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Evan Longoria was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a partially torn left hamstring Tuesday. Not only does this suck for the third baseman, but it sucks a whole lot more for the Tampa Bay Rays, who will be without their best player for at least 3-4 weeks and what might end up being up to 8 weeks.
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The Tampa Bay Rays have officially signed DH Hideki Matsui to a minor league contract. Matsui spent last season with the Oakland A’s and hit a pedestrian .251/.321/.375 with 12 HR’s in 517 AB’s.

At first I was a little surprised the Rays would sign Matsui [...]

Last night, the Washington Nationals saw the future of their team on the field. With Stephen Strasburg on the mound, the Nationals started Bryce Harper in his first career game. The 19 year old Harper has been called a “Phenom” and “The Chosen One”, but hadn’t played a major league game until last night. In [...]

The Cincinnati Reds have been one of the National League’s top run-producing teams the past couple years. This year they started off like they were poured out of a molasses jar. Scott Rolen cracked his first home run last night as the Reds extended their win streak to three games and clinched their third series [...]

Check out Sooze wearing that sweet Let’s Get Denarded t-shirt by the fabulous t-shirt makers DiamondCentric Apparel. There’s even a no. 2 on the back.

This could quite possibly be the best way to celebrate the badassery of Minnesota Twins center fielder Denard Span.

We know you want one. [...]

2012 MLB Power Rankings: Week 2

Now that we’re gaining some steam with the MLB season underway, we’re starting to see what teams are for real and what teams aren’t. As I’ll bring you every weekend, here’s my MLB Power Rankings for Week 2. We’re a little pressed for time so no explanations. Put a comment in the section below if you have[...]

Phillip Humber worked really fast for the Chicago White Sox. It took him just 90 pitches to throw the 20th perfect game in Major League regular season history (21st overall). It was also the 3rd perfect game in White Sox history.

Alexei Ramirez and Gordon Beckham were also a part of Mark Buerhle’s perfecto [...]

Jim Abbott was, by all statistical measures, a mediocre Major League pitcher. Over 10 seasons, his lifetime record was 87-108. He had but five .500-plus runs and, besides a fantastic 18-11 finish in 1991, never totaled more than 12 wins. Although his lifetime ERA of 4.25 is digestible, it’s hardly Gooden-esque. And yet … There’s [...]

Jamie Moyer is headed to the Hall of Fame… or at least his glove is, as the oldest pitcher to earn a big league victory.

The 49-year-old left-hander, who will turn the big 5-0 on November 18, tossed seven solid innings Tuesday to help the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 5-3. Relying heavily on his not-so-fast fastball and a cutter that’s still pretty nice [...]

Okay, it’s been a little bit over a week since the MLB season started but I needed a starting point. These first rankings will be a little shaky because I didn’t do a preseason edition and because some good teams have gotten off to a slow or fast start. Descriptions are given to the Top [...]