0 comments by TOC Locker on 8/14/2014
J.P. Arencibia became the third (!!!!!) position player to take the hill for the Texas Rangers this year, following in the footsteps of Mitch Moreland fellow backstop Chris Gimenez. And boy, it was bizarre. . It’s worth noting that Gimenez was designated for assignment by the Rangers and assigned to AAA, while Moreland is on […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 8/13/2014
Hey, is it all right with you guys if we just hang out around home plate while you’re playing baseball? Oh, wait — that’s Miguel Cabrera! Let’s just stay here and watch him. We’re not in the way, are we? Cool? Cool. We’re not positive these were the exact thoughts of the two pigeons that […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The competition for the National League Most Valuable Player award appeared likely to be a close race for the rest of the season. But then Andrew McCutchen was drilled by a pitch, suffered a broken rib and was put on the disabled list. Putting the perceived favorite on the sidelines has blown the NL MVP […]
0 comments by Dave Tobener
Baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline gets all of the attention, but August trades can be just as interesting. Plus they’re more challenging to pull off, since players have to pass through waivers in order for a trade to be made. One might even make the case that August trades have more impact on the pennant race, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
We’ve got another week of great defense in the books, and some of these guys really shined and thrived this week as the pennant races began to heat up.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Earlier this season, I wrote a post asking whether the Atlanta Braves were even a good team this year. As we roll along here in the middle of August, I think the answer is a resounding “noooooooooooope”. The Braves lost to the Dodgers for the fifth time this season on Tuesday night, falling to just […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/12/2014
The backflip pretty much said it all. After catching the final out in Monday’s 3-2 win over the A’s, Royals center fielder Jarrod Dyson channeled his inner Ozzie Smith and did a backflip to celebrate. Never mind that manager Ned Yost and GM Dayton Moore may have freaked out when they saw Dyson flip backward, […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
The Kansas City Royals moved into first place in the AL Central after beating the Oakland Athletics on Monday night at Kauffman Stadium. After catching the final out, he celebrated with a backflip. If this was the Royals franchise of a decade ago, Dyson probably would have broken his ankle.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
I feel like I’m talking a lot about the Baltimore Orioles lately, but they deserve it. The team is 16-8 in the second half, beating the pants off of a schedule that has been one of the toughest in baseball since the All-Star Break. They haven’t played one game against a team under .500 so […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 8/11/2014
Awful news for the Baltimore Orioles – former All-Star third baseman Manny Machado left Monday night’s game with the New York Yankees with *another* knee injury, this one to his right knee. Thankfully, the injury doesn’t appear as serious this time – initial word is that its a sprained knee. If that’s all, the first […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
Like, I don’t even know what to say about this. The Baltimore Orioles are one of the better defensive teams in the majors, and this entire sequence was just a mess. I think I’m just going to copy and paste the play description from ESPN’s summary. C Beltran stole home, C Headley stole second. C […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
This fan at Wrigley Field saved a homer! Well…kind of. He made a spectacular catch, but didn’t prevent the run from going on the board. Yeah, the fan caught the home run ball…but it was already gone. He just prevented the ball from leaving Wrigley Field and heading onto Waveland Avenue. Of course, he also swapped […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
Josh Reddick is one of the better defensive outfielders in the American League. However, he did *not* show that when trying to throw the ball back into the infield in the first inning on Monday against the Royals. Well, at least a run didn’t immediately score. It could have been worse for Reddick and the […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
This is never going to stop getting old. Look where this Shelby Miller pitch ended up. There’s no immediate word on the distance. Needless to say, I think this is going to end up on THE LIST we put together every Friday of the longest homers of the week, and will probably end up in […]
0 comments by TOC Locker
Yoenis Cespedes may be out of the AL West, but he’s still dooming the Angels. The former Oakland Athletic hit his first homer with the Boston Red Sox on Sunday, a three-run blast that gave Boston a 3-0 lead over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This homer was the sixth that Cespedes has hit […]
