2012, Iassogna worked his first World Series. He was promoted to crew chief for the 2020 season. Umpiring career His professional umpiring career began in 1992, and he advanced to the International League in 1998. He umpired his first major league game in , and worked as a fill-in for vacationing or injured major league umpires for the next four seasons. In 2004, Iassogna was promoted to the major leagues to replace the retired Steve Rippley. He umpired in the postseason in only his second year as a full-time major league umpire, and has worked three World Series (2012, 2017, 2022), six League Championship Series (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021) and seven Division Series (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2022). Iassogna also worked the 2011 All-Star Game and the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Notable games Iassogna was the third base umpire when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Hamari
Adam Curtis Hamari (born May 25, 1983) is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire. Hamari began umpiring baseball for Little League teams at the age of 12. He began umpiring Minor League Baseball games in 2006, and was promoted to the major leagues on a part-time basis in 2013. Hamari was one of four umpires named to the full-time staff in February 2017, upon the retirements of Jim Joyce, John Hirschbeck, Tim Welke and Bob Davidson. Hamari was the plate umpire when Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants threw his second career no-hitter on June 25, 2014. He was also behind the plate when Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees hit a walk-off single in his final career home game on September 25, 2014. Hamari was the third base umpire for Miami Marlins pitcher Edinson Vólquez's no-hitter against the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 3, 2017. Hamari's most controversial decision may have been ejecting Noah Syndergaard of the New York Mets from a game on May 28, 2016 against th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Fletcher (umpire)
Andrew Jay Fletcher (born November 17, 1966) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball, wearing number 49. He worked in the National League in 1999 and has worked across both major leagues since 2000. Fletcher has appeared in one Major League Baseball All-Star Game and in one World Baseball Classic. Career Fletcher attended the Harry Wendelstedt Umpire School in 1989. He spent 10 years in the minor leagues before his MLB promotion in 1999. Fletcher worked in the Appalachian League in 1989, the Florida Instructional League and Midwest League in 1990 and 1991, the Carolina League in 1992, the Southern League from 1992 to 1994, and the Pacific Coast League from 1995 to 1999. He also worked in the Arizona Fall League in 1997. While in the Southern League in 1994, Fletcher was involved in two arguments with Michael Jordan, during the basketball star's lone season with the Birmingham Barons. One of the two confrontations ended with the ejection of Barons manager Terry Francona. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Frazier
Todd Brian Frazier (born February 12, 1986), nicknamed "The Toddfather", is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, New York Mets, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Frazier is 6'2", 215 lbs, and right-handed. Amateur career Todd Frazier was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, as the youngest of three boys and of partial Scottish ancestry from his father's side. He grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, a fact that has been mentioned so frequently by the baseball media that it has become a meme in some online baseball communities. He was a member of the 1996 Junior Pee-Wee National Champions in football. He played high school baseball at Toms River High School South. He was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 37th round of the 2004 draft but did not sign. 1998 Little League World Series At the age of 12 and measuring 5 feet 2 inches and , Frazier wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Monaco
Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documentaries Arts * Mike (miniseries), a 2022 Hulu limited series based on the life of American boxer Mike Tyson * Mike (2022 film), a Malayalam film produced by John Abraham * ''Mike'' (album), an album by Mike Mohede * ''Mike'' (1926 film), an American film * MIKE (musician), American rapper, songwriter and record * ''Mike'' (novel), a 1909 novel by P. G. Wodehouse * "Mike" (song), by Elvana Gjata and Ledri Vula featuring John Shahu * Mike (''Twin Peaks''), a character from ''Twin Peaks'' * "Mike", a song by Xiu Xiu from their 2004 album '' Fabulous Muscles'' Businesses * Mike (cellular network), a defunct Canadian cellular network * Mike and Ike, a candies brand Military * MIKE Force, a unit in the Vietnam War * Ivy Mike, the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Peterson
Kyle Johnathan Peterson (born April 9, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1999 and 2001. Amateur career Peterson played college baseball at Stanford University. In 1995 and 1996, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Professional career Peterson was drafted by the Brewers as the 13th overall pick in the first round of the 1997 MLB Draft. He made his major league debut in 1999. After that season, he did not again play in the majors until 2001. While in the minors with the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians in 2001, Peterson was one of four players profiled in the documentary fil"A Player To Be Named Later" He retired from the game after 2002. Broadcasting career Upon retirement, Peterson joined ESPN as an analyst on College, Major League and Little League events. Since 2003, Peterson has covered the College World Series, Little League World Series, and Major League play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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