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The NL East leading Atlanta Braves, who have yet to lose a series this season, are five games atop their division. Last season, they fell five games back after the first seven games. This season so far they are outrunning their xwOBA by .008 points. Last year, they were behind .007. This year the Braves […]
By most all accounts, the St. Louis Cardinals have outperformed early expectations of the first year of the rebuild. Despite doing more subtracting than adding to their major league roster this past offseason, the Cardinals are off to a better start than they had in their previous “contending” years. Rightly, the vast majority of the […]
It’s ugly right now. The offense isn’t hitting, the defense can’t field and the pitching hasn’t been as sharp as we’ve seen in the past. There feels like a lot is just off with the team. People can still say it’s early and that they had time while also admitting that things need to get […]
1907 Ed Walsh tied a major league record in a 1-0 win over St. Louis — but not for his pitching prowess. In this game, it was his fielding, as Walsh had 11 assists and 13 total chances in the field. There is no play-by-play data available for the game so it’s uncertain whether the […]
Last Sunday after the Red Sox’s 9–3 win over the Cardinals, Trevor Story gave one of the more entertaining quotes about his new teammate Willson Contreras: “Just look at him. They’re very similar in stature. Real strong and he’s got that presence about him, that Bowser presence. He’s got the intensity. “I’ve never seen a […]
The Dodgers were dealt just their second loss on the road this season as they fell to the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Saturday, snapping a four-game winning streak dating back to Monday. Among the highlights of Saturday’s loss included Shohei Ohtani extending his league-leading on-base streak to 50 games, as he reached base on a […]
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Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 7, Durham Bulls (TBR) 3 Leadoff batter Enrique Bradfield, Jr. kick-started the offense in the first inning with a walk and two stolen bases. José Barrero singled him in for the first run, then he scored on a two-out single by Jhonkensy Noel. The next four runs were driven in on two […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to a close today. Which means it’s time to pick our favorite highlights of the week! I have to be honest, as of the time this is being written, they have lost every game this week. And my week includes last weekend because […]
The Colorado Rockies finished their week on a high note: a much needed home victory against their dreaded National League West big brother in the Los Angeles Dodgers. A well pitched and hard fought game from the Rockies sent the folks in Dodger blue home disappointed on Hello Kitty night of all nights. The week […]
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For the past two weeks, it has been rumored that Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys has his sights on either RB Jeremyiah Love out of Notre Dame, or EDGE rusher David Bailey of Texas Tech, a local kid. And so, here at Revenge of the Birds, we took that thought and made an article […]
Louisville Bats 4, Toledo Mud Hens 2 (box) Toledo only scored two runs, but that’s impressive considering they only had three hits. Nine walks and a Louisville error helped move things along, but that’s minor league baseball for you. Still, three hits aren’t going to win any ball games, and Louisville had eight. The Bats […]
For Dom Hamel, it is a bit of a homecoming. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders right-hander was scheduled to pitch the second game of a doubleheader against the Syracuse Mets at NBT Bank Stadium in New York. Hamel spent the last two seasons in Syracuse, getting drafted out of Dallas Baptist University by the Mets in the […]
Calling up Felix Reyes was an idea that someone in the front office had in order to give the offense a spark. “Moribund” is an adjective that isn’t used enough, but it’s accurate in describing what the Phillies’ offense has been of late. Reyes hitting a home run on the first strike he saw was […]
Hello, friends. In yesterday’s edition of the Bird Droppings, Tyler Young began by saying, “The Orioles offense is having a weird weekend in Cleveland.” They’re still doing it. They lost on Saturday to add another weird game to the pile, one in which they had only four hits all game (actually out-hitting the Guardians) but […]
The Detroit Tigers evened up their four-game series against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Saturday with a 4-1 win behind an ace performance by Tarik Skubal and his 10 strikeouts. The victory brought AJ Hinch’s squad back above the .500 mark and within a half game of the American Central Division lead, […]
For many of us, watching a baseball game is a great way to do something fun and get away for a bit after a long day of working at our jobs. But what about the people whose job is baseball? How do they get that mental reset? Enter pickleball. The game that has swept the […]
Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: L, 4-9 (7) and L, 4-7 (7) at Syracuse Mets Game 1: LF Jasson Domínguez 1-4, 1 RBISS Oswaldo Cabrera 0-32B Max Schuemann 1-2, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SBCF Spencer Jones 0-3, 1 KRF Yanquiel Fernández 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 BBDH Seth Brown 0-3, 1 K1B Ernesto […]
The Missouri Tigers, desperately in need of wins and running out of season to get them, picked up a pivotal 5-0 shutout victory against no. 25 South Carolina (25-21) on Saturday evening in CoMo to move to 24-23 and 7-10 in the SEC (10th place) on the season. Because teams must be .500 to be […]
The Yankees finally got some home cooking going on Saturday, putting a beatdown on the Royals to the tune of 13 runs while Will Warren made it a worry-free day tossing seven innings and striking out 11 batters. Cody Bellinger slugged two home runs on the day, Ben Rice made it three straight days with […]
SNY | John Flanigan: Will Warren dominated the Royals Saturday, holding them off the board into the seventh inning to continue an encouraging start. “The four-seam was really playing well,” Aaron Boone said of his second-year starter. “He got a lot of swing-and-miss, the changeup was good today too, I just think it was the overall mix […]
EVERTON VS. LIVERPOOL | Sunday, April 19th|Premier League | Hill Dickenson Stadium 2PM BST/9AM EST Liverpool head to New Goodison for the first time in what will be the 248th Merseyside Derby. The Reds could finish the day in fourth, just three points off Manchester United in third. Or The Blues could finish the day […]
Dan Wilson managed to shut down the Rangers just long enough. The Mariners snapped a pair of losing streaks on Saturday. They entered the day having lost four straight games. They also entered the day having lost four straight to the Rangers, dating back to last week’s sweep in Arlington. With another strong start from […]
According to Fred Katz, the Cleveland Cavaliers will discuss moving Donovan Mitchell if they aren’t able to get an extension done this summer. From Katz: However Cleveland fares over these next two months will mold its future. Harden has a $42 million player option for next season that he’s likely to decline, a league source […]