Archive for the ‘MLB’ Category
I love major league baseball. I’ll grant that NBA basketball, premier league soccer and professional boxing (because of the price you pay if you aren’t good, and except for the fixes) are of similar caliber of talent/ability, but I won’t admit than anyone plays their sport better than MLB players.
Tonight’s game was a lot of fun, particularly because the Giants won. Lincecum wasn’t perfect in the first inning, but after ...
Another day, another big time prospect comes to the majors. Today it is Carlos Santana of the Cleveland Indians who was perhaps the best hitting prospect left down in the farm. I wont start gushing too much about him, you will have to read the article to see the rest. There is some injury news on one of the best players in the game, and also some ...
Carlos Silva: Is There Any Chance You Were Expecting This?
Posted: 11th June 2010 by Joe Willett in MLB
This article is available at The Daily Cub and The Chicago Perspective .
Check out each site for more articles about the Chicago Cubs and Chicago sports in general.
The Chicago Cubs may have made one of the more lopsided trades in recent memory when they shipped troubled player Milton Bradley for supposedly over-paid under-performing Carlos Silva.
Well, he was under-performing.
Coming into this season, a lot of people were expecting nothing out ...
Derek Jeter: How One Player Can Be an All-Time Great and Overrated.
Posted: 11th June 2010 by Asher Chancey in MLB
Cal Ripken, Jr., is one of the most celebrated players in baseball history. Practically the Patron Saint of the state of Maryland, Ripken was beloved by home fans and road fans alike.
Towards the end of his career, fans would flock to the ballpark in droves in order to catch a glimpse of what was palpably a living legend.
Why? Because he played the game the right way, he showed up ...
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(Triple-A) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (34-28) lost to Charlotte (28-35) 9-5: Box Score - RecapBatting:Reid Gorecki, CF: 1-for-5, RReegie Corona, 2B: 1-for-5Eduardo Nunez, SS: 2-for-5, 2B, RJuan Miranda, DH: 2-for-4, BBChad Huffman, 1B: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI (22), RDavid Winfree, RF: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI (33), RJesus Montero, C: 2-for-4, 2 2B, RBI (22), R - now batting .222Matthew Cusick, 3B: 1-for-3, RBI (9), BBGreg Golson, LF: 1-for-4Pitching: Zach McAllister (L, 5-3): ...
Bonine Dazzles in Relief, Tigers Consider Porcello Demotion?
Posted: 9th June 2010 by Dave Hampton in MLB
Rick Porcello got kicked around again on Wednesday night. This has become a common occurrence throughout the 2010 season. Starting against the Chicago White Sox, he only lasted 3.1 innings, allowing eight runs.
Porcello's season ERA rose from 5.25 to 6.09.
Just like in most of his outings this season, he looked extremely hittable. I know that is a subjective evaluation, but this is an attribute that he did not seem ...
Game One- 1:10pm NEW YORK-- Winning series at home for the Mets is becoming an automatic. The Mets have won seven of their last eight series' at Citi Field and will go for their 10th consecutive home victory today with their ace Johan Santana on the mound.
This has been the issue in all of Santana's seasons with the Mets so far; he doesn't get any run support. On the ...
Strasburg Mania: Washington Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg Is the Real Deal
Posted: 9th June 2010 by FootBasket in MLB
Stephen Strasburg threw a gem in his MLB debut for the Washington Nationals. He struck out 14 batters in seven innings.
Strasburg will be the best pitcher in the MLB for a long time.
Ever since his college days at San Diego State, Stephen Strasburg has been advertised to be the No. 1 pick in the MLB Draft whenever he took the mound.
He has a nasty fastball that topped over 100 miles ...
Washington Nationals’ Steven Strasburg Is “The Kid” Of A New Era In MLB
Posted: 9th June 2010 by Max Goodwin in MLB
Over 21 years ago a young slugger with incredible defensive skills made his debut for the Seattle Mariners.
In Ken Griffey Jr.'s first at-bat in Seattle he hit a home run.
With it, the Seattle fans saw a glimpse of the 20-year-old kid's beautiful swing that would dominate the sport's future. It was 1989 and for the next decade baseball would live and die by the popularity of the home run.
Fast forward ...
Stephen Strasburg Inducted Into Hall of Fame, Named Greatest Ever
Posted: 9th June 2010 by Lance Pauker in MLB
SATIRE—It was sheer pandemonium at Cooperstown today, when the self-titled warlords of the baseball world held an impromptu press conference to induct the newest (and only) member into the 2010 Hall of Fame class.
The surprise came as a major shock to baseball fundamentalists, who are still watching last night's dazzling performance on instant replay.
"They may have bent the rules a little bit, but I don't really see anything wrong with ...