Mike Mussina always came across as a smart guy who would one day be a coach. Its not baseball though that Mussina will be coaching. The former major league pitcher will coach basketball at his former high school in Montoursville, PA. As the story goes Mussina was once a prolific high school hoops star before [...]
There is no timetable for the return of Rangers starting pitcher Matt Harrison. Harrison will begin a throwing program on Monday but could be out until September. The Rangers want Harrison to take it slow since he has not thrown in two months. “It would be like starting my offseason throwing program. It’s frustrating, but [...]
Braves starter Tim Hudson went to the rosin bag last night, and wiped it on his head. In the second inning of the Braves game against San Diego the Braves starter hit the bag a few times before wiping it across his head. Hudson suffered another tough loss in the game after allowing three [...]
The Arizona Diamondbacks plan to rest relief pitcher Matt Reynolds for six weeks after he was diagnosed with a slight tear in his ulnar collateral ligament. Reynolds will get a second opinion but the Rockies are hopeful he will be able to start a throwing program after he rests according to Steve Gilbert. In 30 [...]
Grounds crew workers had to dig more then three feet to fix a pipe behind the pitchers mound at Rangers ballpark prior to Tuesdays game. In order to fix the problem batting practice was cancelled prior to the game between the Texas Rangers and Cleveland Indians. Repairs were made and the field was returned to [...]
Don Mattingly waited as long as he could to pull the plug on Brandon League. Kenley Jansen is expected to close out games for the Dodgers starting Tuesday night. According to Ken Gurnick the Dodgers manager had been considering a change at the closers role for a week. It took until Monday’s blown save against [...]
Kris Medlen does not want to head to the bullpen when Brandon Beachy comes off the disabled list. Medlen is the only member of the Braves rotation who has experience in the bullpen. Many figured that the Braves would place Beachy in the rotation spot of Julio Teheran. That is far from certain with Teheran [...]
Teams will try anything to earn a win including BBQ sauce. For the Kansas City Royals the secret is in the bottle. Is “Billy’s” BBQ sauce the key to the Royals wins? It does “Hit it a TON” but then again the Royals were playing the Houston Astros recently so maybe it is not all [...]
Chipper Jones is rather outspoken on twitter since his baseball career has come to an end. On Saturday the former Atlanta Braves player made a joke about illegal immigrants. Y’all think if they took all them gators they trap in Fla and La and put them in the Rio Grande, it wud stop the illegals [...]
The New York Mets have demoted first basemen Ike Davis. Marred in a 1-for-15 slump Davis had become a sign of the Mets struggles this season. Hitting just .161/.242/.258 on the year the 26-year-old Davis had higher expectations after hitting 32 home runs and driving in 90 last season. “He needs to be able to [...]
