0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/31/2014
With an abundance of starting pitching following this morning’s Jon Lester trade, the Oakland Athletics have flipped Tommy Milone to the Twins for Sam Fuld. Milone had a 3.55 ERA in 16 major league starts this season, but was demoted to AAA following Oakland’s acquisitions of Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel at the beginning of […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Jon Lester has been moved, and while the location isn’t necessarily a surprise, the return has many mouths agape. Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes from Boston to Oakland in exchange for Yoenis Cespedes. You wanted a blockbuster? You got a blockbuster. The Red Sox also picked up a competitive balance pick from the A’s in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Happy trade deadline day, everyone. Seven hours after the publishing of this post, we’ll have hit the 2014 trade deadline, and most teams will be hard-pressed to improve their clubs over the season’s final two months. We already saw the chaos begin on Wednesday, when the Indians dealt Justin Masterson to the Cardinals and the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/30/2014
When Manny Machado made this throw, he was a good four steps into foul territory, going away from the infield cutout. His throw to first base didn’t bounce at all, and still managed to nab Albert Pujols by a good ten feet. I think he’s healthy, folks.
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Though the St. Louis Cardinals have the resources to make a blockbuster deal for an ace starting pitcher such as the Rays’ David Price or Jon Lester of the Red Sox, general manager John Mozeliak’s apparent preference was for a middle-of-the-rotation arm to slot in behind Adam Wainwright and Lance Lynn. On Wednesday, with just […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
This is just awful. The Pirates had a chance to blow their game with the Giants wide open in the sixth inning after Jean Machi walked Chris Stewart to load the bases with one out. And then…disaster. Travis Snider, who was on second base at the time of the walk, inexplicably began to trot down […]
0 comments by Dave Tobener
Full disclosure: I’m a Seinfeld freak. I can recite episodes verbatim and I usually don’t have any problem using a line from the show to describe something happening in my every day life. It’s a gift. So as both a Seinfeld freak and a baseball freak, I’ve always enjoyed the episodes where the two intermingled. […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Hey, the Cubs are still active at the trade deadline! But instead of selling at this moment, they’re…buying? Felix Doubront looked like a nice buy low candidate this summer, especially after he seemingly burned his bridges with Boston by demanding some stability in his career. He’ll head to the Cubs with all three of his […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The trade deadline is in a little more than 25 hours, but the chaos has already begun. The Cleveland Indians are sending starting pitcher Justin Masterson to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for minor league outfielder James Ramsey. The 29-year old Masterson will be a free agent at the end of the year, and […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
We’re seemingly seeing different players pop up on this list every week, and I think that’s a testament to just how good the players in this league are getting at fielding their positions. No longer do we have just one or two great defensive players per position – there are quite a few. Also, the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Before Tuesday night’s Athletics-Astros game at Minute Maid Park, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T threw out the first pitch before the game. Ho-hum. Then, Astros mascot Orbit paid tribute to the wrestler by copying his signature move, the spinaroonie. Calling this “glorious” may be a slight understatement. Just for the hell of it, SBNation […]
0 comments by Scott Allen
According to Billy Beane, the only GM to ever be portrayed by Brad Pitt (because that means something), the playoffs are a crapshoot. But you know what he thinks, and evidence certainly suggests he might be right. When you’re playing shorter series such as a one game playoff or a best of five, any team […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
Yes, MLB’s trade deadline is just a day away, making for one of the most exciting dates on the baseball calendar. However, before the trade deadline comes one of the most anticipated events in recent pop culture history. I probably don’t even need to tell you what that is, but perhaps you’ve been so tuned […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Oh, go ahead and look at who’s at the top of the NL West – it’s the Los Angeles Dodgers. LA is three games up on the Giants, and that three game lead is the second-largest of any division leader (behind just the Tigers in the AL Central). Just like the Nationals in the NL […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/29/2014
On Sunday, the Rays are giving away a Wil Myers bike horn to kids 14 and under. And quite frankly, it’s terrifying. The Rays are an organization that typically has very innovative and unique giveaways, and this is certainly one of them. That doesn’t change the fact that it’s freaking horrifying, though.
