Monthly Archives: July 2012

A.J. Burnett took a no-hitter into the eighth against the Cubs. – It was broken up by Adrian Cardines, who had just been called up. – The Cubs, despite all of their losses, have not been no hit since Sandy … Continue reading →

Kendrys Morales hit homers from both sides of the plate – in one inning. – Roy Oswalt gave up eight runs in 5.1 innings and has an ERA of 6.49. — He’s 3-2. —- Jerome Williams gave up five runs … Continue reading →

Jayson Nix and Chris Stewart both hit home runs for the Yankees today. – Stewart had just three career home runs prior to tonight, all of them occurring last season with the Giants. —- A game started by CC Sabathia … Continue reading →

A Red Sox/Yankees game was over in two hours and forty-one minutes. – !!!!! – Seriously. — And there were thirteen combined runs, too. —- Phil Hughes gave up three home runs, including one to Carl Crawford —– and still … Continue reading →

Starling Marte had his first major league at bat today for the Pirates, and he did this. – It was the first pitch of the game, too. — More courtesy of @jperrotto (John Perrotto): Marte is the 28th player in … Continue reading →

Hanley Ramirez is a Dodger, and the trade happened at about 2:45 AM EST. The As beat the Blue Jays 16-0. – They led 9-0 with two outs in the second. – Ricky Romero is broken. — Coco Crisp has … Continue reading →

Clayton Kershaw had not given up a run to the Cardinals in 19 innings this season… – So of course, Adam Wainwright has the first RBI off of the Dodger ace… — and the second, which came on a bases-loaded … Continue reading →

By far the oddest, most unpredictable thing today doesn’t have to do with a game at all: Ichiro Suzuki is a Yankee!!! – Though both John Jaso and Russell Martin stole bases in the NYY/SEA game. – They are both … Continue reading →