MLB RUMORS & GOSSIP
Seattle Mariners Option Catcher Jesus Montero To Tacoma
The Seattle Mariners have optioned catcher Jesus Montero to their Triple-A Tacoma minor league affiliate. Montero, who was expected to play a solid role with the club this season, has struggled to a .208 batting average over 29 games.
What is even worse, the Mariners look to have soured on his defense as they are reporting that he will be playing first base in the minors, which isn’t...
Philadelphia Phillies 2B Chase Utley Hits Disabled List, Other Notes
The Philadelphia Phillies have had to place second baseman Chase Utley once again on the 15-day disabled list, this time for a strained right oblique which is retroactive to May 21st. Luckily for him and the team the strain is considered pretty mild and shouldn’t take too long to heal. Of course with the wear and tear on his body after several seasons in the major leagues, nothing...
Detroit Tigers: resizing the AL Central
45 games into the season the Detroit Tigers are in the middle of a tighter than expected AL Central race. Detroit enters play on Friday trailing the upstart Cleveland Indians by a half game. Kansas City is five games behind the Tribe with the White Sox only a ½ game behind them. The Minnesota Twins, as expected, are bringing up the rear at 18-26 and eight games back.
If only Justin...
Blue Jays promote Sean Nolin to face Orioles
A day after the Orioles called up Kevin Gausman to face the Blue Jays their AL East opponents will turn the tables. Toronto will promote left-hander Sean Nolin to face the Orioles on Friday.
Nolin, a sixth-round pick in 2010, will be making his major league debut.
The Blue Jays prospect gained some headlines last year after he went 10-0 with a 2.04 ERA across two minor league levels...
Miguel Cabrera on pace to win another Triple Crown
When Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera won baseball’s Triple Crown in 2012, for one reason or another, the achievement seemed to gain far less attention in the sports media than it deserved. Sure, there were the customary cover stories in almost all of the relevant websites and magazines, but for something that not one ball player had been able to do since 1967, the feat...
Red Sox honor Terry Francona pregame
Before Thursday night's Indians-Red Sox game, the Boston Red Sox aired a brief tribute video to former manager Terry Francona, the current manager of the Indians. Francona left the Red Sox after the 2011 season when the team collapsed down the stretch, and various borderline slanderous statements about Francona's tenure in Boston began to surface soon thereafter.
The...
Nate McLouth Gets Beer Thrown at Him After Making Amazing Catch Into Rogers Centre Seats (Video)
Remember, folks, just because you buy a ticket to the game, it doesn’t give you the right to behave however you want.
During Thursday night’s contest between the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, Nate McLouth made one heck of a catch in the sixth inning on a Colby Rasmus slicing fly ball. The ball ended up foul, and McLouth had so much inertia chasing...
Rendon’s Hot-Streak Might Force Roster Moves
Anthony Rendon made a start at second base for the Harrisonburg Senators on Monday night. Could this be a direct reflection to the struggling second basemen on the Washington Nationals? The second base position is far from set on the Nationals. Your guess is as good as mine when it comes to who will be starting game to game. Espinosa is hitting a despicable .163 with 40 strikeouts...
Toronto fan chucks his beer at Nate McLouth
It hasn’t been a good month for Toronto fans in terms of showing their class. Last night, after Batlimore Orioles outfielder Nate McLouth made a fantastic running catch in foul territory and took a bit of a spill in the stands at the end of it. It was really great hustle and deserved nothing but praise, even from the home crowd at the Rogers Centre. But instead, one jerk of a fan...
Nationals Coach Was In Playgirl, So Naturally The Players Make T-Shirts To Honor Him
Well, this is something that I never thought I would be writing about: Photographic evidence that your coach posed for Playgirl in the 80’s. Nationals Steve McCatty’s 1984 Playgirl photograph was unearthed. So what do you do when you find out that your pitching coach was in Playgirl? MAKE T-SHIRTS WITH THE PHOTO ON IT. And this is just what the Nationals did. Gio Gonzalez modeled...
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Royals fan runs on field, steals rosin bag
This is just impressive. In the bottom of the eighth inning, a fan in Kansas City rushed the field as Angels pitcher Michael Kohn was getting ready to deliver a pitch to Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar. The fan ran towards the pitcher’s mound and, in one of the best fan-on-the-field juke moves ever, stole the rosin bag and evaded security momentarily with a tremendous slide...
Matt Kemp rocks umpire Wally Bell’s face mask with a foul
It may have been an accident, but Matt Kemp didn't do a whole lot to endear himself to home plate umpire Wally Bell on May 21.
Video: Matt Kemp rocks home plate umpire Wally Bell’s face mask
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Q&A: Joey Terdoslavich, Future Braves Basher
Joey Terdoslavich isn’t worried about his low walk rate or his numbers against left-handed pitchers. The 24-year-old Atlanta Braves prospect expects those issues to work themselves out during the season. The reason? He’s a master craftsman with a baseball bat in his hands.
Terdoslavich went into last night’s game hitting .328/.349/.578, with eight home runs, for Triple-A Gwinnett...
Yankees' Michael Pineda nearing a rehab assignment
The New York Yankees would love to see the player they traded away Jesus Montero for actually make an appearance for them. Michael Pineda has suffered through two seasons of shoulder problems now, but he may be inching closer to a return. In fact, Pineda may soon be ready to go out on a minor league rehab assignment. This according to Andy McCullough of the New Jersey Star...
Francona’s Indians dominate the Boston Red sox in his return to Fenway Park with a 12-3 win.
Terry Francona took his Indians to the place he won a world series in. He took the Tribe to the famous Fenway Park in Boston and he received a very warm welcome back by all the Red Sox fans. The Indians then proceeded to show the good people in the city of Boston, how good Francona has them playing this season.
The Indians dominated the welcome back party they threw for Terry Francona...
Royals fan runs onto field, brilliantly avoids cop while stealing rosin bag (Video)
A Kansas City Royals fan ran onto the field at Kauffman Stadium during Thursday night's game and made a brilliant move to avoid a cop while stealing the rosin bag at the pitcher's mound before finally being tackled and handcuffed.
It happened in the bottom of the eighth inning as Angels pitcher Michael Kohn was preparing to deliver an 0-2 pitch to Royals batter Alcides...
Pitch to Cabrera at your own risk
DETROIT What we are witnessing this week is the best hitter in baseball putting on a show unlike anything hes ever displayed even in winning the Triple Crown last season.
Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera did it again Thursday night, launching a majestic, two-run homer in the first inning. That made it four consecutive games with a homer, matching his personal best streak...
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