THE UNITED COUNTRIES OF BASEBALL - REVISED
withleather.com 5/10/2008 — Last August, some enterprising young baseball fan created a map of the United Countries of Baseball ( WL post on it w/ missing image here ), and now, just a mere nine months later, One Droo Hill finally provides us with an updated map.  Some of ...

Dodgers punchless in loss to Astros
losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com 5/10/2008 — LOS ANGELES -- Only closer Takashi Saito was sent home sick Friday night, but it looks like the entire Dodgers team is ailing. Despite an off-day wedged in between, they opened a series against Houston the same way they ended one with the Mets, ...

Derek Lowe struggles for Dodgers in loss - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 5/10/2008 — Houston's Lance Berkman gets a "high-five" greeting from Miguel Tejada after Berkman's two-run home run in the fifth inning Friday night at Dodger Stadium.

A Public Service Annoucement
truebluela.com 5/10/2008 — Since I’m seeing this thrown around a lot, no we can’t send Andruw Jones back to AAA even though he never used up his option years. Once a player has more than three years of service time, he can refuse any assignment.    ...

Game 36 Thread: May 10 vs. Astros, 7p
sonsofstevegarvey.com 5/10/2008 — Chad Billingsley (2-4, 4.54) vs. Chris Sampson (1-3, 7.96). COMMENTS : Question: What do Speed Racer and the Dodgers have in common? Answer: They both bombed last night! Speed Racer (estimated budget: $100 million) made a measly $5,850,000 Friday , coming in third place behind Iron Man and What Happens in Vegas (Cameron Diaz says: In your face! ). The Dodgers (estimated budget: $119 ...

Starting woes reach Lowe point — L.A. Times - Baseball News 5/10/2008
He continues a Dodgers pitching trend, giving up six runs in L.A.'s 7-1 loss to Houston. > There was no one to greet Derek Lowe when he reached the dugout ...

Moehler pitches Astros to 7-1 win over Dodgers — Boston.com -- Baseball News 5/10/2008
Brian Moehler pitched five scoreless innings and Lance Berkman went 3-for-4 with a home run in a 7-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

Astros 7, Dodgers 1 — NYT > Baseball 5/10/2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Brian Moehler pitched five scoreless innings and Lance Berkman went 3-for-4 with a home run in a 7-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night. >

Sampson shows he belongs — Major League Baseball News 5/11/2008
Sampson propels Astros past Dodgers

Sampson pitches Astros to 5-0 win over Dodgers — Boston.com -- Baseball News 5/11/2008
Chris Sampson pitched three-hit ball over seven innings, Darin Erstad and Miguel Tejada each drove in two runs and the Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 on Saturday night.