These Prospects Were Badly Overrated

Whatifsports MLB Power Rankings - June 9

Whatifsports.com posted 6/9/2008 from www.whatifsports.com

Red Sox Nation can rejoice at reaching the top of the rankings, followed by the Rays, Cubs and Braves. Other big movers are the White Sox and Orioles. See where your favorite team ranks. Only statistical performance to date this season is used and each team is simulated against every other team 100 times.

Short Hops: The Commish, Cuban and The Cubbies...

Dave Rouleau posted 6/9/2008 from blog.baseballdigestdaily.com

...The House Oversight and Government Reform committee chairman Henry Waxman is now disputing the testimony given by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and Players Union head Donald Fehr in 2005 regarding drug testing. "It's clear that some of the information Major League Baseball and the players union gave the committee in 2005 was inaccurate," Waxman said in a written ...

Emmanuelle Chriqui on the mound for Dodgers | Cuzoogle

Cuzoogle posted 6/9/2008 from cuzoogle.com

On Sunday Emmanuelle Chriqu got to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Dodgers’ game against the Cubs in Los Angeles

Inge, Pudge to alternate at catcher

The Detroit Tiger Weblog found this 6/9/2008 on beck.mlblogs.com

Brandon Inge is in the lineup today behind the plate, and according to Jim Leyland, he's going to be there every other game. He wants to get more rest for Pudge, he said, but he also alluded to need to catch Inge some more. "Inge needs to catch," ...

Phils ride the wave past the Braves

Diamond Hoggers found this 6/9/2008 on www.philliesflow.com

Four wins in a row for the Phillies. When the Phillies put up 12 or 15 or 20 runs in a game there’s really not a whole lot of explanation required to understand what’s going right. Ditto for when Cole Hamels throws a complete game shutout ...