Dodgers far short of perfect in loss to Braves

 

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Braves vs. Dodgers - Box Score - July 07, 2008

Atlanta Braves Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG G Blanco LF-CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266 Y Escobar SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .291 C Jones 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .384 M Teixeira 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .276 B McCann C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .290 K Johnson 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .274 M Kotsay CF ...
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MLB Power Rankings - July 7 (Here comes the Dodgers!)

The Rays hold on to the top spot in our last power rankings before the All-Star break, followed by the Red Sox and Cubs, but watch out for the Dodgers, who jumped 7 spots to No. 4, the highest they have been all season. See where your favorite team ranks. Only statistical performance to date this season is used and each team is simulated against every other team 100 times.
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MLB TV Ratings Down. Networks Look Past All-Star Game

National television ratings for the first half of the 2008 MLB season are down double-digits for all three partners (ESPN, FOX, and TBS), but publicly none of them are complaining to date as they see the second half of the season as a better mix of games for ratings purposes. What does that mean? Your diet of MLB games just got more of the Red Sox and Yankees.
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Braves Sign Julian Tavarez

Hot off the presses: The Atlanta Braves today signed free-agent right-handed pitcher Julian Tavarez to a contract through the remainder of the 2008 season. Financial terms were not disclosed.  Tavarez is expected to be in Los Angeles in time ...
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