Phillies 14, Braves 1: Like I’ve always said: you give Cole Hamels 14 runs to work with, and he’s probably going to win. Raul Ibanez drove in five runs in the entire month of June. He drove in six in this game. Yankees 1, Rays 0: CC Sabathia gets his 13th win with a four-hit […]

Exactly a half-century ago today, one of baseball’s more derided ballparks had its signature moment. July 11, 1961: There was only one game scheduled to be played that day, and it was a big one: The All-Star Game, pitting the best of the National Leauge versus the best of the American League. And this particular […]

Not the most exciting week, as a lonely two-stars game tops the list. date game stars 07-09 Twins @ White Sox ** box score 07-08 Padres @ Dodgers * box score 07-03 Yankees @ Mets * box score 07-03 Red Sox @ Astros * box score 07-08 Cubs @ Pirates * box score

On July 10, 1986, 25 years ago today, major league baseball witnessed quite possibly the most pathetic ending to a playing career ever. By big league standards, it wasn’t much of a playing career, but it was still a fate one would wish upon no player. It came at the end of a great game […]

The late Dick Williams was long deserving of the Hall of Fame. When he was finally elected in 2008, I felt that justice had been done. In taking three different franchises to World Series berths, and winning two world titles along the way, Williams’ resume featured the appropriate Cooperstown credentials. As a minor league player, […]

50 years ago today, Willie Kirkland laid down the most sacrificial sacrifice of all-time. It’s the sort of bizarre little thing no one really notices—but exactly the bizarre sort of story that I just love. July 9, 1961: Kirkland’s Indians play the Chicago White Sox in a doubleheader. After the Indians drop the first game, […]

For the second time this year, the Indians end a game with a grand slam. According to Retrosheet, there were 188 game-ending grand slams between 1950 and 2010. So, we aren’t talking about an unusual event. Dramatic, yes, but not unusual. In doing some quick research, I was distracted… Lindy McDaniel gave up 11 game-ending […]

Indians 5, Blue Jays 4: Carlos Villanueva threw six shutout innings. Too bad he couldn’t stay in to throw more, because the Indians rallied like crazy in the ninth with an Asdrubal Cabrera RBI single and then the big shot: the Travis Hafner walkoff grand slam. That’s some serious dramatics right there, babies. Almost enough […]

Phil Hughes made his much-awaited (if you’re a Yankees fan) return from the DL on Wednesday. He had been on the shelf with a dead arm since April 15. His line was certainly not anything to get too excited over: In five innings, Hughes allowed two runs on six hits while issuing four free passes […]

Braves 9, Rockies 1: How Jair Jurrjens continues to win — this was his 12th win — and win impressively without striking out a crap ton of dudes is one of the more interesting little things going on so far this year. How the Braves might do if they continue to score some runs to […]