Josh Donaldson makes unbelievable catch between tarp and a hard wall (VIDEO)

Some are already calling it the best catch of the 2013 MLB season.

And, after seeing the incredible grab pulled off by Oakland Athletics third baseman Josh Donaldson in the top of the sixth inning of Tuesday's game against the Texas Rangers, you might have to agree.

With one out and a runner at first, Rangers left fielder David Murphy lifted a high pop fly that drifted toward the third base seats. Donaldson wasn't about to let the stands—or the tarp laying in his path—stop him from chasing down the ball and making the catch

Donaldson makes the incredible play in foul territory, disappearing behind the tarp and in front of the left field wall.

Amazing concentration by Donaldson.

Ian Kinsler's unbelievable hidden ball inside-the-park home run

It's a lesson every kid learns day one in Little League — the play isn't over until the umpire makes a call. Chicago White Sox leftfielder Dayan Viciedo finally learned that lesson to his dismay.

A ground ball down the left-field line eluded Vicedo and got lost behind the wall allowing Ian Kinsler to round the bases for a bizarre inside-the-park homer.

While logic says Kinsler should have been held up at second or even third for stadium interference, the umpire never ruled the play dead. So the Texas Ranger scored standing up.

Back flipping cheerleader throws out first pitch at Rangers game

Rangers Ballpark was invaded by 200 cheerleaders who took over a section of the stadium Wednesday night and rah-rahed for the hometown Rangers in a game against the Brewers.

And all that perky spirit didn't go to waste as Texas went on to a 5-4 victory.

Prior to the game, one of the limber ladies threw out the ceremonial first pitch while doing a back flip — something she seems to love doing and showing off.

Check this out!



Let's go Rangers!

Adrian Beltre still not tagged out after he ran into outfield during rundown (VIDEO)

Adrian Beltre got caught in a rundown between second and third base during Sunday's Rangers-Astros game but, rather than get tagged out, the Rangers slugger headed for the plains of Texas. Well... at least left-field of Minute Maid Park.

Jose Altuve tossed the ball to shortstop Jake Elmore, and Beltre looked like he had no shot of avoiding the tag. But then, Beltre made a mad dash for the left-field line and he hasn't been physically tagged out yet.

Even the umpire got a kick out of the comical weekend-softball strategy and gave Beltre a playful shove after the play.

Rangers' farewell gift reunites Mariano Rivera with 'mentor'

Mariano Rivera's farewell tour has been a non-stop ceremony of memorable gift-giving.  The whimsical — a gold-record of "Enter Sandman" from the Indians — and the humorous — the Twins rocking chair made of broken bats —  but,  if you believe the soon to be retired closer,  it was a presentation from the Texas Rangers and his "mentor" that might have touched Rivera's heart the most.

On Thursday, the Rangers gave Rivera a cowboy hat, a pair of cowboy boots inscribed with the Yankees logo and a check for his foundation, but it was one of the men making the presentation former Yankees closer John Wetteland who made it a special day for the retiring pitcher.

“It was wonderful,” Rivera said. “It was great to see him. Him being my mentor when he was there with us, to see him again, it was great. We chat a little bit, talk about all those old times, moments.”

Wetteland who delayed a fishing trip to attend Thursday’s ceremony served as the Yankees’ closer in 1995-96, leading the American League with 43 saves and winning World Series MVP honors during the Yankees’ 1996 championship season.

“I wasn’t going to miss today, period,” Wetteland said. “That’s not going to happen. Obviously I love Mariano to death and there’s a lot of history there; a lot of great moments, a lot of neat things shared.”

He remembers Rivera being “hittable” as a starter in 1995, but once the young pitcher joined the bullpen the following season, Wetteland knew something special was happening. 

Not long after, Rivera developed his cut fastball — “The separator,” Wetteland called it. Wetteland told Rivera “not to get beat on your third-best pitch,” and that hasn’t been a problem since.

Asked how it felt to see Rivera blossom, Wetteland said, “Like what I set out to do, got done.”

“If you look back in retrospect, it becomes clear why we’re standing here so many years later,” Wetteland said. “I’ve never seen anybody pay such attention to detail when they’re young.

“He was even talking about it out there when we were kind of having a moment; he said that when he came in, there were already lots of ‘men’ in the bullpen and he felt like a little kid. I told him, ‘You never said a word, you just sat there. But you were always watching everybody.’ He said, ‘Yeah, I was taking in everything I could.’

“When you look back from where he started and the process of how Mariano Rivera not a scared kid, but a wide-eyed kid becomes arguably and far and away the greatest closer that ever lived, you can kind of see it now.”

While this summer of Yankees' injuries, struggles and the A-Rod scandal take its toll on fans, it's nice to know that Mariano Rivera is the gift that keep on giving.

Gardner's diving catch looms even larger after Yankees rally against Rangers

Brett Gardner's outstanding diving catch to end the eighth inning and rob Elvis Andrus of a sure double looks a lot better to Yankees fans after their team came back from a 4-3 deficit in the top of the ninth to beat the Rangers, 5-4.

Comebacks have been rare for the weak-hitting Yankees this season—especially with the bottom of the order coming up and down one — so any runs the Rangers could have tacked on to their lead would have greatly diminished just about any chance of a come-from-behind win Tuesday night.

After Gardner's catch kept the Yankees' hopes alive, Brent Lillibridge — recently called up to the Yanks to play a position A-Rod was slated to handle by now — atoned for a costly error earlier at third by driving home Eduardo Nunez for the winning run in front of 42,000 stunned fans at Rangers Ballpark.

Afterwards, Gardner would call it "the biggest win of the year."

A-Rod on why he won't quit baseball: 'This is my first love'

Alex Rodriguez opened up and explained why the New York Yankees third baseman won't give up on rejoining the team this season knowing he'll be facing angry fans, declining skills, the over-zealous media, an MLB steroid investigation and possible suspension.

In a revealing interview with New York Post reporter Joel Sherman, the soon-to-be 38-year-old A-Rod explains the simple truth why he just doesn't bail out of the game thus protecting his remaining salary, health and avoid an embarrassing drug-cheat suspension.

“I just know I love the game,” Rodriguez told The Post. “This is my first love. Like any first love, it doesn’t have to be rational, so it is not rational.”

Sherman says he believes A-Rod's passion for the game still burns even though he is well enough off to just sit back and catch rays by the pool for the rest of his life. The entrepreneurial Rodriguez already has a life outside baseball which includes a burgeoning art collection, business and real estate investments and work with the Boys & Girls Club in Miami.

Why not fill his life with things other than boos and allegations?

“Then there wouldn’t be baseball," said Rodriguez.

“I know not everyone might understand this, people might think I am crazy,” continued Rodriguez. “But I really love this. I love all of it, the practice, the games. And I feel if I can help my team a little, then I owe it to the team and the fans to try.”

But even after two hip surgeries and a series of minor league rehab games this summer, A-Rod is ready to make his return in the unfriendly confines of The Ballpark in Arlington against the Texas Rangers Monday night.

"It's a process, but a process I think is on the right track,” Rodriguez said.

Sherman asked the Yankee pariah one last time why he doesn't chuck it all — escape all this, get away from the accusations, insinuations, jeers.

“I want to keep getting up and paying the price to play,” Rodriguez told him. “Do you understand?”

Woman bristles after guy lets home run ball slip through his hands

A Texas Rangers fan let Jake Elmore's first MLB home run slip though his hands and then it looks like the guy's girlfriend is more disappointed in his butterfingers than him.

The woman stares at the guy in disbelief and indignation, then spins around and gives him a second dose.

Her Melissa McCarthy act didn't work.  A grounds crew member ended up tossing the ball to its rightful owner —Elmore.