It has been a shortened game week in the Majors due to the All-Star break.  Nevertheless, the stars of the game didn’t waste any time getting back in the swing of making spectacular plays all over the diamond.  The All-Star festivities themselves had their own moments including Todd Frazier’s scintillating run to the Home Run… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week

The Dodgers are currently in first place in the National League West.  Their hold on that lead seems tenuous though as the Giants continue to play solid baseball and the Dodgers continue to lose starting pitchers to injury.  The latest Dodger arm to hit the ranks of the walking wounded is left hander Brett Anderson.… Continue reading Dodgers Need Reinforcements

With the All-Star Game in the rear view mirror, most clubs will now turn their attention to the next big event on the baseball calendar.  That event is of course the July 31st non-waiver trading deadline.  With the implementation of the second Wild Card, more teams than ever before are hanging on to hope for… Continue reading The Red Sox Are In Limbo

The All-Star Break is upon us.  The vast majority of the sport’s players will get a much needed vacation.  All the while, the season’s best will travel to Cincinnati with home field advantage in the World Series for their respective leagues hanging in the balance.  But as always, Top of the Heap isn’t all about… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week

It is a fact of life that with every All-Star Game in every sport.  There will be snubs.  Players whose seasons merit inclusion in an exhibition of the game’s finest are told that they are not worthy enough to do so.  Misrepresentative fan voting (thankfully Omar Infante is out) coupled with league rules stating that… Continue reading The Biggest All-Star Snubs

It is that time again folks.  As the rest of the sports landscape tapers off, the baseball season powers towards the All-Star Break.  Only one of the men on this week’s Top of the Heap will be making the trip to Cincinnati for the Mid-Summer Classic.  Nevertheless, these fine ballplayers made their own statement through… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week

With the advent of the second wild card, fewer and fewer teams are counting themselves out of the playoff hunt early.  As many a team has shown over the past decade or so, just getting into the dance can lead to one hell of a postseason ride.  However, there are always some teams that are… Continue reading Contenders, Get Your Pieces Here!

Sadly, there were not any no-hitters or transcendent goals achieved in this past week of Major League Baseball action.  There were however many a display of defensive wizardry, extra base robbery, and one hell of a debut.  Without further ado, here are the top five plays that defined the week that was in baseball.  … Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week

There are many classifications of offensive statistics over the course of baseball history.  The dead ball era of the early 1900’s saw spikes in triples and stolen bases that will most likely never be replicated.  Babe Ruth ushered in the era of the hitter in the following decades as home run numbers and batting average… Continue reading Is Stanton Having The Best Power Season Ever?

It seems lately that there isn’t some sort of history being made each week in baseball.  This past week was no different.  There were hitting milestones, pitching performances for the ages, and some pretty fine defensive work.  Nevertheless, we can only take the cream of the crop from the past seven days on Top of… Continue reading Top Of The Heap: Plays Of The Week