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Bloomquist has been a major asset for MLB teams, and has been recognized for his great capabilities as an in and out fielder. The D-backs, who signed him up to 2013, have found a great combination of versatility, experience and record. This can bring many advantages to the side. With the D-backs seeing many of its highly experienced players retire over the last few years, Bloomquist’s entry can be a great asset addition. The player is about 33 years old, and will be adding the much needed experience and motivation to the team. Although Bloomquist was offered a great deal at 1.1 million dollars sometime in the earlier part of the season, he can now focus on the better deal from the D-backs.

According to most reports on MLB, the D-backs deal has awarded him nearly 4 million dollars. This can mean a great boom to his morale, especially after he started showing his abilities in multiple areas of the game. While the popular MLB side has ushered in the experienced player, fans believe that the best from him is yet to come. The stalwart has been heading towards his hundredth game. His versatility becomes obvious with the large number of successes he has had in different positions of the field. Moreover, he also has a commendable reputation as a batter. His record of being a .264 hitter is not the only figure that makes him a valuable player. According to recent releases, he also happens to have a .654 OPS.

Bloomquist has appeared as a shortstop specialist in nearly 60 games. In 25 games he has been a valuable player on the left field, and also played as a second base in one game. Stephen Drew, who had an ankle in July, may come off the bench pretty soon. However, Bloomquist who had been recognized for his shortstop capabilities when substituting Drew, will remain in the side after he comes back. Having a player like Bloomquist will be beneficial to any side, because of the high efficacy he serves in most parts of the baseball field. As a result, the entire team is fighting to be at the top because a straightforward substituting between Bloomquist and Drew will not take place.

1986 was a memorable year for many sports. When memorable events like the World Series of 1986 comes back in the news, fans cannot wait to know the newly revealed facts. Although the series had its moments that fans remember till today, there were many aspects of the game that have become highlighted with great zeal recently. McNamara features most prominently in those aspects, and his marathon pitching is not all that there is to it. The Red Sox champion had much more than just a winning streak. What fans could never see from the stands is a breathtaking set of events that only came to light over the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the title win in 1986.

Pitching for Red Sox in the long drawn battle, the Texas Rangers were playing well. However when they began to struggle, the difference became apparent in the attitude of both teams. McNamara had already pitched 117 times. The tiring arm was an evident factor in giving the opponents the occasional edge. However, the champion kept pitching. He only revealed to his teammates that it was all he could pitch, and much to the disappointment of the coaching bench, McNamara made an unexpected exit. However, fans knew that they could not hope to see him go on and on for much longer. The truth is that the champ had a bleeding finger owing to the seam bruising his fingers repeatedly.

The persevering Rangers went on to take the title series to its tail. Moreover, McNamara went emotional about the way events were unfolding. However, he also said that he would be honest and avoid being stubbornly, just because the fans wanted to see him pitch more. This was unknown to most until the celebrating event. He said “I don’t lie,” and it became one of the epic quotes, especially since he had the rationality during such a an important part of the battle.

As many might remember, Buckner made the infamous gaffe making it all predictable. The Red Sox had no other option but to give away the game to champions St. Louis Cardinals. It became one of the most talked about aspects of the game, but to young fans, it could be a new story.

Game Monday between the Phillies and the Rockies witnessed a see saw battle between the two teams and the late two home runs by the Phillies made them worthy winners of this gripping contest. The Phillies picked up this win in the 10th innings of the game to set up a winning record of four games in a trot. So far, the Phillies have managed to win 10 of their 13 outings this season. The game was tied at the 9th innings courtesy of a two run homer by John Mayberry Jr. off closer Huston Street. The Phillies were very much elated by this super strike from Mayberry so late in the game.

Shane Victorino’s last inning shot for a homer against the rookie left hand Rockies player Rx Brothers sealed the game for the Phillies. Victorino felt that the last ball that he hit for a homer was a quick one that a little bit on the upper side. This enabled him to swing the bat widely at the ball and as it got connected he felt that it could go the distance that all the Phillies fans were hoping for. Victorino pointed his bat at his parents sitting in the gallery immediately after scoring the home run. It was a proud moment for his Hawaiian parents to witness their son makes the winning home run for his team’s cause.

The Phillies manager Charlie Manuel was an elated man. He feels that the team has been playing so long in the MLB season and hence is able to adapt well to close games. He was happy that character and attitude was displayed by most of his players during the match. Rockies manager Jim Tracy was quick to acknowledge the strength and the powerful performance of the opponent team. Street was the culprit as far as the Rockies were concerned as his eighth slider to Mayberry in the ninth inning was lofted into the left field stands for a two home runs. This shot should have definitely hurt Street very badly. Mayberry said what he had achieved what he was looking for in this game. As a bench warmer, he knew that if given a chance he would have to make the best of the opportunity given to him. This is what he did at last and the result for his dedication and hard work over the past few weeks have paid off.

CC Sabathia has earned the major league baseball’s best 16th win during the match between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox team in Chicago last Monday. What this means is that the White Sox has suffered its fourth consecutive defeat at the hands of the New York Yankees. This time the final score line read as 3-2 in favor of the Yankees. The left hander Sabathia was not in the best of pitching forms for this game.  But, he managed to pitch himself out of trouble many times and eventually picked up his 16th win of this MLB season.
The White Sox tried all their might to keep pace with the Yankees. But without the services of their ace slugger Paul Konerko they found the going a little bit tough. Sabathia, despite his poor form in this game when compared to other games this season, now has improved to 9-1 with a 1.76 ERA in his 10 starts for the Yankees team. The players who score the three homers for the Yankees are: Curtis Granderson and Robinson Cano. Curtis had an RBI double and that set the tone for Yankees. Cano came up with a running score in the first inning. Granerson made the matters easy for the Yankees after scoring on Cano’s double-play grounder in the third.
The presence of white Sox’s most prolific hitter Dunn did not cause any damage to the left handed pitching skills of Sabathia. Dunn has been struggling off late to cope up with the left hander pitchers’ throwing and this was the case even against CC Sabathia and his team too. Sabathia in his post match interview said that he enjoyed the tussle with Dunn and acknowledged that Dunn has had a bad year so far in MLB. He was quite aware of Dunn struggling against lefties this season and hence Sabathia was just not trying to experiment too much on his pitches and decided to keep it simple and straight.
The Yankees have moved to 7-2 wins in the last nine games and attribute their last victory to their in form pitcher Sabathia. The New York Yankees have now moved into the top position in the American League East. The Yankees will have to do a lot of travelling from here on as they have more than 21 road games to be played this month.