Oakland outfielder Yoenis Cespedes has played an integral role in making the A's one of the top teams in the American League. In only his third year in MLB, Cespedes doesn't have quite the hype and flash as fellow Cuban Yasiel Puig, but the talent is unquestioned.
It was April 8, 1974 when Atlanta Braves outfielder Hank Aaron drove an Al Downing pitch into the bullpen of Atlanta Fulton-County Stadium to hit his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record.
All the big talk in Major League Baseball for the next few days is going to be focused on the Texas Rangers, notably former second baseman Ian Kinsler.
New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, one of baseball's best players of the last 20 years and five-time World Series champion, announced today (Feb. 12) he will retire at the end of the 2014 Major League Baseball season.