Ted Lilly helps himself with an RBI single in the fifth that ties the game. Soriano follows with a double to give the Cubs a 2-1 lead. Lilly is now batting .273 on the season....
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Add to myYahoo!Home Run Derby once again will donate $10 for every home run hit on Sunday to the Susan G. Komen Foundation....
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Add to myYahoo!Oh well, so much for that experiment. In a second tour of duty that rivaled the brief third tour of duty for Rick Helling in 2004, Kevin Mench was traded today.
The Rangers sent Shrek to the Toronto Blue Jays for "cash considerations". Basically, "Dude, you're not good enough for a player, so here's some cash the team doesn't really need". In all fairness, Kevin wasn't really tearing it up, and there are so many more possibilities in the outfield right now that he didn't have a realistic shot to make it back to Arlington with the big league club.
In other Toronto outfield news, they signed Brad Wilkkkkkkerson today to a contract. I'm not entirely sure how this works contractually. Wilkerson was DFA'ed by the Mariners on April 30th. I never saw a followup saying he was actually released as such. Today, the Jays said he was signed as a free agent, which implies he was released. Assuming that's the case, I don't know what he gets as salary. If anyone knows better, please let me know. He was owed $3 Million from the M's, so he's still due the proated for that. Not sure how that impacts any Toronto salary.
I liked both of these guys (even if Wilkkkkerson was a disappointment here). However, for Toronto to get both of these guys at once, they must be hurting for OF depth. 1
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Add to myYahoo!After a memorable subway ride and visit to Yankee Stadium (to see the old and the new) on Wednesday, Joe and I had the "day off," if you will, on Thursday.In addition to going to three ballparks (including our first and last visit to Yankee Stadium) and[...]
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Add to myYahoo!Chris Young gets moved down to the third spot in the batting order, and he delivers by blasting the first pitch he sees down the left field line for a solo home run. The announcers note that the last game...
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Add to myYahoo!In a new award that I helped plug a few days ago, David Murphy was named AL Rookie of Month for April. This is a new award, I guess to complement the player of the month award. However, this one is voted on by the fans (hence my plug), and is sponsored (at least for now) by Gillette razors.
Given Murphy's barely qualifying as a rookie in 2008 (due to him having 105 at bats in 2007 - as well as 22 in 2006), I wondered if fans of the runners up (Jacoby Ellsbury in Boston, Armando Galarraga in Detroit, and Greg Smith in Oakland) would whine about his "rookie" status. I took a peek at those teams' official forums, and didn't see anything.
Still, rookie status aside, you cannot argue with Murphy's performance in April. It was fantastic. He played good defense, he was hitting the ball all over the place. It was the kind of performance you like to see out of veterans - not the kind you expect from your rookies & kids. This has turned out to be a great trade for us - Eric Gagne did nothing for Boston, and we got Murph, Gabbard, & Engel Beltre. Thank you Theo Epstein for that one.
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Add to myYahoo!Oakland seems to have a knack for letting its superstar pitchers go at exactly the right time … or maybe it’s by design.Read the full story.
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Add to myYahoo!Image via WikipediaThe Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to a deal with the Cleveland Indians yesterday to take the struggling outfielder off their hands for next to nothing. The Indians had put Michaels...
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Add to myYahoo!Oakland seems to have a knack for letting its superstar pitchers go at exactly the right time … or maybe it’s by design.Read the full story.
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Add to myYahoo!A few games today feature a good pitcher facing a good pitcher having a bad year. The first takes place this afternoon in Chicago where Dan Haren visits Ted Lilly. Haren is living up to his trade, positing an ERA...
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