On this date in 2004, at Dodger Stadium, Mike Piazza tied Carlton Fisk for the most career homers by a catcher with dinger No. 351 as a backstop. The homer, which was his 362nd overall, moved him past Joe DiMaggio on the all-time list. Here’s this week’s look around the baseball blogosphere..
- Blue Jays Plus looks at John Gibbons’ usage of the shift.
- Inside The Zona says a starter-by-committee approach could work for the D’Backs.
- Baseball Hot Corner discusses the remarkable case of Jesse Chavez.
- Baseball Info Solutions says that the Astros are the kings of the shift.
- Outside Pitch spoke with agent Curtis Dishman.
- Blue Jay Musings is displeased with Toronto’s efforts to improve the rotation.
- I R Fast scoped out Masahiro Tanaka’s fourth start.
- Hidden Vigorish wonders when Gregory Polanco will be ready to make an impact.
- Steel City Buzzin’ offers a primer on Polanco.
- Camden Depot wants to see Chris Tillman pick up his velocity.
- The Giants Cove fears that this will be a lost season in San Francisco.
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I’m going to see the Jays play the Twins at Rogers in June. I was hoping that at least of them would still be in it, but that’s not looking like it’s going to happen.
The Jays rotation problems should not be surprising to anyone. While most of the upper tier pitching was either unfeasible or risky, he still made no trade and didn’t sign any veteran candidates to come in and compete. That’s not really acceptable.
MLB Trade Rumors relly needs to stop linking to The Giants COve. Its a pathetic excuse for a blahg.