It's almost baseball season, with Major League Baseball opening day on March 28. With spring training is winding to a close, here are three funny baseball stories from the past week:
Phillies first baseman smashes TV
Last season, the Philadelphia Phillies finished 2018 with a 80-82 record, but its fortunes could be turning in 2019 after the addition of Bryce Harper. ESPN's Jeff Passan reports that during one of the last games of the 2018 season, some Phillies players were playing Fortnite during the contest. First baseman Carlos Santana didn't like that, and took measures into his own hands:
"When the Philadelphia Phillies lost their ninth consecutive game toward the end of last September, veteran first baseman Carlos Santana felt like he needed to send a message to his teammates who he said spent portions of the game against the Atlanta Braves playing video games in the clubhouse.