Cleveland Indians’ closer Chris Perez ripped through the Miami Marlins on Saturday for his 13th save of the season and then decided to rip the Indians fans after the game. Here are some of Perez’s juicy nuggets of wisdom courtesy of the Cleveland Plain Dealer: “They booed me against the Mariners when I had two [...]
Last night, Detroit Tigers’ RHP Justin Verlander once again flirted with history. Verlander was going for his third career no-no and carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates, but with one out in the ninth inning, Verlander hung a curveball to Josh Harrison and Harrison singled cleanly up the middle. Verlander [...]
Kerry Wood‘s career came to an end today at Wrigley Field and his career ended in appropriate fashion — with a strikeout. Wood struckout Dayan Viciedo on a wicked curve and then was removed from the game Jamie Quirk, who was acting as manager because Dale Sveum was ejected in the fifth inning. Wood left [...]
In a move that comes as a little bit of a surprise, Chicago Cubs’ RHP Kerry Wood will retire after his next outing according to ESPNChicago’s Bruce Levine. His next outing is expected to come this weekend and could come as early as today’s game against the Chicago White Sox according to ESPNChicago’s Doug Padilla. [...]
Going into yesterday’s afternoon tilt against the San Diego Padres, the Los Angeles Dodgers had the best record in the National League. One of the main reasons for their success has been their surprising offense. The Dodgers rank fourth in baseball with an 8.8 WAR and one of the big reasons for their offensive success [...]
Major League Baseball has suspended Toronto Blue Jays’ 3B Brett Lawrie for four games because of his actions on Tuesday night. For those of you not aware, Lawrie threw his helmet at home plate umpire Bill Miller after Miller called out Lawrie on strikes in the ninth inning. I for one am shocked by this. [...]
