Colby Rasmus was back in the Cardinals’ lineup yesterday for the first time in two weeks, and after the game the 24-year-old center fielder and manager Tony La Russa denied the reported “rift” between them.
Yesterday the Double-A Texas League named Mike Moustakas its player of the year despite his promotion to Triple-A six weeks earlier and then the stud Royals prospect celebrated his honor a few hours later with three homers and 11 RBIs in last night’s game.
Acquired from the Brewers for Chris Dickerson three weeks ago, Jim Edmonds played just nine games for the Reds before being sidelined by an oblique injury and the 40-year-old said yesterday that he’s now leaning toward retiring after the season: Edmonds will try to get healthy enough to contribute to the Reds down the stretch and into October, but told Milwaukee reporters that he misses playing for the Brewers: He also revealed that Brewers manager Ken Macha talked him out of calling it quits just prior to the trade, with Edmonds saying “it was the only thing that kept me going.”
I wrote yesterday about how silly it is for mainstream media members to act as if Manny Ramirez is no longer a good player despite his owning the fourth-best OPS in the entire league and the Dodgers having a significantly better record when he was in the lineup.
Before tossing eight shutout innings for a victory against the Padres yesterday Cole Hamels hadn’t won a game since July 11 and his overall record this season is just 8-10, but don’t let that fool you: Hamels is having an outstanding year.
I’m sure his rift with manager Tony La Russa hasn’t been patched up within the past 24 hours, but at least Colby Rasmus is finally back in the Cardinals’ starting lineup today for the first time in two weeks.
We ran a poll last week asking whether or not the Nationals are to blame for Stephen Strasburg’s elbow injury and I’m happy to say that 82.5 percent of respondents agreed with me that the answer is “no.”
Orlando Hernandez signed a minor-league contract with the Nationals last month and had pitched very well since moving his comeback up to Double-A, posting a 1.86 ERA, .147 opponents’ batting average, and 12/5 K/BB ratio in 9.2 innings as a reliever.
Not only does Omar Infante (and his .341 batting average) still loom as a potential Triple Crown spoiler if he can get near the plate appearances necessary to qualify for the batting title, Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies has emerged as a Triple Crown darkhorse himself.
This photo of Cameron Diaz posing next to a bust of Harry Caray was taken after she reportedly had lunch with Alex Rodriguez at the Chicago restaurant named after the legendary announcer.
Nationals television analyst Rob Dibble was initially said to be on a two-game “vacation” after telling Stephen Strasburg to “suck it up” and “stop crying” about the elbow injury that proved to require Tommy John surgery, but he wasn’t on the air for either game this weekend and now MASN has announced that he won’t be with the team on their six-day road trip that begins tonight in Florida.
After lasting just three innings Sunday in his shortest start of the season Derek Lowe told David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution that he was having trouble gripping the ball, but declined to elaborate when asked if he’s pitching through an injury.
Manny Ramirez was benched in favor of Scott Podsednik, claimed off waivers and let go just to save money, and ended his Dodgers career by getting ejected in the middle of an at-bat yesterday, so the number of articles being written with the premise that he’s a useless bum is at an all-time high.
This definitely qualifies as more “interesting” than “significant” but Carl Crawford hit his 100th career homer last night to become just the eighth player in baseball history with 100 homers, 100 triples, and 400 steals.
Joel Zumaya amazingly never ceased being the hardest-thrower in baseball even while battling all kinds of arm injuries over the past few years, averaging 99.3 miles per hour with his fastball both this season and last season.
Colby Rasmus hasn’t started a game in two weeks, in part because of a calf injury and in part because of what appears to be an increasingly sour relationship with manager Tony La Russa.
Jose Reyes hasn’t played since aggravating his strained right oblique muscle Thursday and Roger Rubin of the New York Daily News reports that he “will almost certainly miss all four games” of the series against the Braves that begins tonight in Atlanta.
Albert Pujols smacking his 400th career homer last night got me thinking about where he ranks among the greatest right-handed hitters in baseball history.
Earlier this week the Reds hinted about possibly shutting Mike Leake down for the season and this afternoon they placed the 22-year-old rookie on the disabled list with a “fatigued right shoulder.”
A’s outfield prospect Grant Desme retired from baseball in January to enter the priesthood and the 24-year-old former second-round pick officially begins his time at a seminary in California today.
Residents of one of the states listed in the ‘Your Rights’ section of NBCUniversal’s Privacy Policy we have received your Global Privacy Control signal or you have opted out from the toggle below, but there is another step. To opt out of us selling or sharing/processing data such as your name, email address and other associated personal information for targeted advertising activities as described above, please submit the form below. ALL OTHER LOCATIONS: If we do not detect that you are in one of the states listed in the ‘Your Rights’ section of NBCUniversal’s Privacy Policy, these choices will not apply even if you toggle this button off.
Your Privacy Choices: Opt-out of sale of personal information and Opt-out of sharing or processing personal information for targeted ads
To provide you with a more relevant online experience, certain online ad partners may combine personal information that we make available with data across different businesses and otherwise assist us with related advertising activities, as described in ourPrivacy Policy. This may be considered "selling" or "sharing/processing” for targeted online advertising under applicable law.
If you are a resident of one of the states listed in the'Your Rights' section of NBCUniversal’s Privacy Policy, to opt out of us selling or sharing/processing your personal information:
such as cookies and devices identifiers for the targeted ads and related purposes for this site/app on this browser/device: switch the “Allow Sale of My Personal Info or Sharing/Processing for Targeted Ads” toggle under Manage Preferences to OFF (grey color) by moving it LEFT and clicking “Confirm My Choice”.
such as your name, email address and other associated personal information for targeted advertising activities as described above, please submit the form below.
Please note that choices related to cookies and device identifiers are specific to the brand’s website or app on the browser or device where you are making the election.
Manage Preferences: Toggle Off and Click ‘Confirm My Choice’ and Complete Opt-Out Form to Opt-Out
Allow Sale of My Personal Info and Sharing/Processing for Targeted Ads
Resident of the states listed in the 'Your Rights' section of NBCUniversal’s Privacy Policy Only: To opt out of selling or sharing/processing for targeted advertising of information such as cookies and device identifiers processed for targeted ads (as defined by law) and related purposes for this site/app on this browser/device, switch this toggle to off (grey color) by moving it left and clicking “Confirm My Choice” below. (This will close this dialogue box, so please open the email Opt-Out Form 1st).
ALL OTHER LOCATIONS: If we do not detect that you are in one of the states listed in the 'Your Rights' section of NBCUniversal’s Privacy Policy, this choice will not apply even if you toggle this button off.
If you turn this off, you will still see ads, but they may be less relevant or based only on our first-party information about you.
Please note, you must make the Manage Preference choices on each site/app on each browser/device you use to access the services. You must also renew this choice if you clear your cookies. You can change your precise geolocation permissions for our mobile apps in your mobile device settings.
Opt-Out Form
Always Active
To opt out of the use of your email and other personal information related to that email such as your name for targeted advertising activities please complete this Opt-Out Form
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Always Active
These Cookies are required for Service functionality, including security and fraud prevention, and to enable any purchasing capabilities. You can set your browser to block these Cookies, but some parts of the site may not function properly.
