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Gameday Open Thread / A's @ Cubs; Cubs @ Giants
Published 3/19/2008 by Cubnut at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog -
... the remaining slot. (In fairness to Dempster and Paul Sullivan, Demp's numbers looked pretty good until he blew up in his last outing, but as many have written and commented here before, Dempster's lifetime numbers as a starter are none too attractive.) Thie picture for all three pitchers and the immediate future of the Cubs' starting five should be at least a little clearer after the action concludes tonight. Elsewhere and otherwise: -- According to Ken Rosenthal (and thanks to ...

Rosenthal: Choiceless Padres likely to start Gerut in left
Published 3/19/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Rosenthal: Choiceless Padres likely to start Gerut in left And some sharp Around the Horn potentiometer from Robothol… --One scout says that Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano looked afraid to throw his slider in his most recent Grapefruit League outing. But Smith, the Twins’ G.M., says he is pleased with the progress shown by Liriano, who is just 15 months removed from elbow-ligament transplant surgery. “He’s got to shake some rust off,” Smith says. “Anyone who thought he’d come in throwing 95 mph with the nasty stuff he had two years ago is not being realistic.” Liriano’s ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, March 19
Published 3/19/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... NOT THAT CUCKOO FOR COCO: Toward the ends of a notes column, FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal says the A's remain interested in Coco Crisp but won't "break up their emerging young core program to acquire one player.'' ...