Current Series Giants lead the series 2-0 Tue 06/12 WP: Madison Bumgarner (8 – 4) SV: Santiago Casilla LP: Bud Norris (5 – 4) 6 – 3 win Wed 06/13 WP: Matt Cain (8 – 2) LP: J.A. Happ (4 – 7) Perfection Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes @ San Francisco Giants McCovey Chronicles Thursday, [...]
The Mariners organization continues to feel the ripple from yesterday’s big league rosters moves but no, still no Danny Hultzen in Tacoma just yet. Instead Jackson and Tacoma just swapped a pair of pitchers with Jorge Sena returning to Double-A along with Forrest Snow and Bobby LaFromboise and Steven Hensley getting their first callups to [...]
A match-up of trade acquired young pitchers that the respective teams wish will play prominent roles in their futures. The Rockies are still looking for their first Interleague win of 2012. Next Game Oakland Athletics @ Colorado Rockies Thursday, Jun 14, 2012, 1:10 PM MDT Coors Field Jarrod Parker vs Alex White Mostly sunny. Winds [...]
Previously on Smokey Joe and the Time Bandit: Intrepid Time Traveler Ryan O’Malley had found himself transported to Boston in the year 1912 and secured employment at the Boston Town Crier as the Red Sox beat reporter after meeting the paper’s owner at the legendary sports bar The Third Base Saloon. Skeptical of his outrageous [...]
ed. Thanks to user Muzia for helping us out today with a Pebble Report! AAA Reno 13, Colorado Springs 5 In the premier pitching matchup of the day across the minors between Diamondbacks stud Trevor Bauer and Rockies (hopeful) stud Drew Pomeranz, both pitchers were hit pretty hard. Pomeranz was efficient, pitching into the sixth [...]
Current Series 3 game series vs Cubs @ Wrigley Field Tue 06/12 WP: Carlos Marmol (1 – 2) SV: Shawn Camp LP: Phil Coke (1 – 3) 3 – 4 loss Wed 06/13 WP: Rick Porcello (4 – 4) LP: Matt Garza (2 – 5) 8 – 4 win Detroit Tigers Bless You Boys @ [...]
General manager Ben Cherington went on WEEI on Thursday, and, unsurprisingly, the subject of Kevin Youkilis and possible trades came up. He didn’t sound like someone eager to move Youkilis, but that’s not exactly an earth-shattering revelation, either: a player with an injury history and recent struggles doesn’t need anymore piling on when it comes [...]
Norfolk is 4-6 in their last 10 and a game out of last place. Xavier Avery continues to struggle since his demotion, OPSing 510 over his last 10 (in fairness a K/BB of 9/7 in 38 ABs, so not all bad). For the season, his slash line is 253/355/396/751. AAA is proving to be a [...]
ESPN the Magazine sits down with Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp to discuss his fashion sense and his goals for the season. Molly Knight of ESPN Magazine has a story on Kemp. Click here.
