The royal baseball bloodlines must proceed in purity! Edwin Encarnacion’s girlfriend Jennifer Pena is the daughter of Tony Pena, the catcher who seemingly played a billion years in the MLB. I remember when Tony was on the Red Sox. I had his baseball card. He was okay, but he’d already passed his prime, having been a five-time all-star prior to getting dealt to the Sox. Let’s keep it about the lovebirds though– Jennifer’s actually a…
For those of you looking for one of our typical posts about Yoenis Cespedes’ wife or Yoenis Cespedes’ girlfriend, we regret that we don’t have much to talk about on that front. In our quick divergence from normally scheduled programming, we thought we’d learn more about his family…. And man oh man, this Yoenis Cespedes’ family had a rough go of it. A recent article by Ctpost.com details the serious struggles of getting the hell…
Jeff Samardzija’s girlfriend has been on the net and in the news recently, but we still don’t know what her name is. It’s a weird little case for the tall pitcher with the difficultly spelt last name. Basically, Jeff told general manager Theo Epstein that he was willing to get rid of all the “distractions” in his life in order to become a good starting pitcher. That included, of course, his now ex-girlfriend. The excellent…
Jose Abreu has thus far proven to be a beast. How often do you hear about a guy joining the Majors out of the blue and lighting everyone up right out of the gate? Jose Abreu’s wife Maria Abreu is probably just happy to be here. The two of them defected from Cuba with their son. They don’t like talking about it, but it’s hard to see the downside other than leaving family and friends….
Brad Ausmus’ wife Liz Ausmus is standing by her man in these transitional times as he attempts to launch his stand-up comedy career. It’s been rough going because Brad is also managing a professional baseball team on the side, and coming up with new material to try out in front of sports reporters is brutally difficult. Part of the difficulty in becoming a stand-up comedian is talking about sensitive topics in a way that is…
The baseball world is in mourning this week after the death of a third legend in recent days. Following the passing of Don Zimmer and Bob Welch earlier in June, Tony Gwynn passed away today at the age of 54. Tony Gwynn’s wife Alicia, son Tony Jr and daughter Anisha Nicole survive him. Gwynn had been battling cancer since 2010 after having an operation to remove multiple cancerous lymph nodes as well as a malignant…
Carlos Rodon’s girlfriend Keely Warren is a cheerleader for East Carolina University, but whenever I see her I think she’s a politician. That’s not a bad thing– it’s just she’s got that leadership look about her or something– like she’s running for state representative and needs your vote. “Senator, with all due respect, the legislation regarding strikeouts in North Carolina is clearly a bid to force Carlos Rodon out of contention for the first round…