Paul Goldschmidt hit both the tying home run and the walk-off home run in the Diamondbacks victory over the Orioles yesterday, and added another hit as well. That’s good enough for MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as usual, under the jump:
There were some great pitching performances last night by guys like Cole Hamels, Hiroki Kuroda, Mat Latos and Andrew Albers (who followed up his near complete-game shutout from his first start with… a complete game shutout his second start). But the MVP of Yesterday is Yu Darvish, who had 15 Ks and gave up only one hit (a HR) and one walk (which should have been a strikeout- the ump blew the call on the 2-2 pitch).
Standings, as always, after the jump:
The Baseball Card Haiku Project is going to be on a temporary hold over the next week or so. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Stephen Strasburg notched his first CG shutout, which, not surprisingly, gets him the MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as usual, after the jump:
Josh Reddick didn’t hit three HRs yesterday, but he did hit two… but that isn’t enough for him to win his second straight MVP of Yesterday. Instead, the award goes to Matt Holliday, who had two HRs and four RBIs, as well as a walk, in the Cardinals’ close loss to the Cubs yesterday.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
In Bizarre Baseball Culture, I take a look at some of the more unusual places where baseball has reared it’s head in pop culture and fiction.
Superman. Contrary to popular belief, he was not the first superhero, but he was the first to truly make an impact. First appearing in Action Comics #1, this year is his 75th anniversary, and his latest film, Man of Steel, was a runaway success that already has spawned a sequel due out in 2015 where Superman will meet/fight/probably-become-buddies-after-that with Batman. By the way, Man of Steel establishes that Clark Kent is a Royals fan.
But, for our purposes, we are focusing on the past with Action Comics #50, waaaay back in July, 1942. It’s the first of two Superman stories for Bizarre Baseball Culture. There will be another, more modern, story in a few days. I read it in The Superman Chronicles Volume Nine, which I got from my local library. All scans and screenshots are for educational or demonstration purposes only and are being used under the fair use doctrine. Also, I’d like to note that Michael Clair has also covered this story, and his scans are of way better quality than mine. Maybe he has a better scanner than me. Or maybe he somehow has a more flexible thing to put in the scanner than a large Trade Paperback collection. But I digress…
Anyway, go below the jump:
Three hits. Three homers. Five RBIs. Josh Reddick is the MVP of Yesterday. It’s his second of the year.
As usual, the standings are after the jump.
I don’t know why, exactly, I have an Athletics cap, but I decided to put it in a scanner. This is what it looked like:
In which I write Haiku-style poetry about a potpourri of baseball cards I found in a value pack. Because, well, it’s my blog.
2007 Bowman Carlos Silva
He’s Carlos Silva!
Righty with a signature
That looks a bit weird
The Baseball Continuum 