Phillies remove interim tag from Ryne Sandberg

The Philadelphia Phillies have announced that their manager for the 2014 season will be…their current manager. Ryne Sandberg is having his interim tag removed and will lead the club into the 2014 season as manager after replacing Charlie Manuel on August 16th. Sandberg's contract is for three seasons through 2016, with a club option for […]

Dugout Digest – clinch day?

Sunday has all of the potential to be a day where multiple divisions get wrapped up. The Braves can clinch the NL East with one win by them or one loss by the Nationals – and Washington has a doubleheader with Miami. The A's can clinch the AL West with one win by them or […]

End of season post-mortem: 2013 Arizona Diamondbacks

Here we are, folks: the End of Season Post-Mortem series. If you're new here (which about 50% of our reader base is in comparison to last year), here's a brief explanation: after a team is eliminated from playoff contention, we're going to put their season under a microscope and look at just what the hell […]

Alex Rodriguez is the all-time grand slam leader, but does it matter?

During the Giants-Yankees game on Friday night, Alex Rodriguez hit a seventh inning grand slam off of San Francisco reliever George Kontos. It was the 24th grand slam of A-Rod's career, breaking the record he shared with Lou Gehrig. But really, does it matter? Do you know who's third all-time on the grand slam list, […]

Dugout Digest – seven hours of hell

The Orioles-Rays game on Friday night was, in a word, absurd. A total of 21 pitchers were used. Once the game went into extra innings, the teams combined for just seven hits. A total of 593 pitches were thrown. A total of 28 hitters stepped to the plate, though somehow, only seven of those were […]

Red Sox top Blue Jays 6-3, clinch AL East

The second of six division titles, and first in the American League, was wrapped up on Friday night in Boston. The Red Sox beat the Blue Jays 6-3, winning their 94th game of the 2013 season and clinching the AL East title. The division championship is the first for the Red Sox since 2007, and […]

Andy Pettitte will retire (again)

With all of the attention focused on the Mariano Rivera Retirement Tour, it's easy to forget that another longtime Yankee is reaching the end of his career. According to the New York Post, Andy Pettitte will be announcing his retirement this afternoon. His final regular season start at Yankee Stadium will be Sunday against the […]

MLB Watchability Rankings – 9/20/13

Well, we've reached the end of the line. This is the final edition of the Watchability Rankings for the season, and will cover the final three series for each team this season. There's a definite division between the watchability of good teams, and the watchability of bad teams, that's for sure. RANK TEAM CHANGE SCHEDULE […]

Dugout Digest – playoffs!

We've got our first playoff teams of the season! The Dodgers became the league's first playoff team after clinching the NL West on Thursday afternoon, while later in the evening, the Red Sox clinched a playoff berth with their win over the Orioles. Of course, Los Angeles' victory didn't come without controversy, as the Diamondbacks […]

Dodgers beat Diamondbacks 7-6 to clinch NL West

The Los Angeles Dodgers became the first of ten teams to punch their ticket to the MLB Postseason on Thursday, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 to clinch the NL West championship. Getting to the point where they could clinch was difficult for Los Angeles, as they lost five of their last six games heading into […]

Todd Helton nabs Matt Carpenter with the hidden ball trick

During Thursday's Cardinals-Rockies game, retiring veteran Todd Helton pulled one over on Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter, picking him off first base with the hidden ball trick. After Carpenter walked to lead off the game against Roy Oswalt, Oswalt threw a pickoff throw to Helton at first base after the first two outs of the […]

Marlins president David Samson to play Lorne Michaels in play

In today's edition of The Theater Corner, we've come across a story from the Miami New-Times about Miami Marlins president (well, at least for now) David Samson playing Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels in a play called Not Ready for Primetime. Wait, what? Marlins fans already have March 31, 2014 in their calendars as […]

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