0 comments by TOC Locker on 8/20/2014
After striking out in the third inning against Ian Kennedy, Yasiel Puig slammed his helmet down in the Dodgers dugout. The helmet bounced back at Puig, who caught it with his other arm and tossed it back down again. Sure, it’s not the most incredible thing ever, but Puig’s reflexes are crazy. I guess as […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
I want to spend a moment talking about a team that isn’t getting nearly enough attention in the NL playoff chase – the Miami Marlins. The Marlins have won three in a row, and have moved to just 2.5 games back of the Giants and Braves for the NL’s second Wild Card spot. Given the […]
0 comments by Bob Biscigliano
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) attended the Los Angeles Dodgers game on Tuesday and met one of his heroes Vin Scully: Your browser does not support iframes. Cranston also met the one who beards, Brian Wilson, and Cranston signed a baseball for Wilson as any should have expected him to: Walter White’s dead, though… kind of like […]
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With the Cubs beating the Giants in the bottom of the fifth, it started to rain. Then this happened. After quite some time and the rain died down and the job was finished. But the field was quite a mess. A huge mess and with the Cubs winning in the fifth, the Giants hoped the field […]
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0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/19/2014
A funny thing happened on the way to the inevitable ALCS showdown between the Oakland Athletics and Detroit Tigers – both teams stopped playing well. Entering play on August 19, neither team holds first place in its respective division. The Tigers are two games behind the Royals in the AL Central, while the A’s are a half-game back from the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The fate of Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson has been uncertain this year, with his team struggling out of the gate and getting enveloped by a cloud of controversy in the face of their “unintentional” methods of retribution against teams who dare plunk their players. Naturally, it looks like Gibson will be back for the Diamondbacks […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
Check out this catch from Sunday’s game between the Birmingham Barons and Chattanooga Lookouts. Barons outfielder Michael Early makes a fantastic leaping catch on a deep fly ball hit by Angel Sanchez of the Lookouts…and then can’t stop his momentum, leading to him smashing through the bullpen door in left field.
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Yes, this ball bounced into the river and didn’t get there on the fly. Yes, Neil Walker’s home run “only” went 396 feet, a far cry from the 456 feet from home plate directly down the right field line to the river. Regardless, you don’t see many home runs get wet at PNC Park. It’s […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The Oakland Athletics have been baseball’s best team since…oh, about day one of this season. But the A’s have been pulled off of their throne – the Angels now have sole possession of first place in the AL West, and no other team in baseball has a better record than their 73-50 mark. The A’s […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 8/18/2014
With the White Sox trailing the Orioles 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Nick Markakis robbed Conor Gillaspie of what would have been a go-ahead two run homer. Not content with taking away Chicago’s chance at tying the game, Markakis capped off a five-run eighth inning for Baltimore with a two-run homer of […]
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Cleveland Indians pitcher Corey Kluber has been one of the best pitchers in baseball this season, but no one knows too much about him. Kluber attempted to show off some of his personality by reciting a Rust Cohle monologue from season one of True Detective, all while wearing a wig and playing with a can […]
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Joe Mikulik is a minor league treasure. He’s given us some of the best on-field meltdowns in the sport’s history. He’s thrown bases and covered home plate in dirt, tossed bats out of the dugout, and given bases to fans in the stands. The longtime manager for the Asheville Tourists (2000-2012) is now the skipper of […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Two walk offs this week for each of the Nationals, Indians, and Rangers. Hey, when it rains, it pours, I guess. August 12th, Rays vs Rangers Walk off walk to score a pitcher. That’s gotta suck. August 13th, Diamondbacks vs Indians 4 So…Asdrubal who? Zach Walters is already endearing himself to Indains fans. August 14th, […]
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During Sunday night’s Pirates-Nationals game at Nationals Park, the Root Sports cameras kept cutting to a young Pirates fan in the front row that experienced a vast array of emotions during the evening. He went from anger, to sadness, to elation, and back to utter depression when Scott Hairston’s walk off sac fly ended the […]
