The Yankee beat: WAR and the bullpen

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Robertson earns first save as Yankees top Rays
5-3 (Yahoo! Sports)

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NEW YORK (AP) David Robertson struck out Carlos Pena with the bases loaded to end a rocky ninth inning in his first save chance since Mariano Rivera’s season-ending knee injury, helping the New York Yankees end a seven-game skid against the Tampa Bay Rays with a 5-3 victory Tuesday night.

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Barajas homer lifts Pirates past Nationals 5-4
(Yahoo! Sports)

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PITTSBURGH (AP) Rod Barajas hit a two-run homer off Washington closer Henry Rodriguez with two outs in the ninth to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-4 victory on Tuesday night.

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Hamilton hits 4 HRs as Rangers beat Orioles 10-3
(Yahoo! Sports)

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BALTIMORE (AP) Josh Hamilton became the 16th player to hit four home runs in a game, launching a quartet of two-run drives against three different pitchers in a history-making performance that carried the Texas Rangers to a 10-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday

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2012 Rockies Game #29: Alex White vs. Jeff
Suppan

post from Purple Row on 08 May 2012 10:01:18 PM. © Purple Row

The only pitch Jeff Suppan threw in an MLB stadium in 2011 was in the NLCS.

Jeff Suppan is 37 and has 16 complete games in his career. Alex White is 23 and has allowed 15 home runs in his career. Suppan has more career innings pitched in the playoffs (57.0) than White has in his career (51.1). So you get it. Suppan is old. White is young. Both are reasons not to trust a pitcher.

This is Suppan's second start of the season, and second start since 2010. He tossed five shutout innings against the Brewers at Petco last week.

An overflow will be posted at 9:30 MDT.

Lineup

Colorado Rockies @ San Diego Padres

05/08/12 8:05 PM MDT

Colorado Rockies San Diego PAdresMarco Scutaro - 2BWill Venable - RFJordan Pacheco - 3BCameron Maybin - CFCarlos Gonzalez - LFChase Headley - 3BTroy Tulowitzki - SSYonder Alonso - 1BTodd Helton - 1BMark Kotsay - LFMichael Cuddyer - RFOrlando Hudson - 2BRamon Hernandez - CJohn Baker - CTyler Colvin - CFJason Bartlett - SSAlex White - PJeff Suppan - P

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The Orioles Lose Second in a Row to Rangers;
Tuesday was the Josh Hamilton Show in Charm City - He Hits FOUR Homers...

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It was the Josh Hamilton show in Charm City on Tuesday, you might have heard or seen, but first?

After an incredibly successful road trip, could the magic the Orioles have over the New York Yankees and Red Sox faded?

The Orioles ? especially after their crazy weekend in a sweep over the Red Sox ? have gained the attention of the baseball world and long-awaited press ? both in print, online and on TV.

Well, we do not know for sure; however, everyone knew that the Texas Rangers would be a tough customer, and so far they have been. After solid pitching so far this season, the Orioles have gotten hammered by the bats of the Rangers, as they have given up twenty-four runs (!) in two games.

For the second time in as many nights, the Orioles lost to the Texas Rangers, by a score of 10-3.

The Rangers ? unlike the Red Sox and Yankees ? have a seemingly far more complete squad and perhaps may have been the best challenge the Orioles have had this young season.

Slugger Josh Hamilton made sure of that. Obviously, he is one of the best hitters in the game today; however, he was nothing short of remarkable on Tuesday.

He would hit four homers on the night off Baltimore pitching and drove in seven of Texas? runs. His feat ? hitting four homers ? was only the 16^th time in all of baseball history that has been done.

The Rangers came out swinging early, and they had built a 5-0 lead by the end of the third inning, as they teed off on Oriole starting pitcher Jake Arrieta.

Hamilton homered in each of his first two at-bats, and Adrian Beltre homered in the third inning. Yes, Arrieta did settle down after that; however, the damage was pretty much already done. He went 6 1/3 innings on the night and allowed six runs.

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Red Sox 3B Middlebrooks leaves with hamstring
pain (Yahoo! Sports)

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Red Sox rookie third baseman Will Middlebrooks left Tuesday night’s game against the Kansas City Royals with tightness in his left hamstring.

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Original Rockies Owner Jerry McMorris Dies At 71

post from Purple Row on 08 May 2012 09:01:29 PM. © Purple Row

Without him, there would have been no Blake Street Bombers. No Todd and the Toddlers. No Generation-R. No 2007 World Series. To sum it up, baseball in Colorado would have been just a mere intention and a plan would have gone to the books without execution.

Jerry McMorris took the helm, despite initially not wanting to be involved in day-to-day operations.

Be careful what you wish for.

He ended up being a major part of the Rockies organization from 1992, when financial and legal troubles forced a full overhaul of the ownership group, right until December 2005. McMorris, who passed away today at the age of 71 after a long illness, was the man who saved the project known as Colorado Baseball Management, Inc. and took the team from Mile High Stadium to the successful opening of Coors Field.

McMorris was an entrepreneur with interests in the trucking business, with a large corporation worth more than $400 million. He had invested a part of the fee Major League Baseball required for an expansion team of $95 million. McMorris was part of the vast amount of new investors sought in order to fulfill such a tall requirement.

The biggest investors were John Antonucci and Michael I. Monus from Youngstown, Ohio. The latter was owner of pharmaceutical company Phar-Mor Inc. After the National League unanimously approved Denver and Miami as the sites for the new expansion teams in 1991, trouble started to emerge.

In August 1992, six months before Spring Training and the start of the Rockies' inaugural season, Monus was involved in a financial scandal with accusations of falsifying profits at Phar-Mor. After Monus was convicted of fraud charges, he was forced to give up his share of the partnership.

"Pressure was bearing down on us in terms of major-league baseball's schedule and, quite frankly, there was going to be a large amount of money due within a short time," McMorris recalled in a story published by The Denver Post in 2006. "I thought maybe the Colorado partners in the ownership could fix it. I think baseball would say that it was important that somebody stepped up, and preferably people from Colorado."

McMorris indeed stepped up, and with the help of the Coors family, Denver entrepreneur Orel Brenton and Charles Monfort, purchased $15 million of the $21 million in general-partnership stock. That brought an overhaul which made them responsible for the new team's decision. In January 1993, McMorris became Charman, President and CEO.

Baseball in Colorado was saved.

And it would be embraced by fans across the state who would pack the house at Mile High Stadium during that inaugural season. 80,227 people attended the Rockies first game at Mile High Stadium. It would be the first step for an attendance record which stands to this day for a franchise in its inaugural year: 4,483,350.

McMorris would quickly become one of the active and visible faces of the Rockies. During the years he was the top executive of the organization, it enjoyed record success, attracting more than three million fans during each and every year of his tenure. He also was pivotal in helping negotiate the agreement between players and owners which put an end to the bitter labor dispute which resulted in the cancellation of the 1994 season.

That also meant running things with a hands-on approach, which was very appreciated by fans.

"I was at a game that the late Darryl Kile was pitching, back in 1999", says Ed Scott, original Rockies season ticket holder. "It was a horrible effort both offensively and defensively. That was the very first time I left a game early on my own accord, and was so disgusted that I wrote Mr. McMorris a letter. In it, I gave him my phone numbers. Within a week, I got a call."

"He was very friendly and was sorry that I was unhappy with the product on the field (...) What got me more than anything was his candor. He told me that changes were going to be made. He said he would fire (then-GM) Bob Gephardt that day, but he didn't have the heart to do it because at that day, he was at the dentist getting a root canal. He didn't want to fire Jim Leyland without getting rid of the GM and the Manager at the same time. He asked me for my patience and thanked me for being a season ticket holder".

With that same approach, McMorris oversaw the team's operations until 2001, when he was replaced as Team President by Keli McGregor. In 2003, Charlie Monfort took charge as CEO and Chairman. McMorris would remain as vice chairman until 2004. During the next year, negotiations progressed between McMorris and the Monfort Brothers, which resulted on the sale of his stake being concluded in December 2005.

"I will always have memories of our fans and players helping this organization build momentum, set attendance records and secure the organization's first playoff appearance," McMorris said. "As a fan, I am looking forward to the club's future success, and I wish Charlie, Dick, and the entire organization the best of luck."

"I originally thought I'd be involved for about 10 years", McMorris said to The Denver Post. "I was involved for 12 years. I'll never forget that experience of going to Spring Training for the first time. Then, there was our first opening day against the Mets in New York. We came back to Denver for our first home game and Eric Young hit the home run leading off the bottom of the first inning. The home run and the great crowd were huge. Then fast forward to the opening game in Coors Field, making the playoffs in 1995 and our All-Star Game in 1998. All of those things were great for Denver."

After selling his stake on the Rockies, he dedicated himself to ranching and framing at the family's estate near Fort Collins. He never looked back.

"The Colorado Rockies family is deeply saddened by the passing of Jerry McMorris," current Rockies CEO Dick Monfort said in a statement. "I believe it is fair to say without the efforts of Jerry there may have never been Major League Baseball in Denver. He will be greatly missed by us all."

McMorris leaves his wife, Mary, two married children, two grandchildren... And a legacy solidly based at that magical place located between 20th and Blake.

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Miami Marlins at Houston Astros, May 8, 2012 7:05
PM CDT

Current Series

Marlins lead the series 1-0

Mon 05/07 WP: Carlos Zambrano (1 - 2)
LP: Wandy Rodriguez (3 - 3)
0 - 4 loss

Miami Marlins Fish Stripes
@ Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes

Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 7:05 PM CDT
Minute Maid Park

Anibal Sanchez vs Aneury Rodriguez

Mostly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.

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Wed 05/09 7:05 PM CDT

Aneury Rodriguez

#62 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

Height: 6-4

Weight: 250

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Dec 13, 1987

Anibal Sanchez

#19 / Pitcher / Miami Marlins

Height: 6-0

Weight: 205

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Feb 27, 1984

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Ike Davis Is Hitting On the Road

Much has been written this year about Ike Davis’ struggles at the plate. And he sure has struggled mightily. But when you look at his splits, he’s not hitting that badly on the road. He just can’t hit a lick at home. Going into tonight, his slash line for the season is .173/.236/.276. Really ugly! [...]

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