Coming off of memorial day it seems appropriate to mention that on this date in 1917, Hank Gowdy became the first baseball player to enlist in WWI.   Keep an eye on this: Dan Haren hurt his back during a throwing session and may miss a start.   Derek Jeter is only 16 hits away

I understand that there are different types of fantasy players.   There are those just now playing for the first time and then there are those who have been playing since the 80’s when they had to keep score by hand.   There are people that play in only one league with

The Phillies young stud Dominic Brown hit his first home run of the season. After starting off the year on the DL, Brown is now hitting .333 with 1 HR and 5 RBI. It is safe to say that if he remains healthy he will eventually become the everyday right fielder for

What was the old Tic-Tac slogan? “Can you breathe without a Tic Tac? Sure, but I wouldn’t recommend it.” In that same vein, you can have an Oreo without a glass of milk, but it wouldn’t be as good. Almost everything comes in pairs. Sometimes you do not even realize

SP- JUAN NICASIO (COLORADO ROCKIES) – Nicasio was called up immediately following the season ending injury to starter Jorge De La Rosa. Juan had a 5-1 record at AA Tulsa with a paltry 2.22 ERA. In his first major league start Saturday he pitched seven innings only allowing one unearned run

On this day in 1964, Gaylord Perry pitched ten innings in relief to earn the win in a Giants 8-6 victory over the Mets at Shea Stadium in the longest game ever played in baseball history. This was the second half of a double header and spanned more than seven

Jose Reyes picked up four hits in five at-bats on Sunday, notching multiple hits for the sixth straight game (14/27). The highly sought after free agent to be has his BA up to .335, good for 3rd in the National League. Heading in opposite directions: Yovani Gallardo's eight frames of shutout ball

An implosion of astronomical proportions happened to Jaime Garcia last night. Colorado manhandled Garcia to the tune of 11 earned runs off of 11 hits in just 3.1 innings. Garcia took his first loss of the season and watched his 1.93 ERA skyrocket to 3.28. There is an incredible array

Start ‘Em Mat Latos, San Diego Padres (97.1%) – Mat Latos has had an unusual season so far. The young ace had problems in spring training that led to him starting the season on the DL. Since then he has been inconsistent and trying to return to form. Hopefully his last start

The bald spot on the head of White Sox GM Kenny Williams has grown larger; the constant head scratching as a result of his anemic offense hasn’t helped. Headlined by Gordon Beckham whose 2009 rookie campaign appeared to be a mere glimpse of what was to come from the former