By Gary Sheffield Jr. Many people think that being the son or daughter of a professional athlete would change their lives all for the better, but I am here to tell you how wrong that could be. I am Gary Sheffield Jr., son of 9X baseball...
By Jason Esposito The bus rides. The hotels. The food — peanut butter and jelly, “if you don’t like it, play better,” as the saying goes. We are infamous, every major leaguer has been through it, but what isn’t chronicled is our optimism and work ethic. It’s a...
MLB Outfielder for the Atlanta Braves Profile: Eric Young Jr. | Age: 29 | Hometown: New Brunswick, NJ Twitter: @EYjr | Instagram: @itsEYjr College: Chandler-Gilbert Community College | MLB: Atlanta Braves Achievements: MLB Debut 8/25/09 | Drafted in the 30th round of the 2003 MLB Draft | 2013 National League Stolen...
MLB Relief Pitcher for the Seattle Mariners Profile: Dominic Leone | Age: 22 | Hometown: Norwich, Connecticut Twitter: @DLeone52 | Instagram: @DLeone12 High School: Norwich Free Academy | College: Clemson University | MLB: Seattle Mariners Achievements: MLB Debut 4/6/14 | Drafted in the 16th rounded of the 2012 MLB Draft | Captain...
The summer of 2012 I got in contact with Reds 2nd baseman Brandon Phillips and he said he'd love to support PG Sports. I sent him the gear and he didn't follow me [on Twitter] so I couldn't direct message him to ask to tweet...
Jason Grilli aka Grill Cheese has had a interesting journey to the major leagues. He got drafted in 1994 by the New York Yankees in the 24th round out of high school, but opted to go to Seton Hall University. After dominating at Seton Hall for...
Clint Frazier was one of the top prospects in the 2013 MLB Draft. Frazier is from Loganville, Georgia and played at Loganville High School. He basically won every award a high school player could batting .485, 17HR, 45RBI, and 22SB in 32 games. He was...
Brandon Barnes was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 6th round of the 2005 amateur draft. At the age of 26 he was called up to the big leagues with the Astros and played his first game on August 7, 2012. Now in his official rookie campaign he is...
Cito Culver was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (32nd) of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from Irondequoit HS (Rochester, NY). He is one of their top prospects. He is a shortstop and might take over when Derek Jeter retires....
On July 9, 2005 Adam Greenberg (from Guilford, Connecticut) got struck in the head with a baseball in his first MLB at bat with the Chicago Cubs (vs the Florida Marlins). They did not know if Greenberg would ever make it back to the bigs. After years and years in various...