Archive for category: NL West

  • On the Verge of History

    On the Verge of History

    Majors, NL East, NL West October 20, 2009 12:28 pm no comments

    The Philadelphia Phillies are on the verge of history with their 5-4 come from behind win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night in South Philadelphia. With the win, the Phillies have a commanding 3-1 series lead in the NLCS, and are only one win from their second consecutive [...]

     
  • Sherrill to Dodgers

    The Los Angeles Dodgers made a move today to tighten up their bullpen down the stretch. The Dodgers acquired relief pitcher George Sherrill from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for two minor league prospects. The Dodgers hold a commanding seven game lead in the National League West but knew their [...]

     
  • Is There Anyone Left?

    The Pittsburgh Pirates have made another move, after trading shortstop Jack Wilson and pitcher Ian Snell to the Seattle Mariners earlier in the day. This time, the Pirates have traded three-time National League All-Star and 2006 batting champion Freddy Sanchez to the San Francisco Giants for yet another minor league [...]

     
  • Giants Acquire Garko

    The Cleveland Indians have made their second trade within the past two weeks as they have sent first baseman Ryan Garko to the San Francisco Giants for a minor league player. The Giants sent Single-A left handed pitcher Scott Barnes to the Indians to complete the trade. The Giants needed [...]

     
  • Where Will the Jay Land?

    Trade rumors have been swirling for a couple of weeks now about American League All-Star Roy Halladay and where he will wind up once the July 31st non-waiver trade deadline comes and goes at 4pm Friday. In some of the most recent reports the Blue Jays claim that Halladay will [...]

     
  • Corpas Needs Surgery; Betancourt to Rockies

    Colorado Rockies reliever Manny Corpas needs surgery on his throwing elbow to have bone chips removed. With the Rockies knowing this they picked up a reliever from the Cleveland Indians, Rafael Betancourt, for minor league pitcher Connor Graham. Betancourt is 1-2 with a 3.52 ERA in 29 games this season. [...]

     
  • 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 [...]

     
  • BREAKING NEWS: ROCKIES DISMISS HURDLE

    Blog, Majors, NL West May 29, 2009 4:07 pm no comments

    The Colorado Rockies have fired longtime manager Clint Hurdle and replaced him with bench coach Jim Tracy. The team will make a formal announcement later today. Hurdle became the manager of the Rockies in 2002 and led them to a National League pennant in 2007 before being swept in four [...]

     
  • Me? Pitch?

    AL East, Blog, Majors, NL Central, NL East, NL West May 25, 2009 9:09 am 1 comment

    Five Major League Baseball players have asked their manager this question during the 2009 season and that number will surely increase as the season wears on into the summer months. Blowouts are common in the Majors each year and when some of those blowouts, also known as laughers, get really [...]

     
  • BREAKING NEWS: MELVIN FIRED AS DBACKS SKIPPER

    Blog, Majors, NL West May 8, 2009 1:02 am no comments

    The Arizona Diamondbacks have fired manager Bob Melvin after beginning the season 8.5 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West. The team also fired hitting coach Rick Schu after the team began the season with a .225 team batting average; which is worst in the league. Pitching coach Bryan [...]