0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/5/2014
Career minor leaguer Zelous Wheeler made his major league debut for the Yankees on Thursday, and smashed his first big league homer. On Friday, Wheeler came in during the eighth inning of the Yankees-Twins game to play third base, and got a chance to grab a pop-up hit by Sam Fuld in the ninth inning. […]
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It’s been an eventful couple of days from the Oakland Athletics. They were involved in a confusing, long replay. They played a game under appeal. They received approval from Bud Selig to move if they couldn’t reach an agreement on a new lease. They agreed on a new lease. They won in walk off fashion […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/4/2014
The Oakland Athletics have gotten a jump on the trade deadline festivities. According to a report by Ken Rosenthal, Billy Beane’s club has acquired both Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel from the Chicago Cubs. A later report onfirmed the particulars of the deal: it’s Samardzija and Hammel for Addison Russell, Billy McKinney, and Dan Straily. […]
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Before you get your Fourth of July festivities underway, why not take a look at some of these fireworks? By now, I’m sure you know who’s going to be at the top of this list, given the massive freakout surrounding his epic blast last week. But who will fill in the list behind our new […]
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Look who’s tied for first place in the AL East – it’s the Baltimore Orioles. On Thursday night, the Orioles caught a break when Yu Darvish was scratched from his start because of rain in Baltimore. They thrived without Texas’ ace on the mound, topping the Rangers 5-2 to complete a four game sweep. When […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/3/2014
Alright folks, let’s watch this play in Oakland and try to unwrap what happened. With the bases loaded and one out in the second inning, Anthony Gose hit a grounder to first baseman Nate Freiman. Freiman attempted a swipe tag on Munenori Kawasaki, going from first to second, and missed, according to first base umpire […]
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Manager Joe Maddon then one-upped the ridiculousness of it all.
“Through the years I’ve talked to a lot of friends of mine that have played for the Cubs. The one thing that everyone talked about was the schedule in Chicago. They get excited walking into a city that’s based on baseball, but once they start dealing with the schedule it kind of mentally wears you down.
“Believe it or not that’s one of the biggest issues for that organization to become a winning ballclub. When you come down to the Cubs’ schedule it’s a game-changer, believe it or not. They play so many day games at home and then they have to travel to another city and adjust themselves to the night games.
“If the rest of the league had the same schedule that you have it’s fine. But once you play day games for about a week and next thing you know you have to go into a city and play night games, then the next thing you know you have to go to the West Coast and adjust to the time there, then you have to come back home and start playing day games, it’s too hard for baseball (players).”
-David Ortiz, surmising that the Cubs’ day game heavy schedule is why they continually stink, a theory Keith Olbermann shut down on Wednesday night (via ESPN Chicago)
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Apparently, we’re back in the mid-90s and Nickelodeon slime baths are still a thing. To be fair, this *was* part of a promotion for Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards at Marlins Park. Regardless, I had no idea that Nickelodeon still even did their thing with the slime – I’m 28 now, my finger isn’t anywhere close […]
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What is the “it” being raised? Well, the Jolly Roger, of course. Pittsburgh beat Arizona 5-1 on Wednesday night to win their third game in a row, fifth out of six, and tenth out of 13 games. They’re still six games behind the first place Brewers in the NL Central, but have closed to within […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/2/2014
In May, a beer vendor at Citizens Bank Park caught a foul ball in his beer bucket. On Wednesday, it happened again, this time at Comerica Park during the Athletics-Tigers game. It’s an epidemic, man. We can’t stop the beer vendors from taking all of the foul balls!
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Pittsburgh Pirates phenom Gregory Polanco smashed his third career homer on Wednesday night, and watching it again, I have no idea how it happened.
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We’ve got another week in the books, and it’s time to marvel at some awesome defense once again. The usual suspects are here, as you’d expect. June 25th, Pirates vs Rays – Longoria and the bullpen. On-field bullpens are the worst, and Evan Longoria could have gotten hurt chasing this foul pop-up at Tropicana Field. […]
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Players will wear special cap during #ASG for 1st time. Inspired by classic 1970s #Twins helmet design: pic.twitter.com/6WCT9ziW0o — MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) July 2, 2014
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Friday marks the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s famous “luckiest man on the face of the Earth” speech at Yankee Stadium. To commemorate the anniversary, MLB put together this video with a first baseman from every team in the league reciting a line from Gehrig’s speech. It’s about as well-done as you’d expect. Derek Jeter’s […]
