Double Play: Will The Philadelphia Phillies Rebound?

Daniel Shirey-US PRESSWIRE

It’s Monday, so you know what that means! Double Play time between Mark Hock and myself. Today we will debate whether the Philadelphia Phillies will rebound to contend in the NL East, who should should close for the New York Yankees, and are the Minnesota Twins the worst team in baseball? Will the Philadelphia Phillies [...]

Mike Rizzo Says the Harper Beaning Is the Most Classless Thing He’s Ever Seen

Rafael Suanes-US PRESSWIRE

Washington Nationals‘ GM Mike Rizzo isn’t very shy about what happened during last night’s game between his star Bryce Harper and Philadelphia Phillies ’ pitcher Cole Hamels. In fact, Mike Rizzo doesn’t believe holding things back is an option when discussing Cole Hamels. Here are some quotes Mike Rizzo gave to Adam Kilgore in a phone [...]

Phillies’ Cole Hamels Admits He Hit Bryce Harper on Purpose; Harper Doesn’t Care

Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

Sunday Night’s game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals  didn’t have a dull moment, that is until the Phillies put away the Nationals in the 9th. But this game will be remembered because of what happened in the first inning when Cole Hamels plucked Bryce Harper in the midsection. The Nationals enacted some revenge [...]

Nationals’ Jayson Werth Breaks His Wrist During Sunday Night’s Loss to the Phillies

Jake Roth-US PRESSWIRE

Washington Nationals‘ manager Davey Johnson confirmed that Jayson Werth broke his wrist while fielding a fly ball tonight during the Nationals’ loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, stating he doesn’t expect Jayson Werth back for at least six weeks. This adds another injury to the list of things the Washington Nationals have to overcome to become the 2012 [...]

Orioles’ 1B Chris Davis Defeats Red Sox OF Darnell McDonald in 17 Innings

Mark L. Baer-US PRESSWIRE

One of the beautiful things about baseball is you never know when you will see something that you have never seen before. In the case of Sunday’s game that involved the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox, we saw a 17 inning marathon before the Orioles won the game. While I’ve seen numerous 17 inning [...]

Chris Sale to Close; Dylan Axelrod to the Starting Rotation

Jerry Lai-US PRESSWIRE

Just when it looked like the Chicago White Sox had an ace in the hole with Chris Sale, it’s ripped from their hands as the young southpaw will return to the bullpen starting Monday. All I have to say is…. crap. This really stinks. I have been high on Sale all winter, thinking he would [...]

Mariano Rivera: “I Will Be Ok, I Will Be Back”

Anthony Gruppuso-US PRESSWIRE

Considering New York Yankees’ closer Mariano Rivera is the closest thing to the terminator we have seen in the game of baseball, it’s fitting that he drops the infamous “I’ll be back” line. If you want more conformation of Rivera’s comeback, you can look at this tweet the Yankees tweeted and Mariano re-tweeted: I’m not [...]

Report: Mariano Rivera Out for the Season with a Torn ACL

US PRESSWIRE

I don’t know what’s going on with closers this season, but it’s like some sort of Final Destination type of thing going on. We have already seen Ryan Madson, Joakim Soria, Drew Storen, Andrew Bailey miss time due to injury, and now with the bizarre batting practice injury New York Yankees‘ closer Mariano Rivera will probably [...]

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Los Angeles Angels SP Jered Weaver Throws a No-Hitter Against the Minnesota Twins

Gary A. Vasquez-US PRESSWIRE

It’s only been a matter of days since Chicago White Sox pitcher Philip Humber threw a perfect game before we saw our next extraordinary pitching performance. Los Angeles’ Angels’ Jered Weaver no-hit the Minnesota Twins tonight, giving the Angels’ franchise their 10th no-hitter in team history. More importantly to the Angels is they are finally picking up [...]