Don Mattingly is probably going to get fired. Columnists both national and local are calling for his head as the uber-expensive LA Dodgers continue to struggle, currently residing at 18-26. The thrust behind Mattingly getting the axe isn't so much his lack of managerial ability, though a case can certainly be made, so much as […]

We're past the quarter mark of this season. 25% of the way into the year, there are several players that are playing pretty well, and some that are playing…not so well. While there is still 3/4 of the season left, we thought it would be pretty cool to take a look at the teams and […]

"Mike Trout is a flash in the pan," they said. "Mike Trout's 2012 was a fluke," they said. "Mike Trout is going to really regress in 2013," they said. And through April, "they" were right, as Trout hit just .261/.333/.432 with two homers and four steals in April. A month later, Trout's overall statline has […]

Oh, happy day! Bud Selig has seen the light and "evolved" his opinion on instant replay thanks in no small part to recent rash of inconceivably stupid blown calls that the likes of Angel Hernandez and Fieldin Culbreth have subjected us to in recent weeks. The end result is that the ol' used car salesman […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Baseball fans normally don’t see a pitcher embrace a hitter who has just taken him deep. Fans also don’t expect a birthday cake to be delivered to a player in the middle of a game. And most games don’t feature introductions where the participants emerge from cornstalks in the outfield. The Pepsi […]

Let's just get the bad pun out of the way from the start. The San Francisco Giants caught a bad break on Monday night in their game against the Washington Nationals.  Though the Giants did shut out the Nats, 8-0, to snap a three-game losing streak, the defending World Series champions lost starting pitcher Ryan […]

It's still too early to tell just how much damage was done by the massive tornado that hit the Oklahoma City area Monday, but it's clear the rebuilding costs are going to be astronomical. The Dodgers' Matt Kemp is from the OKC suburb of Midwest City, just a few miles from the city of Moore, […]

Back in January, we brought you the story of the independent league Florence Freedom, who would be giving away Lennay Kekua bobblehead dolls for a game in May. Well, that day has arrived, and courtesy of our friends at Larry Brown Sports via

If this isn't rock bottom for the new and improved Washington Nationals, it has to be close. Washington got pounded 8-0 on Monday in a game started by Zach Duke, thanks to the shockingly effective Ross Detwiler missing his start thanks to an oblique injury. Washington is now just a game above .500, 3.5 games […]

The Phillies beat the Reds 3-2 on Sunday in walkoff fashion after Erik Kratz and Freddy Galvis hit solo homers off of Cincinnati flamethrowing closer Aroldis Chapman in the ninth inning. The Cuban lefty's fastball velocity was slightly down (but not enough for people to get worried about an injury) during the 14-pitch outing and […]

The long-powerful bullpen of the Atlanta Braves is undergoing a huge overhaul six weeks into the 2013 season. First, Jonny Venters had Tommy John surgery, ending his season. Next, newly-acquired Jordan Walden was placed on the DL with an inflamed shoulder. Finally, this weekend, Eric O'Flaherty was placed on the DL with a torn UCL, […]

When Jean Segura was traded as part of a package to land Zack Greinke last season, fans of both sides seemed to be pleased with the deal.  Angels fans were excited over the prospect of having Weaver and Greinke in the same rotation and Brewers fans liked the idea that they had found a possible […]

Felix Hernandez vs Justin Masterson. Man, when you heard about that pitching matchup yesterday, I'm sure you all figured that while both pitchers would do well, Hernandez would stand head and shoulders above Masterson…right? Well, not so much. Masterson shut out the Mariners in Cleveland's 6-0 win, and Hernandez's day was done after just five […]

Diamondbacks starter Brandon McCarthy was having a hard luck year, to put it mildly. While his 5.63 ERA coming into Saturday night's tilt with the Marlins wasn't pretty, McCarthy was the victim of some bad luck, and still hadn't put a notch in the win column. In his last start against the Phillies, McCarthy threw […]

Matt Harvey just cannot be stopped. The Mets rookie improved to 5-0 on the season in New York's 3-2 win over the Cubs on Friday night, giving up just two runs in 7 1/3 and striking out six without a walk. His fastball averaged 96 over the 106 total pitches he threw over the evening, […]