Baseball Historians

The story of the day is the Tigers trade with the Yankees.  The Tigers sent future Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez to the Yankees for former Tiger reliever Kyle Farnsworth.  When I saw the headline, my initial thought was WTF but then I thought about it and in a lot of ways, this move […]

Randy Johnson notched up his fourth straight victory and tallied up win number 292, pushing him that much closer to being the next member of the 300 win club. The Diamondbacks used Johnson’s strong outing to win over the Giants by a score of 7-2.
Johnson was benefited by another strong game from Conor Jackson […]

Brandon Webb and Tin Lincecum had combined for 24 wins before they found themselves matched up on Saturday. The two NL All-Stars dueled over seven innings and Lincecum leaving with a 3-2 lead. The Diamondbacks jumped on Tyler Walker in relief of Lincecum for three runs in the top of the eighth and left winners […]

Dan Haren was dominant again the Giants Friday, going eight strong innings of two run baseball. He allowed nine hits and struck out nine as well. The offense was more than up to the challenge, throwing five runs on the board in the second which was more than enough as they won 10-2.
Conor Jackson […]

The Tampa Bay Rays ran into a buzz saw last night in AJ Burnett.  The Blue Jays hurler absolutely shut down the Rays offense and helped lead the Jays to a 3-1 over their AL East rival.  The Rays record is now 61-44.
James Shields started for the Rays and pitched pretty well, even though he […]

The Washington Nationals took a couple of games right on the chin in Los Angeles.  They lost both games as they got shut out in both of them.  They obviously really struggled to get much of anything going off of the Dodger pitching staff.  They lost on Saturday 6-0 and on Sunday 2-0.  They are […]

After splitting the first two games with the Royals the Rays split the last two games of the series as well.  They won on Saturday 5-3 but fell victim to the Royals pitching on Sunday 6-1.  The Rays are barely holding onto first place in the AL East and have a record of 61-43.
The Rays […]

The Tigers have won all four Sunday games this month.  The problem is, all four wins have followed at least a two game losing streak (one of the four was a three game losing streak) so all Sunday has been for them is a chance to avoid a sweep.  Still it gives the team a […]

Pirates-Yankees trade was finalized and players going to Pirates for RF Xavier Nady and RP Damaso Marte.
OF Jose Tabata, RH Jeff Karstens, Dan McCutchen & Ross Ohlendorf.
Karstens and McCutchen substituted for minor leaguers pitchers Phil Coke and George Kontos

Game 104 Recap-
San Diego 1b Adrian Gonzalez and 3b Kevin  Kouzmanoff both hit early 3 run home runs to lead the Padres over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-6 Saturday at PNC Park in Pennsylvania. The Padres punished Pirates RH SP John Van Benschoten and he was in the shower by the 2nd inning. Gonzalez had 3 […]

Game 103 Recap-
A Heavy hearted Torii  Hunter took out his grief on the Baltimore Orioles Saturday night, helping the Los Angeles Angels defeat the Os, 11-6 at Camden Yards. Popular CF Hunter, whose beloved Grandmother Edna Cobbs passed away Friday after a long illness Saturday, hit 2 homers, had 5 rbi and 4 runs scored. […]

After winning 8-2 on Friday, the Braves lost to the Phillies today 10-9.  Friday night, Jair Jurrjens held the Phillies to three hits in eight scoreless innings while managing to strike out six and only walk one.  At the plate he had a little help from Brian McCann hit hit a solo homer in the […]

Maybe tonight was a special night for some reason or maybe Twins didn’t want their losing streak at 6. Whatever the reason, they resumed their winning ways and did it big, with an 11-4 victory over the Indians.
The Twins didn’t even wait for everyone to settle into their seats in Cleveland, as they piled on […]

After Tim Hudson pitched six shutout innings on Wednesday night, he had to leave the game early due to elbow tightness and Chipper Jones was forced to leave early due to an injury sustained on a groundout, the Braves came through with a 9-4 win to take the series from the Marlins.  Gregor Blanco and […]

The Angels beat the Orioles 11-6 on Saturday to clinch the series and give them their ninth win in the last ten.
The Angels took an early lead again with two in the first off Torii Hunter’s two-RBI single, the first of five RBI that Hunter tallied for the night. The O’s took a short one-run […]

The Angels extended their win streak to four by heading into Baltimore and taking the first two from the Orioles, a 6-5 win on Friday followed by an 11-6 win on Saturday.
Joe Saunders, pitching not too far from his hometown, earned the win as the Angels escaped with the one-run win after K-Rod gave up […]

The Dodgers escaped with a one-run, 3-2 win over the Nationals on Friday and saw the return of leadoff man Juan Pierre.
Pierre went 1 for 4 with a run scored in his first game back after a stint on the DL while Delwyn Young was put on the 15-day DL to make room on the roster. […]

The Dodgers acquired third baseman Casey Blake from the Indians today, and optioned Blake DeWitt to Las Vegas to make room on the roster.
The Dodgers sent pitcher Jon Meloan and Class A catcher prospect Carlos Santana to Cleveland for the trade. Blake will now be the everyday third baseman until the rest of the season before […]

Down by one run in the top of the ninth with two outs and one man on, Jermaine Dye stepped up to the plate and jacked a two run shot off of Detroit closer Todd Jones to put the Sox up 6-5.  Bobby Jenks came in the game in the bottom of the ninth and […]

The starting pitchers turned in masterful performances in the series opener, with Joba Chamberlain staying a move ahead of Josh Beckett in a 1-0 Yankees victory.  Chamberlain (3-3) allowed only three hits in seven innings, while striking out a career-high nine and walking only one. Kyle Farnsworth and Mariano Rivera (26th save) finished up to […]

The Washington Nationals had a lead late Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers but just couldn’t hold their slim lead.  The Nationals fell to the Dodgers 3-2.  Their record also fell as it is now 38-65.
John Lannan started on the hill for the Nationals and was terrific as usual.  Lannan went seven innings and […]

The Rays responded from their latest loss to the Royals with an impressive win on Friday night.  Tampa Bay got a few run in the ninth inning and got a strong pitching performance from Edwin Jackson as they won 5-3.  They are now 60-42.
Edwin Jackson made one of his better starts of the season, even […]

The Twins were looking to bounce back after a very tough series against the Yankees. They viewed the game earlier tonight as a way to put the losing behind them. However, they could not accomplish that and fell to the Indians 5-4.
As if the loss wasn’t bad enough, Carlos Gomez had to be carted off […]

Game 103 Recap-
On a night when the team traded 2 of their better players(see previous post), The Pittsburgh Pirates showed heart-as they have all season- but came up just short, losing to the San Diego Padres,6-5 Friday at PNC Park. The team without RF Xavier Nady(pulled and replaced with Jason Michaels) and closer Damaso Marte, […]

Tough, tough night for Pirates fans. Team has traded LH Damaso Marte(4-0,3.47.5 saves,15 holds) & RF Xavier Nady(.330-13-57) to the New York Yankees for 4 prospects– top OF prospect Jose Tabata, RHPs Ross Ohlendorf(6.53 era) & George Kontos as well as LH Phil Coke. This was tough as the move was announced and leaked midgame, […]

Game 102 Recap-
The Los Angeles Angels rode a 5-0 lead out and held on to beat the Baltimore Orioles, 6-5 Friday at Camden Yards. LH Joe Saunders, won his 13th game of the year (13-5), but had to battle for it. Over 6 2/3 innings he allowed 4 runs(3 earned) and 6 hits. He also […]

This probably won’t interest most of you, but my nightly schedule usually keeps me from watching at least the first half of Tiger home games.  My son doesn’t go to bed until around 9 pm, so by the time I get settled in and turn the game, it’s usually pretty much decided.  I was able […]

In a not so anticipated return from the minors, Brett Myers pitched decently.  He pitched 5 innings giving up 3 earned runs on 3 hits.  His main problem was that he couldn’t find the strike zone.  He issued 5 walks on the day.
When Myers left the game it was tied 3-3.  After Ryan Madson gave […]

The Tampa Bay Rays continued to struggle on Thursday night.  They lost to the hapless Kansas City Royals 4-2.  The Rays record has now fallen to 59-42.
Matt Garza started on the mound and really struggled.  He lasted only five innings and allowed 12 base runners (8 hits, 4 walks) and gave up all four runs.  […]

With a sweep of Arizona this weekend, the Giants could pull within four games of the division lead, but winning the series first is all they should be focusing on. Going into the series, San Francisco find themselves seven games back of the division leading D-backs, six of the Dodgers, and one of the Rockies. […]