Close to an All-Star closer

Baseball Digest Daily found this 7/6/2008 on www.suntimes.com [flag]

ST. LOUIS -- Barely a year ago, Kerry Wood didn't know if he would pitch again. [link]

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Condensed All-Star News & Features
Published 7/6/2008 by Brian Joseph at Baseball Digest Daily
... ... Some think Kerry Wood could also be an All-Star selection. Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times chronicled the possibility and grabbed some reaction from Wood on a story posted on their site today. Check out "Close to an All-Star closer" here. ...

Cards Rally in 9th to Defeat Cubs 5-4 | The World According to MoonDog

MoonDogLeft posted 7/6/2008 from moondogsports.com

Rick Ankiel slapped a bases-loaded 1-1 pitch from Wood just past second baseman Mike Fontenot to drive in two runs as the Cardinals rallied to defeat the Cubs 5-4.

Muckdogs to Bird Dog

erikmanning posted 7/6/2008 from thebatavian.com

This is an article I wrote myself for the Batavian, a local news outlet on who is who on the Batavia Muckdog roster. It includes a look at Cardinal draft picks Lance Lynn, Shane Peterson, Scott Gorgen and previous picks Adam Reifer and Jonathan Edwards. There's mention of other players to follow in the St. Louis Cardinals low A short season affiliate Batavia Muckdogs of the New York Penn League.

More Cubs than Sox likely to be All-Stars

Baseball Digest Daily found this 7/6/2008 on www.chicagotribune.com

There are three kinds of All-Stars every season: the truly deserving, the ones who go based on name value and the ones who are having All-Star seasons but get squeezed off the team for one reason or another, usually either the fan vote or the rule ...

Wasted: Cubs 4, Cardinals 5

FanIQ Blog found this 7/6/2008 on www.bleedcubbieblue.com

I close my eyes when I get too sad I think thoughts that I know are bad Close my eyes and I count to ten Hope it's over when I open them -- Everclear, "Wonderful" I've been sitting here at the keyboard trying to think of something, anything, ...

Chicago Cubs: Seventh Heaven

jl3 posted 7/6/2008 from ballhype.com

The Cubs are very well represented at the MLB All-Star Game this year, sending seven players to the game that could decide whether or not they will have home field advantage in the World Series.They send three players who will start, three pitchers, and one reserve. So what is the scouting report on each player that is reppen Cubbie blue? http://rawsportsblog.com/?p=1176

Cubs blow two-run lead in 9th, lose to Cardinals
Cubs closer Kerry Wood allowed three runs in the bottom of the 9th inning, and the Cubs lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4. Wood walked the first two batters before Adam Kennedy doubled in the first run. Rick Ankiel then singled to score two. ...

Cubs crash their party
Jim Edmonds' party on his homecoming weekend to St. Louis was over before it started Saturday night. Cubs closer Kerry Wood's first blown save in a month and a half turned a two-run lead into a 5-4 whiplash loss to the Cardinals in this rollicking ...

Cards set Mulder for first start of year vs. Cubs
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Cardinals set Mulder for first start of year
Cardinals left-hander Mark Mulder will make his first start since September on Wednesday at Philadelphia. Mulder takes the rotation spot of Mitchell Boggs, who was demoted to Triple-A Memphis before St. Louis' game against the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. ...

Seven Cubs, two White Sox named to All-Star teams
One of the biggest gambles the Cubs took entering the 2008 season was moving closer Ryan Dempster into the rotation and throwing former ace Kerry Wood into ninth-inning duty. The gamble was validated with both pitchers earning All-Star status when the ...