Rays give Kazmir four-year extension

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Mussina, Cano Help Yanks Get Back on Track
Published 5/15/2008 by Mike at Green Pinstripes
It wasn't the offensive explosion everyone's been waiting for, but a win is a win. Mike Mussina continued his baseball renaissance, Robinson Cano collected four hits and Mariano Rivera got right back on the horse as the Yanks nipped the Rays 2-1 in Tampa.  The Bombers scratched out only seven hits, but they made the most of them and sparkling defense from Melky Cabrera, Cano, Derek Jeter and Jason Giambi (it's true!) helped snap a mini two-game skid. The Good: Mike Mussina.  The Magic Man continued to dazzle with his wizardly right arm.  The Moose got into some trouble in the second, but a double play erased a leadoff single by Carlos Pena ...

174 RBI and Other News
Published 5/15/2008 by joe at Mets Today
Generally, I’m stuck in my New York Mets vacuum, and completely ignorant of everything else going on in MLB. This is probably why I finish last every year in my fantasy baseball league. So today I’m looking around at the world outside Flushing, and see that Texas Ranger outfielder Josh Hamilton has 44 RBI. Holy S! Some quick math tells me that he’s on pace to drive in 174 runs on the year. In other news, former Met Scott Kazmir has been signed to a 3-year contract extension with the first-place Tampa Bay Rays — so don’t expect him to be jumping to a new team anytime soon. A very nice piece of that contract is Kazmir’s commitment of ...