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Four-time All-Star catcher Russell Martin announced his retirement from baseball on Saturday. Martin took to Instagram to post his farewell message after 14 big-league seasons. In the post, Martin wore the uniforms of the four teams he played for …
Russell Martin is returning to the Dodgers, the team that drafted and groomed him, and for whom he made two All-Star teams. Though his play dropped off last season, he’s hoping a return to Los Angeles can bring back some “magic” for …
Russell Martin began his MLB career with the Los Angeles Dodgers what seems like a lifetime again, and the catcher will now be reuniting with his former team. According to baseball reporter Arash Madani, the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to trade …
The market for available catchers this offseason could be even more saturated. In addition to all the available free agents, Yahoo’s Jeff Passan reports that the Toronto Blue Jays are willing to trade Russell Martin, and the Pittsburgh Pirates …
During the celebration after Tuesday’s wildcard game, a member of the Blue Jays injured himself while giving a high five. The Blue Jays defeated the Orioles in dramatic fashion, thanks to a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning off …
There is an epidemic of weird injuries ripping through baseball, with Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin the latest victim. According to manager John Gibbons, Martin will miss a few days after injuring his knee in the shower — because he …
If you missed it, the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates got into a bit of a brawl on Easter Sunday. Carlos Gomez, who admired a triple he thought was a home run, was ejected. So was Travis Snider, who now has a black eye after receiving a …
Anyone who watches baseball knows that certain umpires have certain tendencies. Some guys are animated about called third strikes whereas others are probably more excited about standing in line at a wake than they are about ringing a hitter up. After …
Compared to the National League All-Star team, the fans did a poor job voting on the American League team. Most of the reasonable complaints regarding snubs are from the AL team. We already gave you the All-Star Game snubs from the National League. …
For some reason I woke up today thinking someone’s man card was getting revoked. The weather sucks out here on the East Coast and I’ve been in a bad mood that needs to be taken out on someone, so it just seemed right. Luckily we had SI …
Russell Martin signed with the Yankees in the off-season after being let go by the Dodgers heading into his sixth major league season. Martin started off his career in LA looking like he was the next Paul Lo Duca, showing off plenty of pop behind the …
In an off-season arms race to load up with the best possible talent, you can’t help but get the feeling the New York Yankees are getting lapped worse than the fat kid in P.E. class. We said they had to respond to the Red Sox’s brilliant …
Russell Martin always struck me as such a serious guy. Simply said, the dude’s a gamer. So much so that he’s played over 150 games each of the past two seasons even though he’s a catcher — a position that typically requires …
