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Orioles’ 1B Chris Davis Defeats Red Sox OF Darnell McDonald in 17 Innings
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 [...]
TweetLos Angeles Angels First Baseman Albert Pujols Ends Longest Home Run Drought Of Career
Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols has finally hit his first regular-season home run since joining the Los Angeles Angels, ending the longest drought of his 12-year career after 33 games and 139 at-bats. Pujols’ two-run bomb on Sunday came in the fifth inning against Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Drew Hutchison. Pujols, who is a [...]
TweetBeastie Boys’ MCA Honored by New York Mets with Walk-Up Songs
Yesterday, Beastie Boys founder Adam “MCA” Yauch passed away from salivary gland cancer at the age of 47. The news was both stunning and sad for fans not only of the legendary rap group, but New Yorkers as a whole. In a tribute to MCA, as the New York Mets took to the batter’s box yesterday, [...]
TweetHeath Bell Struggling With Miami Marlins, Could Lose Closer Role
If you’re wondering what the heck is wrong with Heath Bell, you’re not alone. The Miami Marlins closer’s struggles have even his 14-year-old daughter sounding like a concerned fantasy baseball owner. “My daughter has called me up and asked me, ‘Dad, is your arm hurt? I’m like, ‘No.’ She goes, ‘what’s wrong? You’re usually really [...]
TweetRant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Five
It is time to continue our MLB Power Rankings for the 2012 season. For the fifth week, we will try to place a greater emphasis on how teams have performed over the first month of the season. This week we will continue to focus on the top 10 teams in the majors. Tampa Bay Rays (This [...]
TweetMariano Rivera: “I Will Be Ok, I Will Be Back”
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 [...]
TweetFantasy Baseball Players To Buy, Sell and Hold
I can’t believe it has already been a whole month of baseball. So far, there have been some surprises with up-and-coming players arriving and making quite a splash. If you are an avid fantasy baseball player like me, you have been paying very close attention to that waiver wire. Let’s take a look at some [...]
TweetFantasy Baseball Additions: Rafael Soriano and Pedro Alvarez
Just like the real teams, fantasy baseball players are scrambling to fill their lineups after a string of high-profile injuries this week. A couple guys to target who should be available in your leagues are New York Yankees reliever Rafael Soriano and Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Pedro Alvarez. The big baseball news last night was [...]
TweetAuditions For New York Yankees Closer Role Begins Now
The greatest closer of all-time, regular or post season, one of the last remaining faces of the New York Yankees of the 90s and the last man to wear the No. 42 is Mariano Rivera. However, Rivera’s season and career is probably over after it had been learned Thursday that Rivera will miss the rest [...]
TweetReport: Mariano Rivera Out for the Season with a Torn ACL
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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