I once wrote an article on things that hadn’t happened in a baseball game yet. Today’s article is about something else: the biggest baseball stories that haven’t happened yet, the ones off the field (or at least not only on the field). We’re talking the stories that would get attention beyond seamheads like you or me. Go below the jump to see what I mean.
The Yankees again routed the Indians yesterday, led by Robinson Cano, who went 4-6 with a HR and 5 RBIs. While the game wasn’t close enough for this to truly make a difference, it is hard to ignore, making him the MVP of Yesterday.
Honorable Mention: Kris Medlen, Jose Altuve, Michael Young, Cliff Lee
MVP standings (after jump):
Recent results from around the world:
NPB (Japan- through 11:06 AM ET of 4-9-2013):
Chiba 3, Seibu 2
Orix 2, Fukuoka 1
Rakuten 9, Hokkaido Nippon Ham 1
Hanshin 2, Yomiuri 0
Chunichi 5, Yakult 0
Hiroshima 9, Yokohama 2
KBO (Korea):
There were no games on Monday, and there is no information online yet on any of the game from 4/9.
Mexican League (Mexico):
No games yesterday.
Sources: Yakyu Baka, MyKBO, MiLB.com
Travis Hafner is the MVP of Yesterday, as he went 2-3 with a HR, 4 RBIs and two walks in his return to Cleveland with the Yankees.
Honorable Mentions: Clay Buchholz, Ervin Santana, Marty Foster’s blown call, several members of Cincinnati Reds
Go below the jump for the MVP standings:
There were lots of good candidates for the MVP of yesterday, but I’m going with Billy Butler of the Royals. The main reason for this is because Butler’s 7 RBIs made up seven of Kansas City’s 9 runs as they edged out the Phillies 9-8. By comparison, Will Middlebrooks‘ 3 dingers against Toronto and Carlos Santana had five hits against Tampa, those were in blowouts- Billy Butler’s performance came in a close game.
And that is why he is the MVP of Yesterday. Go below the jump for the current MVP standings:
Today is the 20th Anniversary of The Sandlot. Two things:
A) This makes me feel old (I must have watched that movie on VHS 200 times as a kid).
B) If you haven’t seen this movie, well… you’re killing me, Smalls!
Below the jump you can find the current standings of some prominent leagues outside of the USA:
The MVP of Yesterday was Justin Upton, who went 3-5 with 2 homers (including the game-winner) in the Atlanta win over Chicago- during which his brother B.J. homered earlier in the 9th inning to tie the game.
And, really, that sounds like a good way for siblings to spend the weekend, right?
Honorable Mentions: Wilson Ramos, Clayton Kershaw
MVP standings after the jump.
The MVP of Yesterday- and a good leader for MVP of the whole first week of play- is Chris Davis of the Orioles, who’s 8th inning grand slam put the O’s ahead for good against the Minnesota Twins. His 4th HR of the season (one in each game, becoming only the fourth player in history to have a home run in the first four games of the season), it also provided four of five RBIs on the day, bringing his season total to 16- the highest number of RBIs this early in the season since the stat became official in 1920. He is the first player to hit a homer and drive in at least three runs in four straight games – at any point in the season – since Bill Dickey in 1937 (source).
So, while perhaps they may have been players who hit more HRs yesterday, or who pitche extremely d well, it’s hard to to argue with Chris Davis.
Honorable Mentions: Prince Fielder, Todd Frazier, Zach Cozart, Barry Zito, Zack Greinke
Go below the jump for the MVP Standings:
WordPress provides me with a list of search results that bring people to the Continuum, but, well, sometimes they can be very strange. Here are some of the weirdest search results that have brought people to this blog, as well as what I think they ended up finding by searching for them- all of these are put down exactly as they appear in WordPress’ list of search results:
So, have you ever come here with a strange search request?
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