Here’s an odd franchise milestone to note: The Minnesota Twins are on the verge of some history for themselves, and not the kind of history that they want to make. With the Twins’ loss yesterday in Oakland, the franchise’s all-time cumulative since moving to Minnesota now stands exactly one game over .500: 4,123-4,122. So if […]

Nationals 4, Braves 1: I have been arguing against a Stephen Strasburg shutdown for a while now, but allow me to say that if those dudes are really gonna do that, I wish they would have done it before last night. Strasburg struck out 10 in six innings, allowing a single run and winning his […]

Thirty years ago today was the most amazing stolen base ever by a team managed by Whitey Herzog. The above is a remarkable statement because Herzog loved the stolen base more than any other manager of the last 100 years. In his 2,409 games in the dugout, his teams swiped 3,036 bases. That’s 1.26 steals […]

Nationals 5, Braves 4: I suppose you can yell at Dan Uggla for messing up the play with the infield in and a runner on third in the 13th inning which allowed the winning run to score. But perhaps it’s also worth noting that the Braves played perhaps their most important game to date, in […]

Games lasting 19 innings are pretty rare in baseball, so fans take notice when they happen. When they happen to the same franchise in consecutive seasons, each at what could be considered a pivotal point in its season, that’s when I take notice. On July 26, 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates were experiencing unaccustomed success. Not […]

Pirates 6, Cardinals 3: For the second straight year the Pirates play a 19-inning game. This time, unlike the game against the Braves in which they were royally screwed, the Pirates won. Thank you Pedro Alvarez and Andrew McCutchen who drove in runs in the 19th, Alvarez with a homer. They had to burn Wandy […]

Twenty years ago today, David Wells was hung out to dry. He endured one of the worst starts of any pitcher ever. By the time it was over, he’d posted the worst Game Score by any baseball pitcher in 30 years. It still is easily the worst start in the history of the Toronto Blue […]

Thirty years ago today, Atlanta Braves pitcher Pascual Perez missed his start for a very memorable and interesting reason: He kept missing the exit. Originally a Pirate, starting pitcher Perez had joined Atlanta about six weeks earlier in a trade. Aug. 19, 1982 was to be his sixth start with the franchise. Though two of […]

Braves 6, Padres 0: Chipper Jones with two mammo yicketties on Chipper Jones bobblehead night. One of his homers was his 2,700th career hit. Say what you want about the guy, but he has always had a flair for the dramatic and has always risen to the occasion. Even kinda lame occasions like bobblehead nights. […]

The Orioles “don’t like the cutter.” At least that’s what Dan Duquette told MASN’s Steve Melewski. The article, which is non-critical of Duquette, highlights some questionable arguments against the cutter. (paraphrasing) Batting average against for the cutter is bad Not all cutters are created equal. There are pitchers who have dominating cut fastballs and pitchers […]