Morning Roundup: Cliff Lee Comes To Earth

Cliff Lee Human, Tribe Swept By Reds

Sarge posted 5/19/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

Talk about a fall from grace. Two winnable games dropped in the ninth inning followed by a Cliff Lee appearance with actual earned runs. Five of them, to be exact - in only five and two-thirds innings - doubling his ERA to its current level of 1.63.

Every Given Sunday: Lightning in a Bottle, Thunder in the Bronx by John Perrotto

Walkoff Walk found this 5/19/2008 on www.baseballprospectus.com

Explaining a southpaw`s turnaround, failure breeds front-office dissatisfaction, plus news, feats, and rumors from around the game.

Diamond Rundown – Edition Seven

m_taylor13 posted 5/19/2008 from seamheads.com

Facts, figures and other tidbits from the seventh week of the ’08 major league baseball season. One Small Step… : With their split of a Monday doubleheader, the Pittsburgh Pirates won their season series with the Atlanta Braves. Winning 5 out of 7, the Pirates won the season series for the first time since 1997. How Low Can You Go? : Despite a no decision, Cleveland’s Cliff Lee ...

Five Things I Don't Understand About the NL Central

Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts found this 5/19/2008 on www.bucsdugout.com

1. Why aren't the Brewers hitting? It's been a tough couple of months for the Brewers. They lost Yovani Gallardo, Eric Gagne has been a disaster, and they're not scoring runs. Ryan Braun has been very good the last ten days or so, but he's the ...

Masa’s Meatball

RockKing posted 5/19/2008 from www.waitingfornextyear.com

If you didn’t get a chance to see it, Adam Dunn’s walk-off home run from Saturday traveled a good distance. Also, in case you were wondering where the pitch was located, I have good news. Courtesy of FJM, this screen grab of MLB.com’s Pitch f/x has the goods, and is definitely deserving of a little attention....