examiner.com - 8/22/2008
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With t he very real possibility that both the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox could be idle this October, it's time to compare the remaining schedules in what amounts to a five-teams-for-three-spots race to join the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the American League playoffs: Boston: When you're worried about how quickly your ace can regain feeling in two fingers on his pitching hand, ...
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Yankees Cope with Reality
BASEBALL HOT CORNER —
... "When you're down to plugging Carl Pavano into the rotation for the first time this season and only his third big-league appearance since 2005, the word desperation comes to mind. The schedule doesn't work for the Yankees, either: 16 home games and 20 on the road," ...
Forget the Rays -- the Wild Card race is tied
Red Sox Monster —
... that has included a series of games against the awful Mariners (they won four of six) the Royals (they won two of three) and the A's (they won two of three). They also took two of three against the Yankees, but the wins came in games started by Sidney "Beefcake" Ponson and the awful Darrell Rasner, so maybe that's not saying much. In the long run, there are a few things working in Boston's favor. For one, they have a much easier schedule than lousy-on-the-road Minnesota from here on out. But it's hard to like that the Sox are matched up this weekend with the Blue Jays, a ...
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seamheads.com 8/22/2008 — Los Angeles Angels vs. Tampa Bay Rays Tuesday, August 19, 2008 This is Jason Pafundi reporting for Baseball Digest Daily live at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Please be sure to visit www.baseballdigestdaily.com for all your baseball news. Starting Pitchers TB: James Shields (10-7, 3.75) LAA: Ervin Santana (13-5, 3.49) Pre-Game Notes Angels ...
Down the stretch they come!
seamheads.com 8/22/2008 — Handicapping the race that matters most to the author, the AL Central. First, some housekeeping. I apologize for my lack of posts this month. Life has been rather insane, and a honeymoon to the Bahamas last week does the mind lots of good, but definitely hurt the blogging. Anyway, back to business. I’ll ease back into my column here with the one bit of baseball I did keep track of ...
Twins 2, Angels 1 (12): Postgame reaction, etc.
blogs2.startribune.com 8/22/2008 — ANAHEIM — Torii Hunter was the first to admit he should have caught the deep fly ball by Nick Punto, which turned into a triple and the eventual winning run in the Twins’ 2-1, 12-inning victory Thursday at Angel Stadium.
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Twins 2, Angels 1 —
NYT > Baseball 8/22/2008
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Nick Punto tripled and scored on a single by rookie Denard Span in the 12th inning, helping the Minnesota Twins beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on Thursday night and pull within a half-game of the AL Central lead. >
Hunter starts at DH for Angels —
Major League Baseball News 8/23/2008
Angels manager Mike Scioscia decided that he would give Torii Hunter rest after playing three games on the turf of Tampa Bay's Tropicana Field by making him the team's designated hitter on Friday against the Twins.
Baldelli to start against lefties —
Major League Baseball News 8/22/2008
Rocco Baldelli was penciled in as the Rays' cleanup hitter and DH Friday night with left-hander John Danks starting for the White Sox. He will generally platoon against southpaws, sometimes starting in the outfield, depending on how he feels. Baldelli ...
