Ellsbury Has Cracked Ribs, Daisuke in Sox Rotation

Jacoby Ellsbury is elligible to exit the Disabled List on Tuesday, but he is still not sure if he will play. Still in pain, Ellsbury found out yesterday that he has hairline fractures in four of his ribs. All of this came from collision with outfielder Adrian Beltre’s knee. Ellsbury had this to say: “Yeah, [...]

Rays Get Big 12-0 Win, Sean Rodriguez Gets His Hits

The Rays rolled to a 12-0 win over the Chicago White Sox last night at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. The Rays are one game different than the Yankees i the loss column, and sit in second place by .5 games. They are 12-4 to start the season, and look every bit as good early [...]

Orioles Injury Update: Tejada Day-To-Day, Roberts/Uehara on the Mend, Pie Out Three Months

The Orioles are struggling with more than just a poor performance early this season. Brian Roberts is on the 15-Day DL with a strained abdomen, and now still surging slugger Miguel Tejada is day-to-day after straining his groin in Saturday’s game against the Oakland A’s. On top of that Felix Pie is out for three [...]

A-Rod Passes McGwire on Home-Run List

Alex Rodriguez hit his first home-run of the season last night, and the 584th of his career. He is now the sole-owner of eighth place all time on the home-run list. Frank Robinson is the next to pass who has 586. No one has reached this milestone as quickly as A-Rod has, not even Hank [...]

Orioles Closer Michael Gonzalez Placed On 15-Day DL

The Baltimore Orioles have placed closer Michael Gonzalez on the 15-Day Disabled list. The Orioles are now 1-7 and are playing horrible baseball to start the season. Michael Gonzalez has already blown two saves and has an 0-2 record with an 18.00 ERA in only three appearances. Orioles manager Dave Trembley had this to say: [...]

Brian Roberts Placed on 15-Day DL

Brian Roberts could not shake the abdominal strain that he originally received during spring training and will now go on the 15-Day Disabled List. Roberts is the starting second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles and an All-Star at that. Apparently Roberts re-aggravated a herniated disk in his back which required an epidural injection into his [...]

Ellsbury Out Until At Least Friday

Boston Red Sox Right Fielder Jacoby Ellsbury missed yesterdays game and will be out until at least Friday with bruised ribs. The Red Sox are optimistic that it will not include a stint on the DL. Manager Terry Francona had this to say: “(It’s) a little more centrally isolated which is good.” “But he’s having [...]

Tejada Hitting Everything (Including Jeff Niemann)

Miguel Tejada went 3-5 with four RBI’s and a home-run in the loss last night to the Toronto Blue Jays. Following a great season last year, Tejada is still looking to be productive with his new team. Mike Gonzales blew his second save of the season in three attempts for the Orioles. That’s not the [...]

Vasquez Not Sharp in Return to Yanks

Javier Vasquez had his first chance in the Yankees rotation last night. As the fourth starter some of the pressure is taken off, but unfortunately in his first start Vasquez was not sharp at all. Vasquez’ Stats: 5.2 IP, 8 Hits, 8 ER, 3 W, 5 SO, and 2 HR His stuff looked great through [...]

MLB Umpire Joe West Complains of Slow Gameplay

MLB Umpire Joe West recently called out the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees for their slow pace of play. Here was his statement: “They’re the two clubs that don’t try to pick up the pace. They’re two of the best teams in baseball. Why are they playing the slowest? It’s pathetic and [...]

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