Baseball Historians

Well, here we are.  The ballots are in and now we have to wait until Saturday to find out who your 2011 All Star Game starters are.  We’ll still have the final poll player to deal with as well. All I know is I’d love to have All Star Game…

The Rangers had a nice lead but they’ve been playing .500 ball the past couple of weeks and the Angels have caught fire.  They did take two of three against Houston and playing them a couple of series these days is nice.  It’s also nice t…

The Brewers had a three game lead but a three game losing streak then three straight wins by the Cardinals cost them their lead.  Of course those pesky Yankees were to blame and the Brewers were knocked around in two games and even the middle game whi…

The Atlanta Braves(45-35 as of June 28th) continue to play solid ball overall in 2011 and are about to receive a big shot in the arm- literally and figuratively- with the return RHSP Tommy Hanson(8-4,2.48, 89 strike outs in 83.1 innings)  Tuesday(June…

We’re close to the half way point in the season and while the Indians have had almost as bad of a run as they did a good run earlier in the season, they’re still hanging in there and they’re a game back of the first place Tigers.  Th…

After a couple of mediocre months, the Yankees broke out in June and finished with a 22-10 record.  It wasn’t their best month of the season, but it was the month that kept them in the mix.  They still had taken over first place but they sat ju…

DETROIT — The finale of the rubber match between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the home team, Detroit Tigers, seemed as if it would be a close, tight game.  And it was, until Detroit unloaded for seven-runs in the eighth to win 8-3. Arizona start…

CHICAGO — Maybe it was the travel to Chicago to make-up a postponed game that resulted in a Colorado Rockies loss to the Cubs.  Or maybe the offense many thought the Cubs had prior to Opening Day finally showed up. Nonetheless Chicago’s offens…

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for two-runs in the bottom of the ninth to overcome a one-run deficit as they beat their cross-town rival, Anaheim Angels, to avoid a sweep.  The Dodgers won on Tony Gwynn’s walk-off single that ca…

We’re closing in on the half way point of the season and the Pirates are not only a game above .500, but they’re also just four games back of the first place Brewers and one game back of the second place Cardinals.  Those are some good tea…

The Red Sox are hanging in there but things are really interesting.  You’ve got the Yankees and Rays in a tight race where if you throw any of those three teams in a different division with their record, they’d be on top.  As it stands, t…

The Twins were one of the hottest teams in baseball for a while but now they’ve lost five in a row.  They had passed the Royals but now they’re percentage points back in last place. It doesn’t help that interleague play put them in t…

SAN DIEGO — A rare occurrence happened Sunday afternoon as both great pitching and some offense sent the San Diego Padres to a win over the Atlanta Braves.  The Padres used a four-run eighth-inning to respond to Atlanta’s solo run in the top h…

SAN FRANCISCO — It appears that the time off from his last start that the Giants starter, Madison Bumgarner would be well rested going into Sunday’s contest against the Cleveland Indians.  Bumgarner bounced back from his previous start in whic…

If you would have asked me what I’d think of a .500 record at the half way point for the Angels, I would have been pretty disappointed.  We’re still a couple of games away from the 81 game mark but at best, the Angels will be a game above …

Yesterday when I was at the White Sox/Nationals game, Adam Dunn went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts.  When I was looking at the Tigers box score, I noticed that Austin Jackson also had four strikeouts and was 0 for 4 (although he drew one walk).  Four …

Just like that, the Cardinals now have a three game deficit to make up in the NL Central.  Throw in the injury to Albert Pujols and things aren’t looking good for the Cardinals.  Things really came to a head this weekend with the Cardinals losi…

The Yankees dispatched the Rockies for the second straight day and they needed it just to keep up with the Red Sox as the two of them sit atop the standings.  The Yanks went down early 3-0 but they bounced back and got some solid relief pitching in th…

When the Marlins announced they were bringing back Jack McKeon to manage the team, I was excited both personally and professionally. I think this man is old school yet not to the point where he hurts players, he trusts his eyes and gut, not the stat sh…

With former Tigers Alan Trammell and Kirk Gibson on the other side of the field, the Tigers took care of the Diamondbacks this afternoon.  They had one good inning but that was more then enough for the Tigers to walk away with the win. Brad Penny had …

The suddenly surging New York Mets improved to 39-39 in 2011 with a 8-5 win over Texas Rangers Sunday June 26th. With the victory, the Mets climb to within 4.5 games of the National League wild card  while improving to 5-1-1 in their last 7 series. He…

In a week that saw the team lose two important hurlers to the disabled list, Philadelphia Phillies RH Roy  Halladay(10-3,2.40,123 Ks) stepped up Sunday(June 26th) and showed why he is the man. Earning his NL leading 10th victory(Tied with Atlanta Brav…

I have followed sports for over 30 years and what I saw this week with the Washington Nationals was one of the more shocking and strange events I can recall. With his team playing well and overachieving in a tough NL East, Manager Jim Riggleman resigne…

Four pitchers combined to shutout out the Nationals today as the White Sox do their best to creep up in the standings.  John Danks left the game early with an injury and Jake Peavy got the bulk of the action with four shutout innings with seven strike…

Alright, we always like the good news. The Reds are just three games out of first despite playing .500 ball. The bad news is, they’re in fourth place with the Brewers and Cardinals tied atop the NL Central and then the Reds sit just a percentage …

After the surprising resignation of Manager Edwin Rodriquez Sunday June 19th, the Florida Marlins acted quickly and have brought in 80 year old Jack McKeon to take over for the struggling team. McKeon came in as a mid season replacement in 2003 and led…

The 4 defending NL East champion Philadelphia Phillies lost an interleague series over the the weekend to the surprising Seattle Mariners(June 17-June 19th) in the Pacific Northwest. The Phillies drew the two top pitchers on the Seattle staff(Rookie ph…

1st year Florida Marlins manager Edwin Rodriquez resigned unexpectedly Sunday May 19th after one of the worst runs in the history of the franchise. The team has fallen into last place in the NL East and lost 10 straight, putting their embarrassing June…

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers seem to find themselves in a little bit of a funk.  The Dodgers currently are on a five-game losing streak which includes a home sweep against the Cincinnati Reds and will soon include a sweep by the Houston…

PHOENIX — John Danks has quickly turned his season around since the calendar changed to June. The Chicago White Sox south-paw opened up the season with an 0-8 record with a 5.25 ERA.  In the month of June however, Danks has won all three of his …