Seriously, if you were hoping to become a major league pitcher wouldn't you just love to have the last name, Smoker?!With just one day left before the deadline to sign players from this year's Draft, the Washington Nationals announced the signing of left-handed pitcher Josh Smoker on Tuesday, the 31st overall pick in the First-Year Player Draft. Smoker, … Read more »
I'm watching the Diamondbacks/Nationals game on MLB.TV right now. Every couple of innings, the Diamondback announcers gush over the ProTrade Win Probability stats for the game that have showed a large lead for the Diamondbacks. In the 5th inning, the probability of a win for Arizona was 94%. By the 7th inning, that probability had reached 95%. In … Read more »
Last night I was watching the Pirates/Diamonbacks game on MLB.TV and was surprised to see a large white Steal Your Face with Eric Byrnes' #22 in the middle hoisted up by a fan when Byrnes came up to bat. (I tried to get screenshot but was too slow on the draw.) Being a longtime Deadhead myself (I have … Read more »
It's now been a couple of days since Bonds hit #756. I've been reading the blog fallout, and trying to form an educated opinion on the breaking of sports' most revered record. I watched the game on Tuesday, and it was obvious from Bonds' first swing that he was in the groove and would indeed break the record … Read more »
It's got to be a strange feeling seeing yourself immortalized as a bobblehead doll! I can't say that I've ever really figured our facination with the bobblehead, but it certain seems to have become a bona fide baseball tradition. Major League Baseball started producing bobblehead dolls in 1960. These were papier-mache dolls, one … Read more »
I recently wrote about how I prefer the radio announcers on Gameday Audio to the MLB.TV announcers. Well, I got a treat today! I just watched Jake Peavy and the Padres win 10-0 over the Diamondbacks on MLB.TV, and was thrilled that they were using Jerry Coleman's radio broadcast for the audio! Oh Doctor! Do they … Read more »
Morris to the Pirates!? Who saw that one coming? I admit that I was a little dissappointed with this year's trade activity at the deadline. I was hoping to see more big names on the move. Nonetheless, there were some suprises and coups that emerged as the 4pm EST deadline was reached, let's run through a few of those… … Read more »
"The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy." – Dusty Baker