Over the first two weeks of the MLB season, the Los Angeles Dodgers were the toast of the town. The team was 9-1 through its first ten games, though many just looked at that record as opposed to the quality of the opposition. A six game road trip concluded yesterday with a 12-0 shellacking in […]

Phillip Humber of the White Sox threw a perfect game yesterday. And it was awesome. Of course, the game was on FOX’s national Saturday broadcast, and with a Red Sox-Yankees game going on during the game, not nearly as many people saw Humber’s dominance as maybe the MLB would have liked. I mean, look at […]

When you think of the phrase “perfect game”, you think of the most elite pitchers of the league. Except in reality, it seems like that aside from Roy Halladay, most of the pitchers to throw perfect games are the mediocre to above average guys as opposed to the huge stars. On Saturday, that trend held […]

The Philadelphia Phillies, who are already struggling with injuries to offensive players this year, took a hit to their pitching staff today, as starter Cliff Lee was placed on the 15 day DL with a strained oblique muscle.  The injury was suffered by Lee in the tenth inning of the Phillies 1-0 loss to the […]

Through two weeks of play, two teams have risen to the top of the NL East: the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals. The Braves won their fourth in a row last night, and have now won nine of ten games after starting the year 0-4. Oddly, their record is powered by a high octane […]

After the Indians and Royals exchanged some plunkings during last weekend’s series, Indians closer Chris Perez took to Twitter after a win to let his followers know how he felt about the game, and the Royals:  Huge team win tonight; time for a sweep to tell the Royals it’s not “Our Time”, it’s April 15, […]

Felix Hernandez had an absolutely dominant performance last night against the Indians. He threw eight shutout innings, allowed five hits, walked just one hitter, and struck out 12. With the Mariners holding a 1-0 lead in the ninth inning, it was time for Seattle’s Capital C closer, Brandon League. Of course, League allowed two hits […]

I had just stopped watching the White Sox/Orioles game when I noticed this tweet pop up on one of my columns on Tweetdeck: A small child was just running around in left field. He’s being carried off by security. No tackling or tasering. That was bizarre. — Brittany Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli)

The Arizona Diamondbacks were my pick to win the NL West before this season, and I’d say about 55% of people had the same general opinion as me. They’re off to a 7-5 start right now, second in the division, but their season is going to get a lot more interesting in the next month […]

I really wanted to write about the Braves and Diamondbacks series, which could be a major turning point in the National League. But over in the AL, there is a CLASH OF THE TITANS that begins today: the Rangers travel to Detroit to take on the Tigers in a rematch of the 2011 ALCS. Thusfar […]

Last night during the Phillies-Giants game, Cliff Lee threw ten scoreless innings for the Phillies. He allowed seven hits, struck out seven, and didn’t walk a batter. Of course, as soon as Lee was pulled for the beginning of the eleventh inning, the Phillies lost the game. It’s very rare to see a pitcher throw […]

If there is one thing we have learned from the early season it is that if a team fancies itself as a contender, then they probably should have bolstered their bullpen in the off-season. Just look at what is happening to the Angels, considered World Series favorites by many.  They currently sit at 4-8 with […]

Miguel Sano is only 18 years old. He turns 19 on May 11. And he is hitting .238/.396/.643 in one of the toughest hitting environments in baseball. With 5 homers to lead the Midwest League, even. And he’s only getting started as the #1 prospect in the Minnesota Twins system. On the scouting scale that […]

The Cardinals beat the Reds 11-1 last night, their fourth win in five games against their division rival. Oddly, the Cardinals have played all buy one game so far this season against NL Central teams, and they’re 8-3 in those 11 games. This streak against NL Central opponents will continue for awhile, with 16 more […]