White Sox

Watching the early blowup and early departure of Phillies ace Roy Halladay evoked a haunting memory from 2007.  In fact, the stats are eerily similar to June 9, 2007.   Although he only got five outs, the starting pitcher for the Phillies that day gave up six earned runs, and Charlie Manuel went out to […]

Yesterday, ESPN's Jayson Stark reported that the Phillies may trade Jim Thome to an American League team, who can use him more appropriately as a designated hitter: The Philadelphia Phillies are quietly making Jim Thome available to American League teams looking for a designated hitter, executives of two AL clubs said Thursday." We all knew […]

We figured that a suspension was forthcoming and showed that the last two pitchers suspended for throwing at players were each suspended five games a piece.   We formally learned that Cole Hamels got his own five-game suspension from MLB. We wondered if Hamels would be penalized more for admitting that he threw at Harper.   […]

This afternoon, Chicago White Sox righty Philip Humber tossed a perfect game against the Seattle Mariners. The White Sox scored four runs for Humber who did the rest of the work, striking out 9 Mariners through 9 perfect innings. Humber threw just 96 pitches, 67 for strikes. Humber's perfect game is the 21st in MLB history as […]

The 2012 team should be another year of exciting baseball. A lot of teams got better, which should help even the playing field and challenge the usual favorites like the Phillies, Yankees and Red Sox. Before you read the predictions below, I'll say that I am pretty cautious with my hopes for the Phillies this […]

2012 MLB Season Predictions   American League   AL East winner – NY Yankees AL Central winner – Detroit Tigers AL West winner – Los Angeles Angels AL Wild Card Teams (2) – Texas Rangers, Tampa Rays   AL MVP – Albert Pujols AL Cy Young – Jered Weaver AL Rookie of the Year – […]