CLEVELAND, Ohio — Chris Antonetti remembers getting his first look at Carlos Santana in the Florida instructional league shortly after Cleveland acquired the 22-year-old catcher from the Dodgers in a ...
CLEVELAND — Baseball players, even the best of them, rarely get to go out on their own terms. It is, all at once, a beautiful sport and a cruel business. Carlos Santana could not escape that fate, as ...
CLEVELAND — Professional baseball is a business, and that often dictates the paths teams take when it comes to roster decisions. Sometimes, there's also a dash of courtesy thrown into the pot as well.
As a frequent reviewer of books for The Houston Press—mostly of the musical variety–I’m used to seeing my long-suffering USPS mailman, Joseph, leave the sanctity of his truck to bring bulky padded ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Some players just feel at home in certain ballparks — even when they’re the visitor. For Carlos Santana, Target Field might as well have a reserved parking spot with his name on it.