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It’s hard to expect much from this Mariner team although that doesn’t mean they can’t play spoiler now and then.  They took three games in Detroit and they followed that up with a win in their opener against the Red Sox.  12-15 isn&…

The Jays are rocking this week.   They won three out of four against a tough Rangers team then took the first game in their series against the first place Yankees to get back to the .500 mark.  13-13 isn’t great, but all of baseball is down th…

The Rays have finally picked things up.  They’ve won five of their last six and eight of their last eleven to pull within a game and a half of the New York Yankees in the AL East.  The bad news is, they’re tied in the win column but three…

The Astros are in last place in the NL Central.  They’re also tied for the worst record in the National League.  With only two days left to play in April, this would probably be a big deal but the good news is, the Astros are just five games ba…

The A’s avoided a sweep Wednesday by besting the Angels 2-1 but even that snapped a week of days where the A’s lost five out of seven.  Still, despite sitting at 12-13, they A’s are just three games back of the first place Rangers, w…

It’s sad when expectations are so low that an 11-14 start makes a team somewhat interesting.  Still, the Pirates sit in fourth place in the NL Central and they’re only three games back in a division where .500 puts you close to the top.  …

April 2011 is a month I think most Red Sox fans would rather forget.  After their blockbuster offseason, the Red Sox came out flat and while they still sit near the cellar, they’re inching their way back up to the .500 mark.  In fact if they cl…

The first month of the season isn’t even over with and the Orioles season has been an odd one.  They started 6-2 since then they’ve gone 4-10.  And that’s only after back to back wins in their first two games against the last place …

The Cubs got back to the .500 mark this past Saturday but their time at .500 didn’t last long because since then they’ve lost three straight.  They finished up with a loss against the Dodgers then dropped two straight against the Rockies b…

The Tigers took their four game winning streak into a three game series at home against the Mariners and simply laid an egg.  Three games, three mediocre outings by the Tigers starters and a grand total of six runs over three games.  The Mariners off…

Philadelphia Phillies veteran righthanded starting pitcher Roy Oswalt(3-1,3.33 ERA) checked out  fine physically after his worst outing of the season April 26th(6 hits, 5 runs in 3 innings at Arizona) but he went to the mound clearly distracted.  Osw…

The 2011 Washington Nationals have competed in the early going but some bad luck with both injuries(3B Ryan Zimmerman) and personal issues(SS Ian Desmond) taking away key players. The pitching continues to battle , pitching deep enough into games to pr…

Dominant pitching continues to carry the Florida Marlins early in 2011, helping one of the bigger surprises in all of baseball achieve a 15-8 record as off April 27th.  The bullpen and ace RH Josh Johnson(3-0,1.06 ERA,33 Ks,0.65 WHIP in 5 starts(34 in…

The good news is, the first place Rangers have cooled down.  The bad news is, the Angels haven’t been able to take full advantage of it and they sit a game back (two in the loss column) after a series win against the A’s.  The got some go…

Record wise, the Cardinals are in a tie for first place with the Reds and the Brewers are just a half game back of that.  Of course when you’re only a game over .500, there’s not a whole lot to brag about either but a lead is a lead and ri…

Chase Field is the location and now we can pick the starters for the All Star Game because MLB unveiled their online All Star ballot yesterday.  Fans can vote up to 25 times for their favorite players and the All Star Game voting by itself has taken o…

The 4 time defending National League East champion Philadelphia Phillies suffered another set back to an already depleted relief corps Tuesday April 26th when closer RH Jose Contreras was placed on the disabled list with an elbow injury. Contreras was …

MIAMI– For four innings, Ubaldo Jimenez was shutting down the Florida Marlins.  For seven innings, Josh Johnson of Florida dominated the Colorado Rockies.  A three-run homerun by Mike Stanton in the eighth separated these two efforts and gave F…

Alright, we’re in the closing days of the first month of the season and the Yankees are the only team in the division with a winning record.  12-6 isn’t that shabby and even better, the Yankees are getting it done within the division with …

NEW YORK– Armando Galarraga suffered his first loss of the season as the Diamondbacks were the third NL West team to get swept this past weekend.  Arizona has now dropped four in a row after winning the first two in Cincinnati while the New York…

SAN DIEGO– Roy Halladay went on the mound for the Philadelphia Phillies and had another stellar outing as his fourteen strikeouts led the Phillies to a 3-1 victory and a sweep of the San Diego Padres.  San Diego starter, Wade LeBlanc, pitched ne…

SAN FRANCISCO– A three-run tenth inning helped the Atlanta Braves complete a sweep of the San Francisco Giants Sunday afternoon behind Jason Heyward.  Brian Wilson struggled in the tenth as he allowed Atlanta to score three-runs off him. Giants …

CHICAGO– Andre Ethier continued his hit-streak Sunday afternoon as Hiroki Kuroda out dueled Chicago Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano Sunday afternoon.  Ethier singled in his first at-bat to extend his hitting streak to 21-games, which opened a five-…

The return of Left fielder Jason Bay(.333, homer, 3 rbi in 15 at bats) from an early season oblique injury has jump started the offense, leading the New York Mets(9-13) to a season high 4 game winning streak. The big free agent signing of the 2010 offs…

The Tigers took care of business behind some solid pitching this weekend with a three game sweep over the Chicago White Sox.  It’s the Tigers fourth straight win and they now sit at 12-10, tied with the Royals and two losses back of the Indians….

8-12 isn’t what I’d call a spectacular start.  What’s really disappointing is that the team clawed it’s way back up to the .500 mark and now they’ve dropped four straight games including three losses to the hapless Mets.Â…

The Chi Sox finished 1-7 this week. Tigers Pitcher had the Sox hitless through 7 innings, when a controversial hit wasn’t ruled an error. Brandon Inge grabbed a hard hit grounder and botched the throw to Cabrera at 1st. Inge told the press it should …

The Twins finished the week 5-2, with the first game of the Indians series being postponed (to be made up in September). The injury prone Twins bats lit up for a 10-3 win. Tribe leftfielder, Michael Brantley, hit what appeared to be a three run home ru…

The Indians went 3-4 this week, with the first game of the Twins series being postponed (to be made up in September).  Tribe leftfielder, Michael Brantley, hit what appeared to be a three run home run in the fourth inning. Twins coaching staff disaggr…

The Royals finished this week with a loss earlier today, bringing their record for the week to 2-6. O’Sullivan did not start because manager, Ned Yost, likes “to keep the first four starters in a five-man [schedule], it keeps them sharper the first…