In this installment of Doug’s Dugout we discuss, the Steve Blass Syndrome, rethinking Jose Reyes, and other demented thoughts: Steve Blass won 19 games in 1972 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and finished second in the Cy Young Award voting to Philadelphia’s Steve Carlton. Lefty accounted for 27 of the 59 Phillies’ wins that year, but Blass was solid, and also averaged 14 wins a...
Read MoreBuffalo Bisons 0 | Indianapolis Indians 1 A real good pitchers duel between two pitchers trying to find their way back to the majors. D.J. Carrasco has been dealing lately. After carrying a perfect game through 4.2 innings in his last start Carrasco led this game off with 5.2 innings of no-hit ball. Unfortunately for Carrasco the Bisons could not score any runs for him and he was taken out of...
Read MoreGame Summary Mets fought it out till the very end, but the bullpen just…well sucks. Great start by Pelfrey with six innings and only four hits, and nice job by Ronny Paulino who led the offense tonight. Mets lose with their first walk-off loss of the season, 7-6 to Brewers. Game Notes Mike Pelfrey with another good start tonight. Pelf allowed only four hits and made just one big mistake, a...
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I’ve had to spend some down time at home this past week and I’ve watched a lot of baseball and I have a question or two and some comments. Where Have All The People Gone? Sure, some teams just don’t draw as much, but even now, there are empty seats at Yankee Stadium and even the Phillies ball park. This is also taking place during good weather and bad, and even on weekends when...
Read MoreIt’s funny how the two players that we all figure will be traded by the end of the season—Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran—are carrying the New York Mets. After Reyes’ go-ahead triple Tuesday night, Beltran came through with a game-tying double off Kameron Loe in the eighth inning last night. However, it hasn’t just been Reyes and Beltran coming through in clutch situations. Despite the tough loss,...
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