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Baseball Today: Wednesday, June 25
Published 6/25/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... because of a bad back (Seattle Times) . . . Jon Lieber, wasting away in the dustiest corner of the Cubs bullpen, is talking retirement at the end of the year (Chicago Tribune) . . . Like Curt Schilling, John Smoltz ...

Odds and Ends: Lieber, Tavarez, Oswalt
Published 6/25/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... We've got mostly smaller stuff today, so let's kick it off with an odds and ends. Pitcher Jon Lieber may retire after the season.  130+ wins, that's a nice career. With Tom Gordon's shoulder barking, the Phillies' desire to add a reliever has intensified.  Here's a look at the relief market. When a 2.93 ERA is considered underperforming, expectations were never reasonable.  Anyone else get the impression that if Johan Santana's record was 10-3 instead of 7-6, there ...

Short Hop
Published 6/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (jumbo) at Towel Drills: A Chicago Cubs Blog
... Finally, Jon Lieber could be calling it a career after 2008. No wonder he's not bitching about how Lou is letting him sit around and grow cobwebs. Dude's thinking about sitting on a beach sipping mai-tais. ...

Even 5-year old lefties can hit .300 off Jon Lieber
Published 6/26/2008 by Richie Rich at Home Run Derby
... Because of that, there’s speculation that the 38 year old Lieber might call it quits if he can’t get a starting gig. ...