Check out Mini-Ballbug for simple mobiles or Ballbug Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:30 PM ET, April 23, 2014

Ballbug

 Top News: 
Kristie Ackert / NY Daily News:
Mets can't muster any offense in 3-0 loss to Cardinals and Adam Wainwright  —  Curtis Granderson continues to struggle - as does entire Mets offense - as Dillon Gee gets the hard-luck loss Tuesday night.  —  Across town, they called him the Grandy Man.  In Flushing, Mets fans have another nickname for Curtis Granderson: Jason Bay.
Discussion: Metsblog and ESPN
RELATED:
Anthony DiComo / MLB.com:
Photo prompts Harvey to delete Twitter account
Discussion: Metsblog
Marc Carig / Newsday:
Curtis Granderson's hitless streak continues as Mets are shut out by Cardinals
Discussion: Metsblog
Adam Rubin / ESPN:
Harvey off Twitter after controversial tweet
Discussion: Newsday, USA Today and NESN.com
Andrew Simon / MLB.com:
Air Force serviceman returns 500th HR ball to Pujols  —  WASHINGTON — Tom Sherrill brought no scouting reports or spray charts with him to Nationals Park for Tuesday night's Nationals-Angels game.  All he had was his intuition, but that turned out to be enough to put the longtime Angels fan …
Discussion: NESN.com
RELATED:
Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com:
Pujols joins 500-homer club with second blast  —  Slugger is 26th member of exclusive big league fraternity  —  WASHINGTON — Albert Pujols called his shot at about 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, mere hours before joining an exclusive club in unprecedented fashion, while making small talk …
Associated Press:
Pujols goes yard twice to join 500 HR club
Canadian Press:
Seager hits two HRs in Mariners' walkoff victory over Astros  —  SEATTLE — Kyle Seager hit a three-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth and the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday to snap an eight-game losing streak.
Discussion: Lookout Landing and CBSSports.com
Jon Paul Morosi / Fox Sports:
Diamondbacks' growing gloom might mean doom for manager or GM  —  The Arizona Diamondbacks were supposed to lead the league in grit.  Purportedly, that was the rationale behind the Justin Upton trade two offseasons ago.  The swashbuckling leadership team of Kevin Towers and Kirk Gibson wanted …
Jared Diamond / Wall Street Journal:
Mets Wear League's Deepest Rotation  —  Team Donned Seven Different Uniforms In Seven Days  —  The Mets might want to consider hosting a yard sale one of these days.  Their closets could use a good cleaning.  —  From April 14 through April 21, the Mets wore seven different uniforms in seven games …
Discussion: Metsblog and The Mets Police
Associated Press:
Phillies exploit Dodgers' miscue to win in 10  —  Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California  —  Recap  —  Box Score  —  Play-By-Play  —  Photos  —  Conversation  —  Phillies drop Dodgers in 10th after Carl Crawford's error  —  LOS ANGELES — Domonic Brown doubled home the go-ahead run …
Tim Dierkes / MLB Trade Rumors:
Daily Fantasy Baseball Contest: Win Share Of $100K Payout  —  One-day leagues are one of the most exciting ways to play fantasy baseball.  For any given day of the MLB schedule, you can create a fantasy team and win huge cash prizes.  If you have $22 and love Major League Baseball …
Discussion: Phillies Nation
Most Recent:
Padres discussing trades for Hundley  —  Veteran catcher plays on in face of uncertainity  —  MILWAUKEE — Nearly two years ago, outside the windows of the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee, dawn had begun to overtake darkness and, still, Nick Hundley had not slept.
Carroll Rogers / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Freeman battling some eye dryness  —  When you're Freddie Freeman these days and you go hitless on back-to-back days, it's a curiosity.  Freeman conceded Wednesday morning he's had some problems lately with dryness in his eyes.  —  Freeman said he went to see team optometrist Dr. David Ross Tuesday night …
Discussion: Talking Chop
Alex Espinoza / MLB.com:
Athletics decline lease offer from Coliseum Authority  —  OAKLAND — The longstanding saga with the A's and their ballpark took another turn on Tuesday night, as the club declined a 10-year lease offer from the Oakland Coliseum Authority.  —  About an hour after the Authority issued …
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors
Associated Press:
D-backs spoil Wrigley's 100th with rally in 9th  —  Recap  —  Box Score  —  Play-By-Play  —  Photos  —  Conversation  —  Cubs lose to Arizona in dramatic, bungling fashion on Wrigley's 100th  —  CHICAGO — Fittingly, the Chicago Cubs marked Wrigley Field's 100th birthday with a loss — a dramatic, error-filled one, at that.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Ballbug at 8:30 PM ET, April 23, 2014.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Ballbug: site main
Ballbug River: reverse chronological Ballbug
Ballbug Mobile: for phones
Ballbug Leaderboard: Ballbug's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Ballbug RSS feed
 
 
 More News: 
Bryan Hoch / Bombers Beat:
Surgery recommended for Ivan Nova
 Earlier Picks: 
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays Claim Darin Mastroianni, Designate Kenny Wilson
Discussion: Bluebird Banter
MLB:
MLB suspends Gomez, Maldonado, others
Russell A. Carleton / Fox Sports:
Why doesn't Big Papi exploit the infield shift by bunting?
Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
Baseball games still take too long. Blame the Red Sox.
 

 
From WeSmirch:

TMZ.com:
Kanye West Suspect in Battery Report After Man Allegedly Grabs at His Wife

Justin Kroll / Deadline:
Quentin Tarantino Drops ‘The Movie Critic’ As His Final Film

Victoria Uwumarogie / Essence:
Exclusive: Ashanti And Nelly Are Expecting — And Engaged!

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page