Giveaway Extended Till Sunday To Win Signed Derek
Jeter Memorabilia

Since receiving multiple emails from people complaining about how to enter, and hopefully win the SIGNED Derek Jeter wristbands, I thought it would only be fair to extend the giveaway through the weekend. So, now you have until Sunday, August 14th at[...]

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Pujols 4 for 4 as Cardinals avert sweep (AP)

Albert Pujols kicked off a 4-for-4 night with a solo homer and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep. St. Louis pulled within four games of NL Central-leading Milwaukee, which has won 13 of 15. The Cardinals are the only team to beat the Brewers during [...]

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Don’t Be a Tool

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The Young Royals

This is what we've wanted all along. Of course, it's easier for the organization now, and more acceptable to more fans, given that these are not only young players, but hyped young prospects who are already mini-stars.

Through so many bad Royals seasons I was worn down by the pointlessness of the roster. Oh, wee, here's Terrence Long and Scott Elarton and Mike Jacobs and whomever. Guys with no future in the game or with the Royals. Shane Costa may have been no better (or even worse) but at least you could imagine the beginning of something. Yet the Royals never truly went young. Anyone order more Bloomquist?

This year, thankfully, they have. In June, I noted that the Royals were by weighted average the youngest team in baseball. The youngest lineup, the youngest pitchers, the youngest. Here were their numbers on June 13th:

• Hitters: 26.9
• Pitchers: 26.1

Today, the weighted average for Royals position players is down to 26.4 years of age. The AL average is 29 years, to give you a sense of scale. No one in the American League is really close to the Royals (Minnesota is next at 27.8) and that's without the next month of the average age continuing to drop as a number of rookies keep playing.

The pitchers have actually gotten a little older, despite all the kids in the bullpen. Today, the weighted average for Royals pitchers is 26.3, a tick up from where it was in August. That change is explained by young pitchers O`Sullivan and Mazzaro losing their starts to Paulino (27) and the continued presence of Francis (30) and Chen (34), the latter returning from his absence in early summer.

Royal hurlers are still, as a group, the youngest in the AL, although the Indians are now closing in (26.5 average).

Last year, the average age of Royal hitters was 28.9, in 2009, the pitchers were at 27.5. I like this version of a bad team so much better.

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Verlander wins 17th, Tigers avoid sweep (AP)

Justin Verlander gave Detroit exactly what it needed, becoming baseball’s first 17-game winner as the division-leading Tigers avoided being swept by Cleveland and opened a three-game lead in the AL Central with a 4-3 win over the second-place Indians on Thursday night. Verlander (17-5) allowed three hits and struck out 10 in seven dominant innings [...]

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Dodgers Sign First Rounder Reed

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Win Tickets To Saturday's Braves Game

We've got a bit of an old NAHWAL-style pick 'em game going on through tomorrow (no one knows what NAHWAL means here anymore, do they). At any rate, the folks at TipIQ have been gracious enough to provide us with four tickets to this Saturday's Braves game vs. a minor league team named the Cubs.

In his last outing against the Mets, lefty Mike Minor pitched into the 6th inning, with 5 strike outs. How will he fare this Friday night? To win tickets to Saturday's Braves game, tell us what Minor's final pitching line will be on Friday. Visit our Talking Chop Tickets page in Facebook, hit 'like,' and correctly predict Minor's line in this format IP/H/ER/BB/SO.

Don't post your guesses here, they will only be counted if they are posted on the special Facebook page created for this promotion. It's a pretty simple promotion, and it gives you a chance to win tickets to a game that is already a sell out.

Remember that this is Alumni weekend, and Saturday will have a full slate of events for the Braves. The gates will open at 4pm, and the Braves Legends Baseball Game will begin at 5:20pm, prior to the Braves/Cubs game at 7pm. That's two games for the price of one (or none, because these tickets would be free). So click here, guess the line for Friday's game, and win some tickets.

(The winner will be contacted after Friday's game.)

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Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks, Aug 11,
2011 8:40 PM CDT

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Current Series

Diamondbacks lead the series 2-1

Mon 08/08 WP: Wandy Rodriguez (8 - 8)
LP: Daniel Hudson (11 - 8)
9 - 1 win Tue 08/09 WP: Micah Owings (6 - 0)
SV: J.J. Putz
LP: Wilton Lopez (2 - 5)
9 - 11 loss Wed 08/10 WP: Josh Collmenter (7 - 7)
SV: David Hernandez
LP: Henry Sosa (0 - 1)
3 - 6 loss

Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes
@ Arizona Diamondbacks AZ Snake Pit

Thursday, Aug 11, 2011, 8:40 PM CDT
Chase Field

Brett Myers vs Joe Saunders

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around .

 

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Brett Myers

#39 / Pitcher / Houston Astros

Height: 6-4

Weight: 240

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Aug 17, 1980

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Joe Saunders

#34 / Pitcher / Arizona Diamondbacks

Height: 6-3

Weight: 210

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Jun 16, 1981

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acks-aug-11-2011-8-40-pm-cdt

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Buehrle wins 10th for 11th straight year (AP)

Mark Buehrle pitched eight innings to earn his 10th win, Alexei Ramirez homered in a four-run first inning, and the Chicago White Sox cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 Thursday night. Juan Pierre had three hits and two RBIs for the White Sox, who scored four runs before making an out. Chicago took three of [...]

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Yankees Going Back to 5-Man Rotation By Monday

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