With Perez backing out, Vargas likely to start tomorrow

Baseball Blog week in review

gridtalker posted 7/2/2007 from www.yankstalk.com

philly.com - 5 more losses will put the Phillies at 10,000 losses, an all-sports record Si.com - Craig Biggio Reaches 3,000 Hits! ESPN - New Record: Seven 40-Year-Old Pitchers Scheduled to Start on Same Day LA times - Ballplayers from Cuba are now flee agents Fan Home - Mike Hargrove walks away from winning Mariners SF Gate - Major League censorship (re: Barry Bonds) NY Times -

Sucks To Be Them, Good To Be Us

Bugs & Cranks found this 7/2/2007 on faithandfear.blogharbor.com

So the Phillies managed not to be swept a four-game series by the Mets. So the Phillies can continue to entertain the possibility that they are in a three-way race for the Eastern Division lead. So the Phillies, for one more day, can avoid their date ...

Briere signs 8-year $52 million deal with Phillies

Off Wing Opinion found this 7/2/2007 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Leave it to the little forward, Daniel Briere, to sign the biggest deal on the first day of NHL free agency Sunday. Briere signed an eight-year, $52 million contract, immediately becoming the fresh face of the retooled Philadelphia Flyers. The deal ...

Daniel Briere Signs With Phillies

BlownCoverage.com found this 7/2/2007 on larrybrownsports.com

Why not, they could use the offensive production, right? Those filthy devils at fark were at it again, directing me to this headline (which has since been changed). But not this one : Thanks to Greg Bergman, who like a keen bloodhound, put me ...

MAINE MISTAKE | By JAY GREENBERG | New York Mets

Mets Geek found this 7/2/2007 on www.nypost.com

July 2, 2007 -- PHILADELPHIA - The All-Star bid of John Maine, pitcher from nowhere, probably was going nowhere from the start. " It ' s hard, " said Billy Wagner, who got one of the NL spots yesterday Maine did not. " The first couple times I was [a ...