 It looks like Nyjer Morgan’s 2009 campaign is over, as he broke the second metacarpal bone in his left hand on Thursday. The injury occurred while Morgan was stealing third base, and sliding in head first. Morgan had gotten on base with a walk, and then proceeded to steal both second and third. He would stay in the game to score, but did not take the field to start the botto...
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When the Braves brought Adam LaRoche back, we were pretty confused as to why (other than his expiring contract). Well, 20 games in and the answer is pretty clear. Check out what “Clutch” has been doing so far:
.406 AVG
.500 OBP
.739 SLG
1.239 OPS
7 HR
16 RBI
15 Runs
14 BB
19 KsOh, he has yet to make an error as well. Hats off to Frank Wren for pulling the trigger on this o...
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J.J. Hoover is a right handed starting pitcher for Class A Rome in the Atlanta Braves farm system. Dude is also pretty sick with the baseball. He has an ERA of 3.36 on the season, but that is not what is turning heads. His 130:27 K:BB ratio, however, is kind of neck-breakingly off the charts, and he is sporting a 1.25 WHIP. In his last three starts, Hoover has gone 18.1 inn...
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Some of us were lucky enough to catch the 9th inning of the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets’ game on Sunday, the 23rd of August. While we were in Brad Lidge meltdown bliss, and watching Eric Bruntlett make not one but two terrible plays, we saw the second ever game ending unassisted triple play. Bruntlett was in the right place at the right time as he caught a Jeff Francoe...
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Apparently getting 2,000 hits in Japan is a big deal. This is pretty cool stuff. Congrats to Matsui on his impending accomplishment....
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Apparently Brett Myers fell out of a car and got a black eye. He did not get said black eye because he got in a fight at a restaurant/bar. Sure Brett. You didn’t beat your wife in Boston either....
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