Category Archives: Baseball Business

Brewers To Trade Zack Greinke –

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

The Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin confirmed that Zack Greinke is likely to be traded.  Zack Greinke is 9-3 on the season with a 3.44 earned run average.  The Brewers fell 9 games behind the Cincinnati Reds and almost out of playoff … Continue reading →

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National League Wins All-Star Game –

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

The National League jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning.  Justin Verlander gave up a bases loaded triple to San Francisco Giant Sandoval in the five run first.  The National League added three more runs to take … Continue reading →

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Jim Thome Traded To Orioles –

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

Jim Thome was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for two minor league players.  The future Hall of Famer has had limited playing time this season after hurting his lower back.  Thome will be the DH and could provide much needed offense for … Continue reading →

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New York Mets First No-Hitter –

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana threw the first no-hitter in the history of the franchise.  It took slightly more than 8,000 games for a Mets pitcher to throw a no-hitter but the drought ended last night.  The 8-0 victory over … Continue reading →

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New York Mets Hosting 2013 All-Star Game –

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

The New York Mets will host the 2013 All-Star game.  On Wednesday, Major League Baseball announced that the Mets will host the All-Star game on July 16th.  The only other time that the New York Mets hosted the All-Star game … Continue reading →

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Josh Hamilton Hits Four Homers –

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

Josh Hamilton hit four home runs in a 10-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.  Hamilton became the 16th player in Major League Baseball to hit four home runs in a game.  Hamilton almost had five homers in the game when … Continue reading →

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Bryce Harper Makes Washington Debut –

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

Bryce Harper made his Washington Nationals debut at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night.  Bryce Harper went 1 for 3 with a double and a sacrifice fly.  Strasburg pitched 7 strong innings and gave up only 1 earned run.  Strasburg also … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Giants Reliever Injured –

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

San Francisco Giants reliever Brian Wilson has been placed on the disabled list.  Brian Wilson may have elbow reconstruction surgery that will likely end his season.  Wilson had 48 saves in 2010 and 36 saves last season.  Wilson has been an All-Star three times … Continue reading →

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Baseball Opening Day 2012 –

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

The 2012 Major League Baseball sesaon opener was played Wednesday night in Japan.  The Seattle Mariners won 3-1 in 11 innings over the Oakland A’s.  Ichiro Suzuki had 4 hits on the day and Todd Wilhemsen was the winning pitcher. To read a … Continue reading →

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Joba Chamberlain Injures Ankle –

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

Joba Chamberlain had surgery on Thursday for a dislocated right ankle.  The 26 year old Yankee reliever may miss the enitre 2012 season.  The last time that Joba Chamberlain took the mound was on June 5th. To read a related MLB.com article, … Continue reading →

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Baseball Expands Playoffs –

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

Major League Baseball added a wild card game for the playoffs.  There are now 10 teams that will reach the postseason.  The two wild card teams from the National and American leagues will play a single elimination game.  The National and American league … Continue reading →

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Cardinals Sign Molina –

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

The St. Louis Cardinals signed catcher Molina to a five year contract worth $75 million.  There is a $15 million option for the 2018 season.  The deal makes Molina the second highest paid catcher in baseball.  Molina has won four … Continue reading →

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Washington Nationals Sign Zimmerman –

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

Ryan Zimmerman has agreed to a six year contract extension with the Washington Nationals that is expected to be worth $100 million.  Zimmerman has a career .288 batting average with 128 homeruns and 498 RBIs.  In his career, Zimmerman has already won … Continue reading →

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Strasburg In Nationals Rotation –

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

Stephen Strasburg is expected to make the regular rotation for the Washington Nationals this season.  Strasburg is returning from elbow surgery that caused him to miss most of last season.  Strasburg will have an innings limit but is not expected to skip … Continue reading →

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Baseball Spring Training Map –

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Jim Sutliff

Spring training is less than a month away for Major League Baseball teams.  NBC Sports has an interactive spring training site map for Major League Baseball teams.  The spring training map has the site locations for all teams in Florida and … Continue reading →

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