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Can baseball ever have a Tim Tebow?

With the NFL season officially kicked off, the talk about media darling Tim Tebow turned ridiculous. Jets starting quarterback Mark Sanchez had a great game, Tebow barely saw the field…and yet, he was still the main story surrounding the Jets blowout win over the Bills. All of the talk throughout the summer was centered around […]

Dugout Digest – putting a stamp on it

Angels fans were panicking last month about their team's struggles. Well, after a 3-2 win on Sunday finished off a sweep of the Tigers, that panic is gone. The Halos are 11-1 in their last 12 games, including sweeps of playoff contenders Detroit and Oakland. The A's are coming to town for four starting on […]

Dugout Digest – they’re back!

Brian McCann and Dan Uggla struggled through August, putting a giant hole in the middle of the Braves lineup. Yesterday in Flushing against the Mets, the two rebounded in an amazing way. With Kris Medlen on the mound, Atlanta smashed New York 11-3. Uggla reached base five times, while McCann reached four times. The two […]

Dugout Digest – no longer untouchable

Aroldis Chapman has been the best reliever in baseball this year. But that moniker took a solid bump after his outing last night. Chapman blew the save and took the loss when he allowed three runs to the Astros in the ninth inning in the Reds' 5-3 loss to the NL Central's worst team. The […]

The White Sox wore hideous uniforms tonight

We can talk about ugly uniforms all we want, but one tradition that seems to stand in baseball is teams mixing green into their wardrobe on St Patrick's Day during Spring Training. Well, the Chicago White Sox mixed green into their uniforms on Friday for a promotion that the team was billing as "halfway to […]

Dugout Digest – smashing!

77-60. It's a pretty solid record. It's the record held by both the Orioles and Yankees after Thursday's games, too. Baltimore smashed New York 10-6, coming back in the eighth inning after blowing a 6-1 lead. Nine of Baltimore's ten runs came via the home run, including a pair by the white hot Mark Reynolds. […]

Benches clear in Washington – twice

In Thursday's Cubs-Nationals game, benches cleared in the sixth inning after Cubs reliever Lendy Castillo threw inside at Bryce Harper. Both benches cleared and the bullpens emptied onto the field. There was an incident at first base between Cubs reliever Manuel Corpas and Nationals reliever Mike Gonzalez led to both of their ejections, and Cubs […]

Brandon McCarthy had surgery on his skull after getting hit on Wednesday

After A's pitcher Brandon McCarthy was hit in the side of the head yesterday by a line drive, I thought out loud that it didn't seem to be that bad. I was completely and utterly wrong. From an A's press release… After the incident occurred in the fourth inning yesterday, the A’s pitcher was taken […]

Dugout Digest – an unsung hero

All the talk around Atlanta's pitching staff has been around Kris Medlen and Craig Kimbrel, but last night showed that Mike Minor is just as crucial a part of the Braves staff. Minor threw seven one hit innings last night against the Rockies in the Braves 1-0 win, and he's sheared his ERA down by […]

Brandon McCarthy hit in head with line drive

During Wednesday's Angels-A's game, Angels shortstop Erick Aybar hit a liner off of A's starter Brandon McCarthy's head in the fourth inning. McCarthy immediately went down on the play, but sat up shortly thereafter. There was no blood, and McCarthy looked more rattled than anything else as he sat there with trainers attending to him.  […]

Bobby Valentine goes nuclear on WEEI interview

During his weekly interview today on WEEI's The Big Show out of Boston, Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine went absolutely crazy. If you want to listen to the full audio, WEEI has it up on their website, and I've also embedded it below. Some of the highlights, courtesy of WEEI's recap…   When asked about the […]

Dugout Digest – first place Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles are in first place, and it's September. The O's beat the hell out of the Blue Jays 12-0, and combined with the Yankees 5-2 loss to the Rays, Baltimore moved into a tie with New York. And hell, the Rays are right there too at just a game and a half behind […]

Oakland’s Josh Reddick channels WWE’s Daniel Bryan

WWE star Daniel Bryan's entrance music is a remix of Wagner's classic opera song "Ride of the Valkyries". During Bryan's entrance, the WWE crowd chant YES! at him, his former catchphrase. Oakland A's right fielder Josh Reddick recently came up to bat while Bryan's remixed version of the classical song played. The infamous A's right […]

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