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Dugout Digest – eastern lovin’

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Of the four games played on Monday night, three were between eastern division teams. Tomorrow, two more eastern division teams will play each other, with only the Phillies and the Orioles (who played this past weekend) being the division outliers of not playing a fellow eastern division teams. None of the games were particulary exciting, […]

Dodgers, Ethier near five-year, $85 million extension

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Andre Ethier picked a good year to start putting up career-best numbers.  According  Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, Ethier and the LA Dodgers are nearing an agreement on a five-year, $85 million extension that would keep the All-Star outfielder in Dodger Blue through 2017 and possibly 2018 if a vesting option kicks in. This marks […]

Impostor Braves alumni invades events

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This weekend was the Atlanta Braves annual alumni weekend, with their team Hall of Fame induction, alumni softball game, and on this weekend, the number retirement for Braves pitching legend John Smoltz. There were alumni of the team from the last 30 plus years of Braves history in attendance, if you are looking for things […]

Gio Gonzalez needs a date

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You would think a rich and famous baseball player would be fighting of women with a stick.  That is apparently not the case for Washington Nationals starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez.  I don't typically concern myself with the love of life of professional baseball players, but sometimes I can't help.  Especially when said player turns to […]

Spotlight Series: Angels at Dodgers (June 11-13)

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The Los Angeles Angels are currently on a 14-4 run, resulting in them picking up five games in the AL West (in just three weeks!) and putting them within spitting distance of the Texas Rangers at the top of the division. Their southern California counterparts, the Los Angeles Dodgers, haven't had to make up ground. […]

Minor League Monday: Hasta Luego, Julio!

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Ode to Julio Teheran: Atlanta, if you're gonna bring him up, don't have him face my former employers. Also, as good as Teheran was last year, he has quietly not been that good this year. That being said, he's 21 years old. He's the youngest starting pitcher in all of baseball now. And I'll tell […]

If they become sellers: Miami Marlins

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It is never too early to start talking about the trade deadline, especially when we can talk about would-be contenders that might unexpectedly end up being sellers rather than buyers at the deadline.  Over the next few weeks, we'll be taking a look at many of these such teams, and there is a surprisingly large […]

Duogut Digest – first place Pirates

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The Pittsburgh Pirates completed a sweep at home over the Kansas City Royals, edging the Royals 3-2 thanks to a three RBI game from Andrew McCutchen. When you combine that Pirates win with the Reds 7-6 loss to the Tigers…the Pirates and Reds are now deadlocked at the top of the NL Central. The Pirates […]

Dugout Digest – all hail the king

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The Rangers have been the best team in the American League pretty much all season. But for the first time in a long time, Texas no longer posseses the best record in the league. The new kings of the league are a pack of familiar faces…the Tampa Bay Rays, who routed the Marlins 13-4 last […]

Dugout Digest – Beantown debuts

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The dynamic Washington Nationals duo of Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper stepped into hallowed ground for the first time in their young careers on Friday night, as the Nationals traveled to Boston to take on the Red Sox. Under the bright lights of Fenway Park and squarely in the nation's focus, the pair of rising […]

Seattle Mariners throw a combined no-hitter

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The Seattle Mariners threw a combined no-hitter in their 1-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night, just a week after Johan Santana no-hit the Cardinals at Citi Field for the first no-no in Mets history. The combined no-hitter is the first since the Houston Astros no-hit the Yankees on June 11, 2003 […]

Spotlight Series: Rangers vs Giants (June 8-10)

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As the interleague schedule begins full-bore (ignoring the whopping one series played last month), there are a lot of good matchups. Five of the 14 series feature teams with 30 wins apiece facing off. But there is one series that stands out more than the others, pitting the team holding the best record in the […]

Dugout Digest – the AL gap has been closed

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After an April that saw them go 17-6 with a +56 run differential, many fans (myself included) expected the Texas Rangers to roll through the American League like it was nothing. Since that hot April, the Rangers are 16-19 and have just a +8 run differential. Their 33-25 record is still the best in the […]

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