You know that feeling when you’re watching your team and everything just feels different? The crowd gets a little quieter between pitches. Every swing carries more weight. That electric tension filled Progressive Field Monday night as Slade Cecconi carried a no-hitter deep into the eighth inning against Kansas City. For 7.2 innings, Cecconi looked like…
The Chicago Cubs got some encouraging news Monday night. Jameson Taillon is set to rejoin the ball club on Wednesday to start against the Atlanta Braves. Taillon had been on the injured list with a groin injury and hadn’t made an appearance since August 24. The groin injury marked the 33-year-old veteran’s third stint on…
Just when you thought the baseball gods couldn’t pile on any more misery, the Phillies decided to gift wrap their entire left side of the infield and ship it straight to the injured list. And we’re not talking about some random Tuesday in April here – this happened right as the team kicks off a…
Just when the Philadelphia Phillies needed their star shortstop most, Trea Turner found himself limping off the field in Miami with that all-too-familiar grimace. Sunday’s 5-4 loss to the Marlins turned from frustrating to downright painful when Turner pulled up lame with a right hamstring strain in the seventh inning. You know that sinking feeling…
The Detroit Tigers are struggling. They are not the same team as they were three months ago; they just lost two of three to the lowly White Sox. The Yankees are looking to win two of three games against the Detroit Tigers, like they did against the Houston Astros and the Toronto Blue Jays. The…
Rumors from the Bay Area suggest the San Francisco Giants are already mapping out their offseason strategy, and a familiar face is squarely on their radar: Cardinals ace Sonny Gray. Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, a voice that carries weight in San Francisco Giants circles, didn’t mince words. She reported that Gray is…
Max Fried is the purported ace of the Yankees. Today, he faced 40-year-old Max Scherzer in a rubber game that he and the Yankees need. Fried labored, so did Scherzer, but the Yankees won the game and the series from the American League East-leading Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankees also beat the Houston Astros in…
Bad luck hit Chicago Cubs Outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong for the second day in a row against the Washington Nationals, this time literally. After winning the series opener Friday, 11-5, the Cubs fell to the Nationals today, 2-1. Jorge Alfaro had an RBI single in the first inning, and Daylen Lile added a solo homer in…
Luis Gil is also auditioning for a spot in the Yankees’ postseason roster. The Yankees needed a big start from Luis Gil, as they lost badly to the Blue Jays last night, 7-1. Gil did pitch well in this game, continuing his comeback from injury. The game was delayed by rain in the sixth inning,…
Some days, you just want to go to a baseball game, eat a hot dog, and maybe catch a foul ball. For one young Phillies fan named Lincoln, his birthday trip to the ballpark turned into a national headline, and not for the reasons you’d hope. It was a bizarre, emotional rollercoaster that left everyone…