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Royals on the Farm 5/15
AAA - Omaha: rainout *** Thursday's game was rained out and will be made up Sunday as part of a twinbill with the Isotopes. The series got under way Friday with an Omaha win as Kyle Davies got the victory. Carlos Rosa is set to make his Omaha debut Saturday. AA - NW Arkansas: Naturals 6, Tulsa 4 (12) 2B Falu 2-4, 2 BB, 3 RBI (7), RS -- .259...
Alexei Ramirez' First HR Overshadowed by Firings, Federal Investigation
It seems appropriate that Alexei Ramirez, who fled Cuba for the Dominican Republic last fall before signing with the Sox this winter, hit his first major league home run on the same day, just hours after, Dave Wi...
Willie Name All Star Coach
This just in…
Willie Randolph has been named a coach for this year’s All Star game. I wonder what happens if he gets fired between now and then. Does he still coach? If yes then whose uniform does he wear?
Real Job
Sorry I haven’t posted much lately. My real job has been keeping me really busy. Big project. Aggressive deadline. Argh!
Saturday Morning Odds and Ends, Rich Hill Is Hurt Edition
Rich Hill was pulled from his start at AAA Iowa tonight in the third inning with "physical problems." No, I don't know what that means. No, I don't know what that means. I don't think it's "good" in any objective sense.
Paul Sullivan does another one of his mailbags, and he...
The Josh Hamilton Show: Rangers Dominate Lone Star Series Opener, 16-8
There are, without fail, a few Texas Rangers games every season that defy any and all logical explanation.
And when one of those games begins to unfold, you simply cannot help but to abandon whatever activities you happen to be pursuing at the moment - whether they are of trivial or urgent importance - and revel [...]
Chris Perez Shines In MLB Debut, As Cards Lose Again
Game # 44Â Â Fri. May 16, 2008
Rays 3Â Â Â Cardinals 1
With Jason Isringhausen “injured” and on the 15 day disabled list, the Cardinals purchased the contract of reliever Chris Perez from AAA Memphis. It was bittersweet for me, in that I hate to see Izzy struggle, but I am so excited to see Perez get [...]
Izzy or Isn?t He?
Game # 43Â Â Thurs. May 15, 2008
Pirates 11 Cardinals 5
Thursday afternoon’s game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates was a wet, sloppy mess. And it may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back in regards to Izzy. He was terrible, again. And a failed bullpen combined with leaving 13 [...]
Royals extend Marlins? skid to four games
Dan Uggla went 3-3 with a solo homer, his fifteenth and Andrew Miller tossed his third straight quality start but a throwing error by Hanley Ramirez and a poor decision by Justin Miller would spell the Marlins’ doom as they dropped their fourth straight game, a 7-6 decision in favor of the Royals.
Miller pitched well [...]
Tigers baseball in one onomatopoeic word: ugh.
Ugh, you guys, I don’t even have the energy. That is the face I was making for that entire 7th inning.
Bondo pitched great. He was striking guys out, and working his slider, and he appears to have killed off or at least temporarily neutralized the terrible mustache, much to everyone’s relief. He [...]
Farmers only: Homer struggles to find the zone
Homer Bailey's becoming an enigma. His lack of consistency might be due to an underdeveloped changeup, but I'm not a scout and really don't know. He's still got ace potential, but we haven't seen a lot of that the past two years. So what do you think: Is Homer more valuable to us as a future cornerstone starter or trade bait to pick up a big bat? Maybe we could flip him to Texas for Josh Hamilton...
Dodgers Drowning In a Sea Spilled From A Cup An Ex-Phillie*: Angels 4, Dodgers 2
In case you can't tell, I was hoping and praying that Gary Bennett, who had spent his entire career in the National League, had spent some time in Chicago, as it would have made the headline that much funnier. As it was, Bennett's fourth-inning, two-out throwing error on Erick Aybar's strikeout (about ten feet over James Loney's head) proved to be the Angels' first run, and emblematic of the kind of night the Dodgers, and Hiro...
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