Short Stops Around the Majors for May 5, 2008
blog.baseballdigestdaily.com 5/6/2008 — Monday's scoreboard and recaps from around Major League Baseball...plus Tuesday's probable starters!

Greek Tragedy In The Milwaukee Pen?
fantasybaseballgenerals.com 5/6/2008 — It seems like the Brewers are baseball’s version of the traditional Greek Tragedy; they are a generally good team that has one flaw that leads to their demise. Last year it was team defense. This year it looks like the bullpen. What can they do?

The Season’s First Gay Pujols Post!
cardinalsdiaspora.com 5/6/2008 — Is it time? I think it’s time. It’s 2008’s first openly gay post about Albert Pujols! That’s right friends; a few paragraphs of unmitigated knob slobbing on baseballs’ best player. Yes, baseball’s BEST player. Now at the end of the season, A-Rod ...

This Week in Baseball: 1972
seamheads.com 5/6/2008 — 1972, when men were men.

Baseball History — As Seen From The Shadows of Cooperstown: Part IX
seamheads.com 5/6/2008 — In the ninth of a 10-part series, the author takes an in-depth look at Major League Baseball history from 1981 to 1989. As I finished moving thru the Eighties for this issue, I was reminded of how superficial this history, or any history of baseball, really is. First, as I got into the late ’80s, I could look up games in a scorebook I started keeping. (The first scorebook I kept, ...

Zito returns to Giants' rotation — Major League Baseball News 5/6/2008
Without making a single appearance out of the bullpen, Barry Zito has rejoined the Giants' starting rotation and will face the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.

Zito will return to rotation for Giants — FOXSports.com News for MLB 5/6/2008
Barry Zito, demoted to the San Francisco Giants bullpen last week, is returning to the starting rotation without having made any relief appearances. Giants manager Bruce Bochy said that Zito will start Wednesday's game at the Pittsburgh Pirates. ...

Williams' Padres era about winning — Major League Baseball News 5/6/2008
Dick Williams, who was recently ielected into the Hall of Fame, was a strict disciplinarian of a manager who brought a winning way to the San Diego Padres. It brought them all the way to the 1984 World Series.

Barry Zito makes quick return to Giants' rotation — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 5/6/2008
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Barry Zito, demoted to the San Francisco Giants bullpen last week, is returning t...

That was quick: Zito returns to Giants' rotation — SI.com - MLB 5/6/2008
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