0 comments by Tim Livingston on 5/10/2012
We’re only about a month in to the 2012 season but if the performance of so many first rounders is proof positive enough, it could go down as an all-time great class. The reason was due to pitching depth that was basically unheard of. But what’s funny is that considering the pedigree of this week’s selection, […]
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While looking over some scores from today, I realized something: last year’s National League playoff teams have had a slow start out of the gate. Except for one, of course. The Diamondbacks and Phillies, both of whom won their divisions and lost in the NLDS, are currently 14-18. Arizona sits in third, 6.5 games behind […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/9/2012
What more can I say about Josh Hamilton that hasn’t been said by everyone on Twitter and mass media outlets? He went 5/5 with four homers and a double last night, setting an AL record with 18 total bases. Just for the hell of it, Hamilton drove in eight runs too. Perhaps ironically, all of […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/8/2012
Quick trivia: who leads baseball in wins? It’s not Jered Weaver. It’s not David Price, Jamies Shields, or Madison Bumgarner. It’s not Johnny Cueto, Justin Verlander, Jake Peavy, or Felix Hernandez. No, the MLB leader in wins is…Lance Lynn of the Cardinals, who is 6-0 with a 1.40 ERA. It’s funny, though. Despite his undefeated […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 5/7/2012
Getting this one up a little late today due to the extremely busy news day….sorry about that. By the time you’re reading this, the first game in the series will have already begun (and possibly concluded), so we’ll see how accurate my analysis is pretty quickly, right? Anyway, there is a very weak slate of […]
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I’m normally a very tolerant man, especially when it comes to beat writers, who as a whole, say some really stupid things. In the light of the Cole Hamels-Bryce Harper beanball sitaution from last night, Phillies beat writer
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The Cole Hamels-Bryce Harper beaning incident already has a conclusion: Hamels has been suspended five games by the MLB and fined an undisclosed amount. So essentially, Hamels is being fined and having his start pushed back a day for admitting to throwing at someone. The lack of consistency here from the MLB confuses me. Ubaldo […]
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Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports
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Last Wednesday, the Colorado Rockies demoted starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin to AAA Colorado Springs. Today, the Denver Post is reporting that Chacin had not reported to Colorado Springs yet, and wasn’t planning on it. Before the All-Star break last year, Chacin was performing pretty well. He had a 3.16 ERA in 116 2/3 innings, striking […]
0 comments by Tim Livingston
I have no Bryce Harper or Mike Trout to even ode to. Enjoy picture(s?) of Taijuan Walker. Your Top 10 Minor Leaguers 1. Dylan Bundy – RHP, Low-A Delmarva (BAL) – 5 GS, 17 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 25/2 K/BB – He pitched on Monday and finally allowed his first hit AND allowed a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
During last night’s Nationals-Phillies game, Cole Hamels hit Bryce Harper in the first inning, and admitted just as much. Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo read the same quotes as well all did, and his response was about what I’d expect from Rizzo: pure, unadulterated rage. “Players take care of themselves,” Rizzo said after I called him […]
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Mat Latos has had a pretty crappy run in Cincinnati so far…well, up until yesterday. Latos through six shutout innings against the Pirates, allowing two hits and three walks and striking out 11 in the process. Latos only has thrown one other shutout appearance thusfar this season, two starts ago against the Giants. However, that […]
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During last night’s Phillies-Nationals game, Phillies starter hit Bryce Harper in the back on the first pitch of the at bat. Harper would later get the last laugh as he’d come around to steal home in the inning. In a post-game interview, Hamels actually admitted that he was attempting to hit Harper, and it wasn’t […]
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Washington Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth has a broken left wrist, reports
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=tS0cSGCDu5U This is pretty awesome. Cole Hamels hit Bryce Harper in the first inning, and Harper moved up to third on a Jayson Werth single. Hamels threw over to first to check on Werth, and as soon as he released the pitch, Harper made a beeline towards the plate, and slid in safely. You can […]
