When talking about the Red Sox-Dodgers trade from this weekend, there's a factor that people are overlooking when discussing dollars: the prospects that the Red Sox traded to the Padres before the 2011 season to gain the services of Gonzalez. One of those prospects was a young pitcher named Casey Kelly, who made his major […]

Your browser does not support iframes. In the bottom of the fifth ining of Monday's Braves-Padres game, Padres second baseman Logan Forsythe hit a foul ball down the right field line. The Padres ballgirl (who we later would learn is named Catalina) made a nice, and extremely aware, catch of the line drive. After tossing […]

Your browser does not support iframes. In the bottom of the eighth inning of Sunday's 5-4 Padres win over the Diamondbacks, Justin Upton hit a grounder deep into the hole between shortstop and third base. Everth Cabrera of the Padres made the stop on the outfield grass, and threw a laser over to first base […]

With a 4-1 victory at home against the Nationals, the Phillies earned a sweep of the National League's top team. The funny thing is…some of their fans aren't throwing in the towel. No, instead a certain sector of Phililes fans are drawing up all sorts of ridiculous scenarios that would result in their team getting […]

In the ninth inning of Sunday's Twins-Rangers game, Joe Mauer of the Twins hit a ball to deep center field in the top of the ninth inning against Koji Uehara of the Rangers. Rangers center fielder Craig Gentry tracked the fly ball to the wall, timed his leap perfectly, and brought a Mauer homer back […]

At Saturday's Nationals-Phillies game, Olympic gold medalists Carli Lloyd, Jordan Burroughs, Heather Mitts, and Susan Francia (as well as bronze medalist Adrienne Martelli) threw out the ceremonial first pitches before the game. Midway through the game, when the Phillie Phanatic entertains the crowd on the field with antics of some sort, the Olympians presented the […]

The Angels continue to be a boat without a rudder, a model of inconsistency in baseball today. The team fell 5-3 to the Tigers in Detroit on Saturday, despite a solid outing from Dan Haren. The Angels' record is now 66-61, just five games above .500 and 9.5 games out in the AL West, which […]

> After the blockbuster trade sending Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, and Nick Punto was completed this morning, Gonzalez, Beckett, and Punto headed out west on a chartered jet in time for Saturday's game with the Marlins. Gonzalez was in the starting lineup for the Dodgers, batting fourth, and he took the second pitch […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates are clinging to their hopes of a playoff berth and a season over .500 for the first time in 20 years. Yet, games like last night make you think at times that these are the same old Pirates. Pittsburgh and Milwaukee were deadlocked at two after six before the Brewers scored four […]

The Chicago White Sox led the Seattle Mariners 7-2 going into the ninth before their bullpen imploded and allowed six runs, putting Seattle ahead 8-7. Closer Tom Wilhelmsen started the ninth for the Mariners, and allowed an infield single to Gordon Beckham. Then, he walked DeWayne Wise to put the winning run on base with […]

Your browser does not support iframes. Adrian Beltre of the Rangers hit three homers on Wednesday against the Orioles. He homered again on Thursday against Baltimore again. On Friday night against the Twins, Beltre homered for the third straight game, but the homer was part of Beltre's hitting for the cycle. Beltre tripled in the […]