Sixty years ago today, baseball witnessed its most famous one-game career of all-time. Yes, even more famous than Moonlight Graham of Field of Dreams fame. The guy who played 60 years ago didn’t need any Hollywood production to make him one of the most easily remembered players of his era. In the second game of […]

Rangers 4, Angels 3: Watching the Angels get beat by the Rangers puts me in mind of some sci-fi movie where a group is under attack from an invading army. Mike Scioscia is the defending general in a command center somewhere and keeps getting reports that the defenses are crumbling. He steels himself and says […]

Diamondbacks 3, Phillies 2: Roy Halladay struck out 14 and pitched a complete game but lost all the same. Guess he just doesn’t know how to win, huh?  Lyle Overbay knocked in all three of the Snakes’ runs, including a two-run double which ended up winning it in the ninth. Astros 6, Cubs 5: Where […]

The Phillies announced yesterday that Cole Hamels will miss his next scheduled start with shoulder inflammation. Hamels himself does not consider it to be serious, though you always have to hold your breath about shoulder injuries. The Phillies were concerned about Hamels’ recent loss of velocity, so they decided to send him for an MRI. […]

10,000 days ago, baseball entered the Omar Vizquel Era, when the Seattle Mariners signed the teenage Venezuelan amateur free agent to a minor league contract. That move worked out pretty well. In fact, no one else playing at any level in professional baseball still plies his trade in organized baseball except Vizquel. There are only […]

Twins 9, Tigers 6: Congratulations Jim Thome on home run number 599 and, the very next at bat, home run number 600.  For the record, his first one came against Steve Farr on October 4, 1991. I was a freshman in college and had a lush head of hair at the time. George H.W. Bush […]

Miss me? No? Ah, well. Baseball stops for no one man. Back to the grind then: Brewers 2, Pirates 1: The walkoff sac fly for Nyjer Morgan. Of course all guys who hit sac flies walk off the field, so whatever. Charlie Morton’s scoreless innings streak was snapped at 24. In other news, Charlie Morton […]

Twenty years ago today, baseball witnessed one of its odder benchings—an odd benching in part because it was an example of life imitating art. On August 15, 1991, the Yankees beat the Royals 5-1, with shooting star Kevin Maas at first base and not the team’s normal first baseman, Don Mattingly. No, not the veteran […]

Here are the week’s top games, and here is an explanation of how these games were determined to be the best. date game stars 08-09 Braves @ Marlins ** box score 08-12 Twins @ Indians ** box score 08-07 Athletics @ Rays * box score 08-07 Yankees @ Red Sox * box score 08-13 Royals […]

Trevor Bauer, the third pick overall in the 2011 draft, will not be babied. Bauer, well-known for his Tim Lincecum-like pitching mechanics and his unorthodox workout regimen, has scared some major league teams due to his high pitch counts and the fear that he may injure himself due to all the stress he puts on […]