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Dugout Digest – just one of those games

Let's put together a brief recap of the Mariners-Yankees game from last night, shall we? -Yankees starter Phil Hughes didn't make it out of the first inning, allowing seven runs on six hits and getting just two outs.  -Raul Ibanez drove in six runs. Combine that with his two RBI from Tuesday, and you've got […]

Zack Greinke to return on Wednesday for Dodgers

After initially being expected to miss eight weeks following a fractured collarbone that he suffered in a brawl with Carlos Quentin last month, Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke will make his return to the team tonight against the Nationals after just four and a half weeks on the shelf. The Dodgers have struggled […]

Dugout Digest – Dickey time

You know, maybe it really *is* the American League. RA Dickey started on Tuesday night against the Giants, and his performance was positively DIckey-esque: two runs on six hits in six innings, walking two and striking out ten. Dickey also tallied 15 whiffs on 115 pitches, a little above the rate he sat at last […]

Where would the Nationals be without Bryce Harper?

After Bryce Harper's injury last night, Nationals fans held their collective breath. Harper is the best player on the team and one of the best in the league, and any serious injury to him would spell trouble for Washington over the rest of the year. Thankfully for the Nationals, Harper avoided serious injury, and should […]

Dugout Digest – Upton’s return

Justin Upton played his first game at Chase Field last night as a visitor. His new team (the Braves) smashed his old team (the Diamondbacks) 10-1. More telling was Upton's stat line: 4/5 with two runs, two RBI, a double, and a homer. Chris Johnson, who came to Atlanta with Upton in this winter's trade, […]

Bryce Harper injured after running into outfield wall

Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper had to leave Washington's game on Monday night in Los Angeles after running into the right field scoreboard at Dodger Stadium. Harper was chasing a fly ball hit by AJ Ellis in the fifth inning before simply running out of room and running straight into the scoreboard mounted on the […]

The worst umpiring gaffes of the year

We're not even a quarter of the way into the 2013 season, and the umpiring across MLB has had its fair share of awful moments. Perhaps the worst part about all of these gaffes is that there isn't really a consistent problem. Of the five gaffes listed below, they're all different and unique in nature. […]

Dugout Digest – same ol’ Valverde

It took Jose Valverde six games to blow his first save of the season. The Tigers fell to the Indians 4-3 in ten innings, dropping into a first place tie with Cleveland at the top of the AL Central, and Valverde's performance was a big reason why. Detroit's closer began the ninth by walking Michael […]

Joba Chamberlain, Mariano Rivera get into verbal spat

In the latest edition of "stories that aren't really news, yet the New York media will keep shoving them down our throats", Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera of the Yankees reportedly got into a brief war of words before the Yankees-Royals game on Saturday. David Waldstein of the New York Times has the story. Rivera […]

Dugout Digest – Rocky Mountain…low?

I think you can safely say that in regards to the Colorado Rockies, the other shoe has dropped. One day after Shelby Miller set down 27 in a row against them, Adam Wainwright threw a two-hit shutout against Colorado, pitching 7 1/3 hitless innings to start the game. Since topping out at 13-4 on April […]

Dugout Digest – imperfect game

I'm sure everyone knows the story of what happened nearly 100 years ago with Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore.In case you don't, here's a brief recap: Ruth hit the first batter he faced for the Red Sox against the Senators and was ejected. He was replaced on the mound by Shore. The hit batsman was […]

Awful first pitch before college baseball game

On Wednesday in DeLand, Florida, the ceremonial first pitch before the Florida State-Stetson game was thrown out by a man named John Bledsoe, who is the executive VP of a local insurance company. Everything went well for Bledsoe up until the pitch, which he spiked into the ground *extremely* short and wide of the plate. […]

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