How to make interleague play even better for natural geographic rivals

The Astros’ move to the American League threw quite the curveball to interleague play. Rather than having designated weeks in the middle of season where all interleague play took place, it’s now spread across the entire season. Having 15 teams teams in each league means that with 14 of the teams coupled up at any […]

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Can the Cardinals survive without Yadier Molina?

The Cardinals are about to find out just how well The Cardinal Way works without their leader. It was announced yesterday that All-Star catcher Yadier Molina would be out 8-to-12 weeks with a torn thumb ligament, leaving St. Louis to figure out how to replace his offensive production, stellar defense and leadership. In past years, […]

The Cardinals recorded a bizarre 5-8 putout

I can’t recall ever seeing something like this happen before. In the sixth inning of Thursday’s Cardinals-Pirates game, Edinson Volquez popped up a bunt. Matt Carpenter let the bunt drop in, attempting to turn one out into two. He threw to second in an attempt to get the force on Jordy Mercer, but no one […]

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Dugout Digest – the dregs of Texas

Earlier this week, I touched upon the “Battle of Texas”between the Astros and Rangers. Houston swept the series, and by virtue of that, moved ahead of the Rangers by a mere percentage point in the AL West standings. The Rangers, determined to show that they really are worse than the Astros, then went out and […]

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NL Central injury bug hits Cardinals – Yadier Molina out 8-12 weeks

If there was one player on the St. Louis Cardinals you’d call indispensable, you’d probably say that it’s Yadier Molina. Thus, the news that Molina will miss 8-12 weeks due to a torn ligament in his thumb is very bad news for St. Louis. The only other catchers on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster are long-time […]

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Homer Bailey leaves start with apparent knee injury

During Thursday’s Cubs-Reds game, Cincinnati starter Homer Bailey left the game with an apparent knee injury. He immediately began to flex his knee, and it was later revealed that he had pain in his patellar tendon. Well, that’s obviously not a good thing for a team that has lost both Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips […]

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The Rockies insist they’re not trading Michael Cuddyer or anyone else

Michael Cuddyer might not be activated from the disabled list by MLB’s July 31 deadline. If he’s fully recovered from his shoulder injury, several playoff contenders could show interest in his right-handed bat. However, that’s apparently irrelevant because the Rockies don’t want to trade him. Owner Dick Monfort made that clear in an interview with […]

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Players most likely to be traded by July 31st

We’re officially three weeks away from the non-waiver trade deadline and after last week’s Cubs-A’s deal setting one heck of a precedent for the trade market, here’s the players most likely to be dealt by July 31st: David Price, LHP – Tampa Bay Rays Kind of an easy one, but perhaps no other player on […]

Umpire gets hit in mask by flying bat

This was a pretty scary moment from Wednesday night’s Twins-Mariners game. Eduardo Nunez fouled off a pitch from Brandon Maurer and lost his grip on the bat after the swing. Nunez’s bat then smacked home plate umpire Gabe Morales in the mask. The sound it made was just gross, and I’m thankful that Morales wasn’t […]

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Dugout Digest – the rising red tide

Just one short week ago, the Milwaukee Brewers were cruising along with the largest division lead in baseball. The Cardinals, Reds, and Pirates were 6.5, 7, and 7 games behind the Brewers in the standings, and it looked like Milwaukee would be able to feast on a weak schedule and go into the All-Star Break […]

Kyle Lohse’s pine tar laden bat was stuck to his hands

During Wednesday night’s Phillies-Brewers game, Kyle Lohse laid down a sac bunt in the fifth inning. He kept the bat in his hands for nearly his entire trek up the first base line, and when he got back into the dugout, we learned why – there was too much pine tar on the bat, and […]

We found Bigfoot. He was at Coors Field today

Someone let all of the Sasquatch hunters know – we found him. He was in the crowd at Coors Field today watching the Padres and Rockies. I wonder if San Diego offered him a contract after the game – he could probably out hit half of their current lineup.

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