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Albert Pujols finally homers as an Angel

May 6, 2012: a day that will forever go down in Angels history. This is the day where Albert Pujols hit his first home run with his new team. You can check out a video of it here. Of course, this isn’t a cause for celebration. It’s a homer. He’ll probably hit at least 30 […]

Chipper Jones takes shots at Jamie Moyer and the Phillies

After last night’s 13-9 Braves win over the Rockies, Rockies starting pitcher Jamie Moyer took some shots at retiring Braves third baseman Chipper Jones. Moyer accused Jones of stealing signs while he was on second base and Brian McCann was at the dish. Chipper responded to Moyer’s pistol fire by firing at him with a […]

Heath Bell demoted from closer’s role in Miami

The Miami Marlins, who signed closer Heath Bell to a three year, $27 million deal this offseason, have removed Bell from the closer’s role due to repeated struggles. Bell has already blown four saves this season. Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen is thinking that he’ll replace Bell at the back of the game with Steve Cishek. The […]

Dugout Digest – Orioles for real?

The Baltimore Orioles are currently 1/3 of the way through a killer 15 game stretch that sees them playing nothing but contenders. I remarked at the beginning of the month, to no one in particular, that the Orioles would be lucky if they went 5-10 during this run…this would put them precipitously close to the […]

Dugout Digest – no Longoria, no problem

Evan Longoria hasn’t played for the Rays since Monday. He’s their offensive star, and without him, they were expected to struggle. Naturally, since Longoria has played in a game, the Rays are feasting on weaker competition. The Rays are 4-0 in May, with three wins over the Mariners and one over the A’s. They only […]

Albert Pujols is now batting .194 and getting booed at home

Albert Pujols, meet rock bottom.  Rock bottom, I’d like to introduce you to Albert Pujols. As if Pujols’ now infamous homerless streak wasn’t already bad enough, you can add a new ignominious achievement to his 2012 resume: he’s dropped below the Mendoza line.  After going 0-for-4 against Henderson Alvarez and Toronto tonight, Albert’s batting average […]

The Mets dedicated their walk-up music to Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch

Earlier today, the news broke that Beastie Boys member Adam “MCA” Yauch had passed away at the age of 47, losing his three-year long battle with cancer.  To anyone that grew up in the 80’s or 90’s or just had even the most basic appreciation for music, this was truly sad news.  Fans all across […]

Series Spotlight: Phillies at Nationals (May 4-6)

This series with the Phillies has been marked with a bullet on the calendar of Nationals fans since February. The Nationals wanted to pack Nationals Park with their own fans, and not Phillies fans, during this series. We’ll see how good they did this weekend, as the first place Nationals host the fourth place Phillies […]

The Avengers of Major League Baseball

There’s this new movie – maybe you’ve heard of it – called The Avengers. It’s supposed to be pretty epic, but I’ll leave that discussion for other places. Here, it’s all baseball, so we’re not going to look at the movie, cartoon, or comic book versions of the Avengers, but rather who their baseball counterparts […]

Dugout Digest – the end of a legend?

The big news yesterday was obviously Mariano Rivera’s torn ACL. He’ll miss the rest of the season, and in a tearful press conference last night, Rivera said he didn’t know if he’d ever pitch again. If this really is the end for Rivera, which is a completely rational expectation, it was a sad and anonymous […]

Struggling Angels acquire bullpen help

The Angels bullpen has blown as many leads as any team in the American League so far this season.  Perhaps in a well reasoned panic move, Los Angeles General Manager Jerry Dipoto chose to act quickly and acquire a dependable late inning reliever in Ernesto Frieri.  The Columbian born Frieri was utterly dominant in parts […]

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has a torn ACL

Awful, terrible news out of Kansas City tonight: while shagging flyballs in the outfield before tonight’s Yankees-Royals game, legendary Yankees closer Mariano Rivera fell awkwardly on his knee. The verdict isn’t good:

Low-Level Highlight: Francisco Lindor

There have been many shortstops that get talked about as prospects in the minor leagues, but the majority of them end up being utility players or second-division starters. That’s just what happens when you play the most demanding position on the infield, as the tools to succeed at the Major League level are higher than […]

Dugout Digest – a fantastic night of baseball

Last night was a crazy night of baseball. Three walk-off homers, one go-ahead homer in the tenth, *and* a no-hitter to boot. Does it get any better than that? In the afternoon, old man Jason Giambi hit a three run bomb to walk off on the Dodgers. Later in the evening, Ian Desmond hit a […]

Meanwhile in Anaheim, Vernon Wells batted in the two-hole

The eyes of the baseball world were on Anaheim tonight watching Jered Weaver throw a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins.  It was an incredible performance and truly amazing to watch. But it wasn’t the only rarity for the Angels in the game.  No, something almost as incredible to behold was going on right underneath everyone’s […]

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