The Washington Nationals are 4-2 and at the top of the NL East after a pair of series victories to start the season in Chicago and New York, but the road is going to get a little tougher for the team. Closer Drew Storen and left fielder Michael Morse, both of whom haven’t played yet […]

The final winless team was taken off the board last night, when the Twins defeated the Angels 6-5. Minnesota came back from a 5-2 deficit, and hung on in the late innings to win the game. Garrett just wrote yesterday that the Twins might go winless for quite awhile. Well, they won’t go winless now, […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mtxo4BnYzro Craig Robinson plays the character of Darryl on The Office, and Nick Offerman plays Ron Swanson on Parks & Recreation. The shows air back to back (usually) on NBC’s Thursday night comedy lineup. The two also have something else in common: both are fans of Chicago sports teams, with Offerman supporting the Cubs and […]

James Shields has been a member of the Tampa Bay Rays for quite awhile, but his Opening Day start last week ended a significant streak for the team. It was Tampa Bay’s first start from a pitcher older than 30 since June 26, 2006, when Mark Hendrickson started for the team. When Hendrickson made that […]

Next Friday, the Boston Red Sox will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park. They’ve invited every living former player and manager to the ceremony. We know for sure that one man won’t be there: former Red Sox manager, and two time World Champion, Terry Francona. In an interview with Dan Shaugnessy, Francona talks […]

Out of the 12 games scheduled yesterday, the highest margin of victory was four. There were two extra inning games, and save situations all over the place. Furthermore, the highest run total for any team was 7, which two teams achieved. Going crazy about this being a pitcher’s league all over again might be a […]

Just a week after inking Joey Votto to a ten year contract extension, the Cincinnati Reds took another step to securing their future by signing second baseman Brandon Phillips to a six year contract extension, a day after the Rangers did the same with their second baseman, Ian Kinsler. The Phillips extension is just a […]

There are four undefeated teams left in baseball, and two of them begin a series today in Detroit. The Tampa Bay Rays and Detroit Tigers had sweeps on Opening Weekend of highly-hyped, large market teams, with the Rays handling the Yankees and the Tigers beating up on the Red Sox. The Tigers succeeded in the […]

In light of his comments about Fidel Castro (of which opinions have varied about how disgusting they were, but all falling on that side of the spectrum), the Miami Marlins have suspended manager Ozzie Guillen for five games, effective starting with tomorrow’s game against the Phillies. Guillen will miss the remaining two games against the […]

The Cleveland Indians have agreed to a five year contract extension with catcher Carlos Santana. The deal will cost the team $21 million over the five years of the deal, and buys out all three of his arbitration years, as well as one year of free agency. There is also an option for a sixth […]

The major news after Sunday was that after the first series of the season, both the Yankees and Red Sox were winless. This immediately led to fans edging towards the ledges and screaming about how the season was over. Except of course, for both teams winning last night. The Yankees beat the Orioles (as Brian […]

Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News is reporting that the Texas Rangers have signed second baseman Ian Kinsler to a five year extension worth in the neighborhood of $75 million. The deal also contains an option for a sixth season. The approximate $15 million would dwarf the previous high average annual value of a […]

The Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies, and Angels are the top four teams in baseball in payroll for the 2012 season (in some order), and this quartet that was expected to run roughshod over the league has a grand total of two wins (and ten losses) after the first weekend of the MLB season. The Yankees […]