On Friday, Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Mark Ellis was taken out on a slide by the St. Louis Cardinals’ Tyler Greene while Ellis attempted to turn a double play. The slide looked clean and Ellis was able to walk away from it to the point he was walking into the clubhouse as if everything […]

It didnt’ take long after Bryce Harper’s first career home run for the young phenom of the Washington Nationals’ pitching staff to take one deep. Stephen Strasburg went deep during the Nats’ Sunday game against the Baltimore Orioles. It was in the fourth inning off starter Wei-Yin Chen and it received a curtain call. You […]

Baltimore OriolesHitters: B+. The Orioles are a year removed from a .729 OPS that was close to the middle of the pack in the league. This season, that team OPS is slightlt up to .749, and the main reason is center fielder Adam Jones. Jones was involved in trade talks this offseason, and his future […]

In yesterday’s DD, I talked about how Dan Haren of the Angels had problems getting wins. Well, looking over the box scores today, I noticed that was true for another top MLB starter…Cliff Lee of the Phillies. In six starts this year, Lee is 0-2, and the Phillies are just 1-5. This however, isn’t Lee’s […]

I firmly believe that the best Angels starting pitcher is Dan Haren. Typically, he gets overshadowed by Jered Weaver, but Haren’s dominance is completely understated. He hasn’t has a FIP above 4.00 since 2006 in Oakland, and he had eight straight four win seasons. This year, however, Haren is is 1-5 after last night’s loss […]

Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade got into a confrontation with coach Erik Spoelstra on Thursday during the Heat’s loss to the Pacers. Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen (the outspoken Ozzie Guillen) saw this confrontation, and had some choice words for Wade. “I will kick his ass,” Guillen told reporters Friday. “Well, I won’t say I’ll […]

In the ninth inning of last night’s Phillies-Red Sox game, Marlon Byrd grounded out to Jimmy Rollins, who’s throw appeared to beat Byrd to the bag by maybe half a step. The throw also appeared to pull Ty Wigginton off of the bag, but first base umpire Gary Darling still called Byrd out. Red Sox […]

Justin Verlander just missed throwing his third career no-hitter last night. He took it into the ninth, and got one out, when Josh Harrison (of the .256 average and .273 OBP) smacked one back through the box up the middle for a single. You can count the number of pitchers who have more than two […]

34-year-old Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood announced his retirement Friday, allowing himself one last appearance before hanging ’em up and ending an injury-filled 14-year career. With one out in the eighth inning, Wood was called upon to face White Sox OF Dayan Viciedo. Wood would need just three pitches to retire Viciedo on strikes, the third […]

In the first game between the North Siders and South Siders this season, Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko had to exit the game early after being hit in the face — in the face! — by a pitch from Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija.  Here’s a looping GIF of Konerko going down Hawk Harrelson didn’t shy […]

And this Mets fan was an off-duty police officer. The story comes from the NY Daily News:  Officer Eduardo Cornejo had a legit ticket to the Mets’ sad 6-3 drubbing by the Cincinnati Reds, but ballpark management confronted him once they realized he was stretched out in a seat better than the one he had […]

When Justin Verlander takes the mound for the Detroit Tigers Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates, garners much more attention, though, far beyond the Tigers. By the same WAR metric, he’s third in all of baseball, only behind Josh Hamilton and David Wright. After hitting just .249/.317/.690 and striking out in over 27-percent of his at […]