11/11 Winter Ball Report
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 16 days ago — Today in the AFL the Surprise Rafters lost to the Mesa Solar Sox 9-8. The loss drops the Rafters record to 10-15. ( Box Scrore - Recap ) Offense: Brandon Laird: 2-for-5, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R Pitching: Ian Kennedy : 4.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, pitches-strikes: 70-46, 4.74 ERA Mike Dunn ...

11/10 Winter Ball Report
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 17 days ago — The Surprise Rafters lost to the Mesa Solar Sox 6-4 today in the AFL. The loss drops their record to 10-14. ( Box Score - Recap ) Offense: Brandon Laird: 0-for-4, RBI, BB Colin Curtis: 3-for-4, 2B, RBI, R Pitching: Grant Duff : 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, pitches-strikes: 14-9, (3.24 ERA) ...

11/6 Winter Ball Report
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 21 days ago — The surprise Rafters lost to the Mesa Solar Sox 11-1 today, dropping their record to 10-12: Box Score - Recap Offense: Colin Curtis: 0-for-4 Pitching: Zack Kroenke : 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, pitches-strikes: 36-21, 6.17 ERA Grant Duff : 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, ...

10/15 Fall & Winter Ball Report
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/16/2009 — The Surprise Rafters won for the third straight day, defeating the Mesa Solar Sox 12-5 . Offense: Offense: Bradon Laird: 5-for-5, 2B, RBI, 3 R Colin Curtis: 1-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, R Winter ball in Mexico and Venezuela also started up last week. The Dominican Winter League begins tomorrow. Here's ...

10/29 Winter Ball Report
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 29 days ago — The Surprise Rafters defeated the Scottsdale Scorpions 3-0 to improve their record to 8-7: Box Score - Recap Offense: Colin Curtis: 1-for-4, 2B Brandon Laird: 0-for-4 I'll have an update on the Mexican, Dominican, and Venezuelan Winter Leagues tomorrow night.

10/26 Winter Ball Report
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/27/2009 — Tonight in the AFL the Surprise Rafters lost to the Peoria Javelinas 2-1. The Rafters are now 7-5: Box Score - Recap Offense: Colin Curtis: 3-for-5 Brandon Laird: 1-for-2, BB Pitching: Grant Duff : 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, pitches-strikes: 11-6, (0.00 ERA) (Click on pitcher's name for ...

10/31 Winter Ball Report
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 27 days ago — The Surprise Rafters lost to the Peoria Javelinas 12-5. The loss drops their record to 8-8: Box Score - Recap Offense: Brandon Laird: 0-for-4, BB Pitching: Zack Kroenke : 2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, pitches-strikes: 37-23, 6.75 ERA (Click on pitcher's name for PitchFX.)

11/5 Winter Ball Report
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 22 days ago — On Wednesday the Surprise Rafters beat the Scottsdale Scorpions 10-5 to improve to 10-10: Box Score - Recap Offense: Brandon Laird: 2-for-5, HR, 3 RBI, R Pitching: Mike Dunn: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, pitches-strikes: 16-11, (2.35 ERA) Tonight, the Rafters lost to the Scottsdale Scorpions ...

10/23 Winter Ball Report
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/24/2009 — The Surprise Rafters beat the Phoenix Desert Dogs 15-12 today to improve to 7-3 this season: Box Score - Recap Offense: Brandon Laird: 3-for-5, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 3 R Colin Curtis: 3-for-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, R Pitching: Grant Duff (S, 1): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, pitches-strikes: 11-6, 0.00 ERA  ...

10/28 Winter Ball Report
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 30 days ago — The Surprise Rafters lost to the Peoria Saguaros 9-0 to drop their record to 7-7: Box Score - Recap Offense: Colin Curtis: 1-for-4 Brandon Laird: 0-for-3, BB Pitching: Zach Kroenke: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, pitches-strikes: 28-16, 4.50 ERA Mike Dunn: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, ...

Postponement may benefit Yankees bullpen — SI.com - MLB 10/25/2009
Phil Coke and Mariano Rivera wrapped up their pregame catch shortly before 6 p.m. As Coke descended the steps of the Yankees dugout, he saw David Cone and stopped to talk, telling the former pitcher and team broadcaster, "I'm excited, I can't wait to ...

Both managers face key decisions this weekend — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com 10/25/2009
There were unopened boxes of champagne outside the Yankees' clubhouse on Thursday night, where the mood inside was far from bubbly. It was quiet. But it wasn't...

Lupica: Bronx homecoming — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 10/25/2009
The Yankees try to play their way into their 40th World Series tonight. It is why the World Series coming back would feel like Broadway coming back after a time away. Like the Series would be coming back home.

Joba still confident as Yanks pen leaks — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 10/25/2009
Joba Chamberlain is just fine. The hard-throwing Yankees righthander has not been the lights-out pitcher he was expected to be when he switched back to the bullpen for the playoffs, but while his fastball has been hit, his confidence certainly has ...

Madden: Yanks not so perfect — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 10/25/2009
If nothing else, the Yankees' inability to close out the ALCS in five games exposed some of their vulnerability that didn't show up during the regular season when they led the majors with 103 wins.