Saturday, 4/4/2015 Detroit’s Ian Kinsler went 3-for-3 with 2 doubles and an RBI in an 11-5 loss Friday to Tampa Bay * * * Ian Kinsler is tied for 4th in the A.L. this Spring with 7 doubles * * * Speaking of doubles, check out this nifty double-play started by Ian Kinsler against Tampa Bay on Friday * * *…
By Scott Barancik, editor Now here’s something you don’t see very often: two Jewish players, both centerfielders, smacking 2 HRs apiece on the same day. Dodgers phenom Joc Pederson and Toronto’s Kevin Pillar accomplished the rare feat Tuesday night. Pederson hit the more prodigious bombs, launching a 477-foot monster in Game 1 of a doubleheader against…
Games played Tuesday (April 28, 2015) MLB Jew vs. Jew: Boston’s Craig Breslow retired Toronto’s Danny Valencia and Kevin Pillar, but it wasn’t enough to prevent an 11-8 Red Sox win Tuesday. Pillar went 3-for-4 with his 6th double, a walk and a stolen base. Valencia went 1-for-5. Breslow yielded a solo HR to Jose…
By Scott Barancik, editor Well, that didn’t take long. Washington Nationals prospect Rhett Wiseman, a 3rd-round draft pick out of Vanderbilt who made his pro debut July 10, has been named the New York-Penn League’s Player of the Week for the week of July 13-19. A centerfielder for the Auburn Doubledays (A-short season), he hit…
Joc Pederson, whose 100 walks ranked 2nd among all minor-leaguers in 2014, drew 2 Saturday in the Dodgers’ 17-0 rout of the Giants (9/14/2014) *** Ian Kinsler singled in a run and made this nifty play in first-place Detroit’s 5-4 win Saturday. We’ll forget that he was picked off at first… (9/14/2014) *** Sorry to report…
(6:36pm) Arthritis found in Matt Kemp’s knees could derail his trade to San Diego — and imperil Joc Pederson‘s hold on CF in the Dodgers’ lineup * * * (2:26pm) Photo of Maxx Tissenbaum from yesterday’s Australian Baseball League All-Star Game * * * (2:17pm) Rays prospect Maxx Tissenbaum went 2-for-2 yesterday in the Australian Baseball League’s All-Star Game….
