Giants vs. Athletics - Box Score - June 29, 2008

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And That Happened
Published 6/30/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
... Giants 11, A's 1: What's up with Joe Blanton? He has now lost for the fifth time in six starts for a grand total of 11 pre-All-Star break losses. Yesterday he gave up seven runs in four innings, and 16 runs over his last 14 innings. Wasn't there some notion in the early going that of the A's wanted to compete this year they needed to keep Blanton, but if they wanted to tear it completely down, they'd deal him? Man, false dichotomies suck, don't they? ...

THT Daily:THT Daily: Phew
Published 6/30/2008 by Dave Studeman at THT Live
... That crew is known in Nats' circles as the SSDD platoon. Cardinals 9, Royals 6 : The AP game story starts off like a diary entry from Andrew Sullivan's annual trip to Provincetown: "The sun, the wind, and Jason LaRue 's stocky body proved too much for Kansas City to overcome." Apparently the wind was blowing all game long, and when you're a junkballer who gives up a lot of contact like Brian Bannister does, that's going to make for a long day. Giants 11, A's 1 : What's up with Joe Blanton ? He has now lost for the fifth time in ...