The top performance in Major League Baseball this week was by Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs. The 29-year old right-hander picked up a pair of wins over his last two starts including a no-hitter. Arrieta tossed his no-hitter on the road against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 2-0 decision on Sunday, Aug. 30. […]
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The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners, Matt Kemp of the San Diego Padres and Jackie Bradley Jr., of the Boston Red Sox. Iwakuma tossed the fifth no-hitter in the history of the Mariners in Seattle on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Iwakuma struck out seven and […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Brandon Phillips of the Cincinnati Reds and Taijuan Walker of the Seattle Mariners. According to the scoreboard at Great American Ball Park, Phillips became the first player in the big leagues since 1920 to have four hits, two homers, seven RBI and a pair […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies and Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees. Hamels threw the 13th no-hitter in the history of the Phillies on Saturday, July 25. The lefty allowed a pair of walks and struck out 13 in the 5-0 victory […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Randal Grichuk of the St. Louis Cardinals and Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Grichuk was three-for-three as the Cardinals won 12-2 at home against the New York Mets on Saturday, July 18. After getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded […]
Like most kids growing up, I had a dream of playing Major League Baseball. Notice the word “had” in the first line. By the time I was 10-years old, the dream was over. Ruined in little league by poor talent. After the realization that I wasn’t big league material, it was time to figure out […]
The dust finally cleared on the Franchise Four at the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Cincinnati. There were 120 players on the list announced prior to the mid-summer classic at Great American Ball Park with four from each of the 30 clubs. Back in May, Shoestring Catches had made some recommendations for fans […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Johnny Cueto of the Cincinnati Reds and Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Cueto tossed a two-hit shutout at Washington as the Reds beat the Nationals 5-0 on July 6. He had 11 strikeouts and a walk as he threw 122 pitches. The […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Mike Montgomery of the Seattle Mariners and Neil Walker of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Montgomery tossed a one-hitter against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on Tuesday, June 30. In Seattle’s 5-0 win, Montgomery struck out seven, while walking four as he threw 113 […]
The top performances in Major League Baseball this week were by Josh Donaldson of the Toronto Blue Jays and Dallas Keuchel of the Houston Astros. Donaldson capped a 10-9 victory by the Blue Jays over the Chicago White Sox with a three-run walk off homer in the ninth at the Rogers Centre on Tuesday, May […]