Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Baseball Babe #40 Honors Matt Wieters Baltimore Orioles GW Single in 13th


Mr. Clutch in Baltimore is Matt Wieters. He hit a game winning rbi single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 13th inning to win over the Seattle Mariners 7-6. The Baltimore Orioles fans finally have something and someone to cheer about!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Baseball Babe #39 Boston Red Sox Honoring Carl Crawford Winning Double


It took extra innings but, Carl Crawford extended his hitting streak to nine games with a double off the "Green Monster" to knock in Jose Iglesias in the bottom of the 11th inning Monday night!
So, the double gets two babes today!
He is coming into his game and the Boston Red Sox and the Red Sox Nation are getting rewarded for the big blockbuster trade.
The Minnesota Twins with the loss have really been struggling with finding wins with all of the stars on the DL.
Congrats to Carl Crawford for getting it done to get the win!



Monday, May 9, 2011

Baseball Babe #3 New York Yankees Honoring Derek Jeter 2 HR


Finally, we get the Derek Jeter the fans have grown to love hitting two home runs to hopefully start kitting Jerer-like! He did go 4-6 with 3 rbi's to round out the stat sheet!
The New York Yankees spanked the Texas Rangers 12-5 in Arlington.


Sunday, May 8, 2011

Baseball Babe #38 Detroit Tigers Honoring Justin Verlander No Hitter


It's a trifecta for pitchers winning the Baseball Babe Award.
 Justin Verlander joins Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay to make it three in a row.
This is Justin's second time winning the honor!
But, it just kept getting better with each pitcher and Detroit Tigers fans have seen a no hitter and almost a perfect game with only one walk allowed to the Toronto Blue Jays. This makes his second no hitter of his career, the first was the Milwaukee Brewers.
Congrats to Verlander on his No Hitter!



Saturday, May 7, 2011

Saturday Chatter: Andre Ethier Pacquiao Mosely Kentucky Derby

Andre Ethier - At 30 games will Ethier take down the legend Joe Dimaggio and the record 56 game hitting streak? First he will have to go for the franchise record held by Willie Davis and his 31 game hit streak hit back in 1969. The hits streak has been impressive to start the season with only one game this year did he not get a hit and that was April 1st, since then his bat has been on fire. The hit streak also has 11 games were he has got multiple hits in game. Going long ball has only happened three times, must be looking for contact and not messing up the swing looking for the fences. He has 22 total strikeouts for the season that is one third less than his 66 total hits also impressive. For all fantasy players looking for average .379 for the season should help win a few points. Baseball card collectors should be looking for his 2005 Topps Chrome Auto Refractor for a nice piece of cardboard memorabilia.

Manny Pacquiao - The fight is on! The WBO Welterweight Title Fight is Saturday night in Pacquiao vs. Mosely! The weigh in is final and the fight is due! Manny at weigh in weighed at 145 two pounds lighter that Mosely. Manny is 52-3-2 with 38 knockout wins, that is a lot of power in a 145 pound body. Manny is a 6-1 favorite going into the fight as a 10 time world champion in 8 weight classes will be ready for the showdown. His last fight in Dallas, Texas was a barn burner when he defeated Antonio Margarito by points. The offense is ruthless abandon from the gloves of Pacquiao and with all the fire power behind it the crowd will be behind the champ.



Shane Mosely - The underdog is looking for the big payday and a chance to take out the legend in the sport. Shane has an impressive 46-6-1 record himself. His knockout power is similar in the fact he has 36 knockouts in those 46 wins. His last fight went to a draw with Sergio Mora, so a win is all he has in his sights. The 12 round fight will be a war of two pounders going at it both with powerful punches. This could be a fight for the ages or a quick knockout by either fighter. Mosley is hoping its him and proves he is one of the best!



2011 Kentucky Derby - The favorite Uncle Mo has withdrawn for the derby due to a gastro-intestinal infection giving the field a better chance of winning. If you are an avid horse racing watcher or not the Kentucky Derby is one of the highlight races of the year. The bets are all over the board with chances to win big money is there, but the defeat and money running away like the bad horse pick could also happen. Today we will have all kinds of betters the educated, the sheer blindfolded guess and the ones that like the horses name on the card. The odds makers have their picks and let's take a look at the Top 10 picks and to what they seem likely to happen. So, ladies get your hats out and enjoy the races!

1. Dialed in 4 -1
2. Nehro 6 -1
3. Archacharch 10-1
5. Mucho Macho Man 12 - 1
6. Shackleford 12 - 1
7. Soldat 12 -1
8. Pants on Fire 20 - 1
9. Stay Thirsty 20 - 1
10. Twice the Appeal 20 -1
Take a chance? Watch Me Go 50 - 1

Enjoy your Saturday and let's enjoy a cartoon!

Baseball Babe #37 Philadelphia Phillies Honoring Cliff Lee 16k's


Back to back Baseball Babe winners by the Phillies and second by Cliff Lee.
Today's winner is Cliff Lee strikeing out 16 Atlanta Braves tieing Curt Schilling and one off Chris Short and the franchise record of 18 strikeouts.
The 16k's went sour with the loss 5-0!
I guess he had to one up Roy Halladay and his 10 strikeouts.
The Phillies staff is living up to the hype as could be the best four man rotation in history!





Friday, May 6, 2011

Baseball Babe #36 Philadelphia Phillies Honoring Roy Halladay


The strikeouts keep coming for the staff ace of the Philadephia Phillies and the Phearsome Phoursome!
Roy Halladay struck out 10 in 7 innings to end the series with a win and sweep of the Washington Nationals.
The double digit strikouts bring him to a total of 13 for his career and looking up to Tim Lincecum with 29 double digit strikeouts earned this week!
Halladay has 1771 strikeouts for career on his way to closing out 2011 with over 2000 k's.