Articles from April 2011

Last evening on The Baseball Show, co-host Clint Evans from Diamond Hoggers and I welcomed Derwood Morris from Off Base Percentage & The Bobby Classifieds onto the show for the first time. This came along with a return visit from our good friend MTD, also over at Off-Base Percentage.

We talked Jose Canseco, Manny Ramirez, Yankees, Reds, Dusty Baker, Vernon Wells, Phil Hughes, Jason Heyward, Atlanta Braves, Buster Posey, Off-Base Percentage, Bobby Classifieds, Fantasy Baseball, Joe Mauer heading to the DL, and much more!

If you had some laughs with us, give Derwood or MTD a follow on Twitter. Thanks to the crew from Off-Base Percentage for coming on the show!

Not a bad effort from the Angels’ leadoff hitter

Bottom 1: Peter Bourjos called out on strikes against Carlos Carrasco

Bottom 3: struck out swinging against Carrasco

Bottom 5: struck out swinging against Carrasco

Bottom 8: struck out swinging against Vinnie Pestano

Bottom 11: grounds out on bunt against Chris Perez

Final line: 0-5, 4 strikeouts against Cleveland Indians (4/13/2011)

Over the last couple of days, Sam Fuld has been going absolutely nuts on the baseball field.  To his credit, he’s technically always going nuts on the field considering that he’s only 5-foot-10 – probably 5-foot-7, at the most.  On Sunday he made one of the best plays in the outfield (of that variety) that I’ve ever seen.  The pressure of the situation; the ground he covered; the full-extension and total disregard for his own well-being.  Everything about it was simply amazing.

I was watching the game live – I’ll try to refrain from sharing my current thoughts on the White Sox, although I did just draw a picture of Juan Pierre and rip it up – and texting with one of the Sombrero’s contributors, Rick, who is also a fan of the South Siders.

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Less smiling more hitting, Willie.

Bottom 1: Willie Harris struck out swinging against Jason Marquis

Bottom 2: Called out on strikes against Marquis

Bottom 5: Singles to right field off of Marquis

Bottom 7: Called out on strikes against Chad Gaudin

Bottom 10: Harris struck out swinging against Drew Storen

On the day: 1-5 with a run scored, four strikeouts

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