0 comments by Ben Duronio on 9/10/2014
Last week, a writer at The Atlantic, Derek Thompson, wrote about “The Simple Technology That Accidentally Ruined Baseball.” The main gist of the piece, not to skim down Thompson’s post into just one sentence, is that PITCHf/x technology and the Zone Evaluation system that provides incentives for umpires to make correct calls has led to […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
The Dodgers gave away a Babe Ruth bobblehead on Tuesday. It was an odd giveaway, given that Ruth spent nearly his entire career with the Yankees, but he *did* spent 1938 as the first base coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Needless to say, Vin Scully had a lot to say about the exceptional career of […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Something sort of interesting happened last night when all of the games were finished – the Mets were just as close to a Wild Card spot as the Yankees. Sure, both teams are 5.5 games out, which isn’t exactly a small deficit, but it’s kind of wild that people (myself included) talk about the Yankees […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 9/9/2014
Between innings of Tuesday night’s Royals-Tigers game, Miguel Cabrera tossed a ball to Lions star receiver Calvin Johnson, who was sitting in the crowd for the game. Oh Miguel Cabrera, is there anything you *can’t* do? Also, Calvin Johnson – pretty good at catching all balls, no matter if they’re pigskin or rawhide.
0 comments by TOC Locker
During Tuesday night’s Cubs-Blue Jays game, this fan at Rogers Centre had the right idea – mix cardio with drinking! Switching hands, taking sips…this fellow is my new hero.
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
While the race between the Royals and Tigers receives most of the attention in baseball this week — at least from Monday through Wednesday, when the two clubs meet in a three-game series — another AL Central team seems to getting overlooked. Yet perhaps it’s the Cleveland Indians that could eventually emerge as the AL […]
0 comments by Randy Holt
We could go on for days in order to determine just what is wrong with the Oakland Athletics (hint: it has nothing to do with Yoenis Cespedes). They’re freefalling through the ranks of the American League and now will be lucky to grab a wild card, with a division title that looked like a lock […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
What’s going on in the American League Wild Card race is nothing short of amazing. The Oakland A’s have continued their terrible collapse, and are now just one game ahead of the Mariners for the AL’s top Wild Card spot, with the Tigers looming just a game behind Seattle. This isn’t just a bad stretch […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
You can’t watch this clip just once. Nearly half the Dodgers defense share in some part of the blame on this play that saw two runs score on a fly-out to center with runners on first and second. Along the way, 3 throwing errors from three different players. For a second, I thought Puig was […]
0 comments by Bob Biscigliano on 9/8/2014
Your browser does not support iframes. The box score will read Lorenzo Cain home run off Justin Verlander, but it was really a running catch by Torii Hunter that was jarred loose after a collision with center fielder Don Kelly. As the center fielder, Kelly takes charge, but Hunter still attempted to call him off. Kelly tried to […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
There hasn’t been a rainout at Dodger Stadium since 2000, and there have been only 17 rainouts since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958. For whatever reason, the Dodgers grounds crew was practicing their tarp rolling skills before Sunday’s game with the Diamondbacks, and Vin Scully used that as an opportunity to educate […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Eight different teams had walk off wins this week. Eight! Several playoff contenders also suffered some absolutely gut wrenching losses this week, but all were able to rebound and have themselves good weeks regardless.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Today’s awesome story of the day comes to us from Toledo, Ohio, where the Mud Hens (AAA affiliate of the Tigers) are turning their home ballpark, Fifth Third Field, into a pair of mini golf courses, with all proceeds going to charity. Here’s the description of the two courses, courtesy of Sports Turf Manager Jake […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Even though they won on Sunday, the Texas Rangers are a disaster. Not only were they the first team in baseball to be eliminated from the playoff race, but they also have a whopping five game lead on the Rockies and Diamondbacks for the top pick in next June’s MLB Draft. Their magic number for […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 9/7/2014
With so many top-tier starting pitchers changing teams at the trade deadline, it’s no wonder that fans expected the same teams to dominate the playoff standings. But after a little over a month, things haven’t gone too well for the starters that changed teams. John Lackey and Justin Masterson have been a horror show in […]
