0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/16/2012
Your browser does not support iframes. In Thursday's Dodgers-Pirates game, home plate umpire Angel Campos ejected Dodgers star center fielder Matt Kemp from the game while Kemp was sitting on the bench for arguing balls and strikes. Kemp struck out to end the first inning, and his ejection came four pitches into Andre Ethier's at […]
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Philadelphia sports talk radio station 97.5 The Fanatic put up the above message on their city-wide electronic billboards this morning. The message is in reference to Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia's starting shortstop for the last decade, and his perceived lack of hustle on a ground ball in the sixth inning of Wednesday's 9-2 blowout loss to […]
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Your browser does not support iframes. During Thursday afternoon's Rangers-Yankees game, Josh Hamilton of the Rangers hit a deep fly ball to left field. Yankees left fielder Andruw Jones, a ten-time Gold Glover in center field for the Braves, settled under the ball, but apparently lost it in the sun. Crippled by the sunlight in […]
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Tommy John, the former Dodgers and Yankees starter for whom the ligament replacement surgery is named after, went off this morning on ESPN Radio when discussing Stephen Strasburg's innings limit. “I would hope the general manager has a degree in orthopedic surgery, or at least kinesiology or physiology, and I don’t think Mike Rizzo has […]
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.As we all know by now, Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game against the Rays yesterday. Some interesting factoids about the game… -Hernandez got 26 swinging strikes on 113 pitches, good for 23%. Aroldis Chapman, the most dominant reliever in baseball, is getting whiffs on just 19.3% of his pitches. Also, that 23% more than […]
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As Felix Hernandez was finishing off his perfect game against the Rays on Wednesday afternoon, Seattle's AA affiliate, the Jackson Generals were taking batting practice. A live feed of the Mariners game was playing on the scoreboard, and when Hernandez struck out Sean Rodriguez to reach hallowed ground, his potential future teammates celebrated like they […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/15/2012
The San Francisco Giants got hit with a huge blow on Wednesday, when
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Over the last week or so, the talk about Stephen Strasburg's innings limit has been talked about ad nauseum. The newest tidbit states that Nationals GM Mike Rizzo has vowed that he *won't* continue to let Strasburg throw once his innings limit is reached, playoffs be damned. The limit has also revealed at 180 innings, […]
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It took four starts, but Zack Greinke finally won his first start as an Angel in a 9-6 win over the Indians. However, aside from his first start, Greinke really hasn't been overly impressive with his new team. Last night, Greinke allowed four runs on eight hits in seven innings, walking one and striking out […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/14/2012
Roberto Hernandez, the pitcher formerly known as Fausto Carmona,
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When Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer rolled into Chicago last season, everyone knew that the rebuilding process wouldn't be easy for the Cubs. Sure enough, the Cubs are 45-69 on August 14th, and in line for the third overall pick in next summer's draft after picking sixth this past June. Epstein and Hoyer have done […]
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Last week, I attended a Braves-Phillies game in Philadelphia. Cole Hamels threw a complete game shutout, allowing just five hits and not allowing a Braves runner to reach second base all night. Last night, Hamels did it again, this time in Miami against the Marlins. The newly-extended ace once again threw a complete game shutout, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/13/2012
For teams that are completely out of the playoff hunt, September can be a drag for them and their fans. There just doesn't seem to be a reason to play the games…unless of course, you're looking at the future. Many teams, contenders or not, tend to call up prospects once September 1st hits and the […]
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After RA Dickey vaulted into the presumptive lead of the NL Cy Young voting on Thursday, one of his top competitors had an answer for that start. Johnny Cueto of the Reds, threw eight shutout innings in a 3-0 Cincinnati win over the Cubs. Cueto allowed just three hits and two walks, striking out three […]
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Your browser does not support iframes. In today's Yankees-Blue Jays game, Toronto left fielder Rajai Davis made an amazing catch with one out in the seventh. Casey McGehee belted a ball deep to left, and Davis scaled the wall, with his back facing the field, and took the homer back. Some people are calling this […]
