The Texas Rangers snapped an 8 game losing streak at the hands of the Boston Red Sox Saturday night. The team pounded knuckleballer Tim Wakefield for seven earned runs in 1 2/3 innings of work before pounding a Boston bullpen.
Led by Nelson Cruz’s big night, two homers and a double accounting for five RBI the [...]
When the Colorado Rockies went on a win streak prior to the trade deadline it may have made the front office think twice about dealing away players. No players left Colorado at the deadline. Even closer Brian Fuentes, the most obvious trading chip, was held.
While it could be said that the Rockies didn’t get the [...]
So I went to Camden Yards last night. It had been a few years since I last went there but walking back though those gates brought back some memories.
While the game featured the Orioles (a team I grew up sometimes watching) and the White Sox (my wife’s favorite team) the real reason for going to [...]
Those of us who were wondering about the status of Tom Glavines career can breathe a little easier tonight.
Test show that Atlanta Braves pitcher Tom Glavine has no ligament damage in his left elbow, leaving open the possibility he could return next season.
Glavine was examined by Dr. James Andrews and while test showed that the [...]
It may have taken three weeks longer then expected but veteran hurler Greg Maddux is on his way back to Los Angeles. Maddux will rejoin the Dodgers after being traded from San Diego for two players to be named later.
The Dodgers are currently even with the Arizona Diamondbacks at the top of the NL West. [...]
Tom Glavine went back to the disabled list on Friday, just a day after making his first start since June 10. Glavine was pounded to the tune of seven runs, seven hits while walking four in the Braves 11-7 loss to the Chicago Cubs.
Today it appears his season has ended and while there has been [...]
It may have taken him an eternity to record career win number 351 but Greg Maddux is on a roll of late. Maddux has won his last three starts upping his career total to 353, just one behind Roger Clemens.
Maddux who turned 42 in April is pitching in his 23rd season in the majors and [...]
With Jose Conteras lost for the season and left handed specialist Boone Logan in a terrible slump Chicago White Sox GM Kenny Williams set out for pitching help. What he got was Horacio Ramirez.
Had this been two years ago I’d be raving about how well Ramirez can pitch and saying that for a end of [...]
Oakland A’s reliever Brad Ziegler keeps adding zeros next to his name in the box score. On Friday night manager Bob Geren left the 28-year-old right hander in to record his first career save.
Ziegler who had already set a mark for most scoreless innings to start a career added to more to his stat line [...]
Mark Buehrle held the Boston Red Sox to just four hits and one run over seven plus innings Friday night to keep his team the Chicago White Sox in first place in the AL Central.
Buehrle improved to 9-10 on the year lowering his ERA to 3.94 along the way. While not known for striking out [...]
Milwaukee Brewers ace starting pitcher C.C. Sabathia pitched his fourth complete game in six starts as the Brewers picked up their third straight win to stay five games back of the Chicago Cubs.
Tonight Sabathia’s campaign can claim Washington after the left hander held the nationals to juts five hits and a walk in nine [...]
The Colorado Rockies called up reliever Steven Register from Colorado Springs to take the roster spot of the recently designated for assignment Valerio De Los Santos.
Register who was taken in the Rule 5 draft earlier this year failed to make the New York Mets out of spring training and was returned to the Rockies. The [...]
Mike Mussina picked up his 14th win of the season Saturday defeating the Los Angeles Angels. Mussina allowed just one run over seven innings allowing two hits, striking out five and walking two.
For the Angels the loss ended a five game win streak, for Mussina the win was the 264th of his career.
This season has [...]
Los Angeles Angels reliever Fransisco Rodriguez is on pace to shatter the record the major league save record. The current record of 57 was set in 1990 by Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox.
Thigpen pitched just four more seasons in the big leagues and ended his career with a total of 201 saves over [...]
San Diego Padres shortstop Khalil Greene injured his left hand while hitting a storage chest Wednesday night.
Greene was already stumbling though a horrid season hitting just .213 with 10 home runs. There had been more then a few reports that suggested that the Padres were trying to ship the 28 year old but nothing had [...]