Another week closer to the half-way mark of the 2012 MLB season and teams are battling all over baseball. In the NL West the 2nd place Dodgers have hit just 6 homers, and the 1st place SF Giants made them miss Matt Kemp. In the AL West the Halos are leading almost every hitting category for the [...]
Archive of posts tagged Major League Baseball All-Star Game
New York Yankees: Losing Brett Gardner again
New York Yankees speedster Brett Gardner was supposed to return to the Bronx again; and again he suffered another setback and now will not return until after the All-Star break in July. Obviously Gardner’s injured right elbow is way more serious than the Yankees initially had hoped, or wanted to believe because he has [...]
Congratulations 2011 MLB Rookie of the Year Award Winners
Congratulations to Tampa Bay Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson and Atlanta Braves closer Craig Kimbrel for being named the 2011 Rookies of the Year. Hellickson went 13-10 over 29 starts in his rookie season. The 24-year old righty posted a 2.95 ERA, with 117 strikeouts and pitched 189 innings total. That is no easy feat for [...]
New York Yankees: It’s Not You It’s Baseball
Even though I hate reporting on Yankee player’s personal lives, but exceptions are made when it is pertains to helping the team win. Admittedly, I am sure most of us can relate to the havoc that being in an unhappy relationship can create. So, it came as no surprise that another Yankee star choose baseball [...]
New York Yankees: What Needs To Happen On The Road To October?
With 88 games down and 74 left to play, the New York Yankees head into the second-half of the season in a tight pennant race with both the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays. At best only two of the three teams, presuming the Wild Card comes out of the AL East, will [...]
New York Yankees Hey Captain You Are Welcome
Last weekend, Derek Jeter was the first New York Yankee (28th ever) in baseball history to join the élite 3000 hit club. The Captain did it with class, hitting the mark with a homer and going five for five including the game-winning hit. Jeter’s achievement was amazing to watch, as he once again said he [...]
Lady Loves Pinstripes: 2011 MLB First-Half Season’s Winners And Losers
The MLB All-Star Break features a game played based on the fans favorite players and the winner gets home field advantage in the World Series. It also represents the halfway point of the grueling 162 game-season. So, with 81 down and 81 to go, how was the first-half of 2011? Well, it has exceeded my [...]
