MLB

yu-darvish Diamond Life: Rangers Put Up Major League Stacks Just To Speak With Yu Darvish Tuesday, December 20, 2011 If you needed anymore evidence that Major League Baseball is the true “League Of Extraordinary Stack Acquisitions,” look no further than the recent bid for the rights to negotiate with Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish. The 25 year old right hander, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighter, is considered the top pitcher in the Japanese Pro League. And ⇒ Read More Screen shot 2011-11-22 at 11.54.36 AM Diamond Life: Major League Baseball Is The League Of Extraordinary Stack Acquisitions Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Major League Baseball teams are flexing major financial muscle this off-season in going after free agents, and keeping their best players around. Case in point, the L.A. Dodgers just made team MVP Matt Kemp a very rich man after a season full of success (.324 batting average, 39 homers, 126 RBI, 40 stolen bases via ⇒ Read More Screen shot 2011-10-26 at 12.56.54 PM Media Movement: According To This Study, The NFL Isn’t Nearly As Thugged Out As Some Think Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Seems that the NFL isn’t as thugged out as some would have you believe, in fact according to a study conducted by WCCO Minesota the NFL arrest rate is well below the average national arrest rate (1 in 23). In 2010 2.2% of NFL players were arrested, that equals out to about 1 in every ⇒ Read More Screen shot 2011-08-17 at 10.07.27 AM DIAMOND LIFE: H.A.M. CHRONICLES VOLUME 81, RED SOX TRIPLE PLAY Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Chronicles in going H.A.M. gets back to back baseball entries, the latest being the Red Sox turning a 5-4-3 triple play on Tampa Bay’s dome last night. Check out the hood youtube phone capture after the link Read More 120120508_crop_650x440 MEDIA MOVEMENT: MLB TRADE UP AND TRADE DOWNS, AND SHAUN WHITE, RED, AND GOLD Monday, August 1, 2011 When the MLB trade deadline passed this weekend and all was said and done, there were a few major winners and painstakingly trashtastic losers as well. Since it hurts us to speak on it, we’ll direct you to Yahoo’s Jeff Passan who dissects the moves without emotion here Shaun White, get’s Gold Shaun White handled ⇒ Read More ron-washington DIAMOND LIFE: H.A.M. CHRONICLES VOLUME 74, TEXAS RANGERS Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Remember the scene from Menace 2 Society when Kane stomped out Ilena’s cousin in front of his grand parents apartment. You could directly apply the ferocity of that @ss whippin’(complete with the O-Dog stomp in the end) to the multiple elbow drop beat down the Twins suffered at the hand of the Rangers last night. ⇒ Read More Screen shot 2011-07-11 at 11.09.17 AM DIAMOND LIFE: TORII HUNTER CALLS IT LIKE HE SEES IT Monday, July 11, 2011 Torii Hunter went way past keeping 100 recently when he was asked if the MLB “All Star Break” came at an inopportune time for his streaking Angels club. After stating he couldn’t really predict what the outcome, he went full Mooney on the microphone telling LA Times beat writer Mike DiGiovanna: “I don’t know man ⇒ Read More Screen shot 2011-06-03 at 7.54.08 AM DIAMOND LIFE: H.A.M. CHRONICLES VOLUME 61, ADAM JONES (NO PACMAN) Friday, June 3, 2011 Orioles outfielder Adam Jones enters the “Chronicles of those who go H.A.M.” after pulling off a Willie Mays-like over the shoulder, running full speed at the wall, type catch. Wed night, Jones robbed his old Seattle squad after Miguel Olivo took a pitch to deep center (pause). Check the way Jones played it above. Read More