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No, the Rangers aren’t telling Nelson Cruz to stay home in October 27 Aug 2013 | 08:32 pm
A couple of weeks ago Pedro Gomez passed along some word he was hearing that it was “highly unlikely” that the Rangers would activate Nelson Cruz for the postseason, choosing instead to exile him, Mel...
Alex Rodriguez hits 650th career homer, but will he pass Willie Mays? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:19 pm
Alex Rodriguez continues to play pretty well for the Yankees, hitting .271 with a .783 OPS that’s solidly above the MLB average of .715, and last night he homered off R.A. Dickey for the 650th bomb of...
Yasiel Puig has done OK since the benching 27 Aug 2013 | 08:03 pm
Remember last week when Bill Plaschke and Scott Miller freaked out about Don Mattingly not benching Yasiel Puig for longer than he did? About how this will lead to his ruination and how his benefits a...
Barry Zito plus Coors Field equals … 27 Aug 2013 | 07:47 pm
Last week I wrote about how Barry Zito trying to save his rotation spot with a start at Coors Field seemed like it was bound to fail and sure enough he failed to make it out of the fifth inning last n...
Bob Klapisch blames the Mets and posing nude for Matt Harvey’s injury 27 Aug 2013 | 07:33 pm
It’s Bob Klapisch who, after spending a bit of time yesterday afternoon on Twitter playing armchair orthopedic surgeon, decided that the Mets are to blame for not seeing the alleged warning signs lead...
Zack Greinke is hitting .340 (oh, and he also took a shutout into the ninth inning) 27 Aug 2013 | 07:15 pm
Not only did Zack Greinke take a shutout into the ninth inning against the Cubs last night to improve to 13-3 with a 2.86 ERA, he also went 1-for-2 with an RBI single and a walk at the plate to contin...
Kill the win? Nah, let’s just reduce its importance 27 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm
So I’m reading the latest Jon Heyman column and I’m finding myself agreeing with him more than I am with people coming at the issue he’s discussing from a sabermetric point of view. And I wasn’t even ...
Chris Christie hates the Yankees, Phillies, jerk sports reporters and Suzyn Waldman and John Sterling 27 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
Our old friend Halladays Biceps gave me the heads up on this: New Jersey Governor and likely 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie sitting in for several hours on the Boomer and Carton show yeste...
Rafael Betancourt has a torn UCL 27 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
It’s not just promising young starting pitchers who need Tommy John surgery. Veteran relievers sometimes do too. The news on Rockies’ reliever Rafael Betancourt: Betancourt has torn UCL. News was expe...
John Buck comforting Matt Harvey is kinda sweet 27 Aug 2013 | 05:23 pm
Matt Harvey is gonna come back after Tommy John surgery and he’s going to be good and he’s going to make millions because he’s super talented and because Tommy John surgery is far closer to the routin...
