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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Cubs

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, […]

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 […]