0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/20/2014
Already familiar with baseball’s assorted unwritten rules? Apparently, we all need to update our handbooks, according to Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis. During the fifth inning of Saturday’s Rangers-Blue Jays game, with Toronto holding a 2-0 lead, Lewis had a major problem with Colby Rasmus laying down a bunt to get a base hit. With two […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
What’s the best way to pick up ground on the division leader? Well, beating them head to head, of course. The Cleveland Indians needed to pick up some ground on the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central, and they’ve done just that since the All-Star Break. On Friday, the Tribe won 9-3. On Saturday, the […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson on 7/19/2014
The San Diego Padres have had a hard time in their search for a new GM, but perhaps they might want to just stick with their current GM-by-committee arrangement as the trio of Omar Minaya, A.J. Hinch and Fred Uhlman Jr. just made themselves a heck of a deal by capitalizing on an Angels team […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Thankfully, the season is back underway after what seemed like an eternity. I’m not sure we really gleaned much from one night of games, aside from the race for the AL’s second Wild Card tightening up even further and the National League’s dregs getting pushed further down. We also saw a trade, as Huston Street […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/18/2014
One of the two unnamed minor leaguers going to San Diego is Jose Rondon, while the identities of the fourth minor leaguer going to the Padres and the one going to the Angels are currently unknown. Street has a 1.09 ERA and 24 saves for the Padres this year. He’s owed the remainder of a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Here’s a priceless moment from Friday’s Royals-Red Sox game at Fenway Park. On an Eric Hosmer scorcher down the right field line, the ballgirl picks up the live ball…and drops it when she realizes what she’s done. The look on her face sums up the situation perfectly.
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
You’re going to love The Battered Bastards of Baseball. Period. Full stop. Inning over. If you’re a baseball fan, this movie will charm you and keep you smiling throughout its 80-minute run time. Boot up your Netflix account, find this movie in the catalog (which shouldn’t be too difficult, since Netflix acquired this film directly), […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Joe DiMaggio’s record 56 game hitting streak ended 73 years ago on Thursday. MLB.com has unearthed this rare radio of DiMaggio talking about the end of the streak, and how a cab driver in Cleveland may have jinxed him by telling him the streak would end. I don’t believe in jinxes, and who knows how […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
It’s been an awesome first half for long homers. We’ve been tracking them week by week and, as the season begins anew today, we’re going to bring you the longest homers we’ve seen over the first three-plus months of the season. Only one player appears in the top ten twice, and I’m pretty sure you […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Happy Friday, everyone, and welcome back. I trust that you all enjoyed you All-Star Break. Anyway, live MLB action finally starts back up today, and after a week of digesting the first half, complaining about the All-Star Break, and previewing the second half, we’re ready for some baseball.
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 7/17/2014
Let the second half of the 2014 MLB season begin! Each of baseball’s six divisions are closely contested (also resulting in tight wild-card races), which should make for some fun baseball during the next two-and-a-half months. Potential trades and playoff races will naturally be the stories followed most closely from now through September. But zooming […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/16/2014
The El Paso Chihuahuas have gone ahead and destroyed the “theme jersey” market for all other minor league teams this year. This is horrendous, yet strangely appropriate.
0 comments by Joe Lucia
We’ve reached the unofficial midway point of the 2014 MLB season, and we’ve seen some memorable plays this year. We figured that instead of just reliving the best defense from this weekend, it would be better if we relived the best defense from the entire first half. There hasn’t really been that one iconic catch […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The All-Star game is now behind us, and we have the second half of baseball to look forward to over the rest of the summer and into the fall. While midseason awards really don’t have much meaning, they’re a fun little gimmick that we like to roll out during the All-Star Break every year. Anyway, […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
I did not expect to write anything about Derek Jeter for the Wednesday after the 2014 All-Star Game. I can understand if you don’t want to read anymore about him today, though I certainly appreciate it if you’re sticking with me here. The internet and TV are surely bursting with stories on the Yankees shortstop […]
