It wasn’t pretty, but he caught it. Of course, Jonny Gomes is retired, so what am I talking about? The former Red Sox player likes to get seats on top of the Green Monster when he visits Boston. Yesterday he was there…and caught the grand slam hit by Trevor Story as part of a 7-3…… Continue reading Gomes Catches Ball

Catcher Adley Rutschman is making his big league debut for the Baltimore Orioles versus the Tampa Bay Rays today. The 24-year-old has been tagged as one of the best prospects in baseball and as likely the best catcher in the Orioles’ organization—including at the major league level—for a couple years now. That’s not to criticize…… Continue reading O’s Call Up Rutschman

Okay, yes, it’s a terrible pun…but I love bad puns. Anyway, the prime time game of the night was Boston vs Seattle. Both teams are scuffling, but it is baseball and thus I watched. It was a Red Sox laugher in the end, 12-5. JD Martinez had a good game at the plate going 4/5…… Continue reading Story of the Game

Matt Harvey has been suspended for 60 games for distributing a drug of abuse—oxycodone, a narcotic pain reliever. During the trial of the former athletic trainer for the LA Angels who was implicated in the death of Tyler Skaggs, Harvey admitted to intermittent use of cocaine and oxycodone and also to occasionally giving some of…… Continue reading Harvey Suspended 60 Games

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