The weird scheduling of a bunch of two-game series left Monday with an unusually full schedule, but don’t worry! The Dugout Digest is here to help you catch up. Rays 6 Yankees 5 This is how the Rays rally in 2011: a John Jaso double, a Sam Fuld homer, an Evan Longoria single, a Matt […]

Three games got rained out while Jose Bautista rained three homers of his own. Reds 9, Cardinals 7: The Reds finished off their road sweep of the Cards and caused some blood to boil in the process.  Albert Pujols got drilled by Francisco Cordero in the ninth, which seemed unintentional, but it raised some ire […]

Whilst Roy Halladay and Tim Hudson were in the midst of a throwdown, I was at a minor-league game between the AAA affiliates of the Cincinatti Reds (Bats) and the New York Mets (Bison). Before I begin the mini amateur scouting reports on the players, it’s worth mentioning that it was about 50 degrees, windy, […]

It was a little tough getting this up today, given my back ache and general need to clear my head. But I wouldn’t want to let the Outside Corner team down. Marlins 1, Nationals 0: Anibal Sanchez (8 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 9 K) beats former Marlin Livan Hernandez (7 IP, 6 […]

With Justin Verlander and Francisco Liriano both throwing no hitters last week, eyes were on their next starts, to see if they could equal Johnny Vander Meer’s unprecedented two straight no hitters. Liriano laughably failed, but Verlander threw 5 2/3 no hit innings, coming pretty close to reaching a mark that has been reached once […]

You know what would be better than a no-hitter? Two no hitters in a row! Cubs 11, Giants 4: Just a relentless assault from Chicago, with 11 singles and 4 walks (to go along with a couple doubles and a triple). the top of the line-up – Starlin Castro and Darwin Barney – did most […]

For some reason, Ben Zobrist remains vastly underrated by not only the casual fan, but by a majority of the hardcore baseball fans and writers as well. Since 2009, Zobrist’s first season in a full-time role, only one player in the American League has a higher WAR (Wins Above Replacement) according to Fangraphs. The only […]

Okay, so I had a fairly exhaustive recap of yesterday’s games typed up and the editorial logged me out when I went to publish and I lost all of it. Here’s the cliff notes’ version: Braves 6, Nationals 5 (10):  Braves’ Martin Prado hit a grand slam in the 7th inning to tie the game […]

Watch enough baseball games and you’ll hear the following on a fairly regular basis, “Player X has one of the best (insert type of pitch here) in the game.”  It is the sort of innocuous statement any TV announcer can make and not have to worry about because it was nothing anyone could ever disprove.  […]

When the Phillies signed Raul Ibanez to a three year, $31.5 M contract before the 2009 baseball season, many people (myself included) were critical of the deal. Ibanez was a good but not great hitter for Seattle; he was a below average defender (and that might be a kind way of describing his skills with […]

  Phillies 5, Marlins 3 Ricky Nolasco dominated for the first 6 innings of this game, but a few doubles and an error in the seventh began chipping into the 3-run lead the Marlins had built up against Cliff Lee. Shane Victorino added a home run in the eighth to tie the game, and Pete […]

Time for another edition of the 3 Strikes Roundtable.  This week, our think tank of baseball bloggers discuss the Yanks and the Sawx (come on, we had to get to them at some point!) and two teams that are traditionally at the other end of the spectrum… Kansas City and Pittsburgh.  Would you believe the […]

Good news, Josh Thole!  You finally have a nick name, Twitter Qwitter!!! I’m guessing you were probably hoping for something more exciting, but you have to admit, it is better than “Black Thole” (as in offense disappears into a vortex when he is at the plate).  Or are these nicknames too “negative” for you? For […]