0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 8/7/2014
With the threat of more players being suspended in the Biogenesis scandal, continuing misinterpretation of the home-plate collision rule, and MVPs being sidelined due to getting hit by pitches, MLB has several pressing issues to deal with currently. So it makes sense that the league office has decided to crack down on the Dodgers’ bubble machine. What? […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
The Padres settled on their new general manager Wednesday, agreeing to terms with Rangers assistant GM A.J. Preller. Preller replaces Josh Byrnes, who was fired by the team in late June. (Technically, Preller takes over for the interim GM trio of Omar Minaya, San Diego’s VP for baseball operations, and assistant general managers A.J. Hinch […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The Detroit Tigers are obviously having a great year, and have dominated the AL Central from nearly wire to wire. But it’s August 7th, and their lead over the Royals is just 3.5 games. Somehow, the Tigers haven’t been able to pull away and coast to the division crown quite yet. In the second half, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 8/6/2014
Laz Diaz is one of the most rage-inducing umpires in all of baseball. Needless to say, it was a bit of a shock to see Diaz show off a little bit of his personality on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park and dance with the Phillie Phanatic between innings of the Astros-Phillies game.
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
A late July skid has pushed the Reds down the NL Central and wild-card standings, taking some of the fun out of August baseball in Cincinnati. Though the Reds aren’t out of the playoff race (especially with the Pirates likely losing Andrew McCutchen for three to four weeks), the team and MLB brought some joy […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The great defense got jacked up to another level this week. Some of these plays…man, I’m speechless.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
On Tuesday night, the two Chicago teams had very different highlights in their respective games. First, Adam Dunn made his pitching debut for the White Sox. It was as ridiculous as you could have possibly imagined. Then in Denver, Cubs stud rookie Javier Baez made his major league debut…and won the game for the team […]
0 comments by Bob Biscigliano
It took 12 innings and six at bats, but Cubs prospect Javier Baez officially welcomed himself to the big-league scene with a big opposite-field blast off Boone Logan to put the Chicago Cubs up 6-5 over the Colorado Rockies. The Cubs would win by the same score. Here’s a fun fact about Baez’s extra-innings home […]
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 8/5/2014
Usually when we see a position player pitching, it’s a utility infielder or backup catcher. But Tuesday night, the Chicago White Sox turned to Adam Dunn. Dunn pitched the 9th inning of Chicago’s 16-0 loss to the Rangers. And it was glorious. Dunn was able to record three outs, allowing two hits and a run. […]
0 comments by Bob Biscigliano
Re2pectable snag by the 40-year-old Captain.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
When you watch the above video, you might not notice anything strange. Yan Gomes doubles to right, Lonnie Chisenhall scores, David Murphy gets picked off at third after going around the bag too far. But look behind second base as Zack Cozart is receiving the throw – there’s a second baseball just casually rolling on […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Idiots on the field are the worst. The Seattle Mariners agree. Thanks for being you, Mariners.
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
A little over a week ago, the Rockies misspelled superstar Troy Tulowitzki’s name on a promotional item. Surely they learned their lesson, right? Wrong. That is not how you spell rising star Nolan Arenado’s name. You never learn, Rockies. Never.
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
We live in a new era of Major League Baseball. Where once it would have been unthinkable, teams with wildly bloated payrolls had no choice but to wait out those contracts, now they can find trading partners willing to bail them out. The Dodgers did so for the Red Sox. The Blue Jays did so […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
David Price makes his first start for the Tigers Tuesday night against the Yankees, officially ending his career with the Rays. Before taking the mound for Detroit, however, the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner took out a full-page ad in in Tuesday’s Tampa Bay Times to thank Rays fans, in addition to Tampa Bay and St. […]
