Ed Wade Continues to Show He’s No Billy Beane
fantasybaseballgenerals.com 7/14/2008 — From 1997-2006 the Houston Astros and Oakland A’s were successful franchises, with the A’s twice cracking 100 wins and the Astros advancing to the World Series. But both teams hit hard times in 2007. The two teams took different approaches coming into 2008 and have continued those opposite tracks during the season. Here’s why it’s better to be rooting for the A’s than the Astros.

Diamond Rundown – Edition Fifteen
seamheads.com 7/14/2008 — Facts, figures and other tidbits from the fifteenth week of the ’08 major league baseball season. Proving to be Fast Quickly : Tampa Bay’s Carl Crawford stole the 300 th base of his career on Monday in their 7-4 extra inning loss to the Royals on Monday. With the steal, Crawford became the ninth player in the Majors since 1900 to steal 300 bases before turning 27. The others ...

CC Sabathia is God.
cakerockstheparty.blogspot.com 7/14/2008 — A complete game. 9 strikeouts. And he went yard off of Homer Bailey! TINY GIANTS!

Why The Harden Deal Was Good For Oakland
beyondtheboxscore.com 7/14/2008 — The Cubs and Athletics engineered a fascinating deal yesterday, in which Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin were sent to the Cubs in exchange for Sean Gallagher, Matt Murton, Eric Patterson, and Josh Donaldson. My initial reaction, like many others’, ...

Reds vs. Brewers - Recap - July 13, 2008
sports.espn.go.com 7/14/2008 — Fast Facts •Milwaukee improved to 20-10 in one-run games on the year and avoided the sweep at home. •CC Sabathia improved to 2-0 in his first two starts with the Brewers, striking out nine in the complete game victory. Sabathia now has four complete ...

Rest of trading season may not be so easy — FOXSports.com News for MLB 7/14/2008
The trades of Rich Harden and CC Sabathia worked out well for all parties. Joel Sherman warns that upcoming deals won't be so easy.

HONDO BACK ON TRACK — NY Post: Sports 7/14/2008
Oakland's Huston Street turned yesterday into the Boulevard of Broken Dreams for Hondo, who closed out the first half by dropping one-runners with the A's and O's to reduce the earnings to 425 shoemak ers. Today, he moves from the diamond district...

CUB-BOOM! — NY Post: Sports 7/14/2008
Ernie Banks has envisioned the scene before, but this year it feels more realistic than it has in 100 years - a World Series parade for the Cubs through the streets of Chicago. "It will be the biggest thing since the World's Fair in 1933," Banks...

Sabathia homers for Brewers in 3-2 win over Reds — Boston.com -- Baseball News 7/14/2008
CC Sabathia gave the Brewers everything they could have hoped for in his first week as their new ace. The hitting was a bonus.

Brewers' Sheets, Indians' Lee to start All-Star Game — chicagotribune.com - Sports 7/14/2008
Milwaukee's Ben Sheets and Cleveland's Cliff Lee have been selected as the starting pitchers for the baseball All-Star game Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.