Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
Ichiro Suzuki has had a phenomenal career since arriving in Major League Baseball back in 2001. On Tuesday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Ichiro led off the game with a single for the 2,500th hit of his major league career. That is an incredible amount of production in just 11 ...
Posted in MLB | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
The Texas Rangers made a big move Wednesday afternoon by signing Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish to a six-year, $60 million deal. When considering the posting fee paid just to negotiate with the right-hander, that means the Rangers spent over $110 million to get Darvish on board.
After spending that kind of ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | No Comments »
Friday, July 29th, 2011
It's Friday night and baseball's trade deadline is Sunday afternoon. That means things are getting tense and heated all around the big leagues. Here's the latest on what's happening right now.
Reds and Nationals looking at Bourn
The Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals are both said to be interested in adding Houston ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | No Comments »
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
The Boston Red Sox have been linked to virtually every big name available this summer in their pursuit to add to their already potent lineup. But now the Sox seem to have shifted their focus away from bats and are feverishly looking to add a starting pitcher.
With John Lackey struggling ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | 1 Comment »
Monday, July 25th, 2011
The Seattle Mariners set a franchise record with their 15th-straight loss Sunday -- a damn impressive feat for a team that finished below .500 its first 13 seasons.
In wake of the losing streak, and with all apologies to Paul Simon, we've decided there must be 15 ways to describe the ...
Posted in MLB, Seattle Mariners | 3 Comments »
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
The San Diego Padres upended the Seattle Mariners Saturday night 1-0 in part thanks to a huge error on the part of home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi.
With one out in the fifth inning and Cameron Maybin at the plate, Seattle starter Doug Fister got ahead of Maybin 0-2. Here is ...
Posted in MLB | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Apparently it's "bring up your top prospect" season. The San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals have done it over the past week, and now the Seattle Mariners appear ready to join the mix, as it looks like they will call-up second baseman Dustin Ackley early next week.
Ackley was the ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | No Comments »
