0 comments by TOC Locker on 5/14/2015
In recent years, Major League Baseball has been releasing special batting practice caps for the All-Star Game, patterned after caps worn by the host team. For this year’s All-Star Game in Cincinnati, the caps will be pillbox style, and they’re…well, they’re interesting. The stripes….all of the stripes. Hoooooo boy…. UPDATE: Adweek reported that these were […]
CINCINNATI, OH – MAY 14: Tim Lincecum #55 of the San Francisco Giants reacts after slipping off the mound while pitching in the first inning of the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on May 14, 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
0 comments by TOC Locker
Tim Lincecum isn’t the same guy he was a few years ago, when he won back to back NL Cy Young awards. But even at his worst, Lincecum has been able to stand upright on the mound…well, until tonight in Cincinnati, of course. That went down as a wild pitch, and not a balk. Somehow, […]
CINCINNATI, OH – MAY 14: Johnny Cueto #47 of the Cincinnati Reds reacts after being called for a balk and allowing a run to score in the third inning of the game against the San Francisco Giants at Great American Ball Park on May 14, 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
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Reds starter Johnny Cueto had no chance at fielding this grounder up the middle by Brandon Crawford, so he did what anyone would have – threw his glove at the ball behind the back. Luckily for Cueto, Zack Cozart was there to field the ball and throw out Crawford. All’s well that end’s well, right?
0 comments by Dave Tobener
Everyone loves a good underdog story. When a team that hasn’t been very good in a few years and didn’t look like anything close to a contender when the season started comes out of the gate hot, baseball fans have found their new favorite team to rally around. This year, no team embodies that scrappy, […]
PHILADELPHIA, PA – APRIL 24: Jeff Francoeur #3 of the Philadelphia Phillies catches a fly ball in the top of the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves on April 24, 2015 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies defeated the Braves 1-0. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Jeff Francoeur is a bad baseball player on a bad baseball team. Now 31, the days of “The Natural” are long over. Francoeur has turned into a journeyman since the Braves dumped him onto the Mets in 2009 for Ryan Church, playing for the Mets, Rangers, Royals, Giants, Padres, and Phillies in the majors over the […]
CLEVELAND, OH – MAY 13: Starter Corey Kluber #28 of the Cleveland Indians pitches during the sixth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Progressive Field on May 13, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
0 comments by Joseph Coblitz on 5/13/2015
The reigning American League Cy Young award winner came into tonight’s start without a win on the season and many nationally asking if 2014 was a fluke. He left tonight’s start with 18 strike outs and just two base runners allowed, the first pitcher in baseball history to perform such a feat. There have been […]
0 comments by Garrett Wilson
Some folks around baseball think that the increasing trend of employing the infield shift is hurting the game. They say it kills offense. They say it has gone too far. The proverbial “they” would lose the freaking mind if they saw a MLB team try what this Korean baseball team attempted recently. Yes, that is the third […]
DENVER, CO – MAY 10: Starting pitcher Jorge De La Rosa #29 of the Colorado Rockies reacts after being removed from the game during the fifth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Coors Field on May 10, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images)
0 comments by Ian Casselberry
How bad of a week has it been for the Colorado Rockies? On Monday, general manager Jeff Bridich challenged his players to perform better, saying “they’ve added up to a bad team” and changes would be made to in order to start winning games. The most notable of those moves was demoting pitcher Tyler Matzek […]
0 comments by Liam McGuire
In late April, Baltimore Orioles employees lost wages for an entire week. Two games were justifiably canceled and one was played in front of an empty Camden Yards stadium, while three others were moved to Tampa Bay where the Orioles acted as the home team. The cancelations were a direct result of civil unrest in Baltimore, […]
0 comments by TOC Locker on 5/12/2015
Tuesday night, Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton hit his eighth homer of the season off the Dodgers’ Mike Bolsinger. Well, that would be one way to describe the play. But it wouldn’t convey anywhere near the majesty of this feat. Stanton hit the ball out of the park. No, really. He launched the ball out of […]
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Guided by reflex and not by rational thought, Phillies pitcher Sean O’Sullivan apparently forgot that he should use his glove when fielding a line drive hit back to the mound. During the second inning of Tuesday’s game between the Phillies and Pirates, O’Sullivan not only caught a ball hit off the bat of A.J. Burnett […]
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Adrian Beltre’s dislike of having his head touched has reached legendary, mythological heights. If he’s ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, it should be mentioned on his plaque. (Someone needs to rush the podium and go for a head-rub in Cooperstown too.) One reason that we haven’t forgotten about Beltre’s bizarre hang-up, that […]
:ARLINGTON, TX – APRIL 27: Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers talks with the media at Globe Life Park on April 27, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. Hamilton was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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Josh Hamilton began a rehab assignment with the Texas Rangers’ Triple-A affiliate in Round Rock, Texas this week. In his debut with the Express on Sunday, the former AL MVP went 1-for-3 facing Barry Zito, pitching for Oakland’s Triple-A Nashville club. Hamilton followed that up with an 0-for-4 effort. (Kendall Graveman started that game for […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
Scary story coming out of North Carolina this morning – eight members of the Carolina Mudcats, high-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, were taken to the hospital on Tuesday morning after their bus flipped over on the way to Myrtle Beach for a game with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Seven players and one coach were […]
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Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg is known for having some unique ground rules, and one of those came into play on Monday. With two outs in the ninth inning, Tim Beckham hit a fly ball to left field that Brett Gardner camped under. But Gardner never got a chance to make the catch – the […]
