Top selling jerseys on MLB website at the moment:
1. David Ortiz, 2. Kris Bryant, 3. TIM TEBOW, 4. Anthony Rizzo, 5. Clayton Kershaw.
1. David Ortiz, 2. Kris Bryant, 3. TIM TEBOW, 4. Anthony Rizzo, 5. Clayton Kershaw.
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Bumgarner is a clown.Comment -
Bumgarner provoked the whole incident for no reason, and he was throwing at batters yesterday too. Don't know what his problem is. He hit 2 and threw at Seager's head. MadBum was being a total asshole.Comment -
Tim Tebow's jersey ($119.99) ranks as the top-seller and Tebow's T-shirt ($29.99) ranks second, ahead of Cubs NL Central champ T, on the @MLB website.Comment -
Im pretty sure teams share all MLB licensed apparel revenues evenly regardless of team or player. It just goes in a pool and is split up. The exception to this is actual sales at the ballpark.
So so all those Tebow sales don't benefit the mets anymore than the Yankees
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BumGarner can be a big idiotComment -
I'm guilty of this also.
I just don't like Puig at all...Comment -
The Blue Jays' J.A. Happ joined the Red Sox's Rick Porcello in the 20-win club on Tuesday, marking the first time since 2008 that two pitchers from the AL East won 20 or more games in the same season, per the Elias Sports Bureau. The Jays' Roy Halladay (20-11) and Yankees' Mike Mussina (20-9) did it that year.Comment -
Puig has certainly earned his reputation, but IMO he has been quite a bit more humble since he got back from the minors. That night MB started the whole thing.Comment -
Let's see how long puig can keep his cool.Comment -
Nobody wants to take control of NL wildcard as Mets, Cards, and Giants lose.Comment -
Inciarte robbed the Mets.Comment -
Ruth hits 56th HR in walk-off fashion
On this date in 1927, Babe Ruth hit his 56th home run in dramatic fashion: A two-run walk-off blast in an 8-7 win over the TigersComment -
Gary Sanchez's 19 home runs are the most through 45 games for any player in MLB history.
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Mets with a crazy walk off win.Comment -
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8:45pm: Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe has more on the Red Sox’ perspective. Boston became aware of the issues with Pomeranz after conducting an MRI on his shoulder and elbow, per the report, identifying “an injury he was receiving treatment for” that hadn’t been logged.
The club still felt it needed to move forward with the July 14th trade, and evidently didn’t feel the issue was severe enough to scuttle the deal. Still, though, Boston “sought compensation in the form of a player but didn’t succeed,” a source tells Cafardo. It is not immediately clear whether the team pursued that remedy directly with the Padres or through the league in some form.
7:55pm: Red Sox chairman Tom Werner had harsh words today for the decision of the commissioner’s office relating to withheld medical information in the summer trade for lefty Drew Pomeranz, as Tom Caron of NESN reports (Twitter links). (Video link via NESN.)
“We were extremely disappointed in the decision,” said Werner. “We felt that some wrong was committed and that it’s important to have a level playing field. The Padres didn’t play on it.”
After allegations from four teams arose regarding the Padres’ insufficient provision of medical investigation, the league opened an investigation. The league announced a 30-day suspension of Padres GM A.J. Preller yesterday, specifying that it related to the Pomeranz deal, but otherwise did not punish the San Diego organization or provide compensation to the Red Sox.
At the time the investigation itself was reported, indications were that Boston was not seeking any modification of the swap. Another Padres deal was partially unwound, with Colin Rea being traded back from the Marlins to San Diego. But that arrangement was apparently worked out between the teams. Since that time, reports have suggested that the Padres attempted to evade medical reporting requirements, suggesting to their trainers that doing so would help the organization to gain an advantage in trade talks.
It is not known whether the Red Sox specifically sought any particular recompense arising from the Pomeranz-related concerns. And it’s fair to note that Werner did not make clear whether that was the cause for his view on the suspension. Some have suggested that the Padres were handled less harshly in this instance than the Red Sox were recently, and the frustration could stem from that potential disparity. Boston was hit with a signing ban and was forced to give up its rights to several international free agent signees after a finding of a rules violation.
Meanwhile, Padres manager Andy Green defended his organization as well as Preller, as Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Insisting that Pomeranz never had any issues of which he was aware, Green went into extensive detail on his view of the situation — which you’ll find in full in Lin’s report. “I see it as that we had all our files in one place and they were not where they needed to be and we accepted responsibility for that and paid honestly a steep price for that,” the first-year manager explained.
At base, Green asserted that there was no “malicious intent to deceive anyone in the process” by the San Diego organization. “There was never this belief that we’re trading anybody that was hurt,” he continued. “There was never this belief that we’re trying to pull one over on the rest of Major League Baseball. … [E]very mistake that’s been made was well-intentioned. Mistakes have been made. We’ve owned them.”Comment -
The Cubs won their 98th game, 5-0, over the Cardinals as they surpassed their win total of last year with nine games to play. The storyline of the day revolves around Jake Arrieta who pitched 7 scoreless innings.Comment
Wouldn't have to be that way if Puig was not such a douche. All the talent in the world and a pea for a brain.
I saw an article on this same topic.
