Yesterday the Cardinals beat up on the Giants 15-6. Every starting position player got a hit. It was actually 15-2 after 8. The Cardinals manager asked the dugout for a volunteer to pitch the 9th rather than use a reliever. Albert Pujols volunteered for his first major league pitching opportunity. He gave up a three…… Continue reading Cards Had a Fun Day Yesterday

Reds starter Hunter Greene went seven, and reliever Art Warren mopped up with neither surrendering a hit. Here’s the problem: they allowed three walks in the eighth, and the Pirates then scored on a fielder’s choice ground out. Meanwhile, the Reds failed to score at all. As a result, the Reds lost a no-hitter. It’s…… Continue reading Reds No Hitter? Pathos

Today’s game between the ChiSox and Cleveland Guardians has been postponed due to multiple positive COVID tests among players and staff on the Guardians, including manager Terry Francona. Francona has missed a lot of time the past couple seasons with various health issues; hopefully this will be a mild or asymptomatic case for him. It’s…… Continue reading COVID-19 Is Not Gone, Y’all

Rookie lefty Reid Detmers tossed a no-hitter at the Tampa Bay Rays yesterday. Two batters reached base, one on a walk, one on an error. He also had two strikeouts. Other than the error, virtually nobody put good wood on the ball for the Rays as they got crushed 12-0. It was also the Angels’…… Continue reading Angels’ Rookie Detmers No-Hits Rays

Y’all remember that there was a class action suit against MLB by former minor leaguers? Well, it was supposed to go to trial in California starting today, but won’t because the players and MLB have agreed in principle on a settlement. The terms have not be released to the public, and may remain confidential, but…… Continue reading Minor Leaguers’ Suit Settled

Dusty Baker yesterday became just the 12th big league manager to reach 2000 wins. He is the first black man to do so. He is also the only manager to lead five different franchises to the postseason. Each of the first four (Giants, Cubs, Reds and Nationals) improved significantly upon his arrival. Of the 11…… Continue reading Dusty Baker Reaches 2000 Wins

It’s felt that an average major leaguer should produce 2 WAR in a season. Mike Trout is not average, so much so that he already has 1.9 WAR this season after three weeks. He’s hitting .344 with 6 home runs. That 1.9 WAR has the now-30-year-old Angels star tied for 69th all time with 78.0…… Continue reading Mike Trout Does Mike Trouty Things

April is over. Because of the late start to the season/shortened spring training, rosters were expended to 28 players instead of 26. Now that April is over, the rosters returned to 26 players. In most cases, the extra players are ones with options and are thus returned to the minors. There was one notable exception:…… Continue reading Robinson Cano DFA’d

Trevor Bauer has not pitched since June last year. He was placed on paid administrative leave after a San Diego woman filed for a restraining order against him for sexual assault. MLB then began an investigation, not only based on that case but also on at least two Ohio women also accusing him of sexual…… Continue reading Trevor Bauer Receives Record Suspension

The Rays had a combined no-hitter this past week through 9 innings, but it didn’t count as one as they allowed a hit in the 10. Yesterday the Mets completed a combined no-hitter against the Phillies for the first real one of the season. After the game Pete Alonso compared seeing a no-hitter to finding…… Continue reading 1st No-Hitter of 2022

On Thursday, Miguel Cabrera entered the game with 2,999 hits. He finished that game against the Yankees still with 2,999 as he went 0-3 and then was intentionally walked in the eighth, his final plate appearance of the day. He was thwarted again Friday, this time by a rain-out. No matter, playing as the Tigers’…… Continue reading Cabrera Collects Hit #3000

The Tampa Bay Rays had a combined no-hitter against the Red Sox through 9 innings. Too bad for the Rays’ pitchers that their batters couldn’t get on base either—they had two hits and did not plate a run. The first batter up in the 10th spoiled the no-hitter; Bobby Dalbec hit a triple. That hit…… Continue reading Rays Lose No-Hitter in Extras, but Win

It’s tempest in a teapot time. Miguel Cabrera got intentionally walked in today’s game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, which the Tigers won 3-0. It was the bottom of the eighth. Two men were on. It would be Cabrera’s last plate appearance of the day. Yankees skipper Aaron Boone ordered an…… Continue reading Cabrera Intentionally Walked with 2,999 Hits

This was an eyebrow raiser for me. The Washington Nationals had pregame festivities that included the US Army’s premier show jumping team—the Black Knights—parachuting into the stadium. Somehow word of that didn’t get to the DC National Park police. From their perspective, there should not have been an aircraft over the Capital building. Seeing as…… Continue reading Nats’ Pregame Show Causes Capital Evacuation

First, let me acknowledge something…baseball already has a rule in place for how long a pitcher has to deliver a pitch. If no one is on base, the pitcher must start his windup and deliver his pitch within 12 seconds of receiving the ball. If the pitcher fails to do this, the home plate umpire…… Continue reading In Favor of a Pitch Clock