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The Phillies pick up a game on Atlanta and the Twins and Tigers play a wild one. Sadly, I missed all of it because I was watching football. Not that I'm proud of myself or anything.
From New York's WFAN comes word that Mets left-hander Johan Santana was lifted from his Thursday start against the Braves due to a strained pectoral muscle.Santana threw only 65 pitches and lasted only five innings. He was great while on...
Here's an odd one. According to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com, the Diamondbacks are planning to call up veteran left-hander Mike Hampton from Triple-A Reno before Friday's game...
Major League Baseball is finally ready to levy a punishment on Nationals outfielder Nyjer Morgan for his various outbursts over the past few weeks. Morgan threw a ball at a fan in Philadelphia in...
Cubs left-hander Tom Gorzelanny was lifted from his Wednesday start against the Pirates after just 2 2/3 innings when he was nailed in the pitching hand by a comebacker. An MRI was taken almost immediately but it showed nothing in...
The family of former Mets prospect Brian Cole, who was killed in a one-car accident in 2001, was awarded a $131 million judgment against Ford Motor Company on Monday, Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com reports. Cole died from injuries sustained in...
Marlins starting catcher John Baker has been out since mid-May with an elbow injury and after suffering a setback while rehabbing in the minors last week Dr. James Andrews has determined that he needs Tommy John surgery. The good news...
While doing his radio show on Sirius/XM today Rob Dibble spoke briefly about being fired as the Nationals' television analyst yesterday. I'm just about Dibbled out at this point, but after criticizing him quite a bit it only seems right...
Well, at least this won't give Yankees fans any reason to mock the brash young lad for his lack of manliness or toughness or whatnot:Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden has left his latest start because of heat-related cramps. Braden bent...
Mat Gamel was once considered Milwaukee's third baseman of the future, but his shaky glove combined with Casey McGehee's presence has the Brewers thinking instead that he could be the replacement at first base if Prince Fielder leaves as a...
Hurricane Earl may have caused $150 million in property damage thus far and left 180,000 people without power, but if your parents had the foresight to name you Earl, you can save as much as $8!The Portland Sea Dogs, the...
Not just because he has led the Rangers to a big division lead, but because he has made it clear that he understands what wins baseball games and who, exactly, is in charge: Francoeur, a 2002 first-round pick of the...
According to Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com the Diamondbacks "will begin interviewing general manager candidates over the next couple weeks" and have at least six candidates on their list. Current interim general manager Jerry Dipoto and assistant general manager Peter...
I'm far too caught up in a professional wrestling-induced Wikipedia k-hole to be watching the Yankees-A's game right now, but apparently Nick Swisher left the game after his first at bat with a knee injury.Writers at the game have been...
Last week Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe quoted an unnamed source saying that Dustin Pedroia was "probably done for the year" and now he reports that the Red Sox's second baseman "is expected to have surgery to insert a...
Warning: if you don't like 1980s professional wrestling you're probably not going to like this post. There will be others coming along soon enough, though.
Not sure what is the most disorienting thing about this commercial: the game itself, the old A's doubleknits or the fact that Martin actually seems sober.
Jon Weisman of Dodger Thoughts on ESPN.com wrote a great piece today about all the truth-stretching surrounding the Dodgers this season, from the owners and front office to the manager and media: Jon Weisman: The 2010 Dodgers and the reinvention...
You can't hire a manager based solely on P.R. But doesn't Ryne Sandberg bring more than just P.R. to the table?
With rosters expanding yesterday the Rays called up speedster Desmond Jennings from Triple-A and started him in right field. They also had Carl Crawford in left field and B.J. Upton in center field, which has me wondering whether it could...
Derrick Goold interviews Mark McGwire in the Post-Dispatch today. The key points: Mark McGwire loves being a hitting coach. Mark McGwire is on a one year contract that both sides called an "experiment" when the year began. The Cardinals are...
Carlos Delgado hasn't played in a game down at Pawtucket since August 15th, and now it seems he won't be playing in any more. The big man flew to Colorado yesterday to consult Dr. Marc Phillipon about discomfort in his...
Despite shutting out the Tigers for seven innings last night Francisco Liriano was denied his 13th win when the Twins' bullpen couldn't hold a 1-0 lead, but rookie third baseman Danny Valencia delivered a walk-off single in the 10th inning...
Josh Lueke was one of the players sent from Texas to Seattle in the Cliff Lee deal. You may recall that, at the time, there was some controversy about the Mariners' due dilligence on Lueke, because it seems that he ...
Tim Lincecum has gone through several rough patches this season, but the wheels came flying off last month as he went 0-5 with a 7.82 ERA in five August starts. He allowed opponents to bat .311 with five homers and...
As expected, Rockies reliever Manny Corpas needs Tommy John elbow surgery and will go under the knife next week, knocking him out for the rest of this season and likely all of 2011 as well. Corpas was the closer on...
The most famous player in baseball has fired the most famous agent in baseball.
Aroldis Chapman made jaws drop in his MLB debut earlier this week by averaging 100.3 miles per hour on six fastballs and topping out at 102.7 mph, which tied for the highest velocity ever recorded during three seasons of MLB.com's...
Frank McCourt famously leveraged the Dodgers after purchasing them. Indeed, he saddled an asset he bought for $430 million with something like $433 million in debt. We knew that. His defense has always been, however, that the Dodgers are a...
Rob Dibble's firing was the subject on Mike & Mike this morning, and both Greenberg and Golic were scratching their heads at it. Greenberg's quote evinced his confusion at the move: "you just fired Rob Dibble for being Rob Dibble."That's...