Giving up six runs in one inning usually means that you lost. The Cleveland Guardians overcame that calamity and beat the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates 10-8 last night. Ben Lively gave up six runs in less than five innings, but the Cleveland bullpen fought off the Pirates until the offense could come to the rescue. THIS… read more

On Friday night, the Texas Rangers opened their longest homestand of the season. A ten gamer that features the A’s, Yankees, and Angels. Unfortunately for the Rangers, it was a smaller focus of the bigger picture in their 9-2 loss to the Oakland A’s at Globe Life Field. Jon Gray got the start for the… read more

The White Sox fall to the Mets in the series opener.

In the world of Major League Baseball, few moments rival the excitement of a home run, but equally thrilling is witnessing a defender execute a jaw-dropping catch that denies a hitter a round-tripper. Watching the Texas Rangers Travis Jankowski rob Andrew Vaughn of a game winning 3-run-homer on August 28th made me want to research… read more

Last season, the Kansas City Royals finished last in the AL Central once again with a 56-106 record. It was another lowly season for a KC team that has yet to make the playoffs since they won the World Series in 2015. Despite yet another tough year, there was hope, which was odd considering that… read more

The Ballers’ offense, combined with top-notch pitching, showcased this week why they were the South Division First Half Champs.

It seems only yesterday I was writing about the time the Pirates pitching staff allowed a combined five runs in a three-game series in Texas but lost two of those three games. OK, it wasn’t yesterday, but it was last week.  The constant thing about a struggling franchise (organization–this stuff is systemic, at this point)… read more

Time is starting to run short enough on the season to make an overall .500 season impossible, but Charlotte still has a great shot at getting even for the second half, hopefully pointing toward sunnier days (and playoff contention?) in 2025. And if scroll all the way down, when you see how the bats are heating up here in late summer, you can see that postseason goals may not be too nutty looking ahead, because Charlotte’s been mashing hell outta the ball.

Record 1-5 (August 21-27) 55-66 (overall) 24-31 (second half) The Dash continued their skid this week, dropping five of their six games and only averaging 3.5 runs per game (sadly, the White Sox would happily accept 3.5 runs per game). On the bright side, the Dash had several strong pitching performances throughout the week, and… read more