All Star Game Coaching Staffs Announced

Pitching Questions Answered..and other items of interest

MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 5/18/2008 on www.beloblog.com

The Red Sox this morning announced that Justin Masterson will start Tuesday against Kansas City, and a day later, will return to Portland, replaced on the roster by Bartolo Colon, who will make his Red Sox debut Wednesday. Masterson, in effect, ...

Bartolo is Back

sooze posted 5/18/2008 from www.babeslovebaseball.com

Bartolo Colon is finally set to debut for the Boston Red Sox.

Torre Doesn't Mind Missing All Star Game

Greg C. posted 5/18/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

From ESPN : ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Joe Torre doesn't mind that he was left off the coaching staff for the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. He might not have accepted an invitation anyway. "I'm with a new team now," Torre said Friday night after his Los Angeles Dodgers were beaten 4-2 by the Los Angeles Angels . "[Yankees manager] Joe Girardi is a coach for the All-Star Game, and deservedly so. ...

Gossage: MLB has gone completely out of their minds

Greg C. posted 5/18/2008 from slidingintohome.blogspot.com

In another rant about young guys not acting the "Yankee way" Gossage actually said something I can agree with; baseball needs to stop protecting hitters so much, and it's hurting the game. From Barry M. Bloom (with a couple quotes from a New York Post article ): About Mariners first baseman Rich Sexson, who had his suspension reduced from six games to five for charging Texas left-hander Kason ...

Wagner apologizes to Delgado; Mets clear the air -- -

The Futility Infielder found this 5/18/2008 on www.newsday.com

As a stubborn rain soaked Yankee Stadium on Friday, things were no less stormy inside the visitor's clubhouse, where the Mets spent the afternoon in full damage control mode. The concrete walls were suitable for the club's bunker mentality, and when ...