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Posted in Baseball on Sep 2nd, 2010
We mentioned last night that Washington Nationals centerfielder Nyjer Morgan won OTR’s Gentleman of the Week for September based on him throwing a baseball at a fan and starting a fight with the Florida Marlins. Well, we found the video of this fight on Deadspin and it really paints Morgan in a positive light. Especially [...]
This is a new award for us, but we created it mainly with Washington Nationals centerfielder Nyjer Morgan in mind. Already appealing a seven-game suspension for throwing a ball at a fan in the stands, Morgan started a benches-clearing brawl today against the Florida Marlins. And for that, Morgan wins OTR’s Gentleman of the Week [...]
This is hilarious. We guess when your baseball team stinks and no one really cares if you win or lose (usually lose), you need to find ways to entertain yourself. Adam Laroche of the Arizona Diamondbacks certainly has. He’s made sure the PA system plays “It’s Raining Men” by the Weather Girls when Kelly Johnson [...]
Posted in Baseball, Trades, Transactions on Sep 1st, 2010
The New York Mets find themselves only 12 games back out of first place in the National League East and nine games back in the wild card. So, with 30 more games left in the season it was time for the Metropolitans to make one last move to give them that extra push in hopes [...]
Posted in Baseball on Sep 1st, 2010
Texas Rangers stud Cliff Lee is among the best in the business. If he’s not the best left-handed starter in the majors then we’d love to know who is. But, this month has not been going his way. Lee gave up seven runs in 4 2/3 innings to the Kansas City Royals today, and four [...]
Posted in Baseball on Sep 1st, 2010
Have you heard about Aroldis Chapman yet? He’s the Cuban kid that the Cincinnati Reds just brought up from AAA Louisville. Oh, and he hit 105 mph on the radar gun last Friday night. Well, the Reds brought him up to be a reliever for them down the stretch run, and so far it’s paid [...]
Posted in Baseball on Aug 31st, 2010
J.A. Happ was the centerpiece in the Philadelphia Phillies deal for Roy Oswalt. The Houston Astros acquired the 27-year old hoping that he could duplicate his almost-Rookie-of-the-Year performance for the Phillies in 2009. And he hasn’t disappointed. Happ threw a complete-game shutout against the favored St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night, allowing two harmless singles [...]
Posted in Baseball on Aug 30th, 2010
Rich Harden used to be a pretty nice pitcher, but these days he’s just inconsistent. He threw 6 2/3 of no-hit ball last week, and recently went just 4 1/3 innings, giving up four runs in a loss to the Oakland Athletics. And, according to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, the Texas Rangers [...]
Posted in Baseball on Aug 30th, 2010
When we last discussed Cincinnati Reds prospect Aroldis Chapman, he was busy lighting up radar guns to the tune of 105 mph. Wanting some bullpen help for the stretch run, and wanting that bullpen help to be able to throw faster than the top speed of most mid-sized sedans, the Reds are planning on bringing [...]
Posted in Baseball on Aug 29th, 2010
It looks like the Chicago White Sox won’t have to give up anything for Manny Ramirez after all. Baseball sources tell MLB.com that the Los Angeles Dodgers will let Manny go to Chicago with no compensation. It was thought before that Manny would want a contract extension in exchange for waiving his no-trade clause (which [...]
Posted in Baseball on Aug 29th, 2010
We aren’t sure that we’ve even heard stories of pitchers throwing 105-mph fastballs, yet alone have one actually ring one up on the radar gun. But that’s what happened Friday night to Cincinnati Reds prospect Aroldis Chapman. Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse reports that Chapman was throwing absolute lasers for the Reds’ AAA Louisville team. [...]
Posted in Baseball on Aug 27th, 2010
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce decided it would be nice to hit three homeruns tonight in consecutive at-bats, so he did it. In a 7-1 win over the Chicago Cubs, the 23-year old from Beaumont, Texas hit homeruns in the 3rd, 5th, and 7th innings, giving him 16 for the season. The last person to [...]
Posted in Baseball, Suspensions, Transactions on Aug 26th, 2010
This incident received very little attention and this suspension kinda sorta came out of nowhere. MLB has suspended Washington Nationals outfielder Nyjer Morgan for throwing a ball into the stands intentionally during a recent game against the Philadelphia Phillies. During the middle of the ninth, Morgan fired a ball into the crowd and struck a [...]
Posted in Baseball on Aug 25th, 2010
The Los Angeles Dodgers have finally placed over-the-hill outfielder Manny Ramirez on waivers, according to Jon Morosi of FOXsports.com. The move was made Wednesday afternoon. If a team claims Ramirez off waivers, the Dodgers can work out a trade with that team (remember any other players involved in the trade would have to clear through [...]
Posted in Baseball on Aug 25th, 2010
Whether you are a sports fan or not, this story is a must-read. We aren’t exactly sure how we never heard this, but some people are aware of it and all are blown away. We get chills just typing this.
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