Archive for June, 2009

  • 33-18 Final: Not a Lie!

    33-18 Final: Not a Lie!

    Minors June 29, 2009 7:05 pm no comments

    Baseball is a beautiful game that shows us different things on different days. As fans we really never see the same thing happen twice over a period of two different games. Each day we see something new. And this can be said for a Minor League game that took place [...]

     
  • Nats Make a ‘Minor’ Move

    2009, Trading Deadline June 29, 2009 6:21 pm no comments

    The July 31st non-waiver trade deadline is right around the corner, just about one month away, and some teams have made minor moves to try to improve their club or their farm system. One such trade occurred on Monday between the Washington Nationals and the Seattle Mariners. The Nationals sent [...]

     
  • Brewers Minor Leaguer Suspended 100 Games

    Minors June 29, 2009 5:56 pm no comments

    One of the top pitching prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers farm system has been suspended by Major League Baseball for a total of 100 games for testing positive for abuse of a drug. The prospect, Jeremy Jeffress, is one more positive test away from receiving a lifetime ban from the [...]

     
  • Redbirds Acquire DeRosa

    AL Central, Blog, Majors, NL Central June 28, 2009 7:12 pm no comments

    The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired utility infielder Mark DeRosa from the Cleveland Indians for reliever Chris Perez and a player to be named later. DeRosa was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Tribe during the offseason and the team never hit its stride. The Indians decided to move [...]

     
  • JC Romero Involed in Altercation with Fan

    Blog, Majors, NL East June 27, 2009 4:28 pm no comments

    Phillies reliever JC Romero was involved in an altercation with a Tampa Bay Rays fan following a game in Tampa earlier this week. Remainder of story coming…

     
  • Tigers Capture Sixth Baseball Title

    Tigers Capture Sixth Baseball Title

    Blog, College Baseball, Division I June 25, 2009 2:27 pm no comments

    The Tigers of LSU have captured their sixth title in team history, tying them with Texas for second all-time behind USC, which has 12. Arizona State has the third most titles with five. LSU absolutely destroyed Texas in game three of the final round by a score of 11-4. The [...]

     
  • Baseball Blowups 2

    Blog June 25, 2009 7:16 am no comments

    We posted an article earlier this week discussing baseball blowups between managers and players, players and umpires, and managers and umpires. In that article we hit a lot of blowups from the past handful of decades including Earl Weaver’s explitive laden rant with an umpire, George Brett’s tine par incident, [...]

     
  • College World Series Ends Tonight

    Blog, College Baseball, Division I June 24, 2009 9:16 am no comments

    The College World Series will come to an exciting end tonight in Omaha, Nebraska at Rosenblatt Stadium. Rosenblatt Stadium is one of the most storied and revered baseball stadiums in the country and it has seen its fair share of excitement not only in 2009 but throughout the past 50 [...]

     
  • Baseball Blowups

    Baseball has been America’s past-time for quite some time now and it has provided fans all over the country with exciting moments from no-hitters to perfect games, from walk-off homeruns to record breaking homeruns, from underdog stories to surprising stories and many other exciting moments throughout the illustrious history of [...]

     
  • Fehr Heading into Retirement

    Blog June 22, 2009 6:23 pm no comments

    Donald Fehr, the head of the MLB Player’s Association, has decided to call it a career. It was announced on Monday that Fehr, head of the player’s union since 1985, will leave his position by the time the month of March rolls around in 2010. Fehr told the board that [...]