The myth, the legend, the…… real deal?

The most anticipated first career start since Cy Young ended with a bang and lived up to the hype. I knew Stephen Strasburg would have a good game, but WOW!

Nationals phenom starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg made his debut on Tuesday night in Washington DC in front of 40,315 fans. I use the word ‘fan’ loosely though, because this may be the first time in the team’s history that someone would admit to being a fan of the Nats. The 21-year-old was on it all …

Padres 3, Phillies 1
As soon as thePhillies seemed to be coming out of their offensive slump, they only manage to score 1 run against the Padres on Monday Night Baseball.  With their recent struggles it’s important that Philly gets good pitching, but not even Cole Hamels great performance was enough.  Hamels took a no hitter into the 7th inning before giving up a 1 out solo homer to Adrian Gonzalez.  Gonzo later added another solo shot. I never thought that by the first week of June that the Phillies would …

Bryce Harper, the so-called LeBron James of the Majors, was drafted #1 overall tonight in the 2010 First Year Players Draft to the Washington Nationals.

If you don’t know Bryce Harper and his story, you will by the end of this article.  Harper is just 17 years old and after his Junior year in HS he decided to take the test to get his GED to play Junior College Baseball with the big boys instead of hit .600 again in HS.  That’s right, in 2009 Harper batted .626 and hit 14 …

1. Rays (37-20) – The best record in the majors remains at the top spot. I like this John Jaso kid too.
2. Yankees (35-22) – NY is able to salvage a game in Toronto which is good, because the Sox and Jays are right behind them.
3. Braves (33-24) – The Braves had a nine-game winning streak snapped this week, but it put them in first place in the NL East.
4. Twins (33-24) – This team is very consistent. They just keep on winning.
5. Red Sox (33-25) – Don’t look now, …

There were so many great games on Sunday in the MLB that I can’t decide which ones to cover. So why not cover them all?

Yankees 4, Blue Jays 3 – A game that was dominated by the starting pitchers came down to the bullpens. Javy Vazquez had a no-hitter into the sixth, but lost it on a Vernon Wells homerun. Brandon Morrow was terrific in seven innings for the Jays, but the bullpen couldn’t hold it. As for the Yankees bullpen, they have Mariano Rivera, so you know it was …

On Memorial Day Chris wrote a post explaining which teams will likely be in the mix of things come playoff time.  This Nasty 9 is a list of the 8 teams (+ 1) who I think will make the playoffs and who has the “easiest” road to making to the playoffs.

1.  Rays – The Rays appear to have another run in them after making it to the World Series two seasons ago.  This team is made for a deep playoff run with great pitching 1-4 and a decent #5 in …

Rangers 6, Rays 1
Josh Hamilton’s homer helped Texas get by Tampa on Saturday night and the Rangers continued their dominance over the Rays.  Since the start of 2009, Tampa is just 1-7 against the Rangers on the road and have been outscored 64-27 over that span.  What a crazy stat.  I know the Rays had an off year last year but you wouldn’t expect them to be that bad against a mediocre team.  Rays catcher John Jaso batted leadoff for the Rays becoming the first catcher in the team’s history …