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baseball Week 7: a whole lot of Crazy

May 20, 2013
** Living in the Northeast and primarily following the AL, I know all ...
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AL BEast Weekly Update

May 20, 2013
AL BEast Notebook – May 20 ** Another week, another significant ...
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Worst records and winning percentages in MLB history

May 15, 2013
In the early parts of the 2013 season, a lot of talk has been mad...
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5/14/2013 Lenny DiNardo interview (Passed Ball Show)

May 14, 2013
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Passed Ball Show #80 5/14/2013 Part 1

May 14, 2013
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baseball Week 7: a whole lot of Crazy

Posted on by in Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Featured, LA Dodgers, Making Sense of Sports, Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Sports  |  No comments
paul goldschmidt
** Living in the Northeast and primarily following the AL, I know all about the Yankees’ improbable season. But what if I told you that there was a team that…
  • entire starting outfield has been on the DL
  • All-Star/Silver Slugger second baseman played just ten games
  • All-Star catcher is hitting .180 (while playing more than all but one other MLB backstop)
  • Closer pitched poorly then went on the DL
  • Bullpen has most blown saves in MLB
  • Ace went seven starts between earning wins
  • Number two pitcher earned just one win in a stretch of seven starts
  • Number three pitcher has sub-.500 record
  • Number four pitcher recently earned his first win (ninth start of the season)
  • In the offseason they traded away the player that now leads the majors in home runs
And what if I told you that this team (Arizona Diamondbacks) is in first place, in a division that includes the reigning World Series champs and another team with a $217M payroll? Paul Goldschmidt (.333, 12 HR, 35 RBI,...
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AL BEast Weekly Update

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hiroki kuroda
AL BEast Notebook - May 20 ** Another week, another significant injury for the New York Yankees as Andy Pettitte joins the rest of his All-Star teammates on the disabled list. Pettitte has a strained trapezius; it may be the first time I’ve even heard of the muscle. On the bright side, with Sunday’s rainout and a day off Thursday, there is no need of a fill-in starter right away and New York can go with a 4-man rotation a couple times before his spot comes up. In the first game of the Yankees/Indians doubleheader Monday, salaries for the Yankees lineup totaled $30.35 M. Salaries for the Indians lineup = $41.35 M. Bet you didn’t expect that. It has really been a weird season for the Yankees and nothing short of a miracle that they are still in first place. In that doubleheader Chris Nelson, Corban Joseph, Alberto Gonzalez, Preston Claiborne, Austin Romine, Vidal Nuno and Adam Warren, along...
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Worst records and winning percentages in MLB history

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cleveland spiders
cleveland spiders In the early parts of the 2013 season, a lot of talk has been made about the starts of the Toronto Blue Jays (16-24, .400) and Los Angeles Angels (15-24, .385). In the New York area, talk has been about the struggling Mets, who currently sit at 14-22, .389. Though much was expected from the Jays and Angels, the before mentioned teams have to lose a lot of games to be considered the worst in baseball. Currently, the Houston Astros sit at 10-30, .250 while the Miami Marlins are 11-28, .282. If the two teams keep up the pace, they have a chance to finish amongst the worst in the history of MLB. To put it in perspective, the Astros are directly on pace to match the 1962 New York Mets in regards to winning percentage. Of course, the Mets of...
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baseball Week 6: “Week of the Pitcher”

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shelby miller

It was a week for pitching gems. There may not have been a no-hitter or perfect game but a whole slew of guys came pretty darn close.

  • Cardinals rookie Shelby Miller allowed a leadoff single on Friday, then retired the next 27 batters.
  • The next day, his teammate Adam Wainwright pitched another complete game shutout, allowing just two hits
  • Also on Friday, Red Sox Jon Lester pitched a one-hit shutout over the Blue Jays.
  • Mets Matt Harvey pitched a one-hit shutout on Monday with 12 strikeouts and no walks and didn't even get a win for it (Mets won 1-0 in ten innings, Harvey pitched nine).
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AL East Team Capsules – Quick News and Numbers

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mariano rivera
AL BEast Notebook - May 13 New York Yankees Despite having 11 players on the disabled list (including four third basemen and shortstops), the Yankees stand alone in first place. Since April 7, New York is 22-9.
  • Mariano Rivera has turned back the clock, picking up an AL-best 15 saves in 15 opportunities, supported by a 1.65 ERA and sub-1 WHIP.
  • After a shaky start, Hiroki Kuroda has thrown six straight quality starts. He’s now 5-2 with a 2.31 ERA.
  • Robinson Cano has been the one consistent in the lineup all year. Cano is hitting .311 with 10 home runs, 10 doubles, 23 RBI, and 22 runs scored, and committed just one error in 320 innings at second base.
  • Vernon Wells has been a big contributor to the team, hitting .293 with 9 home runs, 20 RBI and 19 runs scored. And the Angels are paying most of his salary.
Boston Red Sox Two weeks ago I wrote that it was all...
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The Red Sox have dropped six of their last seven and the bandwagon is quickly emptying out. Bad luck, sloppy play, poor pitching and injuries have been the main issues. One of those injured is Will Middlebrooks. He is hurt much more than he or the Red Sox have led you to believe. An inside source has told me that Middlebrooks has two broken and separated ribs. The third baseman was and is hell bent on playing through it. Apparently he was able to convince the Red Sox to let him play but also to keep the details of his injury quiet. Middlebrooks is the ultimate gamer and feels the team needs him out there. The Red Sox do not have many options to replace him at this point. Middlebrooks wanted to keep it quiet because he did not want to be questioned on a nightly basis about playing with two broken ribs. I applaud...
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Baseball Power Report: Week 5

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miguel cabrera
A month is in the books so here is my early May Power Report. For each team I have a ranking and a few interesting stats/observations. Enjoy it, because it took a lot of work! (I do these once a month and prefer little movement. When some "expert" moves a team up 6 spots and then down 5 spots a week later, that says more about the "expert" than the team. That's why some teams with worse records have better rank than "surprise" teams I expect to dip soon.) 30. Astros. Lost 10 out of 11 and outscored by 24 runs the last two. The 198 runs they’ve allowed is 34 more than the next team. On pace for 41-121 record. They’ve also racked up an impressive 323 strikeouts, which will shatter the all time record. Philip Humber not only has the highest ERA but also the lowest run support; that’s how you go 0-7. There’s no question...
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Previewing baseball’s postseason if the season ended yesterday

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One of the things baseball fans are great at is overanalyzing the start of a given season. "Power rankings" are used within the first couple weeks of the year and teams that were given no chance are looked at as sudden postseason contenders. Which is absolutely hypocritical as these are the same people who refused to go against the grain of baseball prospectus and MLB.com after they released the projected 2013 finishes. However, one of the things that separate baseball from any other sport is the fact that even the worst teams can have great days, stretches and sometimes weeks and months. The best teams will go into slumps, simply because of the length of the season. Rather than rank the best to the worst teams right now strictly based on record, I will preview a ficticious postseason that would exist if the season ended last night, May 3rd. In...
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