0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/2/2014
During his career, Rick Porcello has almost been thought as a disappointment. This is a guy who was a first round pick out of high school in 2007, and made his major league debut in 2009 at age 20. His rookie year ERA was 3.96, and that has been his career best up until this […]
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Triple plays are rare. Two teams challenging different parts of the same play is even more rare. Both happened at once in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. In the 4th inning, Adrian Gonzalez flew out to Michael Brantley in left field with runners on the corners and nobody out. Dee Gordon tried to tag from […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/1/2014
The Phillies had a hard collision with reality over the weekend. Philadelphia was swept in a four-game series at home by the Braves, effectively burying whatever faint chances at contention that may have still been entertained. Though just about everyone had already lowered the coffin into the ground weeks ago, the Phillies showed signs of […]
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With the month of June behind us, we’re now three months of the way through the 2014 MLB season. I think that by this point, we’ve realized which players and teams are good, and which are…well, not so good. I don’t think any of the names you’re going to see on this month’s edition of […]
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Manny Ramirez may be 42 years old, but one of the original kings of pimping home runs showed Monday night that he still has it. In his second game as player/coach for the Iowa Cubs, Manny crushed a two-run homer off of Omaha’s Sugar Ray Marimon to centerfield. The bat flip is vintage Manny, and […]
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Bryce Harper finally made his long-awaited return to the Washington Nationals on Monday night, after a wildly successful rehab stint down in the minors. It didn’t take long, though, for him to make waves with his comments, as he (somewhat subtly) criticized the lineup that was rolled out by manager Matt Williams. Now, the Nats have managed to hang […]
When ask to characterize his first season in the Bronx, here’s what Yankees catcher Brian McCann had to say about himself.
“Horrible. Hitting — you know, I feel good behind the plate. But swinging the bat, I need to get better.”
McCann also spoke about the pressure he’s putting on himself.
“It’s putting a lot. Myself — I’m a big reason for that. Our pitching staff has been amazing. It’s the big reason why we’re at where we’re at.”
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The Cubs have a pitcher this year that they might actually build around, and not just trade the moment a team offers them warm body – Jake Arrieta. His 1.81 ERA leads the team and (although he’s not qualified for the ERA title thanks to him only making 11 starts this season) is the lowest […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/30/2014
This week, we actually had an abundance of walk off wins…we’re in the golden age now, gang. Unfortunately, there weren’t exactly many game-winning homers getting blasted into the the sky, but we’ll have to make do for now. June 23rd, White Sox vs Orioles And of course, we start with that walk off homer – […]
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Three weeks ago, the San Francisco Giants were one of the best teams in baseball. When they beat the New York Mets on June 8, they moved to 42-21, giving them the best record in the National League and pushing them a season-high 21 games over .500. They were on pace to win 108 games […]
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I know we’re just over the halfway point of the season, but the Wild Card races in both leagues are going to be bonkers. In the National League. The top Wild Card is jointly held by the Giants and Dodgers, who are tied for the NL West lead. Then…there’s the second spot. The Reds, Nationals, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/29/2014
Both the Braves and Nationals had a chance to gain ground on the other on Saturday. Each team had a doubleheader against a less than solid NL team – the Braves took on the Phillies, while the Nationals battled the Cubs. At the end of the day when all the smoke had cleared and all […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/28/2014
Being a major league closer can be a volatile gig. The latest example of that was demonstrated by the Pirates and Angels, who swapped struggling relievers on Friday. Pittsburgh sent Jason Grilli to Anaheim in exchange for Ernesto Frieri, a somewhat surprising deal given the success each pitcher had as his team’s closer last season. […]
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In your minor league quirk post of the day, the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Carolina League threw no-hitters in back to back games. Lynchburg, the high-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, allowed zero hits to the Wilmington Blue Rocks, a Royals affiliate, on both Thursday and Friday. Thursday’s game was started by Lucas Sims, Atlanta’s […]
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Alright everyone, we can go ahead and shut the MLB season down – we have our first team with 50 wins, and it’s the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee’s season has been a shocker, but you can boil that success down to one word – health. Last year, 12 different pitchers started games for Milwaukee. This year, […]
