Twins 3, Athletics 2: Holy ninth inning rally, Batman! Josh Willingham hits a two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth off Brian Fuentes after the Twins were shut out for six innings by Jarrod Parker and two by Jerry Blevins and Grant Balfour. Angels 5, Yankees 1: The Angels win again and are […]

Thirty years ago today, something happened in Baltimore that didn’t draw much attention at the time, but turned out to be the beginning of something big. On May 30, 1982, Orioles manager Earl Weaver penciled the name Cal Ripken Jr. into his lineup as starting third baseman. The Streak had just begun. It would be […]

Twenty five years ago today, the Chicago White Sox defeated the Red Sox 8-6. That wasn’t so special an achievement. The game wasn’t particularly important and at first glance has nothing to really distinguish it from other games. But looking closer there is one odd part of this game. Despite getting 11 men on base, […]

Today the Cubs did what the Cubs do best—lost a game. For those counting, that’s 12 in a row, their longest losing streak since the franchise record of 14 in 1997. That makes me wonder: What’s the most recent 12-game losing streak for all franchises? Here are the results, listed in order of when the […]

Well, the Cubs did it again—they lost another game today, their 11th straight. It’s just the 10th time in franchise history they’ve had a losing streak that long. If there’s a bright side, it’s that one of those 11-game losing streaks happened to the 1970 Cubs club, which actually ended the year with a winning […]

Giants 14, Marlins 7: There have been times over the past couple of years when the Giants wouldn’t score 14 in a week. And when he played in New York and Atlanta, there were weeks when Melky Cabrera wouldn’t drive in four, but here we are. Angel Pagan did the same. The Marlins bullpen gave […]

Seventy-five years ago today, Hall of Fame catcher Mickey Cochrane played in his final game. Heading into the day, he had no idea it would be his last game. No one knew it. That wasn’t the plan for the player-manager of the Detroit Tigers, but it’s what happened. Clearly, Cochrane was approaching the end of […]

Cardinals 4, Padres 0: Tough break for San Diego to have Adam Wainwright figure it out and throw a four-hit shutout while they were in town, but I really do need them to go on a bad skid right now. I’m taking my kids to their first major league game when we go to San […]

Ten years ago today, Shawn Green had quite possibly the best game any hitter has ever had, tying or setting some rather impressive records along the way. On May 23, 2002, Green and his Dodgers teammates were in Milwaukee to take on the Brewers. Green came up in the top of the first with one […]

Marlins 7, Rockies 4: Jamie Moyer pitched in his 50th different major league park. But he may have given up his longest most hellacious homer ever. Giancarlo Stanton hit a grand slam that went 438 feet in basically a straight line and broke the friggin’ scoreboard. Roy Hobbs stuff, there. Gave the Marlins the lead and, […]