MLB Coverage: The AL Central Race
Today’s MLB coverage is the second part of our weeklong series that will provide a basic statistical profile of each division in baseball. The focus for Tuesday is going to be the American League Central.
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Daily Sports: The Eyes Of Texas On Tuesday
Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis has lit up the American League this season, with 33 home runs and he’s set to be the AL starter in the All-Star Game next week at Citi Field in New York. Before Davis was lifting the Oriole offense, he was a part of the Texas Rangers’ organization. Davis is back in his original MLB home in the early part of this week, and tonight’s Orioles-Rangers game (7 PM ET, MLB) is the highlight of Tuesday’s daily sports schedule.
MLB Coverage: The AL East Race
We’re in the final week of play before the All-Star break in major league baseball, and TheSportsNotebook’s MLB coverage will be focused on an effort to capture each division race in a statistical snapshot. Today we begin with the AL East.
Daily Sports: Nats-Phils Start Four-Game Set Monday
The Nats have won four in a row. The Phils have won consecutive series against first-place teams in Pittsburgh and Atlanta. Both Washington and Philadelphia have to play with a sense of urgency, and their four-game series begins in Philly tonight.
MLB Coverage: San Francisco Sinks To The Bottom
The National League West might be anybody’s to take in the second half, but there’s nothing about the San Francisco Giants that suggests they are ready to do the taken. The franchise that won its second World Series title in three seasons in 2012 is now 39-46 and in fifth place coming into Saturday’s games. The purpose of our MLB coverage here will be to establish whether pessimism is an overreaction to the present moment, or if serious structural flaws in the Giants are being exposed.
MLB Coverage: Does Tampa Have A Second-Half Push Ahead?
The attention in the American League East has centered on front-running Boston, and when it comes to teams who can catch them, the media has either fixated on Toronto’s recent hot streak, New York’s injured players or Baltimore and Chris Davis. But don’t forget about the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays are 47-40, only a half-game behind the Yanks and a full game back of the Orioles coming into Saturday’s games. And now last year’s Cy Young Award winner is healthy.
Daily Sports: Wimbledon, The AL East & The All-Stars Mark The Weekend
The weekend in daily sports follows a similar pattern in each day—start in England, move to New York in early afternoon, end in Anaheim at night, and mix in a good baseball movie. And jumping into the midst of this basic pattern will be the stars coming out in major league baseball.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Joey Logano On The Move
The race for the postseason in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is going through some shakeups, and we’re headed to a track known for its share of shakeups. The circuit is back in Daytona, for Saturday night’s Coke Zero 400 (7:30 PM ET, TNT) and one of several notable developments in the push for the playoffs is that 23-year-old Joey Logano has moved into 10th place, the baseline for automatic qualification.
Daily Sports: Orioles-Yanks & 1980s NFL Highlight Friday
The New York Yankees are six games out of first place in the AL East, and on the outside looking in the wild-card picture. There’s no need to panic, but there is a need to play with some sense of urgency right now, and that sets up a good series this weekend in the Bronx with the Baltimore Orioles. The Birds swept the Yanks last weekend and the return visit starts tonight on MLB Network at 7 PM ET.
MLB Coverage: Cincinnati Tries To Keep Pace In Tough NL Central
Today seems like the ideal day to focus our MLB coverage on the Cincinnati Reds. They just had a no-hitter thrown by Homer Bailey on Monday night, the second straight year Bailey has tossed a no-no. The Reds are fighting to keep pace with the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Central. And ultimately, it’s the Fourth of July—no game is more uniquely American than baseball, and no teams says baseball like it’s original franchise from the banks of the Ohio Rive
Daily Sports: All-Day Baseball For The Fourth Of July
The Fourth of July means baseball, and the MLB Network is set to oblige with a tripleheader of action that mark daily sports on this holiday Thursday.
MLB Coverage: Are The Angels Finally Ready To Fly?
The Los Angeles Angels have won seven in a row coming into Wednesday’s games. The Halos are now at 40-43, and though that’s still 8 ½ games off the pace in the American League West, there’s still a half a season to play and a lot of talent in Anaheim. Let’s take a closer look at the Angels and see if this is the start of them making a definitive move in this division.