0 comments by Joe Lucia on 9/6/2014
We can no longer talk about the Oakland Athletics making the playoffs as an inevitability. The A’s are only two games up on the Mariners for the top Wild Card spot in the AL, and just 2.5 games up on the Tigers for either playoff spot. Since winning five out of six against the Rays and […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 9/5/2014
After a season full of countless injuries and immeasurable disappointment, the Texas Rangers just took another hit as manager Ron Washington unexpectedly announced his resignation. Washington released a statement explaining his decision, via T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com: Today, I have submitted my resignation from the job I love – managing the Rangers – in order to […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
In the early hours of Friday morning, Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers was fired after slightly less than four years on the job. His tenure included one division title, a pair of .500 seasons, and a disastrous, sub-.500 season that was spurred by the highest payroll in club history. Needless to say, his firing was […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
We’re getting close to the end of the season, and no one is getting close to unseating Giancarlo Stanton or Mike Trout from either of the yearly charts. With that being said, there were some titanic blasts this week.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The Texas Rangers were supposed to be a World Series contender after trading Ian Kinsler for Prince Fielder and signing top free agent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo. Add those two into an established core that included Yu Darvish, Adrian Beltre, Alex Rios, and Elvis Andrus, and you’re looking at one of the best teams in baseball, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The Milwaukee Brewers…man, what a mess. They lost again to the Cardinals on Thursday night, and are now tied with the Braves for the NL’s second Wild Card spot. Milwaukee has lost an incomprehensible nine in a row, and have dropped an unreal 5.5 games in the standings to the Cardinals over that time period. […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 9/4/2014
During the sixth inning of Thursday’s Blue Jays-Rays game at Tropicana Field, Toronto closer Casey Janssen snagged a foul line drive off the bat of Wil Myers. Then, he gave the ball to a fan in the crowd – aw, how sweet. Janssen would save the game in the tenth after Colby Rasmus gave the […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The past couple weeks have seemed relatively encouraging for the Philadelphia Phillies. This past Sunday, four Phillies pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter against the Braves. On Tuesday, the team’s top prospect, Maikel Franco, made his major league debut. That was followed on Wednesday by Cuban pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez pitching in his first big […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
It won’t go down as one of manager Joe Mikulik’s best tantrums, but the Myrtle Beach Pelicans manager had another memorable blow-up with umpires during his team’s Carolina League playoff game with the Salem Red Sox Wednesday night. During the 10th inning of a 1-1 ballgame, Mikulik took issue with the umpires ruling a drive […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Today, we’re likely to have our first team completely eliminated from the 2014 playoff race – the Texas Rangers. Their elimination number is down to one after their loss in Kansas City, and all it will take to end their season is one more loss or one more win by the Tigers. With both teams […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 9/3/2014
Check out this mess from the first inning of Wednesday’s Red Sox-Yankees game. New York put two men on with one out, looking to jump all over Anthony Ranaudo early on. It didn’t exactly go that way. That double play goes down as 2-6-3-4-5-3…or something like that. Not very captain-like for Derek Jeter to stray […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
During Wednesday night’s Blue Jays-Rays game at Tropicana Field, we saw something we don’t see too often at a domed stadium – a rain delay. Prior to the delay, a clap of thunder scared the bejeezus out of Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera. Yeah, I think I could watch that a time or two. As for […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Before Wednesday’s Nationals-Dodgers game, a 100-year old woman threw out the first pitch at Dodger Stadium. Vin Scully, in typical Vin fashion, had plenty to say about her pitch. Isn’t he just the best? Hopefully, a 100-year old Scully will be throwing out the first pitch at Dodger Stadium in 14 years.
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0 comments by Randy Holt
Corey Kluber has been one of the better overall stories in all of baseball this year. The Cleveland Indians currently sit five games back of the second Wild Card spot in the American League, and their emerging ace is a tremendous reason as to why (despite his stinker of a start on Monday). Kluber made 24 starts for the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Four of the five teams set for the National League playoffs look entrenched in their roles. The Nationals have a seven game lead on the Braves in the NL East. The Dodgers and Cardinals both have two game leads in the NL West and Central divisions, respectively. The Giants have a 2.5 game lead on the […]
