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Hardest Baseball Positions
Every position on a baseball diamond is harder than it looks, but they are not created equal. Some demand split-second reactions and constant communication, others require elite arm strength or the nerve to start every single play, and a few you can hide a weaker glove in. So which is the hardest position to play…
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How Much Does an MLB Baseball Cost?
An official MLB baseball costs approximately $7 to produce at the Rawlings factory in Costa Rica. At retail, the same Rawlings ROMLB sells for $19.95 directly from Rawlings, $25 from most major retailers, and $30-$50 at ballparks. MLB uses approximately 108 baseballs per game (9 dozen average), which adds up to roughly 262,000 baseballs across…
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Why the Pros Play the Scottish Open the Week Before The Open
Every July, the best golfers on earth do something they almost never do the week before a major: play a full tournament. The Masters, PGA, and U.S. Open all see stars rest, scout, and arrive early; The Open Championship alone gets the opposite, a stampede into the Genesis Scottish Open, where this week the world’s…
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Scottish Open Winners by Year: Every Champion, Loch Lomond to the Renaissance
The Scottish Open winners list reads like a preview of golf history written a week early: Phil Mickelson won it in 2013 and lifted the Claret Jug seven days later; Rory McIlroy’s 2023 win came on one of the great closing shots of his career; and last year Chris Gotterup outdueled McIlroy at The Renaissance…
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Scottish Open Prize Money 2026: Purse, Payouts & Winner’s Share
The 2026 Genesis Scottish Open carries a $9 million purse, with $1.62 million and 500 FedExCup points going to Sunday’s winner at The Renaissance Club, plus, in the sponsor’s signature flourish, a Genesis GV60 Magma to drive home. As the co-sanctioned tune-up before next week’s Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, it’s one of the richest…
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Novak Djokovic’s Grand Slam Titles: All 24, Listed
Novak Djokovic owns 24 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any man in tennis history, and as of this week, the number is under live threat of becoming 25. The 39-year-old just survived the longest quarterfinal ever played at Wimbledon (five hours, fifteen minutes) to reach a record 15th semifinal at the All England…
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2026 Home Run Derby Field Tracker: Who’s In, Who’s Likely, Who’s Out
The 2026 T-Mobile Home Run Derby goes Monday, July 13 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, live on Netflix for the first time, with a brand-new swing-based format replacing the timer, and the eight-man field is filling up fast. Four sluggers are officially in: Junior Caminero, last year’s runner-up and the hottest hitter alive; Ben…
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The 300 Home Run Club: All 170 Members, Bonds to Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani led off the bottom of the first at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, turned on a Michael Lorenzen sinker, and became the 170th member of baseball’s 300 home run club, the first Japanese-born player ever to reach the mark, in the fifth-fewest games in MLB history. It capped a remarkable three-week rush on…
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40-Man Roster vs. 26-Man Roster: Baseball’s Two Rosters, Explained
Every MLB team runs on two rosters at once, and the difference between them explains half the transactions you’ll ever read. The 26-man roster is the team you watch: the players in uniform tonight, eligible to play. The 40-man roster is the organization’s protected inventory: everyone under a major-league contract, including a dozen-plus prospects and…
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Minor League Options Explained: Optioned, Out of Options & the Shuttle
“He was optioned to Triple-A.” “He’s out of options.” “They can’t send him down without waivers.” No piece of baseball jargon confuses more fans than the option system, and none explains more roster moves. Options are the invisible currency that determines which struggling young player gets sent to the minors overnight and which one a…
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MLB Free Agency Explained: Six Years, One Offer & the Compensation Maze
MLB free agency is the least restricted player market in American sports, no salary cap, no max contracts, deals fully guaranteed, and it’s guarded by one of the most convoluted gates: six full years of service time to reach it, a “qualifying offer” system that attaches draft-pick shackles to top free agents, and compensation rules…
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The MLB Draft Explained: 20 Rounds, a Lottery & a Money Puzzle
The 2026 MLB Draft runs July 11-12 at the Philadelphia Convention Center, the centerpiece of All-Star week, airing on NBC and Peacock for the first time, with the White Sox holding the No. 1 pick after winning the December lottery, their first top selection since they took Harold Baines in 1977. And if you’re coming…
