I can’t hide my allegiance anymore, Dustin Pedroia never ceases to amaze me. To quote the movie Rudy, he’s “5 foot nothing, 100 and nothing” and all he does is hit everything. Tonight he went 3-5, added his 43rd double, hit his 16th homerun, and knocked in 5 runs. Oh yeah, he did it all in the midst of…
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Aaron Harang was finally able to get back into the win column on Friday, as he threw six shutout innings and struck out four batters as he raised his nightmare season’s record to 4-13. The Harangatang, as one of my most loyal readers likes to call him, won his first game since June 13th, and even though he had a quality…
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Let’s play everyone’s favorite game! It’s called “Who closed the game?” This is for all of you desperate for saves monitoring the outcomes of games with closer situations that are a nightmare to watch. In New York, coming on and pitching the last two innings of the game to earn the save tonight was……….Aaron Heilman! He gave up…
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It seems like every time I write something here, it happens to be on the same day as a major trade. Today’s move was the biggest and most impactful one so far this year. The Angels get Mark Teixeira in return for Casey Kotchman and minor league pitcher Steve Marek. This marks the second straight year big Tex has…
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I just want to start out with a situation that really made me mad! Ok, so it is safe to assume that Justin Verlander is back. He has had now five straight starts where he allowed three runs or less, and his ERA is down almost two full runs in the past two months. So tonight he throws six…
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I would like to wish a Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there, especially mine. Like I mentioned on Mother’s Day, my parents have been an incredible influence on my life, and I owe any success that I achieve to them and the fantastic life they have helped me live. Also, as a father myself (for the second and last time recently), I would just…
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The biggest story tonight, was all the injuries to key fantasy contributers. Normally we end the post with this subject, but given tonight’s circumstances, let’s lead-off with that!
Bad news for Alfonso Soriano owners, he left tonight’s game after being struck in the hand by a Jeff Bennett pitch. X-Rays revealed Soriano broke his left index finger, it…
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Today was the seventh consecutive start for Jacoby Ellsbury for the Boston Red Sox. He has brought a spark to the Sox offense, and stole two bases for the second consecutive day, and now has eight on the season. Ellsbury came into the season as someone that I expected to make a big fantasy impact (especially on the basepaths), and this recent outburst shows what he is capable of…
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