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Atlanta Braves 3B Chipper Jones left Thursday’s(June 16th) game with a strained  right adductor(groin) and will not return to the lineup until Sunday(6/19) or Monday(6/20). The 39 year old future hall of famer was sore when hitting in the battin…

DENVER — Despite Ubaldo Jimenez departing Saturday’s game against the Detroit Tigers early, the Colorado Rockies bullpen was able limit the damage as Jimenez earned his first win at home as Colorado moved back to the .500 mark. Jimenez, the Roc…

OAKLAND — The rematch of the cross-bay rivals resumed Friday evening as the Oakland Athletics were hosts to the San Francisco Giants.  The last time these two teams met in May, San Francisco swept Oakland in their weekend series.  Oakland howev…

MINNEAPOLIS — A rough first-inning for the San Diego Padres led to a difficult deficit to overcome as the Padres fell to the Minnesota Twins 6-5.  Besides it being the Padres first Interleague series of the season, it was also the return of Twin…

Interesting twist in the recent Mets sale being reported by several media outlets. According to Forbes.com, hedge fund manager David Einhorn could gain control of the Mets for $1 in 3 years. Under the agreement of the sale of 33% of the club from Fred …

The Washington Nationals have lost starting 1B Adam LaRoche for the rest of the 2011 campaign, as he is scheduled to undergo season ending surgery on a labrum tear in his left shoulder Thursday June 16th.  Laroche originally injured the joint early in…

Marlins have decided to move ace righty Josh Johnson(Right shoulder inflammation) to the 60 day disabled list  as he continues to slowly make progress in his rehab. This is not a situation where the injury is not improving but more about building stre…

The Atlanta Braves received a big boost June 15 with the return of the 2010 National League rookie of the year, RF Jason Heyward. Heyward has battled a right shoulder injury all season and went on the disabled list May 22nd. Batting 7th in the lineup, …

James Shields came through in a big way against one of the hottest teams in baseball with a five hit shutout.  Even more impressive was he did against the vaunted offense of the Boston Red Sox and in effect, snapped their nine game winning streak.  I…

MIAMI – Lots of hits were scattered by the Florida Marlins, but Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers were able to escape each threat as starter Daniel Hudson allowed the Marlins lone run in a 5-1 win Sunday afternoon. Hudson went six-innings allowing eight-…

For the second straight day, the Tigers sit in a tie with the Indians for first place in the American League Central.  On Sunday, they kind of backed right into it because the pen struggled in their finale against the Mariners but fortunately, the Ind…

The  New York Mets(33-34 as of June 12th) have adopted almost a blue collar workman like persona with all the issues and obstacles-on and off the field- they have faced in the first half of the 2011 campaign. First, the never ending Madoff-Wilpon scan…

The 2011 Philadelphia Phillies recipe for success: dominant pitching,led by an elite top four rotation, followed by a mix and match bullpen and just enough offense has them at 40-26, 1st in the NL East as of June 12th. Staff ace RH Roy Halladay(9-3,2.3…

One of the early feel good stories of the 2011 baseball campaign has hit a huge bump in the road and is paying for it dearly, as the Florida Marlins, a team with both tremendous young talent and upside, has lost 10 of 11, dropping to .500 for the first…

The 2011 Atlanta Braves have ridden an  early season formula of outstanding pitching and just enough offense to a 38-28 mark while winning 6 straight games. The constant has been the pitching- in all areas- but when you can throw out a great starter a…

DENVER — After a dominating performance two starts ago in his first win of the season in which Ubaldo Jimenez pitched nine shutout innings, in Sunday’s finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jimenez got banged around for eleven-hits in 5 1/3 i…

The 2011 Washington Nationals had a hectic week with news on top prospects P Stephen Strasburg and OF Bryce Harper making head lines as well as the pending return of Franchise 3B Ryan Zimmerman(Abdominal surgery). OF Michael Morse continues to carry th…

SAN DIEGO — Two of worst offensive teams met again Saturday night as the Washington Nationals visited the San Diego Padres, and will complete their season encounters Sunday afternoon.  The offensive production of course was non-present for this …

DENVER — What appeared to be a shutout, turned into a possible comeback that fell just a run short of tying the game after trailing for over eight-innings.  Already losing 6-0 entering the ninth, the Los Angeles Dodgers seemed to be on the verge…

SAN FRANCISCO — The Good and The Bad both occurred Friday evening at AT&T Park during the San Francisco Giants victory over the Cincinnati Reds.  San Francisco yet again had another last-at-bat walk-off win; their ninth this season.  But th…

Jim Northrup passed away.  He played eleven seasons in a Tigers uniform from 1964 through 1974 and he’s best known for two things.  First, he hit five grand slams in 1968.  Second, in that same year, he drove home the winning run in game seven…

The Indians lost again yesterday and a Tigers win would have put them just a half game back of first place.  It wasn’t to be though because the Rangers bounced back on Phil Coke, who made his return to the rotation last night.  He gave up six r…

The Tigers got it done again. I don’t know what’s more encouraging, the fact that Rick Porcello had another nice start or that the Tigers’ hitters are taking it to a pretty good Rangers pitching staff.  38 hits in two games is nothin…

The Cubs are sinking fast.  They lost their second straight to the Reds and their eight straight overall.  That puts the Cubs at 23-36 and in a division with three good teams, I don’t think the Cubs are coming back anytime soon. Doug Davis took…

Prior to last night’s game, Brennan Boesch was 0 for 10 lifetime against Colby Lewis.  He broke that slump with a pair of home runs against the Texas starter and he went on to have a career game.  When the dust settled, Boesch was five for six …

The Tigers now sit just 2 1/2 games back of the first place Indians after taking two of three in Chicago over the weekend.  The Tigers have won five of six but they’re heading to Texas to take on an equally hot Texas Rangers team that’s wo…

Someone once said the more things change the more they stay the same, apparently they have watched this group of Philadelphia Phillies! The 4 time defending NL East champions continue to play excellent baseball(35-24 as of June 5th), mixing and matchin…

The 2011 Atlanta  Braves continue to play a bit over .500(32-28 as of June 5th) and the constant continues to be the pitching. Unfortunately, the offense has been equally as consistent but consistently BAD! Stats usually do not lie and on this team, t…

The 2011 Washington Nationals continue to battle and stand at 25-33 as of June 5th.  The record has not translated wins and losses wise but you see the talent this team has within the everyday lineup(OFs Michael Morse and Laynce Nix, 2B Danny Espinosa…

PHOENIX — After falling out of first-place since their phenomenal run the second-half of May, there is no better team to open a series with than the Washington Nationals who struggle on the road (11-20). Arizona Diamondbacks starter, Josh Collmen…