0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 6/27/2012
There are still a few days left in voting for the 2012 All-Star Game, but that doesn't mean it is too early to predict the ENTIRE National League All-Star roster. That's a good thing, because that is just what I went and did. I'd hate to think I wasted all that time guessing at the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
First off, my apologies for the lack of a DD over the last two days. I had some very interesting computer problems. Technology just hates me this month. Anyway, last night in the Cubs-Mets game, highly touted Cubs first base prospect Anthony Rizzo made his Chicago debut. Hitting in the three hole in the Cubs […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Your browser does not support iframes. After tonight's 4-3 Reds win over the Brewers, Cincinnati closer Aroldis Chapman did something you don't see every day in baseball: a pair of somersaults off the mound, popping up in front of astonished Reds catcher Ryan Hanigan. Hanigan and Chapman exchanged a handshake and a brief hug before […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/26/2012
I'm sure we all know (and adore!) the lovely rule of the MLB All-Star game that stipuates that every team must have a representative in the game. In some years, this leads to some absolutely silly scenarios, like Kevin Correia representing the Pirates last year (while all-world center fielder Andrew McCutchen was relegated to the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Jon Heyman of CBS is reporting that there is apparently a decent bit of interest in San Diego Padres third baseman Chase Headley. Headley currently has a .780 OPS for the last place Padres, and is just 28 years-old. He's only being paid $3.475 million this year, and is under team control for the next […]
0 comments by Tim Livingston
Catching prospect and last name winner Travis d'Arnaud, pictured to the left, is killing it for the Las Vegas 51s, the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. I got back from Las Vegas last Wednesday night with much less money than d'Arnaud has. Then again, I also arrived with much less money than d'Arnaud […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
There are still a few days left in voting for the 2012 All-Star Game, but that doesn't mean it is too early to predict the ENTIRE American League All-Star roster. That's a good thing, because that is just what I went and did. I'd hate to think I wasted all that time guessing at the […]
0 comments by Matt Lindner
There may well be no stranger feeling than when you're with a group of people who are quite experienced at their craft in a place where something very important is allegedly happening and the rest of the world seems to know more about said happening than everyone in that room combined. That was the case […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/24/2012
A rallying cry this offseason among people watching the Arizona Diamondbacks has been "FREE TREVOR BAUER", referring to the fifth overall pick in last year's amateur draft who is running roughshod over the minor leagues. After 93 innings and 16 starts in the minors this year, the call has been made, and Bauer will make […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis has been a hot target of trade rumors all week, with a number of teams linked to him. The three apparent front runners for his services were the Dodgers, Indians, and White Sox, and this afternoon, rumors are swirling furiously that he's heading to Chicago.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Jim Thome hit a walkoff homer yesterday as the Phillies beat the Rays 7-6. It was his 13th career walkoff homer, which is the most all-time, breaking a tie that Thome was in with Mickey Mantle, Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, and Frank Robinson. The game-ending homer was also the 609th of Thome's career, […]
0 comments by Charlie Saponara on 6/23/2012
"Hi, I'm a viewer of television…" That's how it stared. An innocent sounding 69-year-old lady who cares enough to take time out of her day to leave a voicemail for a front office staffer of the Sacramento Rivercats. Specifically, to talk about one of their new players at the time, former Major League superstar Manny […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Jason Hammel is having one of the more unheralded seasons in baseball this year for the Orioles, being acquired from the Rockies (along with reliever Matt Lindstrom) for starter Jeremy Guthrie (who isn't even in Colorado's rotation anymore!). In Hammel's last two starts, against the Nationals and Braves (the two top teams in the NL […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/22/2012
I'm not sure if there's a bigger surprise of a player in baseball this year than Pirates starting pitcher James McDonald. After defeating the Twins last night, McDonald's ERA sits at 2.19, with a .195 batting average, 0.95 WHIP, and an 83:24 strikeout to walk ratio in 90 1/3 innings. His ERA is fourth in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/21/2012
We're less than three weeks away from this year's All-Star Game in Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium, and with that, I've been thinking a bit about the 2011 game at Chase Field in Arizona. The National League won last year 5-1, their second straight win after losing seven games in a row and 12 of 13 […]
