0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/28/2013
During yesterday's Giants-A's game, Oakland outfielder Yoenis Cespedes showed off his athleticism…while not even making a play. In the top of the fifth inning, Brandon Crawford hit a sinking liner to left field. Cespedes came on to make the catch, but whiffed. With Coco Crisp backing him up, Cespedes proceeded to do a front flip […]
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The Angels had a huge opportunity to stretch their winning streak to nine games on Monday, and it blew up in their faces. Los Angeles jumped out to a 6-2 lead over the Dodgers after the fourth. But CJ Wilson broke down in the fifth, allowing four runs to tie the game at six. AJ […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/27/2013
It looks like the Seattle Mariners are starting to feel the heat. After banishing Jesus Montero to AAA Tacoma this weekend, teammate Dustin Ackley will join him there. Taking Ackley's spot on the Mariners' roster is Nick Franklin, a top five prospect coming into the year for the Mariners. First, we'll start with Ackley. He […]
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On this Memorial Day, we're celebrating the beginning of league-wide interleague play in MLB. Every team will face a team from the opposite league today, and in most cases, the teams squaring off will be rivals: the Orioles and Nationals, the Giants and Athletics, the Royals and Cardinals, the Cubs and White Sox, the Yankees […]
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Cole Hamels is getting too much blame for Philadelphia's season. Yeah, he's 1-8, but in his 11 starts, the Phillies have given Hamels a total of 20 runs of support. That's less than two runs of offense per game, and while Hamels' 4.43 ERA isn't ideal, no pitcher can rack up the wins with that […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/26/2013
Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre really hates people touching his head. Remember this from two weeks ago? Well, Beltre's head-related freakouts came into play again on Saturday night, with near disastrous results for Elvis Andrus. Good lord. Keep in mind, this is on the field during a conference on the mound. Robbie Ross then got […]
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Pedro Alvarez of the Pirates is one of the streakiest hitters in baseball. After homering just four times in April, Alvarez already has launched six bombs in May in 35 fewer plate appearances. In May, his OPS is nearly 300 points higher, and he's managed to do that with nearly identical strikeout and walk rates. […]
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On Saturday, Angel Pagan of the Giants hit perhaps the greatest walkoff of the season. With San Francisco trailing 5-4 in the bottom of the tenth following a Troy Tulowitzki homer in the top of the inning, Brandon Crawford led off with a walk against Rockies closer Rafael Betancourt. Quillermo Quiroz bunted Crawford over to […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/25/2013
First off, I'd like to apologize for that terrible pun. Tigers starter Anibal Sanchez remains the best free agent signing of the winter. He threw 8 1/3 no-hit innings on Friday night against the Twins, and struck out 12 during the game. For the season, Sanchez has a 2.38 ERA in 64 1/3 innings with […]
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First base umpire Jeff Nelson blew a call in unbelievable fashion on Friday night in Seattle. In the bottom of the second inning, Mariners catcher Jesus Sucre hit a grounder to first baseman Mitch Moreland. Moreland threw to Elvis Andrus at second for one, and Andrus fumbled with the ball before throwing it back to […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/24/2013
Before Thursday night's Indians-Red Sox game, the Boston Red Sox aired a brief tribute video to former manager Terry Francona, the current manager of the Indians. Francona left the Red Sox after the 2011 season when the team collapsed down the stretch, and various borderline slanderous statements about Francona's tenure in Boston began to surface […]
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Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect Kevin Gausman made his major league debut on Thursday night. Earlier during the day, Ian broke down the boldness of Gausman's promotion, and there were questions of how he would perform. Even though the Orioles got smashed 12-6 in Toronto and Gausman got the loss, his performance opened a lot of […]
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In Thursday night's Orioles-Blue Jays game at Rogers Centre, Baltimore left fielder Nate McLouth experienced a trifecta of wackiness in the bottom of the sixth inning. Toronto center fielder Colby Rasmus hit a fly ball down the left field line that McLouth got a beat on and grabbed while running. Without time to stop his […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/23/2013
During Wednesday night's Red Sox-White Sox game, Boston pitcher Koji Uehara was AMPED after pitching a 1-2-3 eighth inning that included a pair of strikeouts. He started dishing out high fives to his teammates. Mike Napoli? You get a double. Dustin Pedroia? You get one with the glove. First base coach Arnie Beyeler? You'll get […]
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We don't delver into the college baseball scene too much, but this video was too funny to *not* post. Post-game interviews are generally full of the same old questions and cliches, and more often than not, they'll end with a pie to the face or an ice water/Gatorage bath. Well, the Cincinnati Bearcats have more […]
