Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 8/3
soxanddawgs.com 8/3/2008 — Has anyone else noticed how much more relaxed the Boston Red Sox look right now? They actually look like they are enjoying playing the game again as they don’t have to deal with the antics of one Manny Ramirez (I promise I’ll/we’ll stop talking about him eventually). The night saw two of the components of the deal on Thursday hit home runs as Jason Bay hit a 3-run jack ...

The Bang for the Buck Ratings
victoriatimes.blogspot.com 8/3/2008 — We've all seen a dollars per win list before in baseball when talking about big market vs. small market teams, but this takes it a step further, calculating an expected win total based on salary AND the performance of teams with similar salaries to see who got the best and worst "Bang for the Buck" in baseball since 2004....

Fight club
blogs.suntimes.com 8/3/2008 — KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Actually these two teams had a history. In a June 4 Sox win, reliever Octavio Dotel hit Jose Guillen and Miguel Olivo. Two weeks ago at The Cell, Kansas City pitchers played target practice with...

Battle Royal: Kansas City beats Sox big Fight breaks out
chicagotribune.com 8/4/2008 — Mike Aviles went 4-for-4 with a home run, Zack Greinke pitched well into the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals defeated the White Sox 14-3 on Sunday in a game featuring five ejections.

Brawl-marred rout pushes White Sox out of first place -- ChicagoSports.com
chicagosports.chicagotribune.com 8/4/2008 — ROYALS 14, WHITE SOX 3 Brawl-marred rout pushes White Sox out of first place Out of 1st for 1st time since mid-May By Mark Gonzales | Tribune staff reporter 9:34 PM CDT, August 3, 2008 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The White Sox were tossed out of first place ...

3 ejected in White Sox-Royals brawl (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 8/3/2008
Miguel Olivo charged the mound after being hit by a pitch from D.J. Carrasco in the fifth inning Sunday, touching off a benches-clearing brawl between the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals. Carrasco was just brought in from the bullpen to ...

Twins move into first behind Liriano — Major League Baseball News 8/3/2008
Francisco Liriano pitched six shutout innings Sunday, striking out five while allowing three hits and three walks as the Twins beat the Indians, 6-2, to move back into first place in the American League Central with the White Sox trailing the Royals ...

Indians' Byrd keeps Twins in 2nd place (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 8/3/2008
Francisco Liriano threw six scoreless innings in his return to the Minnesota rotation Sunday, helping the Twins move into first in the AL Central with a 6-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Denard Span and Brendan Harris homered for ...

5 ejected in Royals' 14-3 rout of ChiSox (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 8/3/2008
Mike Aviles went 4-for-4 with a home run, Zack Greinke pitched well into the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox 14-3 on Sunday in a game featuring five ejections. There was a bench-clearing brawl in the ...

Royals rout ChiSox in game featuring 5 ejections — Boston.com -- Baseball News 8/3/2008
Mike Aviles went 4-for-4 with a home run, Zack Greinke pitched well into the seventh inning, and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox 14-3 on Sunday in a game featuring five ejections.