May 2012
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Josh Hamilton: The Legend Continues
It was the bottom of the 13th, no outs, two men on, and the Rangers were down by two runs. Josh Hamilton came to the plate against Blue Jays reliever Jason Frasor. Frasor had a 4.50 ERA when Hamilton stepped in the batter’s box. A few minutes later and that ERA had climbed to 5.00 as Hamilton crushed his 20th home run of the season, giving the Rangers an 8-7 win.
Hamilton is currently on...
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If the playoffs started today...
is one of the most annoying hypotheticals ever. But I was bored and this is what I found out.
- Of the teams with the top ten payrolls (Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox, Angels, Tigers, Rangers, Marlins, Giants, Cardinals, and Brewers) two teams would be in: Rangers, AL West and Cardinals, NL Central
- Of the teams with the bottom ten payrolls (Indians, Rockies, Blue Jays, D’backs, Rays,...
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Cleveland Sweeps Detroit
Over the three game series:
Detroit Tigers hitters: .215 batting average (.107 with RISP)
Cleveland pitchers: 2.00 ERA (0 ER in 5 2/3 of relief)
Detroit is now 6 games behind Cleveland, but $53 million ahead in payroll.
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Kerry Wood will retire after today's game versus...
….unless he doesn’t get in the game, then he’ll retire on Saturday….unless he doesn’t get in the game, then he’ll retire on Sunday…etc. The retirement will occur after Wood’s next appearance regardless according to ESPN1000’s John Greenberg and Bruce Levine.
Wood exploded on the scene in 1998 striking out 20 Astros in only his sixth start,...
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Listening to the Rays and the Orioles battle for...
Just like we all thought they would.
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Derek Jeter Tied With Tony Gwynn
Jeter singled against the Mariners’ Tom Wilhelmsen for hit number 3141, tying him for 18th with Tony Gwynn on MLB’s all-time list.
Up next for Jeter:
17th - Robin Yount, 3142
16th - Paul Waner, 3152
15th - George Brett, 3154
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Orioles beat Rays on Nick Johnson's first home run... →
Unfortunately, Johnson pulled a hamstring running the bases, sprained his wrist high-fiving a teammate, and then an allergic reaction to the celebratory post-game whipped-cream pie has left him partially blind in both eyes.
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There's something you don't see every 53,000 days.
One hundred forty-six years of major league baseball and 2012 is the first season with both a perfect game and four home run game.
Bonus note:
Although the American League is known as a sluggers league, the NL has had 10 of the 16 four homer games dating back to 1894.
And the pitcher-friendly NL lags behind it’s younger brother with only eight perfect games compared to the AL’s...
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Fascinating Facts from the Red Sox-Orioles 17 Inn....
The Red Sox lost to the Orioles in 17 innings today. On Friday they lost in 13, and on Saturday, just nine. So on top of the fact that the O’s swept the Sox, and Baltimore now has a 1/2 game lead in the AL East, these other odd moments occurred:
* Neither starting pitcher went five full innings. Clay Buchholz (Boston) went 3 2/3 giving up 5 runs. Tommy Hunter of the Orioles went...
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Mets honor Beastie Boys with at-bat music →
winstonwolfe:
The Beastie Boys are big Mets fans, and vice versa. So when clubhouse music gurus Justin Turner and Scott Hairston suggested that the Mets honor late band member Adam “MCA” Yauch with their walk-up music Friday night, the whole team jumped on board. Here’s what they chose:
Ruben Tejada: “Intergalactic”
Daniel Murphy: “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”
David Wright: “Brass Monkey”
Lucas...
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Did Pujols Homer Yet? →
Important new Tumblr.
Mariano Rivera carted off field prior to Yankees... →
Hope Mo is okay, but it didn’t look good.
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April 2012
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Attended 75 Consecutive Reds' Opening Days →
When Paul Minnick headed to Crosley Field on April 14, 1936, he watched his Cincinnati Reds lose 8-6 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. In the lineup that day were future Hall of Famers Ernie Lombardi, Kiki Cuyler, Paul Waner, and Arky Vaughan.
He would then be in the stands at Crosley, then Riverfront Stadium, and finally, The Great American Ballpark for every Reds’ home opener for the next 75...
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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are 7-15
That’s the worst start after 22 games in the history of the Angels. (They began play in 1961.)
Coincidentally that’s also the Angels worst start since they signed Albert Pujols.
(Info courtesy of KLAC Radio)
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“It’s gone from in the bag to completely out of hand. And it didn’t...”
– - Dave O’Brien, Red Sox play-by-play announcer on WEEI-FM
The Yankees had come back to take a 10-9 lead after trailing 9-0 after 6 innings. The Yankees won 15-9.
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Philip Humber Throws the 21st Perfect Game in MLB...
Humber’s line: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K, 96 pitches
The last perfect games before Humber’s was thrown by Roy Halladay of the Phillies over the Marlins on May 29, 2010.
The last White Sox perfect game was thrown against the Rays by Mark Buehrle on July 23, 2009. The only other Sox perfecto was thrown by Charlie Robertson against the Tigers on April 30, 1922.
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