Bartolo Colon gave new meaning to the phrase “pounding the strike zone” in his Wednesday night start agains the Angels.  And, no, that isn’t a fat joke, as far as you know, but rather a way of pointing out that Colon at one point in the game threw 38 consecutive strikes. It was a streak […]

CBS’s Jon Heyman was the first to report that catcher Ivan Rodriguez will be retiring tomorrow. Rodriguez played for six teams over his career, and spent his last two seasons with the Washington Nationals. For his career, Rodriguez hit .296/.334/.464, won the 1999 AL MVP award, and won 13 Gold Glove awards. He won a […]

The Los Angeles Angels completed an oft-rumored four year, $35 million contract with shortstop Erick Aybar today. Aybar is coming off the best season of his career in 2011, and the deal will take him through the 2016 season, when Aybar will be 32 years-old. Aybar is making $5.075 million this year, and was scheduled […]

The Boston Red Sox have demoted reliever Mark Melancon to Pawtucket, reports

Last week, I reported that Terry Francona wouldn’t be attending the Boston Red Sox celebration of the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park. Well Francona has apparently changed his mind, and an ESPN report indicates that Francona will in fact attend the celebration on Friday against the Yankees.  In the ESPN report, Francona is quoted as […]

After last year’s campaign that saw Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers finish just one homer shy of a 40/40 season, Kemp has gotten off to a flying start this year with six homers in his first 11 games. This, of course, is leading to various reporters from major outlets pondering the possibility of […]

The New York Mets may be off to a surprising 7-4 start to the 2012 season, giving their fans some hope, but that hope just got smashed in the biggest way ever as Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has ruled that the Mets stink and will not win the World Series.  Yes, you read that […]

One day after the critical Bobby Valentine comments about Kevin Youkilis (and the Red Sox losing to the Rays in a game many are blaming Valentine for), the Red Sox welcomed the Texas Rangers to town for a two game series. The first game didn’t go exactly as Bostonians planned. Red Sox starter Jon Lester […]

We knew it would happen eventually when Jamie Moyer made the Rockies rotation to start the year. It took three starts, but Moyer got his first win of the year, making him the oldest player to win a game in MLB history, at the ripe young age of 49 years and 151 days. The previous […]

On Saturday, April 21, at 9 p.m. ET, SHOWTIME is airing a special 30-minute preview of ‘The Franchise: A Season with the Miami Marlins’. Like last year’s with the San Francisco Giants, it’s going to feature exclusive behind-the-scenes coverage of the newly minted Marlins, both on and off-the-field. A preview has been posted on YouTube […]

Rick Ankiel used to be a pitcher until he had a mental breakdown in the 2001 playoffs and was completely done with pitching by the time he was 25-years-old. Sad story. But despite no longer being a hard-throwing lefty from the bump, Ankiel still has one of the best, most accurate and fun arms to […]

The Dodgers are off to a tremendous start. Currently at 9-and-1 and with the best record in baseball, media outlets across the land are starting to dub them as the comeback team of year. Matt Kemp, who already put up incredible numbers last season, has shown no signs of coming back down to earth. Kemp […]

A week or two into the season and already the Dodgers are the favorites to win the World Series and the entire AL East will be struggling to stay above .500.  The over-reactive baseball fandom is in overdrive early in 2012, just as it is every year around this time.  Can you really blame them […]

Justin Verlander picked up his first win of the season on Monday in his third start, despite pitching well enough to win each of those three starts. On Monday, he refused to turn things over to his bullpen, throwing a complete game against the Royals while allowing seven hits and two runs, walking two and […]

Business Insider is reporting on a rumor they heard from TrimTabs blogger Dan Dorfman, saying that Yankees owners Hank and Hal Steinbrenner could be “amenable to a deal”, in light of the Los Angeles Dodgers selilng for $2 billion. While owning the Yankees is a guaranteed cash cow (the team brought in $435 million in […]