0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/23/2014
The race for the second Wild Card slot in the American League remains insane. After the events of Tuesday night, the Mariners lead is down to just 1.5 games on the Yankees and Blue Jays, with the Indians surprisingly running close behind at two games out. Three weeks ago, only the Orioles, Royals, Yankees, and […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 7/22/2014
After the 2012 season, the Padres were faced a with a tough decision: trade burgeoning star Chase Headley at the peak of his value or try and keep him and re-sign him. It would seem that the Padres chose secret option C. Today, San Diego finally pulled the trigger on that Headley trade, sending him […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The Padres are dealing third baseman Chase Headley to the Yankees for…well, next to nothing. Headley is hitting .229/.296/.355 with the Padres this year, just two seasons removed from an MVP-caliber 2012. Yangervis Solarte is a 27-year old career minor leaguer who hit .254/.337/.381 in the majors with the Yankees this season before getting sent […]
0 comments by Randy Holt
With the Chicago Cubs boasting a completely stacked farm system, especially in terms of positional prospects, and a stated desire to spend on pitching this offseason, it was only a matter of time before the rumors of them going after David Price started to spiral out of control, especially now that they lack a true ace with Jeff Samardzija having been […]
0 comments by Bob Biscigliano
Cliff Lee’s return from the disabled list was a real stinker, so he ended his post-game interview rather fartingly fittingly. Did y’all get that on tape? Yes, yes they did, and it sounded really wet, Cliff.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
So….how about those Royals? Kansas City was on top of the world a month ago, at 39-32 and sitting in first in the AL Central after taking the first three games of a four game series with the Tigers. Since then, Kansas City has fallen into a downward spiral. They’re 9-18 since, and have moved […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/21/2014
The Red Sox were matching outs with runs this Monday night in Toronto, playing 14 runs before the fifth inning was even over. But Brock Holt added insult to injury with this absolutely incredible catch of a Dan Johnson fly ball, showing that when it rains (even in a dome) it pours.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
What…how…I don’t even know. This move by Simmons was like something out of The Matrix. He turned what looked like a picture perfect hit and run into a casual fielder’s choice. Just unbelievable.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
I was just going to do a “recap of the first half of walk offs” this Monday…but there were so many walk offs this weekend that couldn’t be ignored. Thus, we’ll have a traditional most exciting walk offs of the week feature this week, covering a three-day period that was chock-full of action.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
What’s going on in the National League right now is crazy. On the morning of July 21st, all three divisions have a tie at the top of them. The Nationals and Braves are deadlocked in the NL East, the Brewers and Cardinals are tied in the NL Central, and the Dodgers and Giants are knotted […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/20/2014
Fernando Rodney shot his trademark arrow at the Angels dugout at the end of the eighth inning after being brought in for a five out save on Sunday. Following an Albert Pujols game-tying double in the ninth, Pujols returned the favor by shooting an arrow of his own. Then Mike Trout got into the act, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Is this the most “LOLMETS” play ever? Tie game, two outs, bottom of the ninth, winning run on third…and Josh Edgin trips and falls off the mound when Seth Smith hits a tapper to the first base side of the diamond. Losing is never a good thing, but losing like this is just…well, it’s embarrassing.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
God bless 105-year old Agnes McKee, who threw out the first pitch at Petco Park before Sunday’s Mets-Padres game. This is just awesome – great job by the Padres getting her on the field to do this.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
After getting moved to the bullpen from the starting rotation, Shelby Miller had to learn to trust his new friends and take part in a trust exercise. Everything looks like it went just fine for him.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Appearances at Comicon? Check. Starting pitcher dressed as a Jedi? Check. Bobblehead of starting pitcher dressed as a Jedi? Check. An endless array of puns and graphics? Check. Clark the Cub as an Ewok? Check. Announce team dressed as a Stormtrooper and Chewbacca, respectively? Check. I’ve got nothing else to say.
