All stats are as of Sunday, June 2 Living in New York, I am often subjected to sports talk radio. As I’m sure most people know, the New York media love controversy. This being said, one thing the talking heads have been discussing more than anything else is Mets first baseman Ike Davis and the […]

Phillies 7, Brewers 5: Dom Brown homered and tripled and drove in four while Cliff Lee struck out 11 in seven and two-thirds. Philly is only one game behind the Nats right now, you guys. Why? Because … Braves 6, Nationals 3: … the Nats dropped two of three to Atlanta, with B.J. Upton of […]

Ten years ago today, one of the more notorious at-bats of the 21st century took place. It was one of those rare occasions when a player was caught cheating red-handed. On June 3, 2003, Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa had his bat shatter, revealing that he’d loaded it with cork, which is illegal. June 3, 2003, […]

Ten years ago today, New York Yankee player Juan Rivera had a day he’d love to forget. Not only was it his worst and most ineffectual game ever, but according to WPA, it’s the worst known one-game performance by any batter. WPA is a fun stat. It’s a story stat that figures the chance a […]

Mets 3, Yankees 1: The Mets sweep the Yankees for the first time in Subway Series history. Dillon Gee struck out 12. The big question going forward: does this say more about the Mets or more about the Yankees? Pirates 1, Tigers 0: Jim Leyland was in the Virgin Islands once. He met a girl. they […]

Players who hit multiple home runs in a game are the new inefficiency. Teams should definitely stock up on those guys while they’re undervalued. Cubs 9, White Sox 3: Backup catcher Dioner Navarro smacked three homers—a solo, a two-run and a three-run jack—to pace the Cubbies. A Cubbies team that happen to have a +1 […]

100 years ago today, a bit of baseball history was made. Red Sox outfielder Harry Hooper hit a home run leading off the game against the Senators. Twice. In a Boston-Washington doubleheader, Harry Hooper made history by smashing lead off home runs in both games. That was something no one else had ever done before. […]

Today, Kyle Lohse attempts to join a very select group of baseball pitchers. Wait—Kyle Lohse? Making history? Select group of pitchers? Are we talking about the same Kyle Lohse here? Yup. The former Twins-Cardinals-Reds-Phillies and current Brewers pitcher has a chance to do something that only 12 other men have done before: notch a win […]

Since it now trickles throughout the length of the season, MLB has seemingly dropped its big marketing push for interleague play. Either way, baseball’s schedule is still taking a break this week, expanding interleague from one series per day to all 15, with a big focus on cross-town or nearby interleague rivalries. The Yankees are […]

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