seamheads.com - 7/28/2008
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Facts, figures and other tidbits from the seventeenth week of the ’08 major league baseball season. Well Supported : On Monday, Sidney Ponson of the Yankees went to 2-0 and the team moved to 4-0 in his four starts since joining the team after his release from the Rangers earlier this season. Ponson pitched 5 2/3 innings and gave up three runs on nine hits and two walks in the 12-4 ...
Does Shane Victorino Kill The Braves? “Oh, No Questions Asked.”
thefightins.com 7/28/2008 — I’ve always pegged Shane Victorino as a bit of a mushmouth. When he speaks, it seems like he is talking waaay faster than he thinks so he often falls back on poor speaking habits like saying “ummm” too many times just so his his ...
BOSOX SMACK SID, SNAP YANK STREAK
nypost.com 7/28/2008 — BOSTON - When the Yankees' season-high eight-game winning streak ended with the sound of a bottle hitting concrete last night at Fenway Park, visible among the shattered glass was an obvious fact: The magic dust Sidney Ponson had been bathing in...
Ken Griffey throws a throat slash toward Jeff Brantley's booth
sports.yahoo.com 7/28/2008 — From the Dayton Daily News:
Griffey is angry over different comments Brantley made and said one of them was, "He said I'm pouting because the Reds haven't picked up my option ($16 million) for next year. If I was that concerned about money I wouldn't have come here in the first place."
La Russa backs Franklin
stltoday.com 7/28/2008 — NEW YORK -- On the morning after another blown save, Cards manager Tony La
Russa reinforced Ryan Franklin's position as the Cardinals' closer.
La Russa said both Franklin and Jason Isringhausen have been distracted by
jumbled roles.
Franklin...
Texas Rangers: Bittersweet Symphony —
Bleacher Report - MLB 7/28/2008
Many Texas Rangers' fans are used to looking at the standings and seeing their team more than 10 games out of first place, but this year there is a little twist.
Yes, the Rangers are 10.5 games back in the AL West, but they are in second place and ...