Monthly Archives: June 2015

Clay Buchholz Having Rejuvenating Season

In the midst of unmitigated disaster there is always a little bit of silver lining. For the Boston Red Sox, who are enduring just a terrible 2015 campaign in the crowded AL East, that silver lining comes in the form of right hande pitcher Clay Buchholz. Buchholz is a 30 year old righty that has […]

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Big Day on Mound, At Plate, for SF Pitcher:

Sunday was a day to remember for San Francisco ace Madison Bumgarner. Not only did he get his eighth win of the year versus Colorado, he also reached the one thousand strikeout plateau for his career. The ace of the Giants staff fanned eight in the game, the big one coming in the second inning […]

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Steven Matz Debut

Long Island native, Steven Matz stunned the baseball world yesterday with his New York Mets debut. While his 7 and 2/3 innings pitched combined with 6 strikeouts and only 5 hits and 2 runs allowed were enough to earn him the win over the Cincinnati Reds, and an impressive feet, his four runs batted in […]

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While Feeding Baby In One Hand, Caught Baseball With The Other

At a major league baseball game in Chicago Tuesday night between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, a fan in the front row, Keith Hartley, caught a foul ball. There’s nothing unusual about that, but the fact that he was able to retrieve the ball while holding his 7-month-old baby in his other hand […]

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Jays’ Estrada Almost Throws No-No

According to Brian Torchin, Days after Washington’s Max Scherzer no-hit Pittsburgh, Major League Baseball almost had another no-no. Toronto’s Marco Estrada took a no-hitter into the eighth inning of Wednesday’s contest against the Tampa Bay Rays. The first batter of the inning, David DeJesus, popped up down the third base line. The ball appeared to […]

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Bishop’s Homeruns

Not too many athletes can play more than one sport like Bo Jackson or Dion Sanders did. That is not to say that athletes are not good at multiple sports. Tampa Bay goaltender Ben Bishop was recently showcasing his batting skills during batting practice before the Tampa Bay Rays game on Tuesday. Bishop hit a […]

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Starlin Castro: The X Man in Chicago

The Chicago Cubs have gotten good faster than they probably have a right to do so. Theo Esptein came into Chicago as the GM and basically told fans to be patient and that things would ‘eventually’ get better. But Epstein is a wunderkind and his work speaks for itself. Wikipedia said that after breaking Boston’s […]

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Red Sox About to Make Baseball History

The Boston Red Sox have had their share of ups and downs over the past century. From the curse of the Bambino to a run of World Series wins that rivaled the powerhouse New York Yankees. In July of 2015, the Boston Red Sox are going to make history by retiring the number of a […]

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Cubs Bullpen Comes Up Big

The Chicago Cubs keep finding ways to win games in remarkable ways. Facing the best offense in the National League, the Cubs managed to hold the Los Angeles Dodgers to one run over the last seven innings of the game. Even more remarkable, the Cubs bullpen pitched the last seven innings of the game due […]

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The Problem with Cameron Payne’s 20 Points Per Game

Cameron Payne had an average of 20 points every night he took the floor for Murray State. That’s a great number, showing that he can have big games, but that he can also play with the consistency that it takes to really be good. It’s part of why he’s being projected as a top NBA […]

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