Historical

Because he won the Triple Crown this year, Miguel Cabrera got an actual crown in reward. It’s beautiful. [via Darren Rovell] [...]

October 3, 2012 – Evan Stambaugh Miguel Cabrera, the Tigers slugger, won the Triple Crown tonight. The Triple Crown is the first since Carl Yastrzemski did it back in 1967. Cabrera ended the season with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs, and 139 RBI. Because of the Triple Crown achievement, Cabrera should lock up [...]

September 29, 2012 – Evan Stambaugh Reds pitcher Homer Bailey threw a no-hitter against the Pirates last night. While one run is usually never enough to win a game, it was in this case – the Reds beat the Pirates 1-0. Bailey struck out 10 and only walked one. The no-hitter is the seventh one [...]

September 27, 2012 – Evan Stambaugh In today’s outing against the Royals, Tigers pitcher Doug Fister struck out nine straight batters, which is the most consecutive strikeouts a pitcher has ever had in AL history. The Tigers now lead the White Sox by 1.5 games in the AL Central. Six games left for the Tigers, [...]

August 29, 2012 – Evan Stambaugh MLB’s rookie sensation Mike Trout is having a historical rookie year so far, and he made it even more historical last night by homering in the 1st inning. Trout became the 33rd player ever and the first rookie to hit 25 home runs and steal 40 bases in one [...]

August 25, 2012 – Evan Stambaugh Orioles DH Chris Davis ended up swinging for the fences three times in last night’s game against the Blue Jays. Cool, eh? But I’m not finished yet… remember a game back in May between the O’s and the Red Sox that went to the 17th inning? Davis actually pitched [...]

August 4, 2012 – Evan Stambaugh Rays center fielder B.J. Upton had 99 career home runs before the start of last night’s game against the Orioles. Diamondbacks right fielder and younger brother Justin Upton had 99 career home runs before the start of last night’s game against the Phillies. They both hit their 99th career [...]

July 21, 2012 – Evan Stambaugh Jim Thome hit his 610th home run yesterday to pass Sammy Sosa and move into seventh place on the MLB’s all-time home runs list. The homer was Thome’s sixth of the season and his first with the Orioles, who acquired him from the Philadelphia Phillies earlier in the month. [...]

July 1, 2012 – Evan Stambaugh Padres rookie catcher Yasmani Grandal was called up from Triple-A Tucson Saturday afternoon, and he made the most of his debut in the majors. The 23-year-old unbelievably homered in his first two at-bats. From MLB: Grandal, a 23-year-old rookie acquired by the Padres from the Reds this past offseason, [...]

June 26, 2012 – Evan Stambaugh Reds right-hander Bronson Arroyo took a no-hitter into the eighth inning in the Tuesday night match-up against the Brewers. Once he got into the eighth inning, though, it quickly went downhill. After a walk to George Kottaras, Taylor Green followed it up with a double into the right-field corner, [...]