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The team believes it was during Game 2 of the American League Division Series last Saturday in Boston when Gregorius injured his right elbow. The throw that did it came in the seventh inning of a game New York ultimately won 6-2.
On the play, Gregorius hustled into the outfield to field an Ian Kinsler double that ricocheted hard off Fenway Park's Green Monster and out of Yankees left fielder Andrew McCutchen's reach. Once he picked up the ball, Gregorius threw it back into the infield, where it was cut off as Boston's second run of the game scored.
"Post-game that day, he was in the trainer's room," general manager Brian Cashman said. "Based on his dialogue and the feeling he felt on the tweak there, on that throw was where he pinpointed it."
By now we’ve gotten used to the promise of the Sunny Leone / Tori Black thesp-off, only to settle in for another forty minutes of sweaty man ass bobbing across the frame, providing the interpretive hula to the repetitive MIDI riffs that serve as soundtrack for a little ‘solo time.’
As the site Pro Football Talk explained on Thursday, the overtime rules stipulate that "each team is only guaranteed the opportunity to possess the ball."
The Nets have countered with a proposal that would send Carter and Josh Boone to the Nets [sic] for a combination of Ron Artest, Shane Battier, Luther Head and Carl Landry.
Yet when Seattle was in the midst of losing 13 of 14 games in late August and early September to tumble from the wild-card lead to hopelessly out of playoff contention, Putz pitched only twice. So when the team was floundering at a make-or-break point of the season, its supposed best pitcher -- the league's alleged best reliever -- was of no help because the Mariners were not in official and proper "save situations."
That's because regardless of era, all stats point to this truth: The key is not who you have on the mound in the ninth but getting to the ninth with a lead.
He [Hawkins] replaced Geoff Geary, who tweaked his groin in the seventh.
Astros GM Ed Wade certainly has the ability to surprise. And confound. His trade for Randy Wolf seems to suggest he thinks his team is a contender. Perhaps someone should next offer Wade a clue.
Bradley is hitting .750 (9-for-12) on 0-0 counts, so opponents might want to be careful with those first-pitch fastballs.
Mets reliever Ambiorix Burgos had more than $270,000 in jewelry stolen from his hotel room earlier this week, but has recovered most of it -- albeit by bizarre circimstances [sic].
"I think we are going to win the World Series. I really do," Dempster said.
Tillman, 19, was Seattle's minor-league pitcher of the year in 2007. Neither Tillman, Butler or Mickolio were on the Mariners' 0-man roster.
In 1993, six Houston pitchers combined to toss a no-hitter against the Yankees in Interleague Play. Roy Oswalt, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel, and Billy Wagner united for the 8-0 victory.
How many milestones can we celebrate in one season?
This season has already given us 756 homers for Bonds, 600 homers for Sammy Sosa, 500 homers for Frank Thomas and Rodriguez and 300 wins for Tom Glavine, but don't put away the party hats just yet. Ken Griffey Jr., a player worthy of celebrating, is only 11 homers from 600. Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez and Gary Sheffield are at 490, 489 and 478, respectively.
Truth is, there is one thing commissioner Bud Selig should do: nothing. Happily, nothing is what Selig is best qualified to do.
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A New Haven, Connecticut native, Astros Catcher Brad Ausmus played high school baseball with NHL defenseman Brian Leetch, where they won a state title in 1984.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka has reached a deal with the Boston Red Sox for six years, $52 million, a source close to the negotiations has told SI.com. The deal contains escalator clauses that could bring it up to $60 million.
Pitcher IP R ER HR ERA
Carpenter 15.0 12 12 2 7.20
Flores 3.0 3 3 1 9.00
Hancock 4.0 4 4 0 9.00
Johnson 2.0 4 4 2 18.00
Kinney 6.1 0 0 0 0.00
Looper 3.1 4 3 0 8.10
Marquis 7.1 9 9 2 11.05
Narveson 4.1 3 3 1 6.23
Reyes 11.1 3 3 1 2.38
Sosa 4.2 1 1 1 1.93
Suppan 10.2 5 4 0 3.37
Thompson 6.1 1 1 0 1.42
Wainwright 4.0 3 3 0 6.75
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A possible playoff for the NL Central between the Cardinals and the Astros would be played Oct. 3 at Houston's Citizens Bank Park.
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If you concede nothing else to Frank, you need to give him 1994. In the modern, integrated era, it's the greatest 500-plus plate appearance season anyone's had.
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Somewhat unexpectedly, the Mariners find themselves in the race for the division title and need to make some moves to stay in contention. One would be to acquire a power bat and give struggling DH Carl Everett his outright release -- although Everett has told the team he doesn't believe in releases, nor will he accept one, because they aren't mentioned in the Bible.
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... but the Cardinals are still the team to beat in the NL Central -- and that's entirely thanks to Tony La Russa, the greatest manager the game has ever seen. All La Russa needs is a bat, a ball and 25 guys (most must be high-profile players signed to rather large contracts, though) and he can win you a World Series every quarter-century, guaranteed.
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60 minutes: Babic attempts a pass to an imaginary player. He finds him.
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Billy Wagner and Jeff Kent and Carlos Beltran left for a reason.