baseballmusings.com - 4/11/2009
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Felix Hernandez looks to mature into a true ace in 2009. Photo: Icon SMI The top two finishers in the 2008 Cy Young voting face off in Cleveland as Roy Halladay takes on Cliff Lee. There were good arguments in Roy’s favor last year centering around strength of competition, but ...
WBC Twitter: Oswalt-licious!
outincenterfield.com 3/24/2009 — Last night marked the debut of “The World Baseball Classic- USA vs. Japan: A Live Twitterstorm of Angst” (tentatively subtitled: “Sometimes Roy Oswalt Makes Me Very Angry”), a play in several heartrending acts.
It starts ...
Oswalt to square off vs. Dice-K | MLB.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 3/21/2009 — LOS ANGELES -- Team USA manager Davey Johnson named Astros right-hander Roy Oswalt the starter against the Japanese on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium in a World Baseball Classic single-elimination game. > Oswalt will face Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese ...
Midnight Thoughts
gaslampball.com 3/17/2009 — It's almost midnight and I realize that I haven't blogged in forever . I'm also supposed to be working on something for work work, but I'm procrastinating.
I was at my soccer game earlier tonight and one of the girls on my team that lurks GLB told me how she found it depressing to be watching ...
Vaccaro On Davey Johnson Leaving Roy O. Out There To Die
cantstopthebleeding.com 3/23/2009 —
“Roy Oswalt kept throwing baseballs to those Japanese hitters,” laments the New York Post ’s Brenda Mike Vaccaro after Team USA’s 9-4 semi-final exit at the hands of Japan last night. “Davey Johnson, the manager of the team, kept seeing what everyone else was ...
So many links... so little time
gaslampball.com 4/7/2009 —
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San Diego Padres starter Jake Peavy pitches in the first inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a baseball game in San Diego, Monday, ...
Japan has a date with Korea in final | MLB.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 3/23/2009 — LOS ANGELES -- Japan's trip started in Tokyo more than two weeks ago and continued through a pair of exhibition games in Arizona and a weeklong pit stop in San Diego. On Sunday, the journey led Japan to Dodger Stadium and a clash with a Team USA ...
Peavy likely will be gone if Padres get off to bad start
www3.signonsandiego.com 4/6/2009 — The backdrop to a Padres season that begins today at Petco Park is that if the team falls out of playoff contention, Jake Peavy could be traded before or shortly after the All-Star break, perhaps to the Dodgers club that opposes Peavy this afternoon. ...
Ominous opening for Peavy
www3.signonsandiego.com 4/7/2009 — Jake Peavy wears his heart on his sleeve, and another heart below his right bicep. One of the newer additions to the Padres' pitcher's burgeoning tattoo collection depicts a dagger piercing a heart and the single word, “Sonny.” It is a tribute to ...
A "Penny" for your thoughts...
firebrandal.com 4/11/2009 — Yes, I am pretty sure I am the only person to ever associate that statement with Big-League pitcher with Brad Penny :) As for what to expect from Penny tonight? Five or six innings maybe. The bullpen has had to pick up some of the load so far. So hopefully Penny can get ...
And That Happened
hardballtimes.com 4/7/2009 — Mets 2, Reds 1 : Those of you who followed ATH last season will recall that I don't have the Extra Innings package and I don't watch 15 games a night. On a good night I watch parts of two games, on an average night I watch most of one, and some nights I don't get any. This feature is about ...
Pujols Being Pujols —
Bleacher Report - MLB 4/12/2009
It was just another day at the office for the best hitter in baseball, but for the fans in St. Louis, seeing Albert Pujols doing yard work and single handedly dismantling Roy Oswalt and the Astros was a real treat.
With a grand slam off Oswalt ...