Baseball Historians

A Look at the 2012 MLB Season

Brian Borawski — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:13:38 +0000

It has been just over a month since the Cardinals won the 2011 World Series and I, along with a lot of folks, already miss baseball very much! Now that the official MLB schedule is up, that means 2012 MLB game tickets are now available for sale! I can’t wait to get back to the stadium to watch my favorite players take the field, and I’m sure that’s the truth for a lot of us baseball fans. Take a look at the most popular series for the 2012 season so far:

>> Yankees @ Red Sox: April 20 – 22

>> Cubs @ Cardinals: April 13 – 15

>> Cardinals @ Marlins: April 4

>> Rays @ Red Sox: April 13 – 16

>> MLB Exhibition Yankees @ Marlins: April 1 – 2

>> White Sox @ Yankees: June 28 – July 1

These are just a few series that are sure to sell well, but a lot will be changing as the off-season progresses. Trades will be made and rosters will not be the same. Managers will leave and Minor leaguers will break through to the Majors. That’s the beauty of baseball and it can’t come soon enough!

170-200

Brian — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:35:47 +0000

I hope I did my math right, but the number in the title has some significance. The Tigers sit at 45-41 right now and with six games left in the first half, they need just one win to finish going into the break with at least a .500 record. Since Jim Leyland took over the [...]

All-Star Vogelsong can’t deliver

Eric Marselle — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:32:18 +0000

DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers scored five unanswered runs as they overcame a 3-1 deficit to defeat the defending champion, San Francisco Giants in their final Interleague game of the season. Magglio Ordonez’s two-RBI single in the seventh with two-outs ensured a Tigers win, 6-3. San Francisco is sending four pitchers to Phoenix for the [...]

BREAKING METS NEWS: REYES HAS GRADE 1 HAMSTRING STRAIN

Jay Flannelly — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:47:40 +0000

NY Mets SS Jose Reyes underwent an MRI at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan Sunday morning(July 3rd) and the test revealed he has a grade 1 strain(Least severe of all hamstring injuries) of his left hamstring. Manager Terry Collins told reporters post game that it is possible that his leadoff man will not [...]

Oh No: Reyes hurt, Record setting offense, Wright, Santana updates, Reyes wins SS vote, Beltran also picked for all star team, Other Notes

Jay Flannelly — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:30:53 +0000

Just when things started to look good for the 2011 New York Mets, Saturday July 2nd happened and SS Jose Reyes, the 2011 NL MVP, came up lame after trying to beat out an infield hit in the 1st and was pulled in the 2nd inning with tightness in his left hamstring. The Mets leadoff [...]

Padres score 1R but get win

Eric Marselle — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:00:04 +0000

SEATTLE — Foes met again this weekend as the San Diego Padres visited the Seattle Mariners to close out their season Interleague series. The first game saw the Mariners continue their winning streak against San Diego, winning 6-0. Saturday evening though saw the Padres end their losing streak to Seattle, as they escaped with a [...]

McCann, C Jones, Venters and Jurrjens picked for all star game, Prado update, Other notes

Jay Flannelly — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:29:46 +0000

You would expect a team that is 49-36(As of July 2nd) to have several players bound for the all star game July 12th in Arizona and your Atlanta Braves have 4 players headed to the contest. C Brian McCann(.311,14 home runs, 47 rbi) won the fan vote and is participating in his 6th(1st start) straight [...]

Kershaw makes All-Star; gives up 7runs on 10Ks

Eric Marselle — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:55:03 +0000

ANAHEIM — The Los Angeles Dodgers and Anaheim Angels met again, this time in Anaheim to close out their season series, and again, both clubs sent out their aces to battle one another. Angels starter, Jared Weaver, improved to 10-4 on the season with a one-run, four-hit effort, as he struck out eight to lower [...]

Hanley heating up, Josh Johnson update, Gaby Sanchez picked for all star game, other news

Jay Flannelly — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:25:36 +0000

The Florida Marlins appear to have stemmed the tide with the hiring of Jack McKeon winning 5 of 11(Thru July 2nd) on a tough West coast inter league road trip. In a trek that features some great pitchers and players, Florida drew #1 aces from the Angels (RH Jered Weaver, 10-4,1.92) and Mariners( RH Felix [...]

Rox use 6-run 2nd to beat Royals; Troy named to All-Star

Eric Marselle — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:44:28 +0000

DENVER — The Colorado Rockies have a lot to play for Sunday afternoon in their finale against the Kansas City Royals. They are obliged to follow Saturday’s performance which saw seven-runs come around in two-innings. The news that Troy Tulowitzki was named to the All-Star Game as a reserve. And the Rockies have a chance [...]

Young shines; Upton an All-Star

Eric Marselle — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:44:39 +0000

OAKLAND — The Arizona Diamondbacks have enjoyed the past 24-hours. Chris Young began it by driving in all four-runs against the Oakland Athletics for their final Interleague series of the season, just falling a triple shy of the cycle. This morning it was announced that Justin Upton is the lone Diamondbacks representative at the moment [...]

The Davey Johnson era begins

Jay Flannelly — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:30:32 +0000

The first week of the Davey Johnson ERA for the Washington Nationals is underway and the club continues to be competitive and fun to watch(42-41 as of July 2nd). Johnson, a former world champion as both of a manager and player, believes in big innings(ala his manager in Baltimore, Earl Weaver), playing offense first, looking [...]

More bullpen injuries as Madson goes on the DL, Lee’s incredible June, Rollins and Hamels hurting

Jay Flannelly — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:11:46 +0000

The 4 time defending National League East champion Philadelphia Phillies continue to win(52-31 as of July 1st) with their formula of dominant pitching and opportunistic hitting. The team does not rank higher than 17th(out of 30 ML teams) in any major offensive category: 17th in runs, 20th in batting average, 19th in on base and [...]

What is an Ace?

Brian — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:37:10 +0000

The term “ace” is thrown around way too much these days. Of course this is my opinion but I don’t think an ace is a team’s number one pitcher. While guys Luke Hochevar and Wandy Rodriguez are probably their team’s best pitchers and are good in their own right, I don’t consider them aces. Aces [...]

Astros At the Bottom

Joe Ford — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:41:03 +0000

It’s hard to even remember the Astros were in the World Series back in 2005. Now they’re the worst team in baseball. Sometimes it doesn’t take long to fall. Throw in the ownership issues and this has been a rough year for Astros fans. Right now they’re right around on pace to be the lone [...]

A’s Falling Fast

Roland Reynolds — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:36:34 +0000

It wasn’t the best month for the A’s. Early on they were playing .500 ball and were at least close to first. Now they’re in last place and they’re four losses back of even reaching the Mariners who sit in third. Even worse, they dropped two of three to a pretty mediocre Marlins team. Scoring [...]

Mariners Continue to Hang Around

Jake Winters — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:28:05 +0000

The Mariners are two games below .500 but in the AL West, .500 is good enough to stay in the mix. They’re still in third place, but they’re just three and a half games back of the Rangers and two and a half back of the Angels. One good series against a division opponent could [...]

Jays Losing Ground

Tony Faber — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:19:27 +0000

It’s tough being in the best division in baseball. The Jays would probably be competitive in just about every other division but they find themselves 9 1/2 games back of first place in the AL East. They’re 13-18 against the East too so that doesn’t help. Having to play over a third of your games [...]

Sudden Slide

Darren Richards — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:03:24 +0000

The Royals are falling fast. After a solid April they now find themselves in dead last. Not only that, they have the worst record in the American League. On April 19, they were 11-6. Since then they’ve gone 22-42. That’s not good. Yesterday’s game was another road loss. The Padres aren’t a good team but [...]

All Star Game Polls Closed

Eric Sutton — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:20:16 +0000

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 Tickets this year. Would mind [...]

Rangers Cling to First Place

Bryan Chapman — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:48:06 +0000

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 to have the interleague games going because that’s always an [...]

Brewer Finish Month Tied for First

Dylan Bolling — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:39:21 +0000

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 which was closer wasn’t all that great. It is [...]

Hanson rejoins rotation, Beachy becomes big, Freshman Freeman, Prado close to return, Other Braves news

Jay Flannelly — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:07:30 +0000

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 28th) at the Seattle Mariners. Hanson experienced inflammation of the rotator cuff in [...]

Indians Sticking Around

Mel Downing — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:12:21 +0000

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. They won their opener against the Diamondbacks 5-4 [...]

Awesome June

Nick Smith — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:24:41 +0000

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 just two games back of the first place [...]

Tigers unload for 7 in 8th; win 8-3 over Dbacks

Eric Marselle — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:41:36 +0000

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 starter, Joe Saunders was in complete control of this game, allowing four-hits [...]

Gonzalez, Ramirez, and Pena each go deep twice

Eric Marselle — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:36:41 +0000

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 offensive threats, Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Pena each went deep twice as they [...]

Dodgers avoid Angels sweep

Eric Marselle — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:58:13 +0000

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 capped of a three-for-five day at the plate. Both clubs put forth their [...]

Pirates Are In the Race!!!

Mark Walker — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:36:02 +0000

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 teams and so far, the Pirates have played with [...]

Red Sox In the Middle of Three Team Race

Dan Thorton — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:25:54 +0000

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, the Red Sox sit in second place, but they’re just [...]