Angels and Dodgers Wild Night

Yesterday in the Angels Dodgers game the Angels pitched a no hitter....AND LOST! Jered Weaver was pitching and he made 1 costly error. Matt Kemp reached first on the error, then he stole 2nd and reached 3rd on an error by Mike Napoli. Next up was Blake Dewitt who hit a sacrafice fly.

The Angels however did not score and therefore had a no hit loss...the first no hit loss since the redsox in the 90's.

Mets and Yankees Play Two

In a day night, house that ruth built and house that constructors built doubleheader, the yankees and mets split.

In the first game the mets won 15-6 as Carlos Delgado had 2 Home Runs and 9 RbI's.

In the second game Sydney Ponson pitched 6.0 IP 5 hits 4k's of shutout baseball.

Chacon Suspended Indefinetly

Shawn Chacon was suspended indefinetly for insubordination. He grabbed GM Ed Wade by the neck and threw him down to the floor.

Texiera Goes for the THREEPEAT

Mark Texiera went yard 3 times yesterday in the Braves win over the Mariners. He is now up to 13 Home Runs on the year.

ALSO: Tonight in an odd occurence Johan Santana gave up a home run to....FELIX HERNANDEZ! Here is the kicker though...IT WAS A GRAND SLAM! This reminds me of Jose Lima last year!

Gibbons, Schilling Recieve Bad News

John Gibbons and Curt Schilling are both not having the best days of their lives.

Gibbons was fired as Blue Jays manager today after an awful start to the season. Cito Gaston will take over the job.

Curt Schilling announced that he needs surgery and will be out for the season and POSSIBLY his career will end.

John McClaren Fired

Today John McClaren was fired after less then a year as the Mariners manager. The Mariners are 25-47 this season and they also recently fired General Manager Bill Bavasi

Yankees On A Roll

The New York Yankees are now on a 5 Game Winning Streak. They are currently 6 games behind the RedSox for first in the AL East. In the wild card race they are 3.5 Games behind the Rays.

So how did they get to this point? Joe Girardi said going into the interleague stretch that he wanted this to be their breakout time. Well, I guess the team answered his call as they have been playing their best baseball all year! They have won their last two games a combined 21-0 and dont seem like they are about to stop!

Every year it seems they get off to a terrible start, everyone doubts them, and then they finish by making the playoffs.

I predict that will happen again.

Mets make flurry of firings

In a much neccessary move the Mets FINALLY fired Willie Randolph. They also axed Pitching Coach Rick Peterson and 1b coach Tom Nieto.

Taking over Manager will be bench coach Jerry Manuel. AAA pitching coach will take over the same job.

The one problem with these moves was the timing. 3:00 Eastern time AM they fired Randolph. This is just a few hours after an impressive win. Also, they made Willie Randolph go on the west coast trip with the team.

Chien Ming Wang Injury Update

Chien Ming Wang will be out for 6 weeks. Or so we think. Buster Olney reports that the yankees would be HAPPY to see Wang on the mound by September 1st. Any earlier would even surprise them!

With this injury the yankees will for now probably look to the minors but in the future they will probably go to trading/free agency.

Happy Fathers Day!!!

I would like to start off this post by wishing everyone a happy fathers day!

Next of all, reports have said that Ken Griffey Jr. WOULD waive his no-trade clause if he was to be traded to the Rays. Last year he was reported to possibly be going to the Cubs.

INSTANT REPLAY IN AUGUST?

BREAKING NEWS: MLB is working on having instant replay in MLB games as soon as August 1st. They are still working out the details but they should have LIMITED Instant Replay by that date.

Other news: Joba Chamberlain got his first ROAD start of his career yesterday. He pitched 6 innings giving up 6 hits, 1 run, 4 walks, and 2 strikeouts. He got a No Decision in a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros.

What is going on with the Mets????

The New York Mets. Going into the year that was a sentence many teams did NOT want to hear when they found out who they were playing. Now its changed though.

Last year the mets had one of the worst collapses in history of the MLB as they failed to reach the playoffs. This year they are having new problems.

So why are the Mets struggling?

Here is why:

1. Bullpen- Billy Wagner has blown 3 saves in his last 3 appearences. He is supposed to be a possible hall of fame closer. Aaron Heilman(who they could have traded a few years ago in a combo deal with Lastings Milledge to get MANNY RAMIREZ) is the Kyle Farnsworth of the mets. They have blown many leads this year and it seems like they cant hold a lead.

2. Team Chemistry- Willie Randolph is not doing a good job of holding this team together. Billy Wagner has basically called out EVERY person on the team(whats next...calling out the hot dog vendors and blaming THEM for losing a game) meanwhile he has blown three saves in a row! The spanish and american players are arguing and the whole team is a mess.

3. Media- Willie Randolph's job being in jeporady is a daily topic as we have heard a different thing daily. The media is often posting untrue or controversial articles. Overall this hurts the team chemistry.

Mets are currently at a 31-34 record and have seemed to struggle of late.

MY FIXING METHOD: First fire Willy Randolph to get a fresh start. Second demote Aaron Heilman to make him appear RARELY in games. Third id say they should try to trade for a solid Relief Pitcher...if they cant then they should find one in their system.

Mr. 600

Ken Griffey Jr. has done it! 600 Home Runs off steroids! Only a few have done it before! On a pitch from Mark Hendrickson he drilled over the right field fence he became a member of the 600 HR club.

SIDE NOTE: Dusty Baker has managed THREE 600HR hitters(Griffey,Bonds,Sosa)

Padres Set a Record

The San Diego Padres matched a record with 4 consecuitive wins 2-1. 1 vs. the Cubs and 3 vs. the Mets. They swept the Mets in the series. So with that they managed to tie the record for most consecuitive wins 2-1.

The Mets on the other hand have been struggling lately as they were swept in a four game series vs. the Padres. Wagner got the loss in yesterday's 8-6.

Suspensions from Redsox Rays Brawl

The Redsox and Rays brawled in their Wednsday and Thursday matchups. The following suspensions were the results of it:

REDSOX:

Coco Crisp: 7 Games
Jon Lester: 5 Games
Sean Casey: 3 Games

RAYS:

James Shields: 6 Games
Edwin Jackson: 5 Games
Johnny Gomes: 5 Games
Carl Crawford: 4 Games
Akinori Iwamura: 3 Games

All eight players were fined an undisclosed amount.

Joba Chamberlain and Pedro Martinez UPDATE

Yesterday Joba Chamberlain and Pedro Martinez made their first starts in a long time.

For Joba it was his first start since his stint in the minors last year. Joba pitched 2.1 Innings gave up 1 hit and 2 runs(1 earned). So you cant say it was very successful(62 pitches in 2.1 innings) but you cant say this wasnt expected. My opinion is that the yankees should have sent him down to get ready to throw up to 90-100 pitches, and called him back up when ready.

As for Martinez he pitched for the first time since the Mets second game of the season. He pitched 6 innings giving up 7 hits and 3 runs. Pedro is expected to be limited to 6 or 7 innings a start.

MILESTONE UPDATE

Yesterday I was proven wrong by one player and proven to have a less likely chance of being right by the other.

Manny Ramirez hit his 500th Home Run yesterday in a win over the Orioles.

Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 599th Home Run in a win over the Braves.