0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/8/2012
Quick trivia: who leads baseball in wins? It’s not Jered Weaver. It’s not David Price, Jamies Shields, or Madison Bumgarner. It’s not Johnny Cueto, Justin Verlander, Jake Peavy, or Felix Hernandez. No, the MLB leader in wins is…Lance Lynn of the Cardinals, who is 6-0 with a 1.40 ERA. It’s funny, though. Despite his undefeated […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/7/2012
Getting this one up a little late today due to the extremely busy news day….sorry about that. By the time you’re reading this, the first game in the series will have already begun (and possibly concluded), so we’ll see how accurate my analysis is pretty quickly, right? Anyway, there is a very weak slate of […]
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I’m normally a very tolerant man, especially when it comes to beat writers, who as a whole, say some really stupid things. In the light of the Cole Hamels-Bryce Harper beanball sitaution from last night, Phillies beat writer
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The Cole Hamels-Bryce Harper beaning incident already has a conclusion: Hamels has been suspended five games by the MLB and fined an undisclosed amount. So essentially, Hamels is being fined and having his start pushed back a day for admitting to throwing at someone. The lack of consistency here from the MLB confuses me. Ubaldo […]
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Last Wednesday, the Colorado Rockies demoted starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin to AAA Colorado Springs. Today, the Denver Post is reporting that Chacin had not reported to Colorado Springs yet, and wasn’t planning on it. Before the All-Star break last year, Chacin was performing pretty well. He had a 3.16 ERA in 116 2/3 innings, striking […]
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During last night’s Nationals-Phillies game, Cole Hamels hit Bryce Harper in the first inning, and admitted just as much. Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo read the same quotes as well all did, and his response was about what I’d expect from Rizzo: pure, unadulterated rage. “Players take care of themselves,” Rizzo said after I called him […]
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Mat Latos has had a pretty crappy run in Cincinnati so far…well, up until yesterday. Latos through six shutout innings against the Pirates, allowing two hits and three walks and striking out 11 in the process. Latos only has thrown one other shutout appearance thusfar this season, two starts ago against the Giants. However, that […]
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During last night’s Phillies-Nationals game, Phillies starter hit Bryce Harper in the back on the first pitch of the at bat. Harper would later get the last laugh as he’d come around to steal home in the inning. In a post-game interview, Hamels actually admitted that he was attempting to hit Harper, and it wasn’t […]
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Washington Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth has a broken left wrist, reports
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=tS0cSGCDu5U This is pretty awesome. Cole Hamels hit Bryce Harper in the first inning, and Harper moved up to third on a Jayson Werth single. Hamels threw over to first to check on Werth, and as soon as he released the pitch, Harper made a beeline towards the plate, and slid in safely. You can […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/6/2012
May 6, 2012: a day that will forever go down in Angels history. This is the day where Albert Pujols hit his first home run with his new team. You can check out a video of it here. Of course, this isn’t a cause for celebration. It’s a homer. He’ll probably hit at least 30 […]
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After last night’s 13-9 Braves win over the Rockies, Rockies starting pitcher Jamie Moyer took some shots at retiring Braves third baseman Chipper Jones. Moyer accused Jones of stealing signs while he was on second base and Brian McCann was at the dish. Chipper responded to Moyer’s pistol fire by firing at him with a […]
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The Miami Marlins, who signed closer Heath Bell to a three year, $27 million deal this offseason, have removed Bell from the closer’s role due to repeated struggles. Bell has already blown four saves this season. Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen is thinking that he’ll replace Bell at the back of the game with Steve Cishek. The […]
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The Baltimore Orioles are currently 1/3 of the way through a killer 15 game stretch that sees them playing nothing but contenders. I remarked at the beginning of the month, to no one in particular, that the Orioles would be lucky if they went 5-10 during this run…this would put them precipitously close to the […]
