Just a quick fun fact I learned last night while listening to the Indians/Rangers game on the radio.  The Rangers have played 23 games against the Texas Rangers since Elvis Andrus made his debut. Andrus has gotten at least one hit in each of those 23 games.

On this date in 1957, the New York Giants president Horace Stoneham announces that the club has signed a lease to play it’s home games in San Francisco in 1957.  Stoneham and the Giants ignored MLB’s rule that said relocation announcements had to be made after the World Series, leading to tense moments between Stoneham [...]

On this day in 1986, San Francisco Giants left-hander (but Phillies great) Steve Carlton recorded his 4,000th career strikeout, at the time, becoming only the second pitcher in baseball history to reach that milestone. Carlton has too many great accomplishments to list in one paragraph, so I’ll just pick some of the more interesting and [...]

Trades will continue to happen as players get sent through waivers, but this is the end of the commentary on the July trades.  Interesting that Saturday was more involved than Sunday, with only a very few trades happening Sunday.  Yes, there were some big ones, but I have to say the Dodgers and the Mariners [...]

So, who could have expected that Saturday would be such a busy day?  It seems all those GM’s who promised themselves they would start early this year actually kept their word.  Or perhaps, it is just much clearer who needs what, and who has what to spare.
Interestingly, it seems this year that most rumors you [...]