0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/26/2014
With five days remaining until MLB’s waiver trade deadline, conversations are picking up among contenders looking to add one last key piece or patch up a troubling roster hole. Somewhat surprisingly, teams looking to add starting pitching have two options available that just cleared waivers and can now be traded. The Mets’ Bartolo Colon is […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/22/2014
Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo isn’t the same sort of player as fellow countrymen Jose Abreu and Yoenis Cespedes, according to scouting reports such as those compiled by Baseball America‘s Ben Badler. Yet the Red Sox are hoping the 27-year-old can make the same sort of impact in the major leagues and do so quickly. Boston is […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 8/21/2014
Would it surprise you at all to hear that 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh takes going to baseball games seriously — perhaps too seriously? The man is there to catch some foul balls, and if he doesn’t get one, he’s not happy. The San Jose Mercury News‘ Tim Kawakami got this out of Harbaugh in a […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/20/2014
It happens once every 28 years or so in baseball, but officially protesting the outcome of a game can pay off. The Giants filed a protest with MLB following Tuesday’s 2-0 loss at Wrigley Field. The game was called after 4.5 innings following a 15-minute rainstorm during which the groundskeepers couldn’t probably cover the field […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/19/2014
A funny thing happened on the way to the inevitable ALCS showdown between the Oakland Athletics and Detroit Tigers – both teams stopped playing well. Entering play on August 19, neither team holds first place in its respective division. The Tigers are two games behind the Royals in the AL Central, while the A’s are a half-game back from the […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 8/18/2014
Joe Mikulik is a minor league treasure. He’s given us some of the best on-field meltdowns in the sport’s history. He’s thrown bases and covered home plate in dirt, tossed bats out of the dugout, and given bases to fans in the stands. The longtime manager for the Asheville Tourists (2000-2012) is now the skipper of […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/15/2014
The Colorado Rockies are no longer the only MLB team that’s messed up on promotional items this season. In the Detroit Tigers’ defense, at least Miguel Cabrera’s name was spelled correctly — unlike Troy Tulowitzki and Nolan Arenado — on the bobblehead given out before Friday night’s game against the Mariners. But there was one […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/14/2014
Just over two weeks remain until MLB’s Aug. 31 waiver trade deadline, and a few contenders still have some glaring needs that can be addressed before a September playoff drive and October postseason run. For some of those clubs, this is a second chance to make a deal that didn’t get done before the July […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 8/13/2014
Hey, is it all right with you guys if we just hang out around home plate while you’re playing baseball? Oh, wait — that’s Miguel Cabrera! Let’s just stay here and watch him. We’re not in the way, are we? Cool? Cool. We’re not positive these were the exact thoughts of the two pigeons that […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The competition for the National League Most Valuable Player award appeared likely to be a close race for the rest of the season. But then Andrew McCutchen was drilled by a pitch, suffered a broken rib and was put on the disabled list. Putting the perceived favorite on the sidelines has blown the NL MVP […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/12/2014
The backflip pretty much said it all. After catching the final out in Monday’s 3-2 win over the A’s, Royals center fielder Jarrod Dyson channeled his inner Ozzie Smith and did a backflip to celebrate. Never mind that manager Ned Yost and GM Dayton Moore may have freaked out when they saw Dyson flip backward, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/10/2014
What was a more ridiculous controversy involving Bryce Harper this week? Was it the question of whether or not the 21-year-old should be sent to the minors when he was hitting .249 with an OPS under .700? Harper quickly scotched that question by hitting a walkoff home run in the Nationals’ 5-3 win over the Mets […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/7/2014
Pitchers getting hit in the head by line drives is a disturbing event that we’ve seen too often in recent years. Unfortunately, just such a scene occurred Thursday night in Pittsburgh as Marlins reliever Dan Jennings became the latest pitcher to be struck down by a batted ball. The play occurred in the seventh inning […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
With the threat of more players being suspended in the Biogenesis scandal, continuing misinterpretation of the home-plate collision rule, and MVPs being sidelined due to getting hit by pitches, MLB has several pressing issues to deal with currently. So it makes sense that the league office has decided to crack down on the Dodgers’ bubble machine. What? […]
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The Padres settled on their new general manager Wednesday, agreeing to terms with Rangers assistant GM A.J. Preller. Preller replaces Josh Byrnes, who was fired by the team in late June. (Technically, Preller takes over for the interim GM trio of Omar Minaya, San Diego’s VP for baseball operations, and assistant general managers A.J. Hinch […]
