The 2013 MLB schedule has been released, the first that will see at least one interleague matchup during every series of the year. There are also some additional quirks to things….let's take a look at it all. The season is back to starting earlier, and Opening Day league-wide will be on Monday, April 1st…well, aside […]

Dear Mike Trout, Please stop making tremendous defensive plays. You're destroying everyone with your bat, and your defense is just as impeccable. Yoenis Cespedes is having a damn fine rookie year, and you just had to go ahead and rob him of a hit on Tuesday night in Anaheim, in addition to blowing him out […]

Last season, the Cardinals were beneficiaries of the Braves choking away the NL Wild Card. This year, the Braves appear to be safely locked in to the first Wild Card slot, but the Cardinals are the ones choking it away. After Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Padres, the Cardinals lead is down to just one […]

During Monday's Pirates-Reds 14 inning marathon, Reds fans at Great American Ballpark decided to amuse themselves near the end of the game that lasted over five hours and started howling like wolves.  This seems to happen in long Pirates games. Remember last year's mess in Atlanta, with the "LET'S GO PIRATES!" girl? Of course. I […]

For years, MLB fans in various parts of the country have been pining for billionaire Mark Cuban to buy their favorite MLB team and use his brains, passion and checkbook to resuscitate their favorite franchise in the same way he did with the NBA's Dallas Mavericks.  Over that same span of time the conventional wisdom […]

This came to my attention this morning after reading a piece on Getting Blanked by Dustin Parkes, where he noted that Brandon Phillips of the Reds accused a mystery Pirate of racism during Monday's game between the two teams. After the game, Phillips tweeted this out:

The White Sox beat the Tigers 6-1 last night to move to three games up in the AL Central. This series is the last between the two contenders this year, and a series win for either side could potentially decide the division. The Tigers came into Monday's game with seven straight wins over the White […]

Angels fans were panicking last month about their team's struggles. Well, after a 3-2 win on Sunday finished off a sweep of the Tigers, that panic is gone. The Halos are 11-1 in their last 12 games, including sweeps of playoff contenders Detroit and Oakland. The A's are coming to town for four starting on […]

Brian McCann and Dan Uggla struggled through August, putting a giant hole in the middle of the Braves lineup. Yesterday in Flushing against the Mets, the two rebounded in an amazing way. With Kris Medlen on the mound, Atlanta smashed New York 11-3. Uggla reached base five times, while McCann reached four times. The two […]

Aroldis Chapman has been the best reliever in baseball this year. But that moniker took a solid bump after his outing last night. Chapman blew the save and took the loss when he allowed three runs to the Astros in the ninth inning in the Reds' 5-3 loss to the NL Central's worst team. The […]