Former Cubs first baseman Mark Grace married Tanya Avila on January 5, 2002. The marriage was short lives, as the couple was divorced in January, 2006. Mark and Tanya Grace had two sons together; Jackson Gene born in 2000, and Preston Torre born in October, 2003 during the first week of Mark’s retirement from baseball. This was Mark’s second marriage, after his first marriage to Michelle Grace ended in divorce in 1993 (after being married…
11-17-2011: So it looks like no one wants to be a part of the Boston Red Sox organization at this point. We didn’t even want Dale Sveum to be manager but even he turned down the gig to become manager of the Chicago Cubs. It looks like the Sox are now stuck with Bobby Valentine… Despite Boston being an incredibly media heavy town and her husband being enemy #1 for a spell (thanks to his…
Hunter Pence has good taste. After dating some bikini model named Terrie B and then an NFL cheerleader, now the rumor is that Hunter Pence’s girlfriend is Shannon James. Yes, Shannon James the Playmate. May 2007 to be exact. So to be clear, Hunter Pence upgraded from a bikini model girlfriend to a cheerleader girlfriend to a Playmate girlfriend. Very impressive. Hunter can thank the trade to Philly for this upgrade actually. He met Shannon…
11-15-201: After being a big part of the World Series runner-up Texas Rangers, Mike Maddux is being offered some high-profile manager positions all around the league. Despite the attention, Maddux is being pretty selective and doesn’t seem all that interested. For instance, before even being interviewed, Maddux removed his name from consideration for the Boston Red Sox vacant manager position. You might think that he did this because the Red Sox are a mess –…
Mike Matheny’s wife Kristin Matheny was the first person to find out that he was hired as the manager of the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals, replacing legendary skipper Tony LaRussa. On Friday, November 11th, Mike Matheny was notified of the news, with one caveat: He could tell no one until his introductory press conference the following Monday. Mike Matheny’s wife Kristin was sitting next to him when the news came in, he had…
UPDATE: 11/12/11: Despite the fact that initial reports that the woman Ramos is embracing in the pictures to the right was his girlfriend, we are now aware that this is not accurate. Rafael Rojas (a Rockies beat writer, who also works for a Venzuelan newspaper that covers the Venezuelan baseball league), just passed along this quote from Ramos:Wilson Ramos: “Now it’s time for me to enjoy my family, my baseball and the fact I’m single,…
After a world series title with the St. Louis Cardinals (and turning in an arguably MVP performance in the process), the excitement doesn’t end there for Allen Craig. On November 12, 2011, just two weeks after the end of the World Series, Allen Craig will marry his long-time girlfriend Marie LaMarca. Allen Craig met Marie LaMarca while they both attended Chaparral High School in Temecula, CA around 2002 when Allen was a senior. The couple…