Milwaukee Brewers

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) Luckily, the Cubs had little to worry about within their division, as a Carlos Delgado homer helped power the Mets to a 4-2 win over the Brewers, and the Cards found Arizona bats all but unstoppable, St. Louis falling 8-6 in the desert. Roy Oswalt out of the way, Carlos Zambrano rescheduled fo...

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) That led to the ninth, and the Dodgers managed to tie things thanks to some sloppy play by the shortstop Hardy, who surrendered the two-base error mentioned above; but the Brewers got to Jonathan Broxton, a walk and a stolen base to Ray Durham setting up an RBI single to Hardy, and the go-ahe...

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a piece about recent rumors linking shortstop Jack Wilson to the Dodgers: Los Angeles initiated the inquiry about Wilson last week and was the first team to do so this year. Those talks, which never involved any player on the Dodgers' major league roster, n...

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) Via BTF comes this gem of Robothal genuflecty silliness, a possible trade for C.C. Sabathia: The Brewers aren't the only team pushing hard for Indians left-hander C.C. Sabathia. The Dodgers also are heavily in the mix, according to major-league sources.

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) Milwaukee had a clean 4-3 lead going into the top of the ninth; Derek Lowe was, once again, handing out line drives like speeding tickets at the Indy 500. Nevertheless, the Dodgers took advantage of Milwaukee's unsettled closer situation (and the fact that Gagne had been used a fair amount...

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) ESPN Box • Recap Napoli's Sacrifice Wins It: Angels 2, White Sox 0 A great, well-pitched game by both sides, it represented Jered Weaver's best effort all year, for which he was unfortunately unable to get a win because of the punchless offense behind him. ESPN Box

By Rob Yahoo box Dodgers Crush Marlins: Dodgers 13, Marlins 1 The talk in today's DT thread was how with this victory, the Dodgers have a Pythagorean record of 16-11 instead of their actual 14-13. Considering the Dodgers spent more time under .500 than above it, such talk should be relegated to the...

By Rob Yahoo Box NL Races NL East: The Phillies beat the Braves 6-4, which had two effects: first, it eliminated the Braves from the Wild Card, and second, combined with a 3-0 Mets loss to the Cardinals, brings the Phillies to a tie with the Mets for the NL East, and Mike Carminati to orgasm. If the Phi...

By Rob Yahoo Box NL Races The Mets suddenly looked all retro last night, i.e. like the Casey Stengel-era incompetents, losing 10-9 to Washington despite a big six-run rally in the ninth. The Braves pounded Philadelphia 10-6, so the Phils stay two back with an elimination number of four. That Philli...