0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/20/2013
Pirates closer Jason Grilli's dreams of perfection are over. Grilli allowed a solo homer in the ninth inning to Jay Bruce last night in Cincinnati, tying the Pittsburgh-Cincinnati game at one. It was the first save Grilli has blown this year after converting his first 25 attempts of this season. To add insult to injury, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/19/2013
This June has been absolutely crazy across the world of baseball, and quite frankly, I don’t think anyone could have predicted the way this month has gone so far. You can place sports bets at a number of sites online, and if you placed a bet on everything that has happened thusfar in June, you’d […]
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The Mets stink this year. But on Tuesday, a glimmer of hope poked through the sky. The Mets swept the Braves in a doubleheader, winning by scores of 4-3 and 6-1. Each of the two games was started by a young phenom: game one by Matt Harvey, and game two by Zack Wheeler in his […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/18/2013
The New York Yankees have a 7-8 record in June, with six of those wins coming against the Mariners and Indians, and their schedule is about to get even more brutal. To make matters worse, the Yankees will have to tough it out without Kevin Youkilis and Mark Teixeira as they try to keep their […]
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This is Casey. He just graduated fifth grade. At his graduation, Casey gave a speech talking about a memory from this past year of school. The memory he chose to discuss was when the Giants won the World Series this past season. When Casey said it was his "least favorite memory", there were a couple […]
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The San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 in 13 innings last night. With the win, the Padres moved to third place in the NL West, just one game behind the Arizona Diamondbacks for first place in the division. The Padres have won seven in a row and are 11-5 in June, a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/17/2013
During Saturday night's Memphis-Albuquerque game, a brawl erupted in the fourth inning. Memphis (AAA affiliate of the Cardinals) reliever Jorge Rondon threw at the head of Albuquerque (AAA affiliate of the Dodgers) shortstop Justin Sellers after a home run by Jeremy Moore. Then, all hell broke loose. Rondon was immediately ejected, and Sellers gestured toward […]
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This really bears repeating from earlier this week: the Texas Rangers are not playing good baseball right now. At all. The Rangers have lost six of seven games on their current 11 game homestand, with the only win coming last Monday against the Indians. Texas' typically high-powered offense has had issues putting runs on the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/16/2013
Earlier this week, I mentioned that the Padres were "likely" sellers. On Friday, I mentioned that San Diego could probably use their three game sweep of Atlanta as a springboard to better things this year. Fast forward to today, and the Padres are 34-34, three games out of first in the NL West after a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/15/2013
Tampa Bay Rays starter Alex Cobb was hit in the head during today's Rays-Royals game. In the top of the fifth inning, Kansas City first baseman Eric Hosmer hit a line drive back to the mound that hit off of Cobb's right ear, sending the righthander down to the Tropicana Field turf. Cobb was taken […]
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There might be something special happening with the Blue Jays right now. Toronto smashed the Rangers 8-0 last night, and are just six games under .500. The Jays have won three in a row, and in June, their ERA is 2.50, fourth best in baseball and nearly two runs lower than their season ERA. The […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/14/2013
The Diamondbacks-Dodgers brawl on Tuesday has resulted in eight players getting suspended, with ten games for Diamondbacks starter Ian Kennedy being the harshest punishment. Eric Hinske of the Diamondbacks got five games, while managers Kirk Gibson and Don Mattingly each got a game. JP Howell and Skip Schumaker of the Dodgers each got a pair […]
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RANK TEAM CHANGE SCHEDULE COMMENT 1 — 0 @ MIA vs CHC Jake Westbrook is back. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but considering he didn't take a rotation spot from Shelby Miller, Michael Wacha, Lance Lynn, or Adam Wainwright, I'll live. 2 +4 vs SEA @ TEX Since […]
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The Colorado Rockies have placed shortstop Troy Tulowitzki on the 15-day DL with a broken rib after he left Thursday's game with the Nationals in the eighth inning trying to make a catch. Reportedly, Tulowitzki's ribs have been hurting for a week, and Thursday's game was the straw that broke the camel's back. He'll apparently […]
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The worst thing that can happen to a team is losing your best player to injury. But what could possibly be *worse* than that mess? Well, take a look at Denver yesterday, where the Rockies fell to the Nationals 5-4 due in part to a pair of balks by Wilton Lopez. Troy Tulowitzki broke a […]
