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10 minutes past 4 pm on Friday, no moves by the Mets. Makes sense, this team made a great trade for Jeff Francoeur about 2 weeks ago and have several stars on the DL who are reportedly getting close to returning.  Realistically, does not make sense for this team to sacrifice future talent when they [...]

The Tigers hopefully got their upgrade as they dealt their current fifth starter, Lucas French, to the Mariners along with Mauricio Robles for veteran starter Jarrod Washburn.  French has been solid as a fill for the Tigers but it looks like he also did just well enough to get shipped out of town.  I like [...]

Some of your favorite Tiger bloggers are live chatting around the trade deadline this afternoon.  Check out the action by going here… 
 Tigers Trade Talk
I may or may not be in there because of some personal stuff but that shouldn’t stop you (or maybe it’ll encourage you) from checking out what’s being talked about.

Andrew Hess piped in yesterday on the recent leak of Manny and Big Papi.  Good stuff and this is kind of where I’m at.  At this point, the entire list will come out eventually and it’ll be this big news but I’d just as soon move on and never know.

The Colorado Rockies(55-47) rode another strong start from Jorge De La Rosa and finally scored some runs, defeating the New York Mets(49-52),4-2 Thursday night at Citi-Field in Queens. The win ended a 27 inning scoreless streak for the Rockies and also stopped the surging Mets victory tally at 5. Rockies SS Clint Barnes had the [...]

The Tigers hit a bit of a tough stretch in Arlington earlier this week.  I’ve been up in Tawas since Saturday with a crappy wireless connection so most of my news has come mid-day (and late) via MLB.com.  I was glad to see Cliff Lee depart from the division and it’ll be interesting to see [...]

The red hot NY  Mets scored 5 runs in the 2nd supporting ace lefty Johan Santana, who pitched 7 strong innings, leading them to a 7-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies Thursday afternoon at Citi-Field in Queens.  NY pounded out 5 consecutive hits in the 5 run fifth, led by SS Angel Berroa’s 2 run [...]

Strong rain storm forced the Mets to cancel Wednesday night’s game vs the Colorado Rockies, the two teams will play a day-night doubleheader Thursday.
Next Games:
Thursday, Citi-field vs the NL Wild Card leading Colorado Rockies
Game 1 , 12:10 pm start
Mets LH Johan Santana(11-8,3.12) vs. Rockies RH Jason Hammel(5-5,4.28)

Game 2, 7:10 pm start
Mets LH Jonathon [...]

The Dodgers took their second straight loss to the Cardinals in 0-10 loss on Tuesday.
Chad Billingsley started off well, shutting out the Cards for the first five frames. He ran into trouble in the sixth, though, being tagged for all six runs that inning. He allowed just one hit through the first five innings, and [...]

Wallace Matthews, one of the more respected writers in town, offers a great explanation and story on why Mets GM Omar Minaya has not been fired– MONEY. Check it out at newsday.com— He has one quote I have not seen any where else from Mets COO Jeff Wilpon. Commenting at yesterday’s press conference about the [...]

Mike Pelfrey was great for his 2nd consecutive start while the New York Mets(48-51) executed offensively vs one of the better pitchers in the NL, leading them to a 4-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies(54-46) Tuesday night at Citi-Field in Queens. 2B Luis Castillo, RF Jeff Francoeur, C Brian Schneider and 1B Daniel Murphy all [...]

The Dodgers fell to the Cardinals in Monday’s opener, 1-6, despite a two-run performance by Randy Wolf.
Wolf allowed a run in each the first and second innings, but shut out the Cards after that until he was lifted after the sixth inning.  He ended up taking the loss as he left with a one-run deficit. [...]

Pinch hitter Fernando Tatis hit a 0-2 8th inning pitch for a grand slam leading the New York Mets(47-51) to a thrilling 7-3 win over the wild card leading Colorado Rockies(54-45) Monday night at Citifield.  The Mets trailed 3-0 after homers by SS Troy Tulowitzki(2 run shot in the 2nd) and 2B Clint Barnes( solo [...]

Just when you thought the 2009 NY Mets could not hit a new low, they did. In a press conference to announce the dismissal of VP of Player Development, Tony Bernazard, Mets GM Omar Minaya turned on the press and named names, targeting NY Daily news beat writer Adam Rubin. Rubin and his paper broke [...]

Crazy day in Mets land as GM Omar Minaya just fired controversial VP of Player Development, Tony Bernazard . I will post Omar’s release below and comment further on a mess of press conference that just occurred. 

I wanted for you to hear directly from me today regarding an update on the investigation of Tony Bernazard, [...]

The Dodgers managed to cut a Marlins eight run lead to two, but they fell short in the rubber match to take the series loss.
Jason Schmidt suffered the loss, giving up five runs (four earned) on five hits before being lifted in the fourth. He allowed a run in the second and three runs in [...]

The New York Mets(46-51) scored 8 unanswered runs after training 3-0 in the first, rallying to win not only the game but the series, beating the Houston Astros(50-48)  8-3 Sunday afternoon at Minute Maid Park in Texas.  Mets 2B Luis Castillo, RF Jeff Francoeur and 3B David Wright all drove in 2 runs apiece while [...]

The offensively challenged NY Mets(45-51) banged out 12 hits and homered 3 times to support promising youngster Jonathan Niese, who threw 7 strong innings, leading them to a 10-3 win over the Houston Astros(50-47) Saturday night at Minute Maid Park in Texas.  RF Jeff Francoeur homered and drove in 4 runs,  while C Omir Santos [...]

The Dodgers scored two in the sixth to tie the game at 3-3 and Casey Blake helped the Dodgers get the win with an RBI walk-off single in the ninth.
Hiroki Kuroda had a solid outing, holding the Marlins to two earned on six hits while striking out nine. Mota then tossed two perfect innings and [...]

The Dodgers snapped their five-game win streak as the Marlins rallied in late innings to beat the Dodgers 6-3 on Friday.
Clayton Kershaw held the Marlins scoreless until the fifth when he allowed a run to tie the game at 1-1. Kershaw then had two outs in the sixth but allowed two consecutive singles followed by [...]

In  a season of complete and total embarrassment, the 2009 NY Mets(44-51) continued to resemble an 80s sitcom but this one runs for 162 episodes. Friday night their ace pitcher, LH Johan Santana, gave up a huge two run homer to the opposition starting pitcher,Mike Hampton(ironically, an ex Met) helping the Houston Astros(50-46) defeat the [...]

This was a pleasant surprise.  The Tigers doubled up their win total since the All Star break by taking two in a day/night doubleheader against the White Sox today. Game one had Justin Verlander throw a six hitter in a 5-1 win and game two had Clete Thomas draw a bases loaded walk to break [...]

Update on the Mets injury fronts— with breaking news on SS Jose Reyes and SP John Maine. Reyes and Maine both played in a simulated game Tuesday and had much different results. Reyes will play in another game and hopes to return soon. He had 2 hits in the game and ran ok, while Maine [...]

The Tigers made Jarod Washburn look like Felix Hernandez as they were once again held in check at the plate.  They also took a loss for the second straight game despite a solid start from their hurler.  Lucas French gave up just a pair of runs in 5 1/3 and Ryan Perry pitched 2 2/3 [...]

As a reporter covering the New York Mets, I have to comment on the situation involving Mets VP for Player development Tony Bernazard. The best way to do so is to post the article from the NY Daily News about the incidents and then I will comment after.  

Omar Minaya: Mets to investigate Tony Bernazard’s [...]

After the Reds tied it 2-2 in the sixth, the Dodgers came back to load the bases in the bottom half for Manny to drill a go-ahead grand slam.
Chad Billingsley finally hit double digits in his win total, holding the Reds to two runs on seven hits while striking out seven. He was lifted after [...]

The Tigers offense hit a new low last night as they lost a 2-1 pitcher’s duel to the Mariners.  They managed just six hits with the lone run coming on an RBI single by Clete Thomas in the third inning.  Miguel Cabrera had the lone extra base hit with a double and Placido Polanco was [...]

Want to dedicate tonight’s blog to my main man,Jayden Zundel, who is a pretty good athlete out in Utah. I grew up with his Mom,Laura Hammer Freeman and at the rate the Mets are playing, he might be at SS and hitting third next week! Keep up the good work in school and listen to [...]

The Dodgers became the first big league team this season to earn their 60th win in a 12-3 victory over the Reds on Tuesday.
Randy Wolf picked up his first win at Dodger Stadium after an 0-2 start with eight no decisions. He gave up just four hits and two runs before leaving with one out [...]

The awful 2009 campaign of the New York Mets continues to reach new lows and Tuesday night they made history in losing to the equally inept Washington Nationals, 4-0,. Long Island product and Nationals LH SP John Lannan(7-7,3.33) continued his mastery of the Mets, throwing his first career shutout(2 complete game in 57 starts, both [...]