When the Miami Marlins want to have a firesale, by god they are going to have a firesale. It’s 2:42AM – my time anyways – but the baseball world doesn’t sleep. Disgruntled SS/3B Hanley Ramirez is being shipped to the Los Angeles Dodgers along with LOOGY Randy Chote for Nathan Eovaldi and prospect Scott McGough. [blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/dylanohernandez/status/228020010277285888"] [...]
MLB Rumors: Why The Oakland A’s Need to Go After Chase Headley Instead of Hanley Ramirez
There’s only one week left until the 2012 MLB Trade Deadline comes and goes – and until that day – we will still hear plenty of MLB Rumors regarding some of baseball’s biggest stars. The Oakland A’s – who are normally a seller at the deadline – are looking to buy this season, most notably Chase [...]
2012 Summer Olympics: Seasonally Cold Temperatures Will Cause Women’s Volleyball Players to Cover Up
Chalk this up as a Mayan victory. During the 2012 Summer Olympics, volleyball players might cover their bodies during competition due to unseasonable cold temperatures. The forecast in London states the highs will be in the 60s, with a 30 percent chance of rain, causing the ladies in competition to bundle up for the Spring-like weather. According to [...]
Ryan Dempster Traded to the Atlanta Braves for Randall Delgado, Snag Has Deal on Hold For Now
Finally, the first domino has fallen in the pitching market for the 2012 MLB Trade Deadline. And that domino is Chicago Cubs‘ pitcher Ryan Dempster, as the veteran right-hander was traded to the Atlanta Braves today. Dempster, 35, has had trade rumors spreading about him since early May, so it comes as no surprise that he is [...]
Roberto Hernandez: The Pitcher Formerly Known as Fausto Carmona Celebrates Missing Birthdays
This season, MLB had an epidemic on their hands. That epidemic was falsifying your identity. We learned that Miami Marlins pitcher Leo Nunez was actually Juan Carlos Oviedo, who we haven’t seen pitch this year. And we also learned Cleveland Indians pitcher Fausto Carmona is indeed Roberto Hernandez, not the 300-save Roberto Hernandez, either. The one major thing about Roberto [...]
Chicago White Sox Acquire Brett Myers from the Houston Astros
It wasn’t a question of if Kenny Williams was going to acquire some bullpen help, but a matter of when he would actually pull the trigger on a move. And today, the Chicago White Sox finally added a veternan bullpen arm, acquiring Brett Myers from the Houston Astros. The two prospects going to Houston, Mark [...]
MLB Rumors: Dodgers Propose a Trade for Ryan Dempster
The trade market for Chicago Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster is similar to the one in the NBA for Dwight Howard. For weeks, we have heard countless MLB Rumors regarding Dempster and how this is the week the Cubs finally trade the Major League ERA leader. Now, it appears the Los Angeles Dodgers – the team Dempster [...]
Mike Rizzo: Stephen Strasburg Will Have to Pass the Eye Test to Pitch Beyond 160 Innings
If you had July 18, 2012 in the “When will Mike Rizzo backtrack on his Stephen Strasburg innings limit” pool, you just won the grand prize! Finally, the Washington Nationals‘ GM is coming to his senses when it comes to his pitching phenom. [blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/pedrogomezESPN/status/225746139771727872"] Thank the Lord. The self-imposed 160 innings limit on Stephen Strasburg’s gifted [...]
