0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/7/2014
During Sunday’s Astros-Angels game, Angels pitcher Mike Morin did what he was supposed to do on this pop up – he got out of the way, and let his infielders take care of it. But then, something strange happened, and Morin was spurred into action. Yup – Hank Conger and C.J. Cron collided, and neither […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The last couple of weeks have actually done a good job at separating the contenders from the pretenders in the National League. The American League picture is still a little muddy thanks to the Rays getting hot and both of the Wild Card spots going to teams in the AL West, but in the NL, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/6/2014
On Sunday night, MLB announced the 2014 All-Stars (well, the first wave of them at least) for this year’s game at Target Field in Minneapolis. There were (obviously) plenty of snubs that we’ll get to tomorrow, but for now, here are your 2014 All-Star starters, reserves, and Final Vote candidates. American League C: Matt Wieters […]
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I’m an unapologetic fan of Bryce Harper, even if he sometimes is an emotional, childish wreck of a man at times. On Sunday, he showed off a very tiny bit of that childish streak when he tried to break his bat over his knee following a sixth inning strikeout. The key word, of course, is […]
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The dismantling of the Arizona Diamondbacks has taken another step forward, as pitcher Brandon McCarthy has been dealt to the New York Yankees. McCarthy has an unsightly 5.01 ERA this season, his second in the desert. However, that ERA masks a tremendous 4.65 strikeout to walk ratio that ranks as the ninth-best mark among qualified […]
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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article wondering whether the Atlanta Braves were really a good team. Since that post went up, the Braves have gone on an 11-1 tear, beating the tar out of the Astros, Phillies, Mets, and most recently, the Diamondbacks. In those 12 games, the Braves have outscored their […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/5/2014
When Yasiel Puig makes a great catch, we don’t blink all that much anymore. When he makes a great throw, it’s almost old hat by now. But when Puig lays out to make a catch at the edge of the warning track, jumps to his feet, and throws a runner out at third base? Yeah, […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Upon further review, you could probably call this guy a “ballman” rather than a ballboy, but clearly, he didn’t want to get hit by this first inning Matt Holliday line drive.
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We are on the cusp of seeing all of the work that the superteam of Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer have done with the Chicago Cubs pay off, but they had one more trick up their sleeve for the final major trade piece before this rebuild could really turn a corner. As the Cubs dangled Jeff Samardzija in trade rumors, it was just […]
0 comments by Tim Livingston
This past offseason, the Oakland A’s were in a familiar spot. Even amongst their fantastic run of consecutive AL West Division titles and 190 wins over the past two seasons, they still fell to the Detroit Tigers in the ALDS both years, with Justin Verlander landing the death blow in both series. So as the […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
When your division rival goes all-in by picking up two of the best starting pitchers on the trade market in one trade, what do you do to respond? Well, if you’re the Los Angeles Angels, the answer is “acquire a fifth outfielder and a LOOGY”, of course. The deal is Joe Thatcher and Tony Campana […]
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Career minor leaguer Zelous Wheeler made his major league debut for the Yankees on Thursday, and smashed his first big league homer. On Friday, Wheeler came in during the eighth inning of the Yankees-Twins game to play third base, and got a chance to grab a pop-up hit by Sam Fuld in the ninth inning. […]
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It’s been an eventful couple of days from the Oakland Athletics. They were involved in a confusing, long replay. They played a game under appeal. They received approval from Bud Selig to move if they couldn’t reach an agreement on a new lease. They agreed on a new lease. They won in walk off fashion […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 7/4/2014
The Oakland Athletics have gotten a jump on the trade deadline festivities. According to a report by Ken Rosenthal, Billy Beane’s club has acquired both Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel from the Chicago Cubs. A later report onfirmed the particulars of the deal: it’s Samardzija and Hammel for Addison Russell, Billy McKinney, and Dan Straily. […]
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Before you get your Fourth of July festivities underway, why not take a look at some of these fireworks? By now, I’m sure you know who’s going to be at the top of this list, given the massive freakout surrounding his epic blast last week. But who will fill in the list behind our new […]
