Monday, May 5, 2014
New Show! The Windup
Game Of the Night 5-5
Today's Game of the Night comes from Philly where the Blue Jays face the Phillies. JA Happ opposes Kyle Kendrick in this inter league matchup. The Blue Jays are looking to rebound from their 14-17 record, while the Phillies are trying to get only .5 games out of 1st Place. 
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Pineda could miss significant time
After being suspended for the use of pine tar, Bombers prospect Michael Pineda could miss up to a month because of a Shoulder issue. Adam Warren is the lead contender to temporarily replace Pineda. While Suspended, the Yankees were forced to use a 24 Man Roster. It is still unknown what impact Pineda will have when he comes off the DL.
Pepper News & Notes
Here are some of the latest headlines from around MLB:
- The Braves have lost their last 4 Games, and are trailing the Giants.
- Nolan Arenado has proven to be a quality Third Baseman for the Colorado Rockies.
- Tim Lincecum's decline has been staggering, read more about it later this week on Pepper.
- The Mets and Yankees have matched victories over the last week, if the Mets win, the streak will be extended.
- Youth All-Stars (youth.mlblogs.com) is your place to read about the 2014 Regular Season, writen by the best Kid Writers.
Stat Of The Day- The Mets pitchers have gone hitless in their last 46 At-Bats. This has never been achieved in the Modern era.
- the Pepper Show Fan Show will be posted tomorrow, due to tech difficulties.
Game Of the Night 5-3-14
Tonight's Game of The Night comes from Giants-Braves down in Turner Field, GA. Cold Ryan Vogelsong will go for the Hot Giants as they oppose Hot Julio Tehran and the Cold Atlanta Braves. Both First Place teams are looking to establish leads in their respective division. Giants vs Braves goes live at 7PM est. You can watch it on Comcast Bay Area and Fox Sports South. 
Friday, May 2, 2014
5 Fun Facts about Pepper:MLB Blog
Hey Guys, for today's evening original, I'll post about the 5 things we bet you didn't know about Pepper!!!
1. Pepper was launched ahead of schedule- In our Pre- Planning Stage, we had the idea of a right after the World Series launch, however, we wanted to grow a Blog audience, so we launched at the tail end of September.
2. We had a unprecedentedly good Offseason stats wise- Looking back at this year, things have been pretty amazing. We've become a Youth All-Star, a Baseball Bloggers Alliance Member and got on MLB.com. Best of all, we got great support from you guys! 20K Views!!!
3.The Original Name for the Failure that was MLB Daily was called PepPod. Regardless of the name, it only took us Two weeks to figure out that MLB Daily wasn't going to be your source for scores. It was a show that was left out to dry. Both the Launch and the Re-Launch were un-successful. And no, there are no plan's for a Re-Re Launch yet there are some "minor" plans for another "show".
4. We are currently in a blogger transition. You may have noticed the absence of Ben Grieco and Borja Rebaza lately. Their not "completely" gone, but they do have a lesser role on the blog. We are incorporating some new Bloggers to contribute as well.
5. The Pepper Show was very make-shift upon launch. We had very little TV Production experience, but now! Things have changed in the Pepper Family of Blogs!
Game of The Night- 5/2
Today's Game of the night is D-Backs vs Padres out in Pecto Park. Bronson Arroyo will head out the the hill for the D-Backs. Arroyo started 2014 on the Disabled List, and has not been able to locate his pitches, he has posted a 7.77 ERA. The Diamondbacks early struggles have given them low attendance, and they could use a nice win or two. The Padres, have also been underwhelming this year, after a very good Opening Day Comeback, Cashner has pronounced himself the Padres ace, posting a 2.68 ERA, yet only having 2 Wins to show for it. The Padres could get back to 500 with a sweep.
Thursday, May 1, 2014
April lessons
Though it seems that opening day was just happening, we are one month into what seems like an exciting baseball season. Here are 5 things we have learned so far:
1: Replay is still a work in progress
It has made the game better, but MLB still has a few kinks to work out. It has been pretty good in its first month
2. Masahiro Tanaka is the real deal
After many questioned if it was a good idea for NYY to pay that much for a pitcher whos never played in the bigs, it seems as if the Yankees made the right move with this Japanese import
3. Tommy John is going up
TJ surgery has become fairly more common in recent years but this season we have seen a record number of hurlers go down with this surgery. Too many patients for Dr. James Andrews
4. Brewers will be there
The Milwaukee side is the best the league so far. While it is early and it's to hard to tell, it has become evident that the Crew will be in the penant hunt for the majority of the season
5. Reynolds/Verducci combo a good replacement
After the retirement of Time McCarver after the fall classic. Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci were asked to fill his spot in the booth. I believe they have done an admirable job.
Braves and Chris Johnson agree to extension
According to MLB Network's Ken Rosenthal, the Braves have agreed to a 3 year extension with 3B Chris Johnson. Johnson is a good Baseball player, but wasn't viewed as the replacement to Chipper Jones. Chris Johnson is one of the keys to the Braves success in 2014.
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