I don’t know if Jay Bruce regrets the tweet he sent out after the game Tuesday night. Reds media relations director Rob Butcher declined to ask Bruce if he’d speak to me, from St. Louis early Wednesday. I’m guessing Bruce isn’t happy with himself. He’s not a confrontational guy. He’s very pleasant, almost all the time. It was out of character for him to tweet this:
I appreciate all the tweets, good and bad, actually. You guys are what ...
On this day in 1926, Democratic and Republican members of Congress adjourned to the old Griffith Stadium for their annual baseball game — a tradition dating back to 1909. Ticket sales supported the Congressional Wives’ Club.
In advance of the contest, The Washington Post wrote: “Public encouragement and applause may work wonders in developing Walter Johnsons and Babe Ruths from the raw material of Congress. To many Americans the baseball bat is mightier than the tongue; and in any event ...
I glanced at the screen as the game went to commercial and noticed that the Phillies had one hit. One ####### hit. Against Trevor Bauer, who I never heard of until yesterday.
You know who else noticed that the Phillies offense had one ####### hit through five? The pitcher, Cliff Lee: [Matt Gelb on Sulia]
“They pretty much pounded us both games, there’s no way around it,” Lee said. “They crushed us both games. It was never really close, ...
It’s too early in the season to make any hardcore declarations about what Harper is and isn’t doing—these things take time, you know—but we can get some ideas about possible developments from what is there. For one, Harper to this point has cut his strikeout ratio down to 15 percent, or a little less than what he produced in the high minors, rather than last year’s 20 percent of the time. It’s how he was hitting .344 entering action on Wednesday night, despite a batting average on balls in play ...
While self-censorship can be a beautiful thing…but unfortunato, it’s about Prime Minister Pete Nash.
Known in his rapper days as Prime Minister Pete Nice, Peter Nash is known today as the epitome of what is primarily wrong with the Internet and blogs. He is also known for his propensity for losing lawsuits, accusing others of fraud while defrauding others himself and, perhaps worst of all, for forcing his father to give up the prestigious academic role he had for nearly half a century in a ...
This is it, the biggest month of the year for soccer. Some key games/dates:
May 2nd: Europa League semifinals—Benfica v Fenerbahce and Chelsea v Basel
May 4th: Final day of the season in England’s second division. Wolves look done but Barnsley will attempt to escape the drop. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest and Leicester City will try to snatch the last play off spot from Bolton while Hull needs a win to secure automatic promotion or risk losing it to Watford.
This should be acted out in full Rick Santelli sub-human meltdown fashion.
One thing I like about listening to Jim Palmer on the Orioles’ telecasts is he’s not afraid to beat a topic to death if he feels strongly about it. For instance, take the so-called “quality start.”
Take it. Please, take it. Pretty please.
Take it and bury it along with every other irrelevant statistic you can imagine. You think the game-winning RBI was meaningless? That little number was a sabermetric gem compared ...
Dartmouth lost a shutout victory over Maine because the fire whistle blew. Three infield errors allowed a run, and the errors were caused by the aforesaid whistle.
Bennett, Loudon, and Donahue, Green infielders, are members of the undergraduate fire department. When they heard the whistle announce that the “Fire Fiend” had invaded Hanover they wanted to rush away and help pull the hose cart.
Coach Woods refused to allow them to leave, but their attention was given ...
Curt Flood, a career .293 hitter but never known for his power, slugged two home runs against Dodgers ace Sandy Koufax. Both were historic.
The first was a leadoff shot that sparked a rare feat. The second was significant because it was the last home run hit against Koufax.
On April 26, 2013, Matt Carpenter and Carlos Beltran, the first two batters in the Cardinals’ order, hit consecutive home runs in the first inning against the Pirates’ ...
Yes, Buchholz is blowing everyone’s mind. He has quietly taken over the league lead in wins (6-0). He has pitched seven or more innings in six straight starts and gotten into the eighth on three occasions.
There are some good starts around baseball. Lots of good, young pitchers. Tampa Bay’s Matt Moore is 5-0 with a 1.13 ERA and 0.88 WHP. The Mets’ Matt Harvey is 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA. Madison Bumgarner is 3-0 with a 1.55 ERA for the Giants. Detroit’s ...
In England, soccer mirrors life. It’s the day-to-day excellence that marks greatness, not a three or four-week run to glory.
Well, I think we should bring some of that spirit to America … especially to baseball. I mean football is geared for the short season – 16 games, an intense playoffs, a Super Bowl, that’s why it’s the biggest thing in America. But they play 162 games in baseball. One hundred sixty two. I mean, seriously, that’s a lot of ...
The New York Yankees have acquired third baseman Chris Nelson, the club announced Wednesday night in a press release.
Nelson was designated for assignment Sunday to make room for Rockies top prospect Nolan Arenado. In return for Nelson, the Rockies will get either cash considerations or a player to be named later. No matter which it is, the return will be relatively small, as it always is in cases like these. The reason is that once a player is designated for assignment, his club has 10 days ...
I for one, will not forget my old pal Winston Llenas!
EDITOR’S NOTE: This week, we’re rolling out the Dunn-O-Meter — kids use #DunnOMeter on the Twitter — our weekly measurement of just how bad Adam Dunn is…playing. It’s the easiest assignment we’ve ever had!
There are plenty of ways to sugarcoat Adam Dunn’s tenure on the Chicago White Sox: He’s a “three-true-outcome” guy, the White Sox haven’t handled him well, his 2012 season makes up for his historically bad 2011 ...
The owner of the Chicago Cubs threatened Wednesday to move the team out of Wrigley Field if his plans for a big, new video screen are blocked, saying he needs millions of dollars in ad revenue to help bankroll the renovation of the storied ballpark.
It was the first time during months of contentious negotiations over plans for a $500 million renovation of the 99-year-old stadium that Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts has threatened to move the team out of ...
I estimate only 10-12 Primates care about straight NBA players, but with our own thread, we won’t detract from what this site is really about: gay NBA players and craft beer.
You spend a good piece of your Met season gripping a Vodka Collins and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.
The countdown on Terry Collins began on the first day of pitchers and catchers and nothing so far has made it any easier to believe he’ll be back with the Mets in 2014. Of course, Collins has handled his lame-duck status with grace and maturity — he’s an honest guy, good with people — but that hasn’t stopped Sandy Alderson from letting his ...
With a man on third and a man on first, it was the custom to start a double lead off the bases. The pitcher, as a rule, would peg to Jake [Beckley] and the runner on third would instantly break for home.
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This was [Beckley’s] idea: The first time the enemy tried that double steal, he, Jake, instead of lingering round first, would be far up towards second; he would take the ball, let the runner on third do as he liked, send the ball to [Roy] Brashear, who was ...
McCatty passionately defended Strasburg this afternoon, saying that the expectations that media members and fans have placed on Strasburg have reached unfair levels, with it getting to the point that Strasburg almost is in a no-win situation.
“You guys put these levels on this guy that are almost unrealistic. You see something so talented, which he is, and when you saw that he was at times so good, you expect it every time,” McCatty said. “... His standards ...
As noted super scout, the amazing Chris Well pointed out…“Will Hudson be the last 200-game winner until the next one? Doubtful.”
Tuesday in Atlanta, Tim Hudson won the 200th game of his marvelous Major League Baseball career.
I hope you were paying attention.
Hudson became only the 110th pitcher in MLB history to accomplish the feat, according to STATS LLC. For context, 236 pitchers have thrown no-hitters. So, Hudson’s new distinction is more than twice as rare as having thrown a ...
Anthony Bosch, former director of the now-shuttered Biogenesis clinic in Miami being investigated by Major League Baseball for allegedly selling performance-enhancing drugs to players, corroborated Tuesday the statement of Milwaukee Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun that his attorneys used Bosch as a consultant only.
In an interview with ESPN, Bosch said he was contacted by Braun’s legal team in regard to their appeal of a positive test for elevated testosterone levels in November 2011. Braun won ...
Hell, I had a plum Gov-job lined up for the building of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (plays taps)...and I didn’t go.
His RBI single to close the 2011 season and knock the Boston Red Sox out of the pennant chase — known as the “Curse of the Andino” — will forever be remembered by Baltimore’s fans. He smiled when told he is part Orioles lore.
“It’s cool. I did something for them,” Andino said. “They showed me the love, so I’m good with it. I’m cool.”
WHAT will Bryce Harper do today?
WILL the Mets blow it again?
WHO can stop the mighty Red Sox?
WHEN will somebody foolishly mention their fantasy team?
WHY am I speaking in questions?
Here you had what ought to have been a taut, exciting affair, but the alarming thinness of both rosters meant, really, that neither team was up for it.
It started back in the sixth inning. Matt Harvey, the Mets’ ace, entered the inning having thrown 99 pitches. Harvey did not locate his fastball with his usual precision, but thanks to a slider that more than made up for it, he had his team ahead, 2-1. Typically, a young pitcher who’d struggled through five ...
I recently called Luhnow after I heard something in scouting circles that I found difficult to believe — that the Astros are instructing their minor leaguers not to swing at any 3-2 pitch.
“I don’t know where that came from,” Luhnow said, chuckling. “I heard that as well. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
“Our approach is the same top down. It’s driven by our hitting coach, John Mallee, and (assistant coach) Dan Radison. We want (hitters) to swing at pitches they can ...
By now, you’re no doubt familiar with the ongoing controversy roiling Nats Town and attracting national attention, involving pro- and anti-wave forces. Players are largely against it, from what we can tell. A large and vocal faction of fans is also trying to end the wave.
The battle reached a boiling point on Saturday afternoon, when one fan sitting near the back of Section 109 repeatedly attempted to start a wave during later innings — ...
