seamheads.com - 7/7/2008
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All-star rosters to be announced today The Arizona Diamondbacks kept losing, and now they’re two games under .500 – but still lead the NL West. Lurking half a game back are the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have won four of five July games. The Diamondbacks’ tailspin, including a 1-4 record to start July, has opened the door for three teams that each found themselves 12 games back in May. ...
All-Star Game Starters, Reserves, and Pitchers Announced
bizofbaseball.com 7/7/2008 — New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley have finished as Major League Baseball’s leading vote-getters in a record year for fan balloting and will start in the 79th All-Star Game, to be played on Tuesday, July 15th as a part of the final season at Yankee Stadium. MLB’s All-Star Balloting Program is the largest of its kind ...
Padres Farm Report (7 Jul 08)
ducksnorts.com 7/7/2008 — Kyle Blanks continues to develop, Kellen Kulbacki keeps his hot streak going, Jeudy Valdez has a quick bat, and all the rest from around the Padres minor-league system.
Starting Fresh: The Expansion of 1998
seamheads.com 7/7/2008 — In the final part of my six part series on major league expansion drafts, I examine the seventh expansion draft in major league history, the 1998 expansion draft for the newest members of Major League Baseball, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. RULES The same rules applied as those that were in place for the 1993 draft. The draft had three rounds, each club ...
Home run leader Utley tops current field for Derby
sports.espn.go.com 7/7/2008 — Josh Hamilton, Dan Uggla, Chase Utley and Lance Berkman are four of the eight players who will compete in the State Farm Home Run Derby competition the night before the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.
ON DECK: METS AT PHILLIES —
NY Post: Sports 7/7/2008
As mediocre as the Mets (44-44) have been through the first 88 games of the season, a win tonight in Philadelphia (7:05, SNY, WFAN) would put them 2 ½ games behind the Phillies with the below-average Giants and Rockies coming to Shea before the...
Utley, Hamilton in All-Star HR derby (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/7/2008
Home run leaders Chase Utley and Grady Sizemore, and major league RBIs leader Josh Hamilton are among the players who will be in the All-Star home run derby. Lance Berkman and Dan Uggla also will be in the July 14 contest at Yankee Stadium, the ...