0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr on 7/29/2014
The Nashville Sounds are starting an eight-game road trip tonight in Colorado Springs. Unfortunately, a key piece of luggage was lost — their hats. No logos on the hats, and no names on the jerseys. Maybe the Sounds are just embracing an old-timey retro look tonight.
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
As of July 29, the Reds and Marlins both have a 52-53 record. Yet the difference in the perception of that record two days before MLB’s July 31 trade deadline is fascinating. Joe Lucia touched on this earlier in Tuesday’s Dugout Digest. The Marlins are viewed as a sleeper contender, having won eight of their […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Clayton Kershaw was a guest on Monday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. During a segment, Kimmel wanted Kershaw to throw a baseball at him to knock an apple off of his head. Kershaw eventually succeeded, but not before hilariously smashing Kimmel in the face.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Calling this season in Boston a nightmare may be an understatement. The Red Sox shocked nearly everyone by winning the 2013 World Series, a year after losing 93 games and finishing in the cellar of the AL East for the first time in 20 years. After the club raced to 97 wins a year ago, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
What should Houston do with the Astrodome? It’s one of the more curious civic dilemmas in the U.S. Many fans still hold affection for the stadium (now called NRG Astrodome), though no professional sports team has used it since 1999. No concert has played there since 2003. The last event held in the Astrodome was […]
0 comments by Scott Allen
I’m not entirely sure if Major League baseball, or more specifically Bud Selig had planned on this occurring when he created the second Wild Card, or even the first for that matter. Winning the division is key. It’s never been more important during divisional play than when the second Wild Card was created. But in […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
I don’t think Miami is much of a contender in the National League for the final two months of this season. But quite frankly, if we’re going to keep calling the Reds a contender, the Marlins also deserve that attention. Miami has won five in a row and seven of eight over the past week. […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/28/2014
Wasn’t Jake Peavy to the Cardinals a done deal a couple of weeks ago? The Cards needed a starting pitcher for the back end of the rotation and appeared to have found their man in the veteran right-hander. But then it didn’t happen. And over the weekend, the Red Sox traded Peavy to the Giants instead. […]
Tim Lincecum
0 comments by Randy Holt
There was a time when San Francisco Giants starter Tim Lincecum could have been considered the most dominant pitcher in baseball. When he won the Cy Young Award in both 2008 and 2009, that declaration would have been a simple, and easily defensible, one to make. But there was always something of a cloud looming, representing the day that […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Well, there weren’t a lot of walk offs this week, so we’re just going to have to take what we can get. Sorry, gang.
0 comments by Jaymes Langrehr
More than most sports, baseball is about “earning your spot.” Players have to work their way through four or five levels of the minors before getting their chance in the big leagues, and some guys wait close to 10 years before they get their shot. So it’s at least understandable when players get upset over […]
0 comments by Bob Biscigliano
David Ortiz has been a thorn in the Tampa Bay Rays’ collective side and his “get off me” bat flip on Sunday won’t help matters. You can watch his ultimately-game-winning home run at MLB.com, but the bat flip is in GIF form below (via Deadspin): Yeah, I can see why that might piss off some […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Left for dead following an 11-23 stretch going into the All-Star Break, the Toronto Blue Jays have come out of the Break on fire. The Jays are 7-3 in their ten games in the second half, taking two out of three from the Rangers, three out of four from the reeling Red Sox, and two […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/27/2014
The Tampa Bay Rays are officially contenders in the American League – well, as much as they could be without being above .500. Tampa Bay beat Boston again on Saturday to win their ninth game in a row and move to just 6.5 games back in the AL East and only 3.5 games back of […]
0 comments by Bob Biscigliano
With runners on the corners, Miami Marlins pitcher Tom Koehler took a Chris Carter line drive off his back, but rather than hitting him square, it ricocheted up in the air just beyond second base where shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria was waiting to catch it. Your typical 1-6 liner-pop-out putout. Koehler stayed in the game.
