Turning Up the Excitement
wegotaguythere.blogspot.com 4/29/2008 — Arizona has the best record in baseball... Check here to find out why.

What's wrong with the outfield?
theropolitans.com 4/29/2008 — I continue to hear more and more about the Mets wanting to trade for Xavier Nady to sure up the Mets outfield. Um...why? What is wrong with the outfield? Has Angel Pagan already fallen so far out of favor with Mets fans since he won the game over the Phillies in the 12th inning? Has the Angel Wave already run it's course in New York?

Paging Dave Littlefield, Please Pick Up Your Pitcher
blog.baseballdigestdaily.com 4/29/2008 — The San Francisco Giants, in an attempt to... uh, I don't know, have moved Barry Zito to the bullpen . ...

Gut Check Time: Can you name these baseball bellies?
sports.yahoo.com 4/29/2008 — Can you name that belly from the Dodgers, Rockies, Phillies and Giants? Combine stomachs with ill-fitting baseball uniforms and it makes for a great weekly quiz here on the Stew. The inaugural class is listed in increasing order of difficulty, so feel free to post your guesses below. Answers will be revealed in a post later today.

City of Brotherly Love
left-coast-bias.blogspot.com 4/29/2008 — San Diego Padres take on the Phillies and Maddux goes for win 350.

Giants 4, Rockies 0 — NYT > Baseball 4/29/2008
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Matt Cain got an early lead and his teammates held it, helping San Francisco's hard-luck pitcher to his first win of 2008 with a 4-0 victory over the slumping Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

Dan Haren pitches Diamondbacks to 5-3 win over Astros — Boston.com -- Baseball News 4/29/2008
Lance Berkman knew what was coming from Diamondbacks reliever Chad Qualls. It hardly mattered. Representing the potential tying run with two outs in the eighth inning, Berkman struck out on five pitches against his former teammate in Arizona's 5-3 win ...

MLB All-Star tix to have starry prices (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 4/29/2008
Fans will pay starry prices for this year's All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. Tickets will be priced at $150-$725 for the July 15 game, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday. That's up from $75-$285 for last year's game at San Francisco and $10-15 ...

Phillies CF Victorino activated from DL (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 4/29/2008
The Phillies activated center fielder Shane Victorino from the disabled list before Tuesday night's game against the San Diego Padres. Outfielder T.J. Bohn was sent to Triple-A Lehigh Valley to make room for Victorino, who was sidelined by a calf ...

Padres open up two spots on 40-man — Major League Baseball News 4/30/2008
Could some changes be in the works for the Padres' 40-man roster? The Padres opened two spots on its 40-man roster on Tuesday when infielder Oscar Robles was claimed off waivers by the Phillies and when Mauro Zarate was outrighted to the Triple-A ...