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Spotlight Series: Yankees at Nationals (June 15-17)

When choosing a spotlight series, it's usually a difficult task. Most of the time, I have to choose between a team hovering around the .500 mark taking on a contender, or in some cases, the best matchup involves a team I just wrote about. Well, that's not the case this weekend. I glanced over the […]

VIDEO: Mark Grace predicts Jason Kubel’s homer

Your browser does not support iframes. During last night's Diamondbacks-Rangers game, Arizona announcer Mark Grace says "aaaaand Kubel's going to homer here" right as Rangers pitcher Scott Feldman releases a pitch to Jason Kubel. Sure enough, Kubel connects on the pitch from Feldman, and it leaves the park. OK, now that is pretty awesome. There's […]

Dugout Digest – the Orioles are ready

The Baltimore Orioles just won't die. They've fallen out of first in the AL East, but are only a half game behind the Yankees for the division lead. However, this isn't Baltimore's fault. They've won five straight games against the National League's pair of teams from Pennsylvania, the Phillies and Pirates. While both wins against […]

VIDEO: Carlos Santana levels fan

Your browser does not support iframes. During today's Indians-Reds game, newly acquired Indians reliever Esmil Rogers was facing Reds third baseman Todd Frazier in the fifth inning. Frazier popped the ball foul towards the first base line, and Indians first baseman Carlos Santana (who is typically behind the dish as a catcher for Cleveland) barreled […]

Dugout Digest – well, aside from the perfect game…

Matt Cain threw a perfect game, and it was awesomely dominant. But hold the phone for a minute. There were two other absolutely amazing pitching performances from last night that are going to get completely shut out of the spotlight because of Cain's efforts. RA Dickey absolutely obliterated the Rays lineup, allowing one unearned run […]

VIDEO: Gregor Blanco preserves Matt Cain’s perfect game

Your browser does not support iframes. Gregor Blanco of the San Francisco Giants had a huge role in helping Matt Cain preserve his perfect game, making this amazing diving catch in the seventh inning on a deep fly ball off the bat of Astros center fielder (and former Blanco teammate in Atlanta) Jordan Schafer. Blanco, […]

Matt Cain throws perfect game against Astros

San Francisco Giants starter Matt Cain, who got a six year contract extension this spring, threw the 22nd perfect game in MLB history tonight against the Houston Astros. Cain's perfection was one of the best pitching performances in baseball history, totaling a game score of 101, due to Cain's 14 strikeouts in addition to his […]

Dugout Digest – making headway

The Washington Nationals won AGAIN last night, defeating Toronto 4-2 in part to a three hit game from Bryce Harper. It's their fifth straight win, and eighth in ten games this month. Their lead over the second place Braves is four games, which is a half game behind the Dodgers lead over the Giants for […]

Rodriguez ties Gehrig for most grand slams all-time

Your browser does not support iframes. Alex Rodriguez's esteemed career took another step towards history on Tuesday night, as he hit his 23rd career grand slam against the Braves, tying him with Hall of Famer and Yankee legend Lou Gehrig for the most all-time. Rodriguez's slam came in the eighth inning of the game against […]

Dugout Digest – eastern lovin’

Of the four games played on Monday night, three were between eastern division teams. Tomorrow, two more eastern division teams will play each other, with only the Phillies and the Orioles (who played this past weekend) being the division outliers of not playing a fellow eastern division teams. None of the games were particulary exciting, […]

Impostor Braves alumni invades events

This weekend was the Atlanta Braves annual alumni weekend, with their team Hall of Fame induction, alumni softball game, and on this weekend, the number retirement for Braves pitching legend John Smoltz. There were alumni of the team from the last 30 plus years of Braves history in attendance, if you are looking for things […]

Spotlight Series: Angels at Dodgers (June 11-13)

The Los Angeles Angels are currently on a 14-4 run, resulting in them picking up five games in the AL West (in just three weeks!) and putting them within spitting distance of the Texas Rangers at the top of the division. Their southern California counterparts, the Los Angeles Dodgers, haven't had to make up ground. […]

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