Sports Blogs :: Major League Baseball Daily EntriesSports Blogs :: Major League Baseball Daily EntriesBuried Treasure :: Game 83: Pirates at Reds- July 1, 2008 Great American Ballpark &124; 7:10 &124; Duke vs. Edinson Volquez &124; Box Pre-Game Thoughts If Zach Duke can build upon his first half of 2008, that would be something. His record is at 4-5 and his ERA is just a hair better than league average. But he has pitched almost as much in 2008 as he did ...http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1251590&src=rss The Hardball Times :: The Hardball Times:THT Daily: Sign of the apocalypse- July 1, 2008 Will there be two Florida teams in first place past the season's midpointhttp://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1252046&src=rss Camden Chat :: Royals 6, O's 5 (11): powjaoPQYT!- July 1, 2008 WE LET 'EM OFF THE HOOK...http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1251554&src=rss Alex Belth's Bronx Banter :: Bronx Banter: Like I Said . . .- July 1, 2008 The Rangers have the best offense and worst pitching in baseball, so naturally they beat the Yankees 2-1 in their series opener in the Bronx last night. Alex Rodriguez's mammoth fourth-inning home run into Monument Park off accounted for the Yankees' only run. By then, the Rangers already had their two runs, plating a one-out Ian Kinsler double in the third and a lead-off walk to David Murphy in the top of the fourth. Mike Mussina struck out eight, including Milton Bradley four times, and too...http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1251552&src=rss Catbird in the Nosebleed Seats :: Not Swishing Anymore- July 1, 2008 On January 3rd, 2008, the A&8217;s and White Sox consummated the first baseball trade of the new year, when Oakland GM Billy Beane agreed to send Moneyball posterchild Nick Swisher to Chicago, in exchange for minor league pitchers Gio Gonzalez and Fautino De Los Santos, as well as outfielder Ryan Sweeney. The trade was the A&8217;s ...http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1251550&src=rss NPB Tracker :: The Darvish Effect- July 1, 2008 There&8217;s a lot of hype and speculation around Yu Darvish, the anointed successor to Daisuke Matsuzaka as Japan&8217;s ace and the next big MLB import. It&8217;s easy to understand why: Darvish is 21 years old, 6&8242;6, throws a 95MPH fastball as well as five other pitches, and has dominated the Pacific League. If anything, Darvish ...http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1251549&src=rss NPB Tracker :: Giants to Sign Taiwanese Teenager- July 1, 2008 Interesting news being reported by Sanspo &38; Sponichi: the Yomiuri Giants are moving to sign a 15 year-old Taiwanese pitcher named Lee Yi-Hon (sp). Neither article says much about him, but he hits 92MPH on the gun and will be heading to Japan on July 1 to join the Giants as a practice player. If ...http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1251548&src=rss SABR Neighbor :: The All-Star Arms Race- July 1, 2008 Last week I talked about the hitters that were leading the All-Star balloting, along with who I believe should go. To update that, the only changes of note are that Joe Mauer now leads Jason Varitek by a decent margin for AL catcher, Hanley Ramirez has overtaken Miguel Tejada for NL shortstop, and Kosuke Fukudome ...http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1251547&src=rss Breaking Bats :: Beating The Bushes: 6-30-2008- July 1, 2008 Yabuta no better in AAA, Mitchell and Augustine combine to hold Wisconsin to 1 run in 11 innings Omaha 3, Iowa 6 Shane Costa: 1-3, 2 BB, SB (9), R; .304 Ryan Shealy: 2-4, BB; .256 Mike Stodolka: 1-4, HR (3); .234 Chris Lubanski: 2-4, 2B (11); .244 Dusty Hughes: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 1 K; 2.31 ...http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1251546&src=rss Boston Red Thoughts :: Sports Betting: More than just Place Your Bets!- July 1, 2008 While I know a bit more than I did this time last year with regard to the world of sports betting and online- gaming&8211;there is still a TON of info I have no idea about. So I went back to the trusty Ask and this time I got 11,640,000 hits, which is a little less ...http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1251541&src=rss |