theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com - 7/4/2009
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The Ghost of Moonlight Graham counts down the top 10 things we learned in the month of June.
It's great how he ties everything together.
Really, the Yankees Don't Have It So Bad
puristbleedspinstripes.com 7/1/2009 — Despite a six-game win streak (yes, really), some are still complaining about the Yankees. So I thought, in the perpetual spirit of optimism (and Schadenfreude), I'd go through and list some of the other teams I've been following, and their issues, because after you do that you realize that the ...
MLB Week 13 - A Lot of Ground to Cover
myteamrivals.typepad.com 7/7/2009 — Like Garry Maddox playing centerfield between Greg Luzinski and Jay Johnstone, I've got a lot of ground to cover after missing a weekly update and having the All-Star rosters announced in the meantime.
I'll start with an update. If it doesn't get too long (fat chance of that), I'll cover ...
Juan Rivera: Man Crush
bleacherreport.com 7/1/2009 — Ok, remember 2006?
That's when it started for me.
Who is this guy?
He's so different.
Where has he been all my life?
Ok, so that's a little much, I'll admit.
Or is it?
In 2006, Juan Rivera hit .310 with 23 HRs and 85 RBIs in 124 games. ...
Revisiting an almost-trade of Mariano Rivera
riveraveblues.com 7/1/2009 — I can’t imagine the New York Yankees without Mariano Rivera for the last 15 seasons. Since he came up as a 25-year-old and wowed the crowd during the 1995 ALCS, he has always been there. In 1996, he helped shorten the games, and in 1997, he ...
Mariano Rivera and the Tale of the Wandering Remote Control
heartbeatofthebronx.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has been deservedly credited with being the greatest relief pitcher of his generation. On Tuesday night, I believe he also became the first pitcher to ever throw out the ceremonial first pitch and throw the final pitch of a game. The honor of course stemmed from ...
The Best Reliever Ever: Mariano Rivera
downswinging.com 6/29/2009 — Mariano Rivera is at 500 saves. It doesn’t matter though–we already knew just how great he was. Mariano, always professional, always calm, is the absolute epitome of the perfect closer. Mariano doesn’t need milestones, he’s better than that. It wasn’t like he ...
Morning Juice: Rivera saves 500th; only 2,296 RBIs behind Aaron
sports.yahoo.com 6/29/2009 — This and every weekday a.m. during baseball season, let's rise and shine together to recap the most recent diamond doings. Roll Call starts in New York, New York. So nice they got two teams. Only one has Mariano Rivera . Game of the Day ...
Morning Mariano Roundup
fackyouk.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — I said my piece in last night's game recap , now let's hear what others are saying about Rivera's accomplishment on this Monday Mo'ning. ----- Shysterball : Mariano Rivera got his 500th save. More impressive: he drew a bases-loaded walk, giving him his first career RBI in 15 seasons. ...
Two Very Different Cutters
fangraphs.com 7/2/2009 — On the surface Mariano Rivera and Mark DiFelice should be two of the most similar pitchers in the game. They are both right-handed relief pitchers who throw a cutters almost exclusively, over 90% of the time. No other pitcher throws the cutter that ...
The Great Mariano Rivera
passion4baseball.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — This writer has never hidden that fact that he is a Fan first and a reporter second. What this blog attempts to do is to give its readers informed observations from a fan's perspective. As such, it is impossible to hide the favorite players who creep into those observations from time to time. ...
Today's Lineups —
Nationals Journal 7/4/2009
Atlanta McLouth - 8 Prado - 3 Jones - 5 Anderson - 7 Escobar - 6 Diaz - 9 Ross - 2 Conrad - 4 Hanson - 1 Washington Morgan - 8 Johnson - 3 Zimmerman - 5 Dunn - 7 Willingham - 9 Guzman - 6 Hernandez - 4 Nieves - 2 Lannan - 1
Nationals' Dunn hits 300th home run (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/4/2009
Nationals slugger Adam Dunn hit his 300th career home run Saturday, ending Braves rookie Tommy Hanson's consecutive scoreless innings streak at 26 with the milestone blast. Dunn hit a 2-2 fastball two-thirds of the way up the second deck in right ...
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