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 bullpen needed to be strengthened [...]
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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 likely still be with the [...]
Mark Buehrle Throws a Perfect Game
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Mark Buehrle has thrown a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Chicago. The White Sox were 5-0 winners on Thursday afternoon. Jim Thome, a teammate of Buehrle’s, has now been a part of a no-hitter (Kevin Millwood in 2003 with the Phillies) and now a perfect game with [...]
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 the sport. But, with every [...]
Me? Pitch?
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 out of control managers will [...]
