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Misery loves company
The Tigers have played half their games and find themselves in second place. This is clearly not acceptable. But it is time for some perspective.Last year the Tigers had 39 wins and 42 losses after 81...
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Who Are Ya: Doug Fister (Take Two)
Doug Fister gets his second look at the Blue Jays tonight going up against Chien-Ming Wang. Fister first faced Toronto on April 11th going 8 innings allowing 1 run on 5 strikeouts in what turned out to...
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Around the Minors: 7/2/13
Norfolk was rained out.Bowie won 10-6. Eduardo Rodriguez gave up 5 ER in 5 IP on 7 hits (1 HR) and 2 walks, striking out 5 with a GB/FB of 4/4. It's worth it to remember that "they" say the biggest...
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MLB Bullets Is Close To Perfection
Most of the news over the past couple days involves the Cubs, and I generally leave that to others. We had several front page stories about the Cubs, the trades and the international signings. More...
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Around the bases: Tuesday's scores and highlights
Here are your MLB scores and highlights from an exciting first Tuesday in July:Reds 3, Giants 0:Homer Bailey threw a no-hitter and has now recorded baseball's last two no-no's. The last guy to have...
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Blue Jays Bites - July 3
Tonight the Blue Jays face the Tigers again, hopefully with a Adam Lind and Edwin Encarnacion back in there so Munenori Kawasaki doesn't have to DH. Also, Todd Redmond has re-joined the team to give...
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In Defense of the Wayward Astros Fan
Last night, sitting in Dallas, blacked out from watching the Astros game, I was instead watching the Toronto Blue Jays and the Detroit Tigers battle back and forth for the lead. The first three innings...
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Who Are Ya: Max Scherzer
Max Scherzer takes on the Blue Jays for the first time this season, going up against Josh Johnson. All the buzz about Scherzer is that he's the first pitcher to go 12-0 since some guy did it a few...
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Blue Jays designate Chien-Ming Wang for assignment
The Toronto Blue Jays designated right-hander Chien-Ming Wang for assignment Tuesday night following his rough outing against the Tigers, the team announced. Right-hander Todd Redmond was recalled from...
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2013 MLB international signing roundup: Cubs, Rangers active on 1st day
The 2013-2014 MLB international signing period kicked off Tuesday with a record-setting day, as several high-profile players came off the board is a flurry of deals across the league, including the...
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Minor League Ball Gameday, July 3
Good afternoon prospect watchers. Let's get down to business.***The big news yesterday was, of course, Homer Bailey's second career no-hitter, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over the San...
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June she'll change her tune: Blue Jay pitchers in June
It is hard to believe we've put the first three months of the season behind us. June was our best month by far, The Blue Jays went 17-9 in June. The pitchers had a 2.91 ERA, much better than the 4.52...
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Game 83 overflow: Tigers at Blue Jays
Dirty play or that's baseball? You make the call:
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Blue Jays 2 Tigers 6: Just Terrible Baseball
Tigers 6 Blue Jays 2Let's just make this quick.That was just a terrible error by Emilio Bonifacio in the second inning. That said, just because you had an error made behind you, it doesn't mean you...
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Tigers 6, Blue Jays 2: Max Scherzer 13-0, Omar Infante exits game with leg...
Behind still undefeated and now 13-0 Max Scherzer, Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2. But there were more fireworks to the night than Scherzer upping his record. Omar Infante was forced to...
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J.P. Arencibia Said Some Stuff About Gregg Zaun and Dirk Hayhurst
If you haven't heard the news, J.P. Arencibia had an appearance on The Fan show "Brady & Lang" today. Last night he tweeted a preview of what to expect:Look forward to fan590 at 8:40 am tomorrow......
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Roto Roundup: Max Scherzer, Hanley Ramirez, Domonic Brown and Others
Happy 4th of July to all of Fake Teams readers. I hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday!Do you have some trade offers you are consider, but need to bounce them off of someone? Are you pondering a...
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Yankees lineup vs. Twins, Francisco Cervelli shut down
It's the Fourth of July and the Yankees are hoping to sweep the Twins in Minnesota. David Phelps is on the mound and hoping to make the Yankees undefeated in the month of July. The Yankees have...
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On criticism: the case of J.P. Arencibia
It is tough to be criticized.If I had dime for every time someone wrote me and complained about how mean BBB readers were in the comment thread of their brilliant Fan Post I'd go out and buy another...
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Derek Jeter says he's ready for rehab games
Via the New York Daily News:"I'm anxious to be playing in games,"Derek Jeter said. "Everything I've needed to do up until that point, I've done... I think I'm close."Having broken his ankle during the...
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