By BILLY HEYEN Baseball's irony extends between MLB lines, too. Danny Mendick hit three balls relatively hard on Friday night, all of which turned into outs. He hit safely for the second night in-a-row, though, on the softest of four balls he put in play at Guaranteed Rate Field. Mendick finished 1-for-4 on Friday night as the Chicago White Sox fell, 5-4, to the Los … [Read more...] about Danny Mendick hits safely for second-straight night for Chicago White Sox
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Pearce’s granny gives Jays sweep; Tribe goes streaking and Nats hold HR derby
Tampa Bay Rays (53-50) 5 New York Yankees (54-46) 6 Final in 11 innings NEW YORK-- Brett Gardner scored the game-tying run in the ninth and later hit a walk-off home run as the Yankees won their fourth straight contest. CC Sabathia struggled to keep the lead during his start for New York, resulting in him getting pulled after four-and-one-third innings. He finished his night … [Read more...] about Pearce’s granny gives Jays sweep; Tribe goes streaking and Nats hold HR derby
Yankees shut-out Royals; Pirates rally past Braves in extra innings and Cardinals cruise past Dodgers
New York Yankees (27-17) 3 Kansas City Royals (19-27) 0 NEW YORK -- Didi Gregorius homered against Jason Hammel (1-6) leading off the third inning, Gregorius' seventh hit in a span of 12 at-bats. New York tacked on runs with Matt Holliday's sacrifice fly in the sixth and Gardner's RBI single in the seventh that lead the Yankees to win the series. Luis Severino (3-2) allowed … [Read more...] about Yankees shut-out Royals; Pirates rally past Braves in extra innings and Cardinals cruise past Dodgers
Around the Diamond Episode Eight
On this weekend's show of "Around the Diamond" host Dave Holcomb discusses the top matchups of the weekend including New York at Boston, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati and Philadelphia at New York. The Red Sox and Phillies defeated the New York teams on Friday night; the Yankees look weak as they continue to suffer more injuries. As the Pirates lose on Friday, many baseball "experts" … [Read more...] about Around the Diamond Episode Eight
But there is no joy in Mudville, mighty Casey has dozed off
More Playoff Musings by Bill Ribas While the bad calls made by the umpiring crew lately are easy fodder to make fun of, I just can’t seem to get up to speed. And frankly, I’ve been dragging my hindquarters around the house for the last few weeks here, and it finally dawned on me as to why. Forgive me for a second while I rub the crust out of my eyes, but that’s an … [Read more...] about But there is no joy in Mudville, mighty Casey has dozed off