This week kind of sucked for monstrous dingers. The only two shots that went 450 feet both happened last Friday. That’s apparently a trend here – the longest homers happen on Fridays. Anyway, Giancarlo Stanton remains in first on the yearly appearances list, and Michael Morse broke out of his tie with Justin Upton to […]

You know, I think most of us expected the Phillies to be pretty bad in 2014. But on the morning of June 6th, I don’t think any of us expected this – the only teams in baseball with a worse record than Philadelphia are the Cubs and Rays (which is a completely different topic, by […]

Through 59 games, the Oakland Athletics have been a juggernaut. Their 37-22 record is one game behind the Giants for the best record in baseball, and is the best in the American League by a game and a half over the Blue Jays. Where the A’s are really shining though, is their run differential. At […]

There actually didn’t seem to be a lot of outstanding defense from this week – but here’s the best of what we have. May 30th, Pirates vs Dodgers – Dee Gordon turns two. Dee Gordon began this double play in pretty spectacular fashion, diving to make the stop and managing to flip/roll the ball over […]

A month ago on May 7th, the Rockies were on top of the world. After thrashing the Rangers 9-2 on May 7th, the team was 22-14 and tied for first place in the NL West. Since then, they’ve been a disaster. Colorado is 6-16 in their last 22 games, and have fallen to 9.5 games […]

We’re still over a month away from this summer’s All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis. As the current fan balloting leaders trickle out each week, we’re typically seeing the players you’d expect at the top of the charts – you know, guys like Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano, and Yadier Molina. We’re also seeing some […]

Every time I think that we’re done with controversy and replay, things spiral out of control even quicker than I could imagine… May 28th, Tigers vs Athletics – Miggy can’t slide. This slide by Miguel Cabrera was…not good. And it almost resulted in him getting rewarded with a double. Thankfully, the replay went ahead and […]

I obviously know who Henderson Alvarez is. He’s a Marlins starting pitcher that they acquired from the Blue Jays two winters ago. But I have no idea who this guy wearing Alvarez’s jersey is. On Tuesday night, Alvarez threw his fourth complete game shutout over his last 13 starts (dating back to last year), walking […]