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Alex Rodriguez is the all-time grand slam leader, but does it matter?

During the Giants-Yankees game on Friday night, Alex Rodriguez hit a seventh inning grand slam off of San Francisco reliever George Kontos. It was the 24th grand slam of A-Rod's career, breaking the record he shared with Lou Gehrig. But really, does it matter? Do you know who's third all-time on the grand slam list, […]

Dugout Digest – seven hours of hell

The Orioles-Rays game on Friday night was, in a word, absurd. A total of 21 pitchers were used. Once the game went into extra innings, the teams combined for just seven hits. A total of 593 pitches were thrown. A total of 28 hitters stepped to the plate, though somehow, only seven of those were […]

Red Sox top Blue Jays 6-3, clinch AL East

The second of six division titles, and first in the American League, was wrapped up on Friday night in Boston. The Red Sox beat the Blue Jays 6-3, winning their 94th game of the 2013 season and clinching the AL East title. The division championship is the first for the Red Sox since 2007, and […]

Andy Pettitte will retire (again)

With all of the attention focused on the Mariano Rivera Retirement Tour, it's easy to forget that another longtime Yankee is reaching the end of his career. According to the New York Post, Andy Pettitte will be announcing his retirement this afternoon. His final regular season start at Yankee Stadium will be Sunday against the […]

MLB Watchability Rankings – 9/20/13

Well, we've reached the end of the line. This is the final edition of the Watchability Rankings for the season, and will cover the final three series for each team this season. There's a definite division between the watchability of good teams, and the watchability of bad teams, that's for sure. RANK TEAM CHANGE SCHEDULE […]

Dugout Digest – playoffs!

We've got our first playoff teams of the season! The Dodgers became the league's first playoff team after clinching the NL West on Thursday afternoon, while later in the evening, the Red Sox clinched a playoff berth with their win over the Orioles. Of course, Los Angeles' victory didn't come without controversy, as the Diamondbacks […]

Dodgers beat Diamondbacks 7-6 to clinch NL West

The Los Angeles Dodgers became the first of ten teams to punch their ticket to the MLB Postseason on Thursday, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 to clinch the NL West championship. Getting to the point where they could clinch was difficult for Los Angeles, as they lost five of their last six games heading into […]

Todd Helton nabs Matt Carpenter with the hidden ball trick

During Thursday's Cardinals-Rockies game, retiring veteran Todd Helton pulled one over on Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter, picking him off first base with the hidden ball trick. After Carpenter walked to lead off the game against Roy Oswalt, Oswalt threw a pickoff throw to Helton at first base after the first two outs of the […]

Marlins president David Samson to play Lorne Michaels in play

In today's edition of The Theater Corner, we've come across a story from the Miami New-Times about Miami Marlins president (well, at least for now) David Samson playing Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels in a play called Not Ready for Primetime. Wait, what? Marlins fans already have March 31, 2014 in their calendars as […]

Attendance in Oakland is disappointing, but are fans really at fault?

For the second time this season, the Oakland Athletics' home ballpark has provided a literal demonstration of the team's stadium situation and its fanbase's perception toward ownership. It's crappy. (Substitute a far stronger adjective, if you prefer. I would've loved to use one myself.)  Tuesday night at O.co Coliseum, A's players once again had to […]

Here’s Adeiny Hechavarria’s awesome catch – in Spanish

You've probably already seen this ridiculous play by Adeiny Hechavarria during Wednesday night's Marlins-Phillies game, where Hechavarria climbed the ladder to an absurd degree to rob Cody Asche of a hit. But have you seen it with Spanish commentary? Give it a listen. It's just like the super enthusiastic Spanish soccer announcer from The Simpsons, […]

The Cardinals had to break Adam Wainwright out of a block of ice

Adam Wainwright got the nod for the Cardinals on Wednesday night in Denver, and was his typical dominant self in St Louis' 4-3 victory. But on Tuesday, things got…weird. Before Tuesday's game, which the Cardinals won 11-4, Wainwright got a hug from teammate David Freese. Get it? Freese/freeze? Anyway, after that hug, Wainwright started shivering, […]

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