The Brain Leak

Giving up on the Mets?? Not me, not yet

TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 7/1/2008 from theropolitans.com

Last night's 7-1 drubbing by the Cardinals could be explained by any one of: terrible, awful, disaster, gross, boring, ugly...so on and so forth. I've heard many claims for trades to go down, to start selling the farm and some major leaguers in return for prospects with talent and futures. Not me, not yet. And here's why...

Open Gameday Thread, 6/30

Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts found this 7/1/2008 on www.mccoveychronicles.com

If the Giants had signed Ted Lilly to the contract given to him by the Cubs, I would have complained for a month. Lucky for us, we signed Zito, so we didn't need to sign Lilly to some long contract for too much money.     I ...

Gameday

Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts found this 7/1/2008 on mlb.mlb.com

Giants probable pitcher Matt Cain Giants: Cain struggled in his last outing, allowing four runs and eight hits in five innings at Cleveland. That interrupted a three-game stretch in which he was 2-1 with a 2.95 ERA, 25 strikeouts and only three walks ...

Reynolds, Eckersley Added to All-Star Selection Show

Maury posted 7/2/2008 from www.bizofbaseball.com

TBS announced today the addition of two-time All-Star Harold Reynolds and six-time All-Star and 2004 Hall of Fame inductee Dennis Eckersley to its studio team for the network’s exclusive coverage of the MLB All-Star Game Selection Show presented by Chevy at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 6. Reynolds and Eckersley will join TBS studio host and two-time Emmy® award-winner Ernie Johnson and ...

Cubs handcuffed by Matt Cain, San Francisco Giants

A Hundred Next Years found this 7/1/2008 on www.chicagotribune.com

The Cubs wasted a strong outing by Jason Marquis Tuesday night at AT&T; Park, losing 2-1 to the San Francisco Giants to fall to 1-4 on their 10-game road trip.