passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 7/11/2009
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Yesterday was a sunny day no matter how you look at it. Except for the continued mystery of Joba Chamberlain, a stupid pick of the Rockies over Atlanta, a total meltdown by the Marlins and this picker's beany by Cecil, it was a very good day.With another full day of games on tap, let's get right ...
Game Picks - Saturday: July 4, 2009
passion4baseball.blogspot.com 7/4/2009 — Happy Birthday, America! 233 years ago today, the cream of American colonial society risked everything to sign the Declaration of Independence. The Grand Experiment is still not perfect nor will it ever be. The past is checkered and littered with mistakes. But this is the greatest country on ...
Game Picks - Saturday: July 25, 2009
passion4baseball.blogspot.com 7/25/2009 — This picker expressed yesterday that there were dangerous games everywhere you looked last night and wasn't wrong. Three aces pitched and their teams did not win: Santana, Halladay and Greinke. The Dodgers lost at home and the Indians pounded out nine runs and didn't give up even that many hits ...
Series Preview: Cubs v. Nationals, July 16 - July 19, 2009
bleachernation.com 7/16/2009 — The Chicago Cubs head off to the nation’s capital for their first post-All-Star game series, a four game set against the Washington Nationals. Needless to say, the Cubs need to start out on a better foot, and it doesn’t get any easier than this. A refresher on the series preview ...
What They’re Saying- July 10, 2009
sportsmediajournal.com 7/10/2009 — Here is a look at what some of the sports media columnists are writing for their Friday publications…
Richard Sandomir at the NY Times has NBC’s take on the announcement this week that the US Olympic Committee will be launching its own cable television channel.
Phil Mushnick at the ...
Obviously You're Not a Golfer.
collegeofidiots.com 7/8/2009 — Hey Walter, go get Dumpster a toe. He prefers Cubbie Blue nail polish though. So Dumpster and now Sir Smokes A Lot ? I can't blame the cursed Cubs calendar for these injuries. I don't believe in God, but if I did, I would say he is one cruel SOB. Just as we get E-Ram, White Slice and Angel ...
Game Picks - Saturday: June 20, 2009
passion4baseball.blogspot.com 6/20/2009 — Hello from Florida! We left Portland, Maine, yesterday and it was 56 and raining and we arrived here and it was 90 and sunny! Cool. And once we arrived, due to the interleague play, the Yankees were on TV playing the Marlins, so it was a great day all around. Rest. The Pool. Warm. And baseball ...
Ted Lilly Hurt Now, Too?
bleachernation.com 7/17/2009 — This can’t be real. Yet, this is our existence, friends.
Apparently Ted Lilly could be bumped in the rotation for a couple days, as Sons of Ivy notes:
Per Wittenmyer, because of his knee.
Fortunately, this follows the All-Star break, so it would be relatively easy to rearrange the ...
Series Preview: Cardinals v. Cubs, July 10 - July 12, 2009
bleachernation.com 7/10/2009 — The Chicago Cubs unwelcome the hated St. Louis Cardinals (see what I did there?) for the two teams’ fourth series. It’s the last series before the All Star break, and depending on how it plays out, it could see the Cubs finish the first half in first place… or 7.5 out. A ...
Numbers game —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories
1: Cub who made the All-Star team. It's Ted Lilly. Last year, the Cubs had eight All-Stars. 10: Home runs hit in Houston for the Pirates' Jack Wilson, who has 60 homers in his career. He hits one homer per 23.4 at-bats in Houston, one in 97.3 at his ...
METS FACES RED AFTER BEATING BY CINCINNATI —
NY Post: Sports
> The Mets toasted Omar Minaya's self-described "shake-up move" last night by getting in one more stinker before Jeff Francoeur's arrival. Minaya's goal in shipping Ryan Church to the Braves for Francoeur was to inject some life into his ...
JOBA, PEN ROCKED BY ANGELS —
NY Post: Sports
> ANAHEIM -- The Yankees played like anything but a first place team last night in a building that is clearly a House of Horrors for them. For the second consecutive outing Joba Chamberlain was ineffective. Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter ...
Braves 4, Rockies 1 —
NYT > Baseball
Derek Lowe pitched six strong innings, Garrett Anderson and Diory Hernandez hit two-run doubles and the Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies 4-1 on Friday night.