The St Paul Saints of the American Association indy league are at it again. The Saints have been known for goofy promotions for years, and on May 11th against the Gary SouthShore RailCats, they're going to crank things up to another level and play without umpires. Balls and strikes will be called from behind the […]

Anibal Sanchez set the Tigers franchise record for strikeouts in a game on Friday night, fanning 17 Braves and getting 28 whiffs on the evening (good for a 23.1% whiff rate). Considering that Detroit currently features strikeout artists like Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, and Mickey Lolich, that somehow makes Sanchez's accomplishment that much more awesome […]

Many Tiger fans got their first look at Bruce Rondon in spring training when the 22-year-old Venezuelan was pushing radar guns into triple digits. His command wasn’t there though, and he was sent to AAA to begin the year. But that didn’t last long. Just like last season when he went from the Florida State […]

Maybe it's all of the injuries this season. Maybe it's the fear of missing the playoffs this year and next. For whatever reason, the New York Yankees look like they're (already) ditching their plan to cut back on spending. Much was made about the Yankees' desire to keep payroll below the expected $189 million luxury […]

Admittedly, the MLB All-Star Game is notably better than it's NBA and NFL counterparts.  However, just because the it's best available, does not mean it cannot be improved upon.  More often than not, we're left with something resembling the best players in the game getting together for an exhibition.  But the current climate of the […]

Do you need another reason to dislike Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria? Of course you do. On Tuesday, Loria apparently overrode manager Mike Redmond and switched starting pitchers Ricky Nolasco and Jose Fernandez in Miami's doubleheader with Minnesota. Loria wanted Fernandez to start the day game and Nolasco to start the night game. Loria insisted […]

It is that time of year, time for MLB to publish the All-Star ballot for our voting pleasure. Or your scrutinizing displeasure depending on who you are. While it can be fun to cast votes for your favorite players, it can also be a painful exercise due to all the annual annoyances in the ballot. […]

The Washington Nationals have struggled a bit thisyear. But on Thursday night, their performance was vintage (well, vintage as of last year…which really doesn't make it vintage) in an 8-1 win over the Reds. The Nationals pitching staff gave up just one run on one hit, and short of a Joey Votto home, no Reds […]

Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore. At least that's how he seemed after his team's 10-3 loss to the Houston Astros Wednesday night. That gave the Mariners their second series loss of the season to the Astros, and it's only April. Houston was generally […]

NEW YORK – Though we’re just 20 games into the young season and temperatures in New York have struggled to surpass 50 degrees, Wednesday marked the official start of “All-Star Summer” in New York City. The Mets and Major League Baseball hosted a press conference at New York’s City Hall with Mayor Michael Bloomberg to […]

We've written way too many words about the closer situation in Detroit this year. But the Tigers finally pulled the trigger after three weeks of screwing around, and they reinstalled Jose Valverde into the ninth inning job on Wednesday. Of course, despite all of the warning signs Valverde showed last year, he threw a perfect […]

The Tigers have a bullpen problem. Not only have their relievers been largely ineffective, but now they are dealing with depth issues after placing Octavio Dotel on the disabled list. These struggles should come as no surprise because the Tigers had bullpen problems in 2012 as well. What will come as a surprise is that […]