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When Mike Trout misjudges a batted ball, he compensates by pulling off a superhuman web gem.

In the bottom of the eighth inning Friday, the Los Angeles Angels center fielder took a rather poor angle on a liner from Seattle Mariners designated hitter Kendrys Morales.

Most outfielders would have to play the ball off the wall and hope to keep Morales to a double. Trout, on the other hand, simply leaps up, reaches behind his head and makes an incredible catch.

Now it is time to worry about their chances to stay alive.

There will be an air of royalty to the 2014 MLB playoffs. 

The Kansas City Royals clinched a spot in the postseason with a 3-1 win over the Chicago White Sox. Jeremy Guthrie was brilliant on the mound, and the three runs the offense pushed across in the top of the first inning were enough to carry the team to victory.

Shortly after the hiring of Dave Stewart as the Arizona Diamondbacks general manager, it was clear changes were coming. On Friday afternoon, it was announced that manager Kirk Gibson was fired from his position.

The Diamondbacks' official account reported the news:  

You might have tuned into NBC Sports last night and thought, “Damn, this is a long Derek Jeter commercial.”

And you wouldn’t have been entirely wrong. Reality twisted into fiction at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night, with real life taking on the facile shimmer of an advertising fairy tale.

Ah, yes. The old switcheroo.

The bait-and-switch is a mainstay of old ballpark cons, but one young ball boy wet his feet in the art at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night. 

From two decades without a winning record to two straight postseason berths: The Pittsburgh Pirates' ascent to relevancy is here to stay.

By now, every baseball fan has seen Derek Jeter's most memorable moments on the baseball field on hundreds of occasions. However, this may be the first time you can see those highlights re-enacted by plastic toys.

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter's latest present on his retirement tour came from the commissioner's office, as outgoing MLB boss Bud Selig presented the future Hall of Famer with the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award.    

Derek Jeter has received many gifts from opposing teams on his farewell tour this year, but it's going to cost him in taxes when all is said and done.