BP Blogs

BP Unfiltered

Jhonny Peralta Makes Five ACES Clients Tied to East Coast BALCO

An SI.com story by Tom Verducci links Jhonny Peralta to Biogenesis, the Miami-area lab being called the "East Coast BALCO." But, what may be more disturbing, Peralta is another ACES client.

First, it was Manny Ramirez. Then, it was Melky Cabrera. More recently, it has been Bartolo Colon, Gio Gonzalez, Nelson Cruz, and Alex Rodriguez. Now, according to a report by SI.com’s Tom Verducci, Detroit Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta has been found in the records of Tony Bosch and Biogenesis, the wellness clinic in Miami that is being coined the “East Coast BALCO.”

More

Wezen-Ball

Hank Aaron, TV Salesman

The newly crowned home run king had a television he wanted to sell.

In honor of Hank Aaron's 79th birthday yesterday...

If you were in the market for a new television in 1975, you could do worse than taking the advice of the brand new home run king.

BP Daily Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 134: 2013 Season Preview Series: Kansas City Royals

Ben and Sam preview the Royals' season with Craig Brown, and Pete talks to Kansas City Star columnist Sam Mellinger (at 26:26).

More

BP Unfiltered

Guerrero Brothers and Birthdates

Why the birth of Wilton Guerrero was probably either a miracle or not entirely on the up and up.

I stumbled across something strange while researching my article on brothers in baseball last week:

More

BP Daily Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 133: 2013 Season Preview Series: Chicago White Sox

Ben and Sam preview the White Sox' season with Ken Funck, and Pete talks to Chicago Tribune White Sox beat writer Mark Gonzales (at 16:24).

More

BP Fantasy Podcast

Episode 31: Exit Stage Left Football. Buh Bye Now

Jason and Paul review the little bit of baseball news that has been out there, break down the first base position, and interview Greg Ambrosius from the National Fantasy Baseball Championships hosted by Stats LLC.

Jason and Paul review the little bit of baseball news that has been out there, break down the first base position, and interview Greg Ambrosius from the National Fantasy Baseball Championships hosted by STATS LLC

Our podcast RSS feed

All other audio formats to download

Stitcher option

fantasyhour@baseballprospectus.com

@sporer

@jasoncollette

Total show time: 2 hours , 26 minutes

More

BP Daily Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 132: 2013 Season Preview Series: Detroit Tigers

Ben and Sam preview the Tigers' season with Paul Sporer, and Pete talks to MLB.com Tigers beat writer Jason Beck (at 17:49).

More

Wezen-Ball

Clemens' 20 K's

A look at all 20 punchouts in Roger Clemens' 20-strikeout game against Seattle in 1986.

There is a secret haven of MLB gems hidden in iTunes right now. Under the heading "Baseball's Best", you can find over 150 games ranging from the 1952 World Series to Mark Buehrle's perfect game in 2009. The games feature no-hitters, record-breakers, classic postseason battles and more. Best of all, these games are available in their full, original broadcasts (including everything but the commercials) for only $1.99. Today we look at one of these gems: the Seattle at Boston matchup on April 29, 1986, when Roger Clemens set the major-league record for strikeouts in a game.

Heading into this Tuesday night game in front of 13,414 fans, the Mariners are 7-12 and batting .207 on the season. They have also not had two consecutive hits in 64 innings. The lineup looks like this: