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Tim Raines Talks About Ryan Braun And The Steroids Era
MLB legend, Tim Raines took the time to speak with me about Ryan Braun and the entire steroids era. In this portion of an interview done on Monday, May 14, 2012, Raines explains that he always played the game with everything that he had, and doesn’t understand how anyone could get to the point where [...]
TweetJason Hammel Is a Legitimate Ace for the Baltimore Orioles
A year ago, Jason Hammel was having his worst year to date with the Colorado Rockies. His K:BB ratio was at a career low 1.38, and he was eventually taken out of the starting rotation, which goes to show how bad Hammel was considering the Colorado Rockies aren’t exactly deep in the pitching department. Given [...]
TweetRant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Eight
It is time to continue our MLB Power Rankings for the 2012 season, which will continue to focus on the top 10 teams in the majors. Texas Rangers (This Week: 1, Last Week: 1) - The Rangers had struggled to score runs over the past week, but they more than made up for it against the Toronto Blue Jays. [...]
TweetMiguel Montero Signs 5 Year Extension With Arizona Diamondbacks
One of the most pressing issues for the Arizona Diamondbacks is the future of Miguel Montero. He’s a potential free agent at the end of the season, and coming off a career year that saw him hit 18 HR, drive in 86 while posting an 820 OPS, it was likely that he’d earn a big [...]
TweetCurt Schilling Owned 38 Studios Closing Hits RI Hard
Since retiring from baseball, ex-Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has been pursuing another dream, the dream of creating the next major massively multiplayer online role playing game. His company, 38 Studios (former Green Monster Games) released the game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning this February to mixed reviews. Now, despite some minor success in marketing [...]
TweetChipper Jones on Stephen Strasburg: “The Best Repertoire Of Pitches That I’ve Seen”
Chipper Jones has faced over 1,000 pitchers over his career, none quite like Washington Nationals’ young gun Stephen Strasburg. Jones said Strasburg has “the best stuff, the best repertoire of pitches that I’ve seen on any one single pitcher.” We tend to get wrapped up in radar guns, statistics, metrics, advanced metrics, sabermetrics and whatever [...]
TweetAlbert Pujols Has His Swing Back
Albert Pujols is back. Call it a slump, a funk, a choke or whatever you want, Pujols simply hasn’t been himself in his first year in Anaheim. Whether it’s the new league, new team, new stadiums or the weight of the 10-year, $250 million contract he signed, the man they call The Machine has looked [...]
TweetNaked Streaker Interrupts Cardinals-Phillies Game
A naked streaker ran onto the field at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Thursday night, disrupting a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies. People run onto baseball fields, albeit not often enough to say it happens often, but it happens. However, people certainly don’t run onto the field completely naked often. [...]
TweetBusch Stadium Streaker Interrupts St. Louis Cardinals And Philadelphia Phillies Game On Thursday Night (video)
A baseball game would never be complete without something wacky or stupid happening, right? Thursday night, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies were playing when they were interrupted by none other than a Busch Stadium streaker. The man was fully nude and was running around before he was taken out by security. I [...]
TweetRonny Cedeno: An Improbable Turnaround
Ronny Cedeno has cobbled together a career for the past six years by being a good fielder at multiple positions with decent speed. He has rarely ever been a consistent starter and when he has been, it has been on decidedly second division teams like the Pittsburgh Pirates. The reason for that is simple. Cedeno [...]
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