Royals graphics department mailed it in for Summer
The Kansas City Royals graphics department gave a really solid effort, but still managed to fail horribly with this graphic.
Miguel Cabrera: American (League) Terrorist
Earlier this week, I received a text from a friend who’s a fan of the Texas Rangers. She shot straight from the hip and asked me: “Is Miguel Cabrera on steroids? He did the Rangers wrong the other night, and I was like, ‘Why can’t they stop this fool?’” As I replied back explaining that [...]The post Miguel Cabrera: American (League) Terrorist appeared first on The Sports Fan Journal.
Nate McLouth Gets Beer Thrown at Him After Making Amazing Catch Into Rogers Centre Seats (Video)
Remember, folks, just because you buy a ticket to the game, it doesn’t give you the right to behave however you want.
During Thursday night’s contest between the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, Nate McLouth made one heck of a catch in the sixth inning on a Colby Rasmus slicing fly ball. The ball ended up foul, and McLouth had so much inertia chasing...
Rendon’s Hot-Streak Might Force Roster Moves
Anthony Rendon made a start at second base for the Harrisonburg Senators on Monday night. Could this be a direct reflection to the struggling second basemen on the Washington Nationals? The second base position is far from set on the Nationals. Your guess is as good as mine when it comes to who will be starting game to game. Espinosa is hitting a despicable .163 with 40 strikeouts...
It’s Not The Approach That’s The Mets’ Problem, It’s The Execution
Early in the spring we did a post mortem of the 2012 Mets’ second half in an attempt to discover the ugly specifics of last year’s second half swoon. What we found was interesting in that the culprit was not the offensive approach per se, but rather the downward spiral was precipitated by some hideous pitching performances by both our starters and bullpen alike. At the time of...
Cubs’ Camp on DL with Toe Bust
Chicago Cubs reliever, Shawn Camp, has been retrospectively punished by the baseball gods for not admitting to an injury, after further damaging a toe sprain on Tuesday night against the Pirates.
Camp was checked out on Sunday and given the all clear to pitch two days later, but in hindsight should have gone straight on the 15-day DL.
He came in to replace James Russell in the sixth...
Meet Gio Gonzalez's new puppy, "Stitch"
Move over, Hollywood. Gio Gonzalez got a new dog. Meet "Stitch".
There they are above, via a photo posted by Gio on Instagram Thursday night ("Me and the fat guy #stitch.") Heres to hoping Gio doesn't get rug burn on his forehead this time.
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Marco Scutaro on Contact
“I’m probably leading the league in bad contact, too.” — Marco Scutaro
We talked for a few minutes, Marco Scutaro and I, about hitting and contact before a game a few weeks back. When I told him he’s leading the league in contact rate since 2010, he offered the response above with a slight frown and a flick of the bat. He swung a bat the whole time we talked, even. But...
Toronto fan chucks his beer at Nate McLouth
It hasn’t been a good month for Toronto fans in terms of showing their class. Last night, after Batlimore Orioles outfielder Nate McLouth made a fantastic running catch in foul territory and took a bit of a spill in the stands at the end of it. It was really great hustle and deserved nothing but praise, even from the home crowd at the Rogers Centre. But instead, one jerk of a fan...
Yankees' Mark Teixeira could begin rehab assignment Tuesday
The final hurdle for Mark Teixeira to clear is a successful completion of a minor league rehab assignment. He has been taking some swings during extended spring training. This has allowed him to bat from both sides of the plate as he wanted, but now it's time for Teixeira to face live game action.
According to Eric Boland of Newsday, Teixeira could begin rehab assignment...
Dugout Digest - throwin' Gaus
Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect Kevin Gausman made his major league debut on Thursday night. Earlier during the day, Ian broke down the boldness of Gausman's promotion, and there were questions of how he would perform. Even though the Orioles got smashed 12-6 in Toronto and Gausman got the loss, his performance opened a lot of eyes. Gausman allowed four runs on seven hits...
Nationals Coach Was In Playgirl, So Naturally The Players Make T-Shirts To Honor Him
Well, this is something that I never thought I would be writing about: Photographic evidence that your coach posed for Playgirl in the 80’s. Nationals Steve McCatty’s 1984 Playgirl photograph was unearthed. So what do you do when you find out that your pitching coach was in Playgirl? MAKE T-SHIRTS WITH THE PHOTO ON IT. And this is just what the Nationals did. Gio Gonzalez modeled...
Mini Mart Back to the Bigs
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Michael Martinez has been recalled from Lehigh Valley to take the roster spot of Chase Utley, who hits the DL with an oblique strain. Yes, that Michael Martinez.
No, we still will not see Darin Ruf, or even the young second baseman Cesar Hernandez, take the place of Utley.
I thought we had seen the last of Martinez last season, but apparently not. As Corey Seidman so eloquently...
Kansas City Royals Recall Louis Coleman, Option Kelvin Herrera
The Kansas City Royals swapped out right-handed relievers on Thursday, recalling Louis Coleman from their Triple-A Omaha minor league affiliate while optioning Kelvin Herrera to the same minor league outfit.
Coleman replaces Herrera on the active roster and has done very well in the minors this year, putting together a low 1.03 earned run average. He should be a solid component to...
Royals Fan Runs On Field, Steals Rosin Bag
This is just impressive. In the bottom of the eighth inning, a fan in Kansas City rushed the field as Angels pitcher Michael Kohn was getting ready to deliver a pitch to Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar.
The fan ran towards the pitcher’s mound and, in one of the best fan-on-the-field juke moves ever, stole the rosin bag and evaded security momentarily with a tremendous slide...
Cleveland Indians Recall LHP Scott Barnes, Designate LHP David Huff
On Thursday the Cleveland Inidans swapped out left handed relievers, recalling Scott Barnes from their Triple-A Columbus minor league affiliate while designating David Huff for assignment.
Huff will have to clear the waiver process and accept an assignment to remain in the Indians organization. Considering that he is a lefty and still in his 20′s, there is a good chance that he...
Baltimore Orioles Recall Kevin Gausman, Other Notes
The Baltimore Orioles have recalled right-handed starter Kevin Gausman grom their Double-A Bowie minor league affiliate. The kid has an electric arm and has a good chance at a solid major league future if he keeps his head on straigiht.
To make room for Gausman, the Orioles decided to designate right-handed reliever Alex Burnett for assignment. He will have to clear the waiver process...
Matt Kemp rocks umpire Wally Bell’s face mask with a foul
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Series Preview- Gnats
Philadelphia Phillies (23-24) @ Washington Nationals (24-23)Pitching Match-Ups:Friday, 7:05 - KK vs. Jordan ZimmermannSaturday, 7:15 - Petite Bone vs. Dan HarenSunday, 1:35 - C'mon Hamels vs. Stephen StrasburgGnats Bats:R - 159 (28th)AVG - .225 (29th)OPS - .653 (29th)For as much flack as the Phils get for their offense, the Nationals is actually worse. Bryce Harper/RF, Ryan...
Andrew McCutchen interviewed Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain is fun to watch. Pirates All-Star center fielder Andrew McCutchen interviewed him. Don't buy the woman protecting in a bar because she's good at BJJ though. Not one little bit....
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Padres Should Skip Second and Third Innings
If the Padres played seven-inning games, they’d be doing great. They just need to eliminate the second and third innings:
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Eliminating the fourth and fifth wouldn’t hurt either, but those aren’t killing the Padres the way the second and third are. Through the...
Return of the Francona and Thursday’s Box Scores
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Making a case for the young corners
“(He) should hit for power and average because he has a sweet left-handed swing, strength, exceptional strike zone discipline and the ability to make adjustments. He uses the entire field and can drive the ball where it’s pitched.”
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The sweet lefty swing would probably lead you to believe...
Jenrry Mejia on the mend, but is he part of the solution?
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You can pick from the struggles of Ike Davis, Lucas Duda, Ruben Tejada, the whole mess of an outfield, the bullpen, etc.
And of course, you can look at the rotation (sans Matt Harvey) for a lion’s share of the blame. I don’t need to rehash the struggles of the back-end of the staff.
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MMO Exclusive: A Look Inside The Mets Dominican Complex
The 2013 Dominican Summer League is starting on June 1st and the Mets have two teams there, as well as players that they have signed or might sign working out there. The reason that the Mets have two teams in the Dominican Summer League is that the second team is a replacement for their once Venezuelan League team. It was disbanded in favor of the second DSL team as tensions and...
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