This certainly isn't the Mets' team the Giants saw in June 2015 when Chris Heston fired a no-hitter. That Mets' team had all they could do to get two base runners on during an inning. Now, Heston is in the minors and the Mets set a franchise record scoring 12 runs in the third inning ...
Arrieta Wins but Vander Meer’s Record is Safe; Dee Gordon Done Gone for 80 Games;
When a pitcher with Jake Arrieta's mad talent throws a no-hitter you can't help but wonder if, on his next outing he'll fire another one. Jake threw one last Friday, and after a rainout Wednesday night he took the hill yesterday afternoon against a poor team, the Brewers. He won the game but Vander Meer ...
9 Home Runs and Counting and April Isn’t Done Yet
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Thursday. The National League has a 4-way tie with 9 home runs to start the year, and we still have 3 days in April to go. Bryce Harper, Neil Walker and two Rockies-Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story-all have 9 dingers before the first month has ended. Harper ...
McCutchen Makes the Mountains Ring; A Word for the Babe
Coors Field isn't a place for faint-hearted pitchers, any fan knows that. But some performances are special even there. Last night Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates launched 3 long balls as his Bucks beat the Rockies 9-4. He had done this once before on August 1, 2009 against the Nationals. He had been 3 for 23 on the ...
Nats Marathon Win comes with an Oliver Twist and Heisey Packing a Punch; Super-Size Sunday of Baseball
On any other day, the crazy game in Washington featuring the heroics of Oliver Perez and Chris Heisey would be the only game worth talking about. The way yesterday played out, theirs is just one of 3 games that will get special attention in this forum. The Pirates' 12-10 victory in Phoenix and the Dodgers' 12-10 comeback ...
Once in a While a Steal Pays Off; Umpire Kellog: You can Ring My Bell;
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball today. Baseball now isn't Ty Cobb's baseball, or the game of Lou Brock and Maury Wills. Stealing bases, especially home plate is rare in this day of multi-millionaire players not taking risks. But last night's steal of home plate by the Yankees' Jacoby Ellsbury would make Wills, Brock and ...
With Apologies to Bobby Vinton, “There He’s Done It Again” 2 No-Hitters by Jake
He was the pitcher the Orioles didn't want. Jake Arrieta was 20-25 with a 5.46 for the Birds so they let him fly the coop. Now all told he's 60-38, so he's 40-13 with the Cubs. Wonder how the Orioles like Scott Feldman and Steve Clevinger (who's now in Seattle) these days. That's what they got ...
Finally some Fairness in Philly; Duel Of the Bay Lives Up to Billing;
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball today. The Phillies at last didn't get victimized by their home ball park in their 5-4 11-inning win over the Mets last night in the final game of their series. Peter Bourjos (pronounced BoreJiss) singled home the winning run after David Wright failed to catch his pop fly on ...
6 More Met Home Runs in Philly; Is Something Wrong with this Ball Park?
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Tuesday. As if the 4 home runs the Mets hit Monday night weren't enough, they slugged 6 more on their way to an 11-1 thrashing of the hapless Phillies at Citizens' Bank Park in Philadelphia. But 3 of the shots make me wonder about the fairness of this ...
No Silence for Arizona’s Lamb; Rockies’ Story Continues; Mets All Wright in Philly;
Hi all. Here's how I see baseball today. No doubt Arizona's Jake Lamb has endured "Silence of the Lambs" references ever since he broke into baseball, where that gruesome movie is just one of hundreds that players devour with an insatiable appetite. I've taken those interminable bus rides on which as many as 4 movies containing ...