vivaelbirdos.com - 8/7/2008
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Probably getting to be about the late innings now, eh? This should be fascinating...
Or, Jo-El blew it and we're down by six. Either way.
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Closing Time: 'You'd probably have to say he's player of the game right now'
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... that, we move to other notes on lightly-owned players... • Chris Perez's save against the Dodgers seemed like a Pre-Closing Time event, so we posted earlier. Perez just returned to the Cardinals bullpen after undergoing a little maintenance at Triple-A, and he went 1.2 innings for his first career save. There's no question that he has the traditional closer's heat. His fastball was 95-97 mph in the ninth. Check the elation in the game thread at Viva El Birdos. • Gio Gonzalez had ...
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Umpires' call has Dodgers protesting —
Major League Baseball News 8/7/2008
The Dodgers played Wednesday night's loss to the Cardinals under protest after a dispute over a substitution in the eighth inning, over whether pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney stepped into the batter's box before being removed for Jeff Kent.
