baseballreflections.com - 10/9/2009
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Tommy John and His Thoughts on the Game Today
Tommy John signs A Glove of Their Own
I started off the conversation in part 1 talking about how he became affiliated with the increasingly popular children’s book, “ A Glove of Their Own ”. Part 2 was a conversation on ...
Bullpen Saves The Day For The Dodgers In Game One
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com 10/8/2009 — The Dodgers won Game One of their best-of-five series with the Cardinals last night in large part because of their stellar bullpen.
The Ghost of Moonlight Graham recaps this mostly unwatchable game and talks about what the Cardinals need to do to win Game Two
Tommy John surgery turns 35 years old
bases.nbcsports.com 10/20/2009 — Pete Grathoff of the Kansas City Star wrote a great article celebrating the 35th anniversary of Tommy John surgery, including how the whole thing got started: When John's left elbow gave out 35 years ago, he asked orthopedic surgeon Frank...
Carpenter to start Sunday if series continues
yourenotagolfer.mlblogs.com 10/10/2009 — Matthew Leach MLB.com Blog: Obviously, You're Not A Golfer Twitter: @MatthewHLeach Manager Tony La Russa confirmed on Saturday that if the Cardinals' National League Division Series against the Dodgers goes to a fourth game on Sunday, Chris Carpenter ...
Walk to victory?
latimesblogs.latimes.com 10/6/2009 — Below is a chart showing the Dodgers' 2009 record when they walked X times in a game this season: Walks by Dodger offenseRecord in those games 01-6 15-10 211-13 321-12 420-9 517-10 66-1 76-5 86-0 92-1
Carpenter, Hill named Comeback Players of the year
hardballtimes.com 10/5/2009 — It's always a tough competition when disease is not involved:
Chris Carpenter has been voted NL comeback player of the year and Aaron Hill has won the AL award.
Limited to four starts over the prior two seasons because of elbow surgery and a shoulder injury, Carpenter was 17-4 with a ...
Post-NLDS Game 1 Thread: Grind
sonsofstevegarvey.com 10/8/2009 — 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
First inning: Matt "The Bison" Kemp crushes a Chris Carpenter offering into the All-You-Can-Eat Pavilion.
DODGERS 5, CARDINALS 3
First of all, kudos to TBS for a glitch-free broadcast tonight. Stellar production, boys. Really.
Hoo boy! Guess there ...
In Case You Missed It: And so it begins
310tojoba.blogspot.com 10/8/2009 — Here's what you may have missed from last night's action while being a sexy little secret of a radio song. - Cliff Lee did it all in a win for the Phillies that likely has natives of Pennsylvania wetting themselves in glee. Dude got a hit and stole a base all while pitching 9 dominant innings ...
Kemp helps Dodgers take Game 1 over Cards
scoresreport.com 10/8/2009 —
Thanks in part to Matt Kemp’s two-run dinger in the top of the first off Chris Carpenter, the Dodgers earned a 5-3 victory over the Cardinals in Game 1 of the NLDS.
From MLB.com :
It didn’t start well for the Dodgers. Wolf worked himself into a first-inning mess, loading the bases ...
Kemp hammers Carpenter; Dodgers strand 16 but win opener
sports.yahoo.com 10/8/2009 — Score and situation: Dodgers 5, Cardinals 3 — Los Angeles leads series 1-0 Leading lads: L.A.'s young stud center fielder struggled down the stretch as the Dodgers stumbled toward the finish line, but Matt Kemp (notes) jumped all over ...
Under radar, Pineiro a rock for Cards —
Major League Baseball News 10/8/2009
Going only on reputations, it seems that people look forward to Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright pitching -- then look forward to their turns coming up again. Make no mistake, though: Joel Pineiro rates, and St. Louis players, fans and the manager ...
Both Cardinals aces come up empty (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 10/9/2009
Two Cy Young Award candidates, two losses for the St. Louis Cardinals. Adam Wainwright pitched eight sharp innings against the Dodgers on Thursday, only to watch the Cardinals lose 3-2 after an error by left fielder Matt Holliday led to Los Angeles' ...