Top stories Trout hit by pitch; leaves game: In the 4th inning of Sunday’s game, Salt Lake’s Mike Trout was hit on the wrist by a pitch. He stayed in the game for one inning, coming around to score and then taking the field for a half inning. In the 5th, Doug Deeds pinch hit for Trout. There’s no additional information available at this time. Wrist injuries can always be troubling for hitters, and...
Top stories Fan promotes recycling in Texas: Today, fans in Texas can go to a game at Houston or Corpus Christi and help raise money for recycling education at Helms Elementary School in Houston. Fans that enter a promo code while ordering tickets to either game will know that several dollars for each ticket purchased will go towards the education program. Both games are at 1:05 CT. Tulsa eyes first championship since 1998: The...
Top stories Harvey does it all in Buffalo win: The top Mets prospect has struggled in his transition to AAA, but Matt Harvey made his best start of the season tonight. He pitched the bare minimum for a quality start by allowing three runs in six innings, and he struck out 10, a season high. He walked three and needs to cut down on those, but with two prior starts in which he’s walked...
Top stories Jeffress tries to find command: Jeremy Jeffress has always had great stuff, but he’s been unable to harness it throughout his career. In a small sample of innings in 2010, he showed some progress in AA for Milwaukee and made his ML debut that season. Over the following offseason, he was part of the package sent to Kansas City for Zack Greinke. He started 2011 in KC, but he wasn’t throwing enough...
The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot but did not receive any votes. Mike suggested I bring those old posts over to Bus Leagues. I liked the idea, so for the next few months, we’ll re-run a couple each week in addition to our regular content. For the most...
Top stories Hudson sharp in rehab start: After two rehab starts in low-A that didn’t go so well, the Braves moved him to Gwinnett and he looks much closer to a return. In five innings, Hudson allowed one earned run on two hits and three walks while striking out four. His command clearly still needs to improve, but it’s an improvement over his previous two starts. He’s expected to make one more start with...
It’s not exactly what he wanted, but Eric Pettis has had plenty of time to promote the ebook that he’s written in recent weeks. Pettis was able to take some time out and answer questions for Bus Leagues Baseball. And I thank him for taking the time out to answer my questions. I’ll start with a question you haven’t had before, what inspired you to write the book? I wouldn’t necessarily say that I...
Fresh off the heels of “Odd Man Out” and Dirk Hayhurst’s two novels comes a work from former Philadelphia Phillie Eric Pettis chronicling his time as a rookie in the Phillies organization. Pettis was a 35th round pick out of UC-Irvine in 2010, and in a stream of consciousness narrative he reports on it. Is it a worthy read? That’s something you’re going to have to wait for the end to get answered. But...
Top stories Jamie Moyer becomes oldest to win major league game: This is obviously a major league accomplishment, but it deserves being mentioned here. In Colorado’s 5-3 win over San Diego, Moyer allowed just two unearned runs in seven innings. The 49 year old will go into the record book for another accomplishment. 78 out of 110 players currently listed on a Rockies full-season roster were born after Moyer made his pro debut. Logically,...
With attention focused on Jackie Robinson this week, it would be inappropriate if we didn’t take a moment to also remember Larry Doby (December 13, 1923 – June 18, 2003). A native of Camden, South Carolina, he was the second black player to play in the modern major leagues and the first to do so in the American League. Unlike Robinson, Doby also did it without spending one day in the minor leagues. A...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
