Details on this are still a bit sparse, but it’s tentatively going into the “stupid baseball injury” Hall of Fame. Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt hurt his knee…while he was playing with his kids. I’ll let the AP report take it away. The Giants placed left-hander Jeremy Affeldt on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday after he […]

We see balls get stuck between the pads of the outfield wall every so often, but they usually get stuck after a bounce. On Tuesday night, Paul Goldschmidt hit a screamer of a line drive against the Cardinals that got stuck between the pads without even bouncing. That’s a ground rule double. Goldschmidt would score […]

Boston isn’t punting on Hanley Ramirez quite yet. In fact, the Red Sox intend to change Ramirez’s position in 2016 (after changing it from shortstop to left field in 2015), and will shift him to first base. Mike Napoli held down the position for the Red Sox since signing with the team as a free […]

Carlos Gomez rubs a lot of people the wrong way. On Tuesday, he rubbed some members of the Yankees wrong when he popped up in the sixth inning of a 9-0 game and angrily flipped his bat. Gomez came up an inning later with the Astros’ lead extended to 12-0, and he launched a three-run […]

In Ken Rosenthal’s Monday column for Fox Sports, he had an interesting note about the San Francisco Giants. Specifically, Rosenthal noted that the Giants would likely be interested in impending free agent Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann this offseason. *Add Nationals right-hander Jordan Zimmermann to the list of free-agent starters that the Giants are likely to […]

Following last week’s wildly popular Giants/Full House intro, a Pirates fan has created a Family Matters-themed intro for the team. It’s pretty fantastic. I wouldn’t necessarily say I prefer this to the Full House intro…but it’s pretty, pretty good. The inclusion of the screaming McCutchen kids is a nice detail. Especially this. Yeah, it’s been […]

This homer from Marlins center fielder Marcell Ozuna against the Phillies on Thursday night was impressive. Very impressive. He hit it off the top of the damn foul pole at Marlins Park. Giancarlo Stanton, eat your heart out. Incredibly, this homer was only measured at 434 feet, so you won’t be seeing it tomorrow on […]

Clayton Kershaw and Albert Pujols will captain wiffle ball teams in September at Angel Stadium as part of a charity event benefiting each player’s charity, the Pujols Family Foundation and Kershaw Challenge. And while the prospect of the two players squaring off is an enticing one, fans can actually join in on the fun with […]

The reputation of “hostile Philadelphia fans” may be softening a little bit. Following a wild ovation for Jimmy Rollins in his return to Citizens Bank Park earlier this month, the crowd gave outfielder Ben Revere a warm response in his first game back as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. Revere went 0/3 with two walks […]

During the Tigers’ 10-8 win over the Cubs on Tuesday night, Miguel Cabrera showed off some of that defense that he’s…well, really not well-known for. Anibal Sanchez threw a pickoff throw to first, and Dexter Fowler slide into the bag safely…but Cabrera fumbled his glove off. The ball bounced off a wall by the dugout […]

Clayton Kershaw got frustrated on Tuesday night in Oakland. After not getting a borderline call on Danny Valencia in the third inning, Kershaw couldn’t handle an infield dribbler off the bat of Valencia…and then, he snapped. Kershaw spikes the ball, catches it anyway. Kershaw fires the ball into the dugout while barely looking, manages to […]

Last week, I wrote about the Miami Marlins and how their continued existence is a complete and utter joke. One of the points I focused on was center fielder Marcell Ozuna’s demotion to AAA following a cold streak, which everyone saw through as an attempt to prevent Ozuna from reaching Super Two status this winter. […]

This catch on the warning track by Mike Trout was ridiculous, even though it only prolonged Sunday’s Angels-Royals game by one more inning. With men on the corners and two outs in the ninth, Trout’s diving grab of a Paulo Orlando sinking liner ended the inning for Kansas City and pushed the game into ten. […]

Well, cross the San Diego Padres off of one list. On Friday night, Matt Kemp hit the first cycle in club history against the Rockies. Kemp started his trek towards the cycle with a first inning two-run homer off of Yohan Flande. In the third, he picked up a single off of Flande. After a fifth […]

Sad news out of Boston this afternoon – Red Sox manager John Farrell announced in his pregame press conference on Friday that he’s been diagnosed with Stage 1 lymphoma and will start chemotherapy next week. Bench coach Torey Lovullo will manage the team for the rest of the season. Ideally, the early jump Farrell got on […]