We touched on this last night, but Ryan Braun was dominant last night in Milwaukee’s 8-3 win over San Diego. He homered three times, and tripled for the hell of it too. Braun scored three runs and drove in six, and his OPS for the season is now at .994. Last season, when Braun won […]

It’s kind of hard to believe that the reigning NL MVP and four-time All Star, Ryan Braun, had never hit three home runs in a single game before Monday night. It might be harder to believe that Braun finally accomplished the feat at the extremely pitcher-friendly PETCO Park (334-401-396-400-322′):  Ryan Braun just became the first […]

Delmon Young was arrested last Friday for an incident that occurred outside the team’s hotel during which Young allegedly shoved a guy and shouted anti-Semitic remarks. Young was charged with aggravated harassment in the second degree, a misdemeanor with a hate crime element and later released on $5,000 bail.  Dave Dombrowski spoke to the media […]

Evan Longoria made his second attempt to reach his 2011 steals total (3) on Monday night, but his left knee prevented him from getting there.  Longoria was caught stealing for the third time this year and injured his knee in the process, forcing him to exit early from the Rays’ 3-2 win over the Mariners on […]

Justin Morneau was replaced in the top of the 7th inning of the Minnesota Twins’ 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night with what the team deemed to be a

(Um…Jurickson? You’re playing shortstop, not pitcher.) An Ode To Michael Nelson Trout Oh, Mike. What fun we had in…what, three weeks? You were my #1 guy. My shining star on this list. The anti-Vernon Wells. And now, here you stand. A man of 20, four months away from being able to drink legally in the […]

The Philadelphia Phillies lost 5-1 to the Chicago Cubs yesterday in a game that saw the Phililes get just two hits. For the season, they’ve scored just 70 runs, fourth worst in baseball. Their .635 OPS is 25th in the league, and their .288 OBP is third worst in baseball. Here’s the thing about the […]

In case you weren’t tipped off on it enough, Bryce Harper made his Major League debut Saturday night against the LA Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. The game certainly lived up to the marvelous fanfare: Stephen Strasburg threw a gem; Harper played as great as you could ask from a 19-year-old kid in his first big […]

Going into Saturday’s game, eyes around baseball were focued on two players: Bryce Harper of the Nationals, and Mike Trout of the Angels. This was Harper’s first action in the show, but Trout had received a brief callup last year for the Angels. Their expectations were not necessarily met. Playing left field and batting seventh, […]

Scott Hairston of the Mets hit for the cycle last night, and he did it by the end of the sixth inning. That’s pretty impressive. What else is pretty impressive is that Hairston’s Mets lost the game….18-9. The last team to lose when they had a player who hit for the cycle was when Kelly […]

Each of these two teams is at the top of their division (the Rays are tied with Baltimore, which is shocking), while the Rangers one up the Rays by holding the best record in baseball at 15-4, and already have a +55 run differential. The Rangers look like the class of baseball right now, while […]