Chasing Utley

Celebrating the Four-Homer Game

pepe frias posted 5/17/2008 from www.dugoutcentral.com

Since 1900 only 13 players have hit four homers in a game. Today is the anniversary of the incomparable Willie Mays’ great game on April 30, 1961, which gives us the opportunity to celebrate all those who achieved the feat The first of the modern era to go four deep was the great Lou Gehrig on June 3, 1932.

Game 42 - Rays vs. Cardinals

Rays Index found this 5/17/2008 on herraysbaseball.com

Sonny steals the show! He can pitch, he can hit, he can bunt, he can run, and he’s cute. 5 tool player. Total package. He pitched eight innings, had two hits and a sac bunt. Not one single walk. His only mistake was a homerun in the 8th, ...

Werth the Price of Admission

SportFiends found this 5/17/2008 on www.the700level.com

Pardon the title pun, but I couldn't resist. The Phillies are putting on a great show for the rain-soaked masses at Citizens Bank Park tonight, up 8-0 in the third. And no, Brett Myers isn't pitching for the Blue Jays. Jayson Werth has a 3-run ...

Lost in Werths Success is J-Rolls Poor Approach

Dave Rouleau posted 5/17/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

Had Jayson Werth not had an historic offensive performance last night against the Toronto Blue Jays, Jimmy Rollins and his poor approach at the plate and on the base paths would have been in question.

Winning Is An Attitude

Sport Hump...dry and harmless found this 5/17/2008 on www.hotfootblog.com

Enough is enough That’s how I feel as a Mets fan. I can’t talk for every Mets fan out there, and I’m not going to try. What I am going to do is tell everyone how I feel about this team at this point I’m a man that deals in facts. The ...