Just a week into the season and we already have arrived at a point where both of the top position player prospects in all of baseball could, nay, should be called up to the big leagues.  For entirely different reasons, the time is now for Bryce Harper and Mike Trout to get called up. In […]

All but two of the nine games on the MLB slate yesterday ended up with a one or two run deficit. The exceptions happened in Detroit, which was a one run game until the Tigers scored four runs in the final two innings, and in Chicago, where the Cubs beat up on the Brewers. Through […]

The Washington Nationals are 4-2 and at the top of the NL East after a pair of series victories to start the season in Chicago and New York, but the road is going to get a little tougher for the team. Closer Drew Storen and left fielder Michael Morse, both of whom haven’t played yet […]

“Speed kills.” Throughout the 1980’s, that was the widespread belief amongst baseball teams, as the game’s greatest leadoff hitter, Rickey Henderson, was piecing together his Hall of Fame career by being the game’s greatest threat on the basepaths. It wasn’t so much that he was fast. It was that he was able to take walks […]

The final winless team was taken off the board last night, when the Twins defeated the Angels 6-5. Minnesota came back from a 5-2 deficit, and hung on in the late innings to win the game. Garrett just wrote yesterday that the Twins might go winless for quite awhile. Well, they won’t go winless now, […]

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.  That must be the philosophy of the Cleveland Indians front office since they finally landed a veteran bat to help out in their beleaguered outfield.  After an aborted trade for Bobby Abreu just before the season, Cleveland GM Chris Antonetti has finally settled on Johnny Damon […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mtxo4BnYzro Craig Robinson plays the character of Darryl on The Office, and Nick Offerman plays Ron Swanson on Parks & Recreation. The shows air back to back (usually) on NBC’s Thursday night comedy lineup. The two also have something else in common: both are fans of Chicago sports teams, with Offerman supporting the Cubs and […]

James Shields has been a member of the Tampa Bay Rays for quite awhile, but his Opening Day start last week ended a significant streak for the team. It was Tampa Bay’s first start from a pitcher older than 30 since June 26, 2006, when Mark Hendrickson started for the team. When Hendrickson made that […]

Extensions are all the rage in baseball, nowadays. In the last 24 hours alone, there have been three players inked: Brandon Phillips, Carlos Santana, and Ian Kinsler. That’s not to mention guys like Matt Cain and Joey Votto, who signed mega-extensions last week. If one were to go back and think about an extension that might […]

Next Friday, the Boston Red Sox will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park. They’ve invited every living former player and manager to the ceremony. We know for sure that one man won’t be there: former Red Sox manager, and two time World Champion, Terry Francona. In an interview with Dan Shaugnessy, Francona talks […]

With the Atlanta Braves win over the Astros last night, the idle Minnesota Twins (0-4) became the last winless team in the Major Leagues.  That is a dubious distinction that no team ever wants to have.  But what really has to be scaring Twin fans right now is that they could remain winless for a […]

Out of the 12 games scheduled yesterday, the highest margin of victory was four. There were two extra inning games, and save situations all over the place. Furthermore, the highest run total for any team was 7, which two teams achieved. Going crazy about this being a pitcher’s league all over again might be a […]

Freddy Garcia made his 2012 debut on Tuesday night for the New York Yankees against the Baltimore Orioles and did something only seven other pitchers have done in the history of baseball: throw at least five wild pitches. The last pitcher to throw five pitches by his catcher was Rick Ankiel 12 years ago during […]

MLB Network is launching a new channel tonight that will be much like the NFL’s Red Zone channel. The official press release is below, via FangsBites [H/T SportsBusiness]:  MLB Network Strike Zone, a new channel that will take viewers on a high-speed trip around Major League Baseball on Tuesday and Friday nights during the regular […]