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Disgusting, sick, gross, nasty, ugly. Their are plenty of words to describe the latest Rockies debacle, but none of them are positive. The Rox dropped a very winnable game at Wrigley Field on Tuesday night 6-2. It was the latest example of the Rockies making a decent pitcher look like a Cy Young winner. Tuesday's Cy Young was Carlos Silva, an overpaid pitcher who has never had ...

When Roy Halladay joined the Philadelphia Phillies, I made a comment on local sports-talk radio that Halladay immediately joins the Phillies' Mount Rushmore of starting pitchers. Was this hyperbole? Could a guy in his first season with the Phillies ( a team founded in 1883) possibly be one of the top four starting pitchers in the team's history? Let's take a look at the All Time Phillies pitching ...

Sooner or later, the revisionist sharks will begin circling one of their favorite pieces of bait, San Francisco Giant general manager Brian Sabean. My guess is that they've already started and the first bite is only a matter of time. For whatever reason, there's always a strong chorus of anti-Sabean sentiment heard rumbling in the background of the Bay Area. Despite being the longest tenured GM in Major League Baseball and steering ...

So by now all you of you have heard or read of the terrible case of the Monday's Hanley Ramirez came down with during yesterday's game versus the Diamondbacks. If not, read Dan's last post over at themarlinsblog.com . And appalled as I am that someone like Hanley would be perfectly fine with his public display of immaturity, I must say that I am not surprised. Hanley ...

ATLANTA—Looking to build on a strong performance out of Mike Pelfrey on Monday night, the Mets sent their ace Johan Santana to the mound against the Braves. Santana had one bad inning the entire game, and it was the third. In that frame, he allowed four consecutive hits, including a two-run home run to Troy Glaus after getting the first two outs. The Mets would trail 2-0, and they didn't get a ...

Thursday's matchup is definitely a good one featuring Andy Pettitte and James Shields . Another hard winner to pick because Pettitte has been so good and Shields has greatly improved since the last time he faced this Yankees lineup.   JAMES SHIELDS (TBR) vs. ANDY PETTITTE (NYY ) JAMES SHIELDS PROS James Shields has some experience against the Yankees, so he knows what to expect. As 2010 moves along, so does Shields, who has pitched for eight ...

The Mets got a great start from Johan Santana , as usual, going 7 IP and giving up 2 ER on a homer by Troy Glaus in the third inning. Santana seemed to get stronger as the game went on. Pedro Feliciano took over in the eighth and started the ninth out by giving up a hit to McCann that would eventually be the winning run. The Mets had ...

By now, most baseball fans have seen the highlights of Hanley Ramirez lollygagging after a ball he literally booted down the left field line in Monday night's game between the Florida Marlins and the Arizona Diamondbacks. After Ramirez's snail-like retrieval of the baseball, during which he probably could have enjoyed a three-course meal, he was promptly benched by his manager, Fredi Gonzalez. While last night's spectacle was as egregious as they come, ...

The big story of the start of the baseball season would be the great starts by Tampa Bay, San Diego, Cincinnati and Washington. The other big stories are off the field tales of Hall of Fame players napping and teens getting tasered. The big debate is about parity. As of right now, there are fifteen teams that are .500 or better. That is great news for those who argue that parity does ...

When GM Tony Reagins said his Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim would look to solve their problems internally, he meant it. Sort of. On April 29, the Angels picked up infielder Kevin Frandsen off waivers from the Boston Red Sox. Frandsen, 28, spent six years bouncing back and forth between the minors and major leagues after he was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 2004. His longest stay in the bigs ...