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Manny Ramirez is a little nuts, but it is funny
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 | Chicago White Sox | No Comments
Manny Ramirez is now on the Chicago White Sox and here is his first presser, man Manny is crazy.
Boyfriend of the year, lets girlfriend get hit by foul ball at Rangers game
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 | MLB | No Comments
Women around the world are not dying to date this young man who at last nights Rangers game let a foul ball hit his girlfriend. Video is funny and would love to know after all the press they are getting if she stayed with him. I guess people on the web are calling him “Bailer” now.
Sports Moment of the Day — Stephen Strasburg K’s 14 in 5-2 Win over Pirates in Major League Debut
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 | MLB, Sports, Washington Nationals | No Comments
WOW – Sensational Stephen Strasburg made a major league debut to remember in Tuesday night’s 5-2 win over the Pirates in front of the hometown crowd at Nationals Park in Washington DC. Strasburg needed only 94 pitches (65 for strikes) to pitch 7 amazing innings of 2-run ball. He K’d 14 batters in the process and didn’t walk a single batter. His only mistake was a 2-run home run he served up to Dmitri Young in the 4th inning. The Nats were able to win the game thanks to solo home runs by Ryan Zimmerman and Josh Willingham and a 2-run home run by Adam Dunn.
But te real story was Strasburg. After lighting it up in the minor leagues — 11 starts at the Double-A and Triple A levels, 7-2 record, 1.30 ERA, 65 K’s and only 13 walks – the Nationals decided to bring up the future of the franchise for a home start in DC. When news began to circulate that Strasburg would be making his major league debut on June 8th, the game quickly sold out. The Nationals also sold 2,000 standing room only seats in the hours leading up to the game and it was only the 2nd sellout for the Natonals this season. Strasburg delivered in the biggest way possible. His fastball consistently hit 100 MPH. His 14 K’s was the most K’s for a pitcher in a major league debut since JR Richards 15 K’s in 1971. In his final inning of work, Strasburg struck out the side on only 13 pitches. He struck out the final 7 batters that he faced and each Pirates starter struck out at least once during the game. Strasburg worked so efficiently, the game took only 2 hours and 19 minutes. Truly amazing.
Nationals catcher Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez had this to say about the performance – “I’ve been catching a lot of guys, but this kid is unbelievable.”
This could turn a franchise around in a hurry. If the Nationals can build around a stud like Strasburg, look for the Nationals to compete in the near future with the beast of the NL East – the Phillies, Braves and Mets. With more outings like this, and more W’s in the win column, look for a lot more sellouts the rest of the way at Nationals Park during the 2010 MLB schedule.
This guy needs more sleep Mets announcer falls asleep
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 | MLB, New York Mets | No Comments
Mets announcer falls asleep on TV during the game, this is the best thing I have seen online in a long time.
Lebron James, Cavs Crush Celtics 124-95 in Boston
Friday, May 7th, 2010 | Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Cavaliers, MLB, NBA, New York Yankees, Sports | 1 Comment
Ouch – the Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the Boston Celtics 124-95 tonight – it was the worst home playoff loss in the storied Celtics’ franchise history. How does a game like this get that out of hand?
It’s simple when Lebron James is on the court. The Cavs raced out to a 36-19 point 1st quarter lead behind 21 points from the 2-time reigning NBA Most Valuable Player. By halftime, the Cavs led the Celtics by 22 points. James finished the night with 38 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. But he also had help from teammates Antawn Jamison (12 points and 9 rebounds) and Shaquille O’Neal (12 points and 9 rebounds).
It was not a night to remember for Boston sports fans. Just 4 days ago, Boston sports fans all across the country were going nuts as the Celtics and Bruins won big playoff games and the Red Sox ended a 3-game skid by cruising to an easy win over the Angels at Fenway Park. Tonight is was the exact opposite. While the Cavs were crushing the Celtics, just a few miles away, the hated New York Yankees were pounding the Red Sox 10-3 at Fenway and the Bruins lost a demoralizing overtime game to the Flyers in Philly. Paul Pierce who scored just 11 points in the loss was disgusted with his team’s play — “That was embarrassing. That’s embarrassing when you lose at home like that. We just let our guard down… You’ve got to know the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to come in here with all the urgency in the world. They took the fight to us early, and we didn’t respond to it.”
The Celtics still have a chance to even the score on Sunday with the afternoon affair against the Cavs. Guess it can’t get any worse than this…
Phillies fan gets tasered
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 | MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments
A very smart 17 year-old thoght is was a good idea to jump on the field and run around. The police showed him why he was wrong, this kid got zapped. Check out the funny video.
Don’t Look Now — New York Mets Riding High On 7-Game Win Streak!
Friday, April 30th, 2010 | MLB, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Sports | No Comments
Call it one of the biggest surprises during the early part of the 2010 MLB baseball schedule – the New York Mets are in 1st place in the NL East.
The Mets have rose clutch hitting from David Wright and rookie Ike Davis, and stellar pitching from Johan Santana (3-1, 2.08 ERA & 1.12 WHIP) and Mike Pelfrey (4-0, 0.69 ERA & 1.19 WHIP).
The Mets are 11-5 at home at CITI Field, they are 13-9 overall (after starting the season slow by losing 6 out of the first 8 games that they played) and they open up a big 3-game weekend set against the Phillies in Philadelphia tonight. Jonathan Niese, in his 1st full season as a regular starter, will look to keep up his excellent pitching (0-1, 3.68 ERA & 1.86 WHIP) against Ryan Howard and the Phillies. This will certainly be a good test for the upstart New York Mets who are looking to dethrone the back-to-back NL pennant Phillies.
Game-Winning Bunt Single Draws Ire of Opposing Team’s Pitcher
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, MLB, Sports | No Comments
I love this – Howie Kendrick won the game for the Angels on Wednesday night with a 2-out bunt single that enabled the winning run to score from 3rd base in the bottom of the 9th inning to break a 3-3 tie. Kendrick expertly pushed the bunt past Indians’ pitcher Chris Perez and neither 1st base man or 2nd baseman could make the play to get Kendrick out at 1st base. Most walk-off hits don’t occur that way, but when you see an opening (with the right side of the infield playing so deep), sometimes you just have to take advantage of what the other team gives you. Now Perez, however, didn’t feel the same way about the “bush-league” walk off bunt by Kendrick. This is what he had to say: “It was a bad baseball play that happened to work out. I don’t want to say it was bush league. But you never see that. Nintey-nine percent of hitters in that situation would rather win the game with a hit, not a bunt… It was a stupid play that just happened to work.”
I’d love to see what Perez had to say if one of his players made the same smart that Kendrick made to win a game for the Indians. I have a feeling he’d think otherwise. Gotta love baseball players…
Huge Weekend for Chicago MLB Baseball Teams — Cubs & White Sox Both Sweep Weekend Series
Monday, April 26th, 2010 | Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, MLB, Sports | No Comments
WOW — what a great weekend for both Chicago MLB baseball teams. Both the Cubs and White Sox pulled off weekend sweeps to get back on track after a slow start to the 2010 MLB schedule.
The Cubs outscored the Brewers 25-4 in their 3-game weekend series at Miller Park in Milwaukee. The Cubs bats finally came to life and the pitching was just as impressive. Kosuke Fukudome and Tyler Colvin each hit 2 home runs in the series and Ryan Theriot racked up 9 hits in the series (with 14 hits in his last 5 games) to raise his batting average to .329. Ryan Dempster, Ted Lilly and Randy Wells picked up the wins and Carlos Zambrano made his 1st appearance out of the bullpen in Saturday’s win (although he did give up an earned run).
The Cubs are now 9-10. They trail the 1st place St. Louis Cardinals by 2 and one half 5 games in the National League Central Division and open up a 7-game homestand against the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks. If Carlos Silva and the Cubs win tonight at Wrigley Field, the Cubs will be back at .500 with a 10-10 record.
The White Sox, meanwhile, took 3 straight games from the Seattle Mariners on home runs in their final at-bat in each game at U.S. Cellular Field over the weekend. In Friday’s 7-6 win, Andruw Jones’ 2nd home run of the game on his birthday gave the Sox the walk-off win in the bottom of the 9th inning. Saturday’s win was even more thrilling. After Bobby Jenks surrendered 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning in a 2-2 tie, the Sox found themselves in a big hole. But with one out, Paul Konerko hit his 6th home run of the season to get the Sox within 1. Then with 2 outs, Carlos Quentin walked to set up Alex Rios’ game-winning, walk-off home run to deep left field that gave the White Sox the 5-4. Paul Konerko followed up his Saturday performance with another big home run in the bottom of the 8th inning that broke a 2-2. 3 straight days – 3 straight game-winning home runs for the White Sox in their last at-bat. Incredible!
The White Sox are now 8-11. They trail the 1st place Minnesota Twins by 5 games in the American League Central Division and start a 6-game road trip against the Rangers in Texas and the Yankees in New York.
These 2 teams are far from being playoff teams right now, but more games like this and we could be seeing a “Red Line Series” in Chicago very very soon…
Crazy Day in Baseball – Jimenez No-Hits Braves; Mets Top Cards 2-1 in 20 Innings!
Sunday, April 18th, 2010 | MLB, New York Mets, Sports, St. Louis Cardinals | No Comments
WOW — what an unbelievable day in baseball on Saturday. Ubaldo Jimenez pitched the 1st no-hitter in Colorado Rockies franchise history by dominating the Braves in Atlanta. Jimenez needed 129 pitches to do it, but he persevered despite racking up 6 walks. He also had 7 K’s. He was still throwing 98-MPH fastballs into the 9th inning, but he credited advice from his pitching coach Bob Apodaca in the 5th inning for the reason he was able to accomplish the feat “In the 5th inning, Bob Apocada, he just came to me and was like ‘You’ve been throwing good from the stretch, why don’t you just give it a try?’” He pitched from the stretch the rest of the game, retiring the next 15 batters her faced to complete the no-hitter. The best chance for a Braves hit came in the 7th inning when center fielder Dexter Fowler made a diving catch of Troy Glaus’ sinking line drive in left center field – it was an unbelievable play.
While Jimenez was tossing his no-hitter, the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals were engaging in the longest game of the season thus far. The Mets outlasted the Cards in 20 innings by winning 2-1 on Jose Reyes sacrifice fly in the top of the 20th inning. The 2 teams played scoreless ball for the 1st 18 innings of the game – the 1st time that has happened in baseball since 1989. Starters Johan Santana for the Mets and Jaime Garcia for the Cards each worked 7 scoreless innings. Garcia only gave up 1 hit. The Mets used 9 pitchers while the Cards used 8 pitchers and 2 position players. Infielder Felipe Lopez worked a scoreless 18th inning for the Cards, while outfielder Joe Mather pitched the final 2 innings for the Cards giving up both runs that the Mets scored. He walked 3 batters and gave up 2 hits, but both runs scored on sacrifice flies. Mets’ closer Francisco Rodriguez blew the save in the bottom of the 19th inning by allowing Yadier Molina’s RBI single, but he picked up the win when the Mets scored in the 20th inning. Starter Mike Pelfrey picked up his 1st save by working a scoreless 20th innning despite allowing 2 batters reach base.
Each team had played in 4 20-inning games in their franchise histories. Ironically, it was the 1st time that the Mets had won, while it was the only time that the Cards had lost.
From a baseball perspective, it was only the 2nd time in MLB history that a 20-inning game was played on the same day that a pitcher threw a no-hitter.
Talk about a crazy day in baseball!
