Week 20 - Transactions

Mashers

• Reserve George Kottaras C - BOS, Activate Brayan Pena C - KAN
• Reserve Jarrod Saltalamacchia C - TEX, Activate Alex Avila C - DET
• Reserve Brett Gardner OF - NYY, Activate Bill Hall OF - SEA
• Release Ben Francisco OF - NL, Activate Gabe Gross OF - TAM
• Reserve DeWayne Wise OF - CWS, Activate Gabe Kapler OF - TAM
• Reserve Joe Saunders P - LAA, Activate Randy Choate P - TAM
• Release George Sherrill P - NL, Activate Luke French P - SEA
• Reserve Jeremy Accardo P - TOR, Activate Chad Gaudin P - NYY
  

Phooeys

• WAIVE Eric Hinske OF - NYY / Brian N. Anderson OF - BOS, Activate Michael Saunders OF - SEA [from minors]

Federals

• Reserve Edwin Encarnacion 3B - TOR, Activate Ramon Santiago 3B - DET

Presleys

• WAIVE Brent Lillibridge SS - CWS, Keep Jerry Hairston SS - NYY

Pretzels

• WAIVE Tommy Everidge CI - OAK, Activate Daric Barton CI - OAK

Unassisted Triple Plays and Immaculate Innings

On the day when both the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals won a game, another team (well, one member of the team) pulled off another rarity in baseball. The unassisted Triple Play. In the continuing saga of the New York Mets in freefall, their game with the Philadelphia Phillies ended abruptly in the ninth inning, when Eric Bruntlett pulled off the three outer by himself. In the modern era of baseball, it has happened only 15 times and only twice has the triple play ended the game. On a similar note, I spotted this in my reader, where "immaculate innings" are being tracked. What's an "immaculate inning," you ask? That's when a pitcher strikes out the side on nine pitches. It has happened only 42 times. Three pitchers have done it twice, but none have ever done it three times.

Here's the list of unassisted triple plays.

• Neal Ball (SS) of the Cleveland Naps SS, July 19, 1909 - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner.
• Bill Wambsganss (2B) of the Cleveland Indians, October 10, 1920 - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner in Game 5 of the 1920 World Series
• George Burns (1B) of the Boston Red Sox, September 14, 1923 - Caught line drive, tagged runner, touched 2nd
• Ernie Padgett (SS) of the Boston Braves, October 6, 1923 - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner
• Glenn Wright (SS) of the Pittsburgh Pirates, May 7, 1925 - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner.
• Jimmy Cooney (SS) of the Chicago Cubs, May 30, 1927 - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner
• Johnny Neun (iB) of the Detroit Tigers, May 31, 1927 - Caught line drive, tagged runner, touched 2nd (Ended game)
• Ron Hansen (SS) of the Washington Senators, July 30, 1968 - 1st Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner
• Mickey Morandini (2B) of the Philadelphia Phillies, September 20, 1992 - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner
• John Valentin (SS) of the Boston Red Sox, July 8, 1994 6th Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner
• Randy Velarde (2B) of the Oakland Athletics, May 29, 2000 - Caught line drive, tagged runner, touched 2nd
• Rafael Furcal (SS) of the Atlanta Braves, August 10, 2003 - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner.
• Troy Tulowitzki (SS) of the Colorado Rockies, April 29, 2007 - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner.
• Asdrúbal Cabrera (2B) of the Cleveland Indians, May 12, 2008 - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner.
• Eric Bruntlett (2B) of the Philadelphia Phillies, August 23, 2009 - Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner (Ended game)

Week 19 - Transactions

Astronauts

• Trade Ken Griffey Jr OF - SEA, Eric Hinske OF - NYY / Brian N. Anderson OF - BOS and Michael Saunders - SEA to Phooeys for Grady Sizemore OF - CLE and David Murphy OF - TEX
• Reserve Chris Getz 2B – OAK. Activate Cliff Pennington 2B – OAK
• Reserve Vicente Padilla P – TEX. Activate DJ Carrasco P – CWS
  

Gringos

• WAIVE Nick Punto SS - MIN. Keep Willie Bloomquist SS – KAN

Phooeys

• Trade Grady Sizemore and David Murphy to Astronauts for Ken Griffey Jr, Eric Hinske / Brian N. Anderson and Michael Saunders
• Reserve Jose Morales C – MIN. Activate Ivan Rodriguez C – TEX
• Release John Smoltz P - NL. Keep McCarthy
• Activate Chris Ray P – BAL. Keep Hochevar, Move Ray to McCarthy
• Activate Chris Tillman P – BAL [from minors]. WAIVE Sean Gallagher P – NL / Lance Cormier P – TAM

WizNatSkins

• Reserve Rocco Baldelli OF – BOS
• Activate Trevor Crowe OF – CLE. Move Crowe to Baldelli
  

Browns

• Reserve Glen Perkins P – MIN. Activate Marc Rzepczynski P – TOR

Federals

• Activate Brian Matusz P BAL (from minors) - WAIVE Ramon Ramirez P BOS
• Activate Ian Kinsler - WAIVE Omar Vizquel 2B TEX
• Move Bedard to UT-P
• Move Chris Perez to P
• Reserve Bedard. Activate Scott Hairston UT – OAK
  

Pretzels

• WAIVE Gabe Gross OF - TAM. Activate Travis Snider OF – TOR

Note from the Commish - Trading Deadline

From the Commissioner:

The League trade deadline is midnight August 31st. If you want to make a trade before the deadline, please submit the details before 12:01AM September 1st.

Details regarding September roster expansion will be coming with the August 19 Transactions.

Week 18 - Transactions

Vagrants

• Reserve Endy Chavez OF - SEA. Activate Julio Borbon OF - TEX [from minors]

Phooeys

• Reserve Rich Hill P - BAL. Activate Junichi Tazawa P - BOS

Presleys

• Activate Vlad Guerrero OF - ANA. WAIVE Scott Hairston OF - OAK

Federals

• Reserve Jed Lowrie SS - BOS. Activate Jack Wilson SS - SEA

Pretzels

• Reserve Daric Barton CI - OAK. Activate Tommy Everidge CI - OAK

Week 17 - Transactions

Note from the Commissioner:

Just a heads up that I will be out of town with little internet access for the next week. So, send me transactions next week but expect the response to be a bit slow since I won't be back until Friday or Saturday. Please send multiple players. If you send just one, I will assume you are only interested in that one. That will help me get the moves turned around quickly.

Dons

• Activate Josh Reddick OF – BOS [from minors], Release Wladimir Balentien OF – NL

Astronauts

• Reserve Brandon Wood CI – LAA, Activate Casey Kotchman CI – BOS
• Activate Fausto Carmona P – CLE, WAIVE Doug Mathis P – TEX
  

Gringos

• Activate Carlos Quentin OF – CWS, Reserve Don Kelly OF – DET
• Release Matt Holliday OF – NL, Activate Clete Thomas OF – DET
  

Vagrants

• Reserve Dane Sandinha C - DET, Activate Dusty Ryan C – DET
• WAIVE Jack Hannahan 3B - OAK, Activate Alex Gordon 3B – KAN
• Reserve Brad Bergesen P – BAL, Activate Rowland Smith P – SEA
• Activate Cesar Izturis SS – BAL, WAIVE Ramiro Pena SS – NYY
  

WizNatSkins

• Release Scott Rolen 3B – NL, Activate Andy Marte 3B – CLE

Phooeys

• Trade Scott Kazmir P – TAM and BJ Upton OF – TAM to Presleys for Luke Hochevar P – KAN / Chris Ray P – BAL, David Murphy OF – TEX, and Presleys 2011 #1 minor league pick
• Reserve Sean O’Sullivan P – LAA, Activate Ian Snell P – SEA
• Release B.J. Ryan P – NL. Keep Michael Wuertz P – OAK
  

Federals

• Reserve Josh Fields 3B – CWS, Activate Edwin Encarnacion 3B – DET
• Reserve Ian Kinsler 2B – TEX, Activate Omar Vizquel 2B – TEX
• Reserve Scott Downs P – TOR, Activate Brandon Lyon P – DET
  

Presleys

• Trade Luke Hochevar P – KAN / Chris Ray P – BAL, David Murphy OF – TEX, and Presleys 2011 #1 minor league pick for Scott Kazmir P – TAM and BJ Upton OF – TAM
• Release Ronny Cedeno SS – NL, Activate Jerry Hairston SS - NYY
• Release Julio Lugo MI – NL, Activate Nick Green MI – BOS

Browns

• Activate Scott Richmond P – TOR, WAIVE Anthony Swarzek P - MIN
• Activate Frank Francisco P – TEX, WAIVE Marc Rzepcyzinski P – TOR
  

Pretzels

• WAIVE Matt Guerrier P - MIN - Activate Ryan Perry P - DET
• WAIVE Sean Rodriguez MI – LAA - Keep Howie Kendrick MI LAA
• Reserve Andy Sonnanstine P – TAM, Activate Neftali Perez P – TEX [from minors]