0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/23/2012
After eight starts that ranged from good to mediocre, and coming into Tuesday night’s game with an ERA approaching 6.00, Adam Wainwright of the Cardinals put his foot down in his return from Tommy John surgery and made a statement, albeit in Petco Park against the Padres. Wainwright threw a complete game shutout, allowing just […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/22/2012
The Yankees lost last night, and fell to .500 on the season. It wasn’t just that they lost, though. It was how they lost. The Yankees lost 6-0 last night…to the Kansas City Royals, owners of a 17-24 record that is better than only the Minnesota Twins in the American League. Futhermore, the Yankees lost […]
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In tonight’s Rockies-Marlins game at Marlins Park, Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins hit a titanic grand slam off of Rockies starter Jamie Moyer. The homer smashed into the scoreboard in left field (which is mounted onto a wall of the stadium), and actually knocked out a handful of lights. The homer went an estimated […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/21/2012
Much-maligned Angels outfielder Vernon Wells
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The banged up Boston Red Sox outfield took another hit today, when Cody Ross was placed on the 15-day DL with a fractured bone in his left foot. Ross is the sixth Boston outfielder to be placed on the DL, joining starters Carl Crawford and Jacoby Ellsbury, as well as Jason Repko, Darnell McDonald, and […]
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I was considering four matchups for this series spotlight. Two of them featured the teams included in the last series spotlight. One was a matchup I had already looked at. The fourth matchup features a team I have written about extensively in series spotlights, and a team under .500. After giving it some thought, I […]
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The Texas Rangers have placed starting pitcher Neftali Feliz on the 15-day DL with an undisclosed elbow injury. Feliz will be replaced in the Rangers rotation by Scott Feldman. Feliz was having a pretty good season after moving to the Rangers starting rotatoin from the bullpen, posting a 3.16 ERA in 42 2/3 innings. Feliz […]
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Baltimore OriolesHitters: B+. The Orioles are a year removed from a .729 OPS that was close to the middle of the pack in the league. This season, that team OPS is slightlt up to .749, and the main reason is center fielder Adam Jones. Jones was involved in trade talks this offseason, and his future […]
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The Chipper Jones farewell tour is in full swing, with pretty much every town that the Braves third baseman is visiting for the final time honoring him in some way, be it with a video package, gifts from the team, or a combination of both. The Cincinnati Reds are going in a different direction this […]
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In yesterday’s DD, I talked about how Dan Haren of the Angels had problems getting wins. Well, looking over the box scores today, I noticed that was true for another top MLB starter…Cliff Lee of the Phillies. In six starts this year, Lee is 0-2, and the Phillies are just 1-5. This however, isn’t Lee’s […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/20/2012
I firmly believe that the best Angels starting pitcher is Dan Haren. Typically, he gets overshadowed by Jered Weaver, but Haren’s dominance is completely understated. He hasn’t has a FIP above 4.00 since 2006 in Oakland, and he had eight straight four win seasons. This year, however, Haren is is 1-5 after last night’s loss […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/19/2012
Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade got into a confrontation with coach Erik Spoelstra on Thursday during the Heat’s loss to the Pacers. Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen (the outspoken Ozzie Guillen) saw this confrontation, and had some choice words for Wade. “I will kick his ass,” Guillen told reporters Friday. “Well, I won’t say I’ll […]
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In the ninth inning of last night’s Phillies-Red Sox game, Marlon Byrd grounded out to Jimmy Rollins, who’s throw appeared to beat Byrd to the bag by maybe half a step. The throw also appeared to pull Ty Wigginton off of the bag, but first base umpire Gary Darling still called Byrd out. Red Sox […]
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Justin Verlander just missed throwing his third career no-hitter last night. He took it into the ninth, and got one out, when Josh Harrison (of the .256 average and .273 OBP) smacked one back through the box up the middle for a single. You can count the number of pitchers who have more than two […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/18/2012
There are three FANTASTIC looking series this weekend. First, we have the only intraleague matchup of the weekend between the first place Cardinals and the first place Dodgers. There’s the Beltway Series, between the first place Orioles and second place Nationals. And then there is the series I’ve tabbed as this weekend’s Series Spotlight, between […]
