Making Sense of Recent Trades

In the past 48 hours we have seen CC Sabathia and Rich Harden dealt to contending teams. With this we have seen a total of 8 prospects traded for these 2 guys. Sabathia was the 2007 Cy Young Award winner and was basically given to the brewers for 1 big prospect in Matt LaPorta and [...]

What is going on in the NL West?

What is going on in the NL West? If you follow baseball at all you will know that the NL West does not have a team over .500. The Diamondbacks started boiling hot and looked like they were going to run away from the division. Then we have the defending National League Champion Colorado Rockies. [...]

Dodgers NO HIT but WIN!

Yes, you read correct the Dodgers were collectively no hit by the Angels Saturday night even though the Elias Sports Bureau does not consider that a no hitter due to the Angels only pitching 8 innings. Nevertheless the Dodgers did not have a hit and still won the game. Matt Kemp reached base via an [...]

Astros Pitchers Throws GM to the Ground

Yahoo Sports is reporting that Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon has been suspended indefenitely for the events that followed:
“I sat down to eat and Ed Wade came to me and very sternly said, ‘You need to come with me to the office,”’ Chacon said. “I said ‘for what?’ I said ‘I don’t want to go [...]

Hoffman Gives Up 2 Runs in the 9th Inning to Lose Game

Trevor Hoffman entered the top of the 9th inning with the game tied at 1-1.  After Hoffman struck out the first 2 batters he faced Brendon Harris came to the plate and hit the the first pitch fastball out of the park. Then Brian Buscher came to the plate and connected on a home run. [...]

Ben Sheets Throws Complete Game

Ben Sheets threw a complete game 4 hitter against the Atlanta Braves on Monday. With the win his record improves to 9-1 this year. He may single handedly keep the Brewers in contention. Time will tell. If he is unable to keep the Brewers a float GM Doug Melvin is going to have a tough [...]