Coming from behind, the Mets sweep

May 10, 2012

The Mets beat the Phillies 10-6 last night to complete their first three-game sweep in Philadelphia in six years. The Mets rallied to win all three against the Phils: trailing after five innings against Roy Halladay on Monday, after six against Joe Blanton on Tuesday and after six against Cliff Lee in the series finale. Wow!

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The Voice of Fenway is silenced

May 10, 2012

Yesterday, my day started hitting the road around 8 am driving from Boston to New York to pick up my daughter Jen after she had completed her freshman year from the great New York University. By the time we safely arrived back in Brookline around 12:30 this morning (no pick up ever goes smoothly) the [...]

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Jake Peavy is the most valuable pitcher in baseball

May 10, 2012

Jake Peavy won his fourth game of the season last night as his White Sox defeated the AL Central leading Indians, 8-1. Peavy is now, 4-1 with a 1.89 ERA and has a 0.803 WHIP. In seven starts, all Quality Starts by the way, facing Detroit twice, Oakland, Texas, Boston, Baltimore and Cleveland, Peavy has given [...]

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Life after Mo

May 10, 2012

Mariano Rivera has 73 blown saves in his Hall of Fame career. His first blown save occurred before he became a closer on August 1, 1995, when he came in the 6th inning of a 3-2 game against the American League Milwaukee Brewers to protect the lead for starter Andy Pettitte. Mo gave up three runs [...]

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MLB Schedule for May 10

May 10, 2012

Indians (17-13) @ RedSox (12-18), Thursday, May 10, 2012, 7:10pmPosted: 10 May 2012 05:00 AM PDT CLE: Derek Lowe (39, RHP, 4-1, 2.39) BOS: Josh Beckett (32, RHP, 2-3, 4.45) Nationals (18-12) @ Pirates (14-16), Thursday, May 10, 2012, 7:05pmPosted: 10 May 2012 05:00 AM PDT WSN: Stephen Strasburg (23, RHP, 2-0, 1.66) PIT: Kevin [...]

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Josh Hamilton goes deep four times

May 9, 2012

Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton hit four two-run homers against the Orioles last night becoming the 16th player in history to hit four homers in one game. Add Hamilton’s double and the man had 18 total bases in the game, an American League record, and five extra-base hits, which ties a big league record. Here are [...]

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BI: SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: Derek Jeter Is Closer To 4,000 Career Hits Than You May Think

May 8, 2012

I love checking out BusinessInsider.com and their Sports Chart of the day. This one addresses the resurgence of Derek Jeter. The 37-year old Yankee shortstop heads into action Tuesday night leading the American League with .397 average and 48 hits. He now has 3,136 career hits and 4,000 hits seems within reach. As the article points out, [...]

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From the Bill Chuck Files…5/8/2012

May 8, 2012

Last season, the Detroit Tigers were 77-0 when leading at the start of the 8th inning. This season, the Tigers are 10-5 after allowing three 9th inning runs and losing to the Mariners, 3-2. The Angels are 1-0 when Albert Pujols homers. He didn’t homer last night but Jered Weaver moved to 5-0 as the Angels [...]

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Today’s MLB Schedule

May 8, 2012

Today’s schedule– AL Rangers (Neftali Feliz) at Orioles (Jake Arrieta), 7:05 White Sox (John Danks) at Indians (Justin Masterson), 7:05 Rays (James Shields) at Yankees (Ivan Nova), 7:05 Red Sox (Daniel Bard) at Royals (Danny Duffy), 8:10 Angels (Dan Haren) at Twins (Scott Diamond), 8:10 Blue Jays (Ricky Romero) at A’s (Brandon McCarthy), 10:05 Tigers [...]

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Nine to Know: Orioles top Boston, 9-6, in 17 innings

May 7, 2012

The win on Sunday completed Baltimore’s first sweep at Fenway Park since June 10, 11, 12, 1994. Cal Ripken was 5-for 12 in that series. The only similarity was that in each series a McDonald got a decision in the final game. Ben McDonald picked up the win in ’94 for the Orioles and Darnell McDonald was stuck with the loss [...]

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