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Nationals vs. Mets - Recap - May 12, 2008
Nats' Perez gets first win with arm, bat NEW YORK (AP) -- Odalis Perez trudged off the mound without a hint of a smile, taking a slow walk to the Washington dugout and blowing into his cold hands. Not the typical body language one would expect from a pitcher who was about to earn his first win of the season. Well, this wasn't a typical start for Perez. Perez had three hits and two RBIs and ...
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Think of This One When You're Knee-Deep in the Snow
Faith and Fear in Flushing — ... You knew that eventually the Nats' collection of ex-Mets would punish the current Mets, that Jesus Flores and Lastings Milledge and Odalis Perez would find a way to victimize us. (What? Joe Morgan's convinced Odalis is a Met, so he ought to count somehow. I don't mind if my facts are wrong, as long as they're gritty facts that present themselves right.) I'm sure Lo Duca was putting the whammy on the Mets somewhere, too. Between all that and the sucking, why watch a mess like this? Well, because it's part of ...

Don’t Pump Your Fist Or The Terrorists Win!
ROFL Sports — ... Baseball controversy is probably the stupidest one yet: players celebrating. The National Past-time has some strange unspoken rule where players are not supposed to show any emotion. You often see pitchers yelling into their gloves to avoid being ejected. If a player admires their home run, more than likely the next batter will get hit with a pitch. You are supposed to keep your head down and smiling is just barely allowed. Nelson Figueroa of the New York Mets is the latest whiner about this. “They were cheering in the dugout like a ...

THT Daily:THT Daily: Let’s play two
The Hardball Times — ... left Monday's game in the fourth inning due to back spasms. Greg Norton replaced him at first base in the first game of the doubleheader versus the Pirates. Yesterday’s Results American League TB 7 NYA 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TOR 3 CLE 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 3 TOR 0 (Recap and Boxscore) MIN 7 BOS 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAA 10 CHA 7 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 13 SEA 12 (Recap and Boxscore) National League WAS 10 NYN 4 (Recap and Boxscore) CHN 12 SD 3 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 8 FLA 7 (Recap and ...

HEEEEEEERRRRREEEEE'SSSS THE BRONIE!
With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda sex, and the occasional Toonces the driving cat Photoshop — ... . Now days removed from the closer role, Eric Gagne claims he's ready to resume the role for the Brew Crew. The last few years suggest otherwise... Odalis Perez got three hits and pitched seven solid innings to lead the Nats over the Mets 10-4. Yes, Odalis Perez is the Nats' ace and he just picked up his first win. Hug me, I'm scared... The ...

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