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VIDEO: Padres ballgirl snares a liner

Your browser does not support iframes. In the bottom of the fifth ining of Monday's Braves-Padres game, Padres second baseman Logan Forsythe hit a foul ball down the right field line. The Padres ballgirl (who we later would learn is named Catalina) made a nice, and extremely aware, catch of the line drive. After tossing […]

The ten biggest trades in MLB history

By now, the dust has settled on the Red Sox shedding $260 million worth of contracts, and everyone is getting settled in to their new teams. Based on the total amount of money involved and the track records of the players involved, this trade could end up going down as one of the most significant […]

VIDEO: Everth Cabrera makes a crazy diving play

Your browser does not support iframes. In the bottom of the eighth inning of Sunday's 5-4 Padres win over the Diamondbacks, Justin Upton hit a grounder deep into the hole between shortstop and third base. Everth Cabrera of the Padres made the stop on the outfield grass, and threw a laser over to first base […]

Dugout Digest – too little, too late

With a 4-1 victory at home against the Nationals, the Phillies earned a sweep of the National League's top team. The funny thing is…some of their fans aren't throwing in the towel. No, instead a certain sector of Phililes fans are drawing up all sorts of ridiculous scenarios that would result in their team getting […]

VIDEO: Craig Gentry robs Joe Mauer

In the ninth inning of Sunday's Twins-Rangers game, Joe Mauer of the Twins hit a ball to deep center field in the top of the ninth inning against Koji Uehara of the Rangers. Rangers center fielder Craig Gentry tracked the fly ball to the wall, timed his leap perfectly, and brought a Mauer homer back […]

The Phillie Phanatic gets a gold medal

At Saturday's Nationals-Phillies game, Olympic gold medalists Carli Lloyd, Jordan Burroughs, Heather Mitts, and Susan Francia (as well as bronze medalist Adrienne Martelli) threw out the ceremonial first pitches before the game. Midway through the game, when the Phillie Phanatic entertains the crowd on the field with antics of some sort, the Olympians presented the […]

Dugout Digest – losing ground

The Angels continue to be a boat without a rudder, a model of inconsistency in baseball today. The team fell 5-3 to the Tigers in Detroit on Saturday, despite a solid outing from Dan Haren. The Angels' record is now 66-61, just five games above .500 and 9.5 games out in the AL West, which […]

VIDEO: Adrian Gonzalez homers in his first Dodgers AB

> After the blockbuster trade sending Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, and Nick Punto was completed this morning, Gonzalez, Beckett, and Punto headed out west on a chartered jet in time for Saturday's game with the Marlins. Gonzalez was in the starting lineup for the Dodgers, batting fourth, and he took the second pitch […]

The Dodgers-Red Sox megadeal has been completed

The rumored megadeal last night between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers has been completed. Boston will send Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, and Nick Punto to the Dodgers, and in return, the Red Sox will acquire James Loney, Rubby de la Rosa, Allen Webster, Ivan de Jesus, and Jerry Sands. The […]

Dugout Digest – slipping away

The Pittsburgh Pirates are clinging to their hopes of a playoff berth and a season over .500 for the first time in 20 years. Yet, games like last night make you think at times that these are the same old Pirates. Pittsburgh and Milwaukee were deadlocked at two after six before the Brewers scored four […]

VIDEO: White Sox walk off after outfielders collide

The Chicago White Sox led the Seattle Mariners 7-2 going into the ninth before their bullpen imploded and allowed six runs, putting Seattle ahead 8-7. Closer Tom Wilhelmsen started the ninth for the Mariners, and allowed an infield single to Gordon Beckham. Then, he walked DeWayne Wise to put the winning run on base with […]

Adrian Beltre continues hot week by hitting for the cycle

Your browser does not support iframes. Adrian Beltre of the Rangers hit three homers on Wednesday against the Orioles. He homered again on Thursday against Baltimore again. On Friday night against the Twins, Beltre homered for the third straight game, but the homer was part of Beltre's hitting for the cycle. Beltre tripled in the […]

The most nightmarish ballpark bobblehead giveaway of all-time

I never thought we would see the day where the ZimBear would be topped, but sure enough, the Orem Owlz went and did it with what has to be the creepiest bobblehead giveaway of all-time.  Actually, I should say it is a bobble-three-head: Or maybe I should just say nightmare fuel.  The intention here is […]

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