0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/6/2013
Cleveland Indians fans will surely disagree, but Alex Avila provided a moment that baseball needed Monday night at Progressive Field. Earlier in the day, all of the talk and attention concerning Major League Baseball had to do with the suspensions that were issued to 12 players for taking performance-enhancing drugs supplied to them by the […]
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The major story yesterday was, of course, Biogenesis. Alex Rodriguez got a 211 game suspension. A dozen players got suspended for 50 games, including Nelson Cruz and Jhonny Peralta. Former MLB pitcher Dan Meyer went after Antonio Bastardo, one of the suspended players. A-Rod made his season debut for the Yankees on Monday night, was […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/5/2013
The hammer has been dropped. MLB has suspended Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees 211 games beginning this Thursday, August 8th and continuing through the rest of the 2013 season and all of the 2014 season. Rodriguez plans on appealing the suspension, which will be stayed until the appeal is completed. Below is the […]
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Biogenesis fever is sweeping the nation, and former MLB pitcher Dan Meyer has caught it, Meyer, who pitched for several teams over his career but is most well-known for being one of the three players the Braves traded to Oakland for Tim Hudson in 2004, went after Phillies reliever Antonio Bastardo, who was suspended 50 […]
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Since June 1st, the Los Angeles Dodgers are 39-19, a .672 clip that has thrust them to the top of the NL West standings in a romp over the rest of the division. The team has picked up a mind-numbing 12 games on the now second place Diamondbacks over that span of time, The playoff […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/4/2013
Despite the Blue Jays' retooling this offseason, Toronto is still struggling immensely. They're ten games under .500, putting them in last place in the AL East. Their winning percentage puts them in the same general group with the Phillies and Mets, ahead of the Giants and Cubs, but below teams like the Rockies, Padres, and […]
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The Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 4-2 on Saturday afternoon. Rangers starter Matt Garza got victimized early on by the A's thanks to Oakland's aggressive approach. Coco Crisp started the game with a bunt single, and Eric Sogard immediately bunted him over to second. Jed Lowrie followed with an RBI single, and Yoenis Cespedes […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/3/2013
In the fourth inning of Friday night's Blue Jays-Angels game, Jose Bautista of the Blue Jays hit a ball deep to left field. Angels left fielder JB Shuck, not known for his glove, tracked the ball to the wall, leapt into the air, and made the catch, falling into the stands in the process. He […]
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There's going to be a very tight race for the NL Rookie of the Year award, especially after Evan Gattis has fallen off the map and Yasiel Puig has slightly cooled since his torrid June. But one player who has been there all year has been Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez. On Friday, Fernandez became the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/2/2013
Here's a jarring story to go into your weekend with: a pair of Colorado Rockies minor league pitchers have been charged with two counts each of first degree rape and first degree sex offense, according to a report from MiLB.com. The two players in question are members of low-A Asheville: 23-year old Michael Mason, and […]
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This was the week where the elite teams put their best foot forward, and the pretenders…well, the pretenders fell further down the abyss. RANK TEAM CHANGE SCHEDULE COMMENT 1 +2 vs COL vs MIA Pittsburgh punched St Louis right in the mouth this week and showed the Cardinals they're not going anywhere. 2 — 0 […]
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In the third inning of Thursday night's Blue Jays-Angels game, Toronto left fielder Melky Cabrera fielded a single hit by Erick Aybar. Cabrera went to throw the ball inot the infield…and the ball squirted backwards out of his hand, landing behind him, allowing Mark Trumbo to score.and Aybar to go to second on the play. […]
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The Atlanta Braves are falling a bit under the radar this season, but lately, they're playing some pretty good baseball. The Braves have won seven straight games, sweeping both the Cardinals and Rockies at Turner Field to move to 11.5 games up in the NL East.. Their lead is so large in fact that their […]
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The postseason will be here before we know it. We’ve seen what the teams and players are capable of in the first half but the second half has more to offer. The final months of the regular season is filled with interesting storylines including: Miguel Cabrera’s chase for another Triple Crown; Chris Davis’ home run […]
