Posts Tagged ‘John McDonald’

The Trade That Did Not Need To Happen

The Trade That Did Not Need To Happen

Earlier this month, the Toronto Blue Jays and Arizona Diamondbacks came to a deal that would send Aaron Hill and John McDonald to Arizona for Arizona’s second baseman Kelly Johnson. The Diamondbacks did this to attempt to bring the team back to life during a six-game losing streak, now just up a game and a half on the second place …

by Nate Falk on August 24th, 2011 Leave a comment »

MLB Recap: September 8

MLB Recap: September 8

Texas Rangers 11 Cleveland Indians 9 (Game 1)- Julio Borbon homered twice while Marlon Byrd and David Murphy each went deep once to lift Texas to its 77th win of the season. Byrd finished the game 4-for-4 with 3 RBIs and two runs scored. Neftali Feliz was credited with his first win of the year after pitching 1.2 innings of …

by Derek Johnson on September 9th, 2009 Leave a comment »

MLB Recap: July 6

MLB Recap: July 6

Toronto Blue Jays 7 New York Yankees 6- Ricky Romero allowed three earned runs on seven hits in 6.1 innings as he improved to 7-3 as a starter. Alex Rios and John McDonald both homered for the Blue Jays, who won their 43rd game of the season. Eric Hinske went deep for the Yankees in the 5th inning. Philadelphia Phillies …

by Derek Johnson on July 7th, 2009 Leave a comment »

Who is the Beast of the AL East?

Who is the Beast of the AL East?

Going in to the 2008 MLB season, the AL East had been dominated by the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. However, in 2008, a new force came to battle these 2 historic rivals. The Tampa Bay Rays, who had finished dead last for the past 11 years, won an astonishing 97 games and won the AL East.  …

by Matt Cote on January 25th, 2009 8 Comments »