Could Houston’s historically bad squad hold its own against Charlie Brown’s band of lovable losers?
The Royals summon another important part of their future to the majors in Johnny Giavotella, the Mariners finally fill a festering positional hole, and Kevin Millwood goes mile-high.
The tater trots for August 7: four different first-career home runs and a man tumbles over the fence in Wrigley Field.
Daniel Murphy’s MCL is gone, but at least the Mets were able to see that he had value before he was lost.
Juan Nicasio suffers a fractured neck, Jose Reyes’ hamstring acts up again, Daniel Murphy has another knee issue, Ike Davis appears to be out for the season, Chase Headley fractures a finger, Alex Cobb has hand numbness, and Jair Jurrjens finally hits the DL.
In the wake of some devastating injuries this year, some thoughts on the biggest dangers in the game of baseball today.
The tater trots for August 6: two notable first career home runs from Trayvon Robinson and Yonder Alonso.
Injuries strike the two southeastern teams with the most starting pitching depth.
The tater trots for August 5: Campana’s very quick inside-the-park homer, along with Papi and Michael Young.
A short take on Craig Counsell breaking his hitless streak.
The tater trots for August 4: Desmond Jennings in a wild Rays victory and a pair of Cubs’ home runs.
Johan Santana’s comeback hits the skids, Scott Rolen and Dustin Moseley have shoulder surgery, David Freese gets a concussion, and Omar Infante fractures a middle finger.
Moneyball the movie looked great–until Oakland’s horrific play ruined it.
While there were no aces or big boppers dealt in the AL West before the deadline, Texas fixed up its bullpen while Seattle tried to collect young talent.
When you need some suckitude, who you gonna call? You must be desperate, but we’ve found your team.
Breaking down the pluses and minuses of a “six-man baseball” game, a game explained in a 1939 issue of “Popular Mechanics”.