0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/17/2014
If there were still questions as to whether or not Justin Verlander is still JUSTIN…VERLANDER, I think those questions were answered on Monday night in Detroit. Verlander pitched relatively well through the first three innings of his start against the Royals, allowing one hit, one walk, and plunking one hitter through his first three innings […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/16/2014
Before Monday night’s Rockies-Dodgers game, Vin Scully told a story in honor of the late, great Tony Gwynn. Scully brushed aside all of Gwynn’s on the field greatness, and instead focused on his wonderful sense of humor. You might want to have some tissues handy after watching this one.
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Baseball lost one of its all-time greats on Monday with the passing of San Diego Padres legend Tony Gwynn. Gwynn was only 54, finally succumbing to a four-year struggle with cancer of the salivary gland. There have already been plenty of tributes written to Gwynn’s talent and character, and there will surely be many, many […]
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Another week is behind us, and instead of playoff races getting more defined, they’re simply getting more muddled. Great, just what I always wanted! Most impressive team of the week: Kansas City Royals. The Royals only played five games this week, but they made them count, sweeping the White Sox in Chicago over the weekend […]
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The San Diego Padres are not a good team, and they are not playing good baseball right now. They’re just 3-10 in June, and since improving to 21-23 on May 17th, the team is just 8-17. Their offense is a horror show – no team has a lower batting average or on-base percentage, and only […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/15/2014
The Pittsburgh Pirates have been energized since the promotion of Gregory Polanco. The team lost Polanco’s debut on Tuesday, but have won four in a row since. Polanco himself is smashing the baseball, and has notched a hit in all five games of his career. Pittsburgh can make a move in the NL Central over […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/14/2014
The Kansas City Royals are starting to make waves in the AL Central. After smashing the White Sox 7-2, and coupled with Detroit’s 2-0 loss to Minnesota, the Royals are just 1.5 games back in the division. However, I’m not sure how great that really is – the White Sox and Indians are tied for […]
0 comments by Ian Casselberry on 6/13/2014
Is there such a thing as an accident in MLB anymore? If a hitter’s bat happens to strike a catcher on the backswing, is it now automatically assumed that it was done intentionally? Does the incident call for swift retaliation by the hitter getting plunked by a pitch immediately thereafter? I get baseball’s method of […]
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I’m sure everyone remembers this completely bonkers catch by Yasiel Puig at Citi Field from May. Well, because Citi Field is equipped with MLBAM’s FIELDf/x cameras, we were able to see just how amazing the catch was. As you can see in the demo, the ball came off of Wilmer Flores’ bat at 93.5 mph, and Puig traveled 95 feet at 21.1 mph to lay out and make the catch.
Man, FIELDf/x is pretty awesome. We got a teaser of how FIELDf/x would work back in February, when MLBAM released a video highlighting a Jason Heyward catch from last August. For the record, Heyward only went 83 feet at 18.5 mph. What a slacker.
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Oakland Athletics catcher Derek Norris is having a great season, and his awesome beard (and tiff with Manny Machado last week) is also making waves on the field. But Norris is more than just a great player and a dude who knows how to grow facial hair – he’s got a great sense of humor too, which this Forrest Gump parody trailer showed off pretty well.
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The date was November 16, 2010. The Atlanta Braves were a month removed from the end of a season that saw them reach the Postseason for the first time since 2005. Atlanta lost to the eventual World Champion Giants in the NLDS, and were a battered and broken team at that point. In the deciding […]
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Coors Field and the Great American Ballpark were both represented very well this week, and guess what? We have a new member of the yearly top five. 1. Hanley Ramirez vs Jorge de la Rosa, 472 feet (June 8th) Hanley…bruh. This thing nearly left Coors Field. It was the perfect combination of events in Denver […]
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On Wednesday, Yu Darvish threw the first complete game of his career. On Thursday, it was Max Scherzer’s turn. The reigning AL Cy Young winner outdueled Chris Sale in Chicago, going nine innings for the first time in 179 starts. It’s pretty wild that he had never done this before, but keep in mind – […]
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During Thursday night’s Yankees-Mariners game in Seattle, Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Stoll surprised his family, who were on the field as part of a pregame ceremony. While this wasn’t one of the returns where the uniformed soldier is in a catcher’s mask or what have you, it’s still a very emotional moment, and the crowd in Seattle reacted accordingly.
0 comments by Joe Lucia on 6/12/2014
Looking for great defense? We’ve got you covered. This week, most of the focus will be on catches, but you know there are some other excellent plays featured as well. June 6th, Athletics vs Orioles – starting with a bang. Craig Gentry didn’t have any time to get his feet wet in center field during […]
