Diamondbacks 5, Reds 6 - The Lyon Weeps Tonight

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Bless You Boys found this 4/3/2008 on www.azsnakepit.com [flag]
Record: 1-1. Pace: 81-81. Change on last season: 0 Well, that ninth inning certainly gave me a chance to practice some of those choice epithets, from yesterday's "foul language in 19th century baseball" treatise. We entered the ninth, as in the opener, with a two-run lead, Qualls and Pena having again posted scoreless innings on the back of six frames from our starter. As above, so below. ... [link]

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Game 3: Royals (2-0) at Tigers (0-2)
Published 4/3/2008 by Ian Casselberry at Bless You Boys
... pointed out on Tuesday).  Thanks to Comcast's free preview of MLB Extra Innings, I was able to see Arizona's Brandon Lyon blow a two-run lead by not getting any outs and serving up a home run pitch to Edwin Encarnacion.  (The hilarious thing is that Dusty Baker originally wanted a ...

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