The Houston Astros won their first game of the season yesterday, 5-1, over the St. Louis Cardinals. They avoided tying their worst start in franchise history at 0-9 in 1983. Astros pitcher, Bud Norris, held the Cards without an earned run for five innings and struck out a career high nine batters. He also got [...]
It has been rumored that the Round Rock Express may be moving at the end of this season. When Nolan Ryan took over as the General Manager in Arlington for the Texas Rangers last season, rumors began to fly about the Round Rock Express leaving town. The Express are the Triple A affiliate of the [...]
The Texas Rangers are apparently hated in Cleveland. Three Rangers players, catcher Taylor Teagarden (catching because Jarrod Saltalamacchia is injured), pitcher C.J. Wilson, bullpen catcher Josh Frasier, and coach Jose Vazquez, have all been stricken with food poisoning. Matt Treanor, recently called up from Triple A, will be covering behind the plate duties for today’s [...]
Chan Ho Park is semi-famous for being the first South Koren to play Major League Baseball, but the reason people know his name may change after this hilarious video. His accent makes his explanation a little funnier to me, at least, but my favorite part is hearing everyone crack up everytime he names the culprit [...]
The Twins beat the Red Sox 5-2 in their first game at their new ballpark, Target Field. The field, which cost nearly $550 million, is appreciated by player and fan. Out front is a statue of Kirby Puckett and the outfield stands contain the numerous pennants the Twins have won (including their 2 World Series [...]
The Texas Rangers needed ten innings today to take care of the Cleveland Indians. Nelson Cruz put the Rangers ahead 4-2 with a two run home run in the top of the tenth, and Neftali Feliz shut the Indians down in the bottom half of the inning for the win. The Rangers had a chance [...]
The San Francisco Giants wrapped up a three game sweep of the Houston Astros last night, winning 10-4. However the big news was not the fact that the Astros looked horrible against the Giants, or the fact that they were swept in their first three games of the season. No, the biggest news to come [...]
Around the American League While Opening Day for the MLB was Sunday, most teams did not play. With only 2 games, Opening Day was less than spectacular for most fans. Monday, however featured 13 games, 5 in the American League. Let’s start with Toronto at Texas. The Rangers couldn’t get their bats going against the [...]
