Short Stops Around the Majors for May 8, 2008

Clo posted 5/9/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com [flag]

Thursday's recaps, scores, and brawls, oh my! [link]

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Friday's Frosty Mug
Published 5/9/2008 by KLSnow at Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts
... Remember Saturday, when I Mugged from the road? I'm back on the road, and the Brewers are still losing. I'm sorry this Mug is late, but breakfast closed at 9, so it took full focus to finish 3 laps in time. Win Expectancy Graph BR Box Score BDD Recaps Notable by their absence yesterday: Prince Fielder, Corey Hart and Jason Kendall. Apparently it was just a scheduled off day for almost half the starting position players, though. The Yost Infection says it's time for a managerial change, even though most of this ...

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