From the Bill Chuck Friday Files…Ellsbury, Braun, Papelbon, Hudson, Rodney and more

May 17, 2013

This is what you should be talking about today…. Nine to Know The Pirates are 24-17 their best start since the 1992 Bucs opened at 24-17. That team finished with 96 victories, the last time Pittsburgh finished the season with a winning record. Jacoby Ellsbury has gone 6-for-his-last-46 and has produced 137 outs (AB-H+CS+GDP+SF+SH), the [...]

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Verlander v Darvish – Well that was a disappointment

May 17, 2013

I can’t help but wonder if when Texas Ranger’s mucky-muck Nolan Ryan awaited last night’s game between Yu Darvish and Justin Verlander he perhaps he thought back on some of the classic match-ups of his career. After the game, I remembered the Fenway game on May 5, 1989, in which Roger Clemens and the Red [...]

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Longest hitting streaks of the season

May 17, 2013

Marco Scutaro extended his hitting streak to 15 games in the Giants 8-6 victory over the Rockies. The Rockies held a 6-0 lead in this game before the Giants rallied to take their 10th straight from Colorado. Adam LaRoche stretched his streak to 13 games in the Nationals win over the Padres last night. LaRoche [...]

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Nine to Know: Batters with one walk this season

May 17, 2013

The ChiSox Jeff Keppinger drew his first walk of the season last night. It was with the bases loaded and it forced in the eventual winning run as the White Sox rallied with three runs in the 8th to beat the Los Angeles Angels, 5-4. It took Keppinger 141 PA to draw his first walk [...]

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A dozen starters who have given up no more than two homers all season

May 17, 2013

Justin Verlander was battered by the Rangers but the most damaging blow was a three-run homer by Geovany Soto. That was just the second homer allowed by Verlander all season while winning pitcher Yu Darvish has allowed two homers in each of his last three starts. The Cardinals’ Jake Westbrook went on the DL on [...]

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Starting pitchers ERA in losses

May 17, 2013

Stephen Strasburg broke a seven-start winless streak last night as the Washington Nationals topped the Padres, 6-2. Strasburg had never thrown a pitch beyond the 7th inning but last night he allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits while striking out four and walking three in eight full innings. When he think of going [...]

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Video of the Day: Lauren Shehadi talks Yankees and Mariano Rivera with Tim Brando

May 17, 2013

Another reason to love Lauren Shehadi

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Another reason to love Mike “Fun is Good” Veeck

May 17, 2013

I know Mike Veeck and, in spite of that, I’m crazy about the guy. On May 11, Veeck’s St. Paul Saints of the independent American Association hosted the Gary SouthShore RailCats. Mike, the team’s part-owner, hosted the fans. Mike did not host the umpires playing an umpireless game. According to a very fun article in today’s New [...]

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MLB SCHEDULE: May 17, 2013

May 17, 2013

AL Rays (Jeremy Hellickson) at Orioles (Jason Hammel), 7:05 Mariners (Brandon Maurer) at Indians (Ubaldo Jimenez), 7:05 Blue Jays (Mark Buehrle) at Yankees (Hiroki Kuroda), 7:05 Tigers (Rick Porcello) at Rangers (Nick Tepesch), 8:05 Red Sox (Clay Buchholz) at Twins (Vance Worley), 8:10 White Sox (Chris Sale) at Angels (C.J. Wilson), 10:05 Royals (James Shields) [...]

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MLB SCOREBOARD: May 16, 2013

May 17, 2013

AL Mariners 3, Yankees 2 Red Sox 4, Rays 3 Rangers 10, Tigers 4 White Sox 5, Angels 4 NL Mets 5, Cardinals 2 Pirates 7, Brewers 1 Reds 5, Marlins 3 (10) Giants 8, Rockies 6 Nationals 6, Padres 2

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