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 CA - He also brought the necessary manic energy to Danny Kaye's "DODGERS (Oh, Really, No O'Malley!)," an antic retelling of a Dodger-Giant game. ... Dodgers to honor US Navy Los Angeles Dodgers all 2 news articles

 NY - 7 pm: David Ortiz says the two best teams in baseball are about to open a huge series in the Bronx. The Red Sox have lost five straight and the Yankees four ... Wallace Matthews Newsday all 4 news articles

By Dan Fabrizio Carlos Zambrano Ryan Braun Rest Braun, mired in a slump, is being given Thursday off to rest. Back 15-day-DL A few clubs have their aces taking the mound tomorrow as well. Johan Santana, Josh Beckett, Carlos Zambrano, Tim Hudson, and Dan Haren are all scheduled to toe the rubber.

By noreply@blogger.com (Rob) Sandoval, F: 2-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K Brown, M: 4-6, 1 2B Wood: 2-4, 2 BB, 1 K Brown, D: 0-4, 2 BB, 1 K Wilson: 2-5, 4 RBI, 1 BB Pavkovich: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K Czarniecki: 2-4, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 BB Alvarado, C: (W, 6-2), 6.1 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 7 H, 5 K, 1 BB, 3.83 ERA Olenberger: 1.2 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 4.30 ERA

Minor League Scorebook - 6-4-2 (Blogspot)

By By FRED BIERMAN and BENJAMIN HOFFMAN After the Astros lost 90 games in 2007, expectations were not particularly high before this season. So no one was too surprised when Houston finished April three games under .500 and five games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs in the National League Central.

By Jim McLennan We should have buried the Brewers. We pounded out twelve hits - but managed to push only three runs across home-plate. That's the first time we've had so many hits and lost because we got such a low return, since July 20th, 2005, when we scored twice on 12 hits against Florida, and were defeated...

By Dan Scotto I don’t know how to fix this, but the Mets simply do not have adequate defense at second base. Joe Smith, Pedro Feliciano, Aaron Heilman, Duaner Sanchez, and Scott Schoeneweis are all groundball relievers. Castillo’s here for the long haul, but the Mets could use a defensive replacement fo...

By Nick N.(noreply@blogger.com) The litany of lost runners on the basepaths somewhat masks the fact that the Twins had a pretty good night against left-handed starter Nate Robertson, which is not insignificant. With Michael Cuddyer already on the disabled list, Ron Gardenhire elected to bench two of his other prominen...

By Azreous The recently called up Connor Robertson was solid in relief, however, giving up just one run on two hits in three innings in an effort that kept the Diamondbacks in the game. In the process, he posted a Curt-Schilling-esque 32/9 strike to ball ratio. Rosales and Slaten also saw work and poste...

 - So that left the White Sox with Bobby Jenks, Matt Thornton, Mike MacDougal, Wassermann, Logan, and Masset returning from their 2007 bullpen. ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Screech's Best Friend) Carolyn was one of over 75 women who showed up on the field at New Nationals Park this past Saturday, June 28, to participate in Our Washington Nationals 2nd Annual Baseball 101 for Women Program. A coaching skills and baseball primer taught by the coaches of Our Washington Nationals. Sohna...

By Ian Former Red Sox GM Dan Duquette is in some hot water for selling two 2004 World Series tickets. For more slices of Boston Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant and Providence Journal websites.

By Beat Mike Network The interleague portion of the schedule has ended for most MLB teams. Let's take a look back at how the Toronto Blue Jays did during interleague:. May 16-18: at Philadelphia Phillies. May 16: Blue Jays lost the first interleague game, ...

By Jim McLennan On May 21st, Arizona faced the Marlins in Florida, and Ricky Nolasco allowed one run as his team beat the Diamondbacks 3-1 - the defeat dropped our lead over the Dodgers to three games. On June 27th, Arizona faced the Marlins in Florida, and Ricky Nolasco allowed one run as his team beat the Di...

By Jim McLennan On May 21st, Arizona faced the Marlins in Florida, and Ricky Nolasco allowed one run as his team beat the Diamondbacks 3-1 - the defeat dropped our lead over the Dodgers to three games. On June 27th, Arizona faced the Marlins in Florida, and Ricky Nolasco allowed one run as his team beat the Di...

By .Andy.(noreply@blogger.com) As I logged onto facebook a couple a days ago I saw my friend Alex "Big Man" Eyanson had put his status as "The Last Time the Cubs Led Going Into June Was 1908." Now die hard Cubbie fans what also happened in 1908? That is it, we won the World Series!

By Royals Nation Signed by the Royals as a non-drafted free agent on 9/6/05. Signed by the Royals as a nondrafted free agent, 5/18/05. Signed by the Royals as a nondrafted free agent, 7/2/05. Signed by the Royals as a nondrafted free agent, 9/3/03. Notes: Signed by the Royals as a nondrafted free agent, 3/15/06.

By royalsreview The team’s desire (or rather their marketing and public relations department’s desires) to advertise a strong presence in Tulsa is understandable, considering that it is one of the largest cities in the network. In terms of pure, city-of population in fact, Tulsa is not much smaller tha...

By battlekow BCB: Are you in Arizona now? BCB: So, did you know the Brewers were interested in drafting you before they did? CK: The Reds, Cardinals, and Cubs were the most interested. BCB: Oh so you're a Cardinals fan? Well, better than the Cubs, I suppose.

By Grant I was tired enough to write it, but not tired enough to let the mangled syntax slip through without comment. That’s one ugly, ugly sentence. But danged if there isn’t a "sprinkle of giddy" regarding a sub-.500 team. The Giants are throwing money around in the Dominican Republic again, Keith La...

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) It was a split-squad game, and while the Angels did play a number of probable starters, good and bad (Darin Erstad, Troy Glaus, Garret Anderson, Wally Joyner), the Mariners sent their bad starters (Al Martin, Bret Boone, David Bell) and John Olerud. New Angels backup catcher Jorge Faberg...

By gondeee Zack Osborne (35), RHP – He is the 9th ranked prospect in New Mexico, but that may not be saying much as there were only ten players ranked by Baseball America in New Mexico this year. Nick Croce (45), C – The fourth catcher taken by the Braves in this draft, Croce is an unranked California high s...

By gondeee Craig Kimbrel (3), RHP – This pick elicited a “who’s that guy” response from Kevin Goldstein in his live draft coverage at Baseball Prospectus, who eventually found out he is a short, but hard thrower. He was not ranked by any of the major prospect outlets in their top-lists, though Basebal...

By Alex Nelson This could be a big draft for the Mets. The Mets’ farm system is pretty barren–even more so following the Johan Santana trade–and the Mets luckily have three picks in the first and supplemental rounds: number 18, number 22, and number 33 overall. The 18 and 33 come courtesy of the Braves, who w...

By Alex Nelson Goings: Raul Casanova (5/9), Nelson Figueroa (5/13), Jorge Sosa (5/13) Injuries: Angel Pagan, Ryan Church, Moises Alou, Marlon Anderson, Matt Wise What’s in Store for June? You can see Delgado’s play at Mets.com’s Top Plays archive. Alex reviews the Mets' May.

By Aaron Dorman MetsGeek: What are Valentino Pascucci’s pluses? Can he help the Mets at all? MetsGeek: So we shouldn’t be rooting for the Mets to release Delgado and call him up? MetsGeek: Yeah, I think Fernando Martinez might be in a similar situation. At what point does Fernando Martinez have to put up nu...

Sunday starter Brian Burres ponders Red Sox homers. AP Photo) It’s been a tough weekend for an Orioles fan.  Score: 3-6 Saturday, 4-9 Sunday Box Score Link: Saturday, Sunday Highlight: Luke Scott HR(7), 2B, 2R's, 2RBI Next Game: Monday 7:05pm, Guthrie v. Wakefield

Trachsel Disaster, Cabrera Set POSTED May 25, 12:56 PM Fifteen days of rest did not rejuvenate the 37 year old veteran as hoped resulting in an 11-4 loss Saturday night at Tampa Bay.  The struggling workhorse couldn’t get out of the second inning before surrendering 9 runs and giving up 2 ho...

By Will Schaffer The Rome Braves are an odd team to say the least. From a win-loss standpoint, their 13-28 record makes them Atlanta’s worst farm team (even worse than Mississippi) but from a talent perspective, this club is pretty easily the best in the farm system and rivals just about any other team in the...

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) More evidence for Torre being outmanaged came in the seventh. Kuroda was clearly tiring: not only did he walk leadoff man Maicer Izturis, but he uncorked a pair of 50-foot wild pitches during Gary Matthews, Jr.'s at-bat that easily got Izturis to third. Matthews bounced out harmlessly to se...

By noreply@blogger.com (Rob) Russell Martin, impressed into service at third, made his major league first error at that position, allowing Robb Quinlan to reach and ultimately arrive at second as Martin threw one away on a tough play he would have better kept in his pocket. It was impressive to see Martin reach the ball...

Not a bad haul. I give it a B+. As I review the two days of action in the 2008 NFL draft, as well as the pick up’s in free agency immediately after the draft, it is obvious there has been a major change in philosophy in the Cardinals draft and how they approach it. Last year gave a minor indication of th...

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By John Ryder Once upon a time, the Astros had a pitching staff you feared. Roger Clemens, Roy Oswalt, Andy Petitte? Zoiks! The Giants will face Oswalt, but Taylor Buchholz? Sorry, no matter what his prospect status is, it doesn't make me quiver knowing we have the bearded menace out there on the mound to...