0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/15/2014
We’re getting close to the point where we can begin to feel very confident about playoff teams. The A’s have been a lock for awhile, and even though their lead over the Angels is only two games, they’re still 7.5 games clear of the Mariners for the second Wild Card spot. I’m also feeling confident about those Angels, 5.5 games […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/14/2014
When you read the headline of this post, you’re probably thinking “oh great, another silly hot take. OF COURSE Tulo is a franchise player!” And while I agree that Troy Tulowitzki is a fantastic player when he’s on the field, I don’t think he’s a guy that you can build your franchise around, like the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
One of the most baffling things we’ve seen in the second half of the 2014 season is the San Diego Padres, who looked like a truly wretched team over the season’s first three months, playing competent baseball and actually making some rumbles in the National League playoff picture. Obviously, the Padres won’t be putting themselves […]
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J.P. Arencibia became the third (!!!!!) position player to take the hill for the Texas Rangers this year, following in the footsteps of Mitch Moreland fellow backstop Chris Gimenez. And boy, it was bizarre. . It’s worth noting that Gimenez was designated for assignment by the Rangers and assigned to AAA, while Moreland is on […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/13/2014
We’ve got another week of great defense in the books, and some of these guys really shined and thrived this week as the pennant races began to heat up.
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Earlier this season, I wrote a post asking whether the Atlanta Braves were even a good team this year. As we roll along here in the middle of August, I think the answer is a resounding “noooooooooooope”. The Braves lost to the Dodgers for the fifth time this season on Tuesday night, falling to just […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 8/12/2014
The Kansas City Royals moved into first place in the AL Central after beating the Oakland Athletics on Monday night at Kauffman Stadium. After catching the final out, he celebrated with a backflip. If this was the Royals franchise of a decade ago, Dyson probably would have broken his ankle.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
I feel like I’m talking a lot about the Baltimore Orioles lately, but they deserve it. The team is 16-8 in the second half, beating the pants off of a schedule that has been one of the toughest in baseball since the All-Star Break. They haven’t played one game against a team under .500 so […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 8/11/2014
Awful news for the Baltimore Orioles – former All-Star third baseman Manny Machado left Monday night’s game with the New York Yankees with *another* knee injury, this one to his right knee. Thankfully, the injury doesn’t appear as serious this time – initial word is that its a sprained knee. If that’s all, the first […]
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Like, I don’t even know what to say about this. The Baltimore Orioles are one of the better defensive teams in the majors, and this entire sequence was just a mess. I think I’m just going to copy and paste the play description from ESPN’s summary. C Beltran stole home, C Headley stole second. C […]
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This fan at Wrigley Field saved a homer! Well…kind of. He made a spectacular catch, but didn’t prevent the run from going on the board. Yeah, the fan caught the home run ball…but it was already gone. He just prevented the ball from leaving Wrigley Field and heading onto Waveland Avenue. Of course, he also swapped […]
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Josh Reddick is one of the better defensive outfielders in the American League. However, he did *not* show that when trying to throw the ball back into the infield in the first inning on Monday against the Royals. Well, at least a run didn’t immediately score. It could have been worse for Reddick and the […]
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This is never going to stop getting old. Look where this Shelby Miller pitch ended up. There’s no immediate word on the distance. Needless to say, I think this is going to end up on THE LIST we put together every Friday of the longest homers of the week, and will probably end up in […]
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Yoenis Cespedes may be out of the AL West, but he’s still dooming the Angels. The former Oakland Athletic hit his first homer with the Boston Red Sox on Sunday, a three-run blast that gave Boston a 3-0 lead over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This homer was the sixth that Cespedes has hit […]
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Whew. There was no shortage of excitement this week. There were a couple of marathon games that ended dramatically, and a few wild comebacks as well. And hey, even though some of these teams have a bleak future over the rest of the year, they’re not going down without a fight.
