Has there ever been a year that you can remember where so many All-Star caliber players have been benched? First it was David Ortiz, then it was Garrett Atkins, then Magglio Ordonez, and now it is Jimmy Rollins, and Milton Bradley. It has gotten to a point where I wouldn’t be surprised to see Albert Pujols [...]
Future Hall of Famer John Smoltz made his long awaited debut tonight against the Washington Nationals, and I would say it went…okay. I say okay because after Smoltz gave up four runs in the first inning, he settled down and pitched four solid innings after. The final line for Smoltz – five innings, seven hits, [...]
Citi Field seems to be a hot topic amongst people living in the Tri-State area these days. This now the third Citi Field critique in our Stadium 411 series. This Citi Field critique is given by a lover off all animals, a man who has more Cardinal apparel than anyone I know, and a man who [...]
According to Andy Martino of Phillieszone on Twitter, the Phillies have officially activated closer Brad Lidge from the 15-Day DL. Lidge this year was 0-3 with a 7.27 and 13 saves before landing on the DL. Lidge landed on the DL because of a sprained knee, but this DL stint was more to get Lidge [...]
Just a quick fantasy update here. Two of my favorite players in baseball have been activated for their team’s games tonight. The Cincinnati Reds have activated 1B Joey Votto for tonight’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Votto was hitting .357 with eight HR’s and 33 RBI when he went to the DL. If he hadn’t [...]
Thanks to the MLB package on cable and a pretty light schedule in the major leagues, I got to watch Jonathan Sanchez pitch for the San Francisco Giants against the Oakland A’s last night. After painfully watching Sanchez for 5.1 IP last night, I have come to this conclusion – The Jonathan Sanchez experiment needs [...]
