Konerko (concussion) wont start road trip (Yahoo!
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox star Paul Konerko, on the seven-day disabled list with a concussion, is taking it easy this weekend and then will be re-evaluated by doctors.

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Rangers place C Napoli on 15-day DL (Yahoo!
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have placed catcher Mike Napoli on the 15-day disabled list with a left quadriceps strain.

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Cook out as As closer (Yahoo! Sports)

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CHICAGO (AP) — Oakland A’s reliever Ryan Cook has been removed from the closer’s role, at least temporarily, by manager Bob Melvin.

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Game 114: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Miami Marlins,
Game Thread and Ichthyomancy

post from Fish Stripes on 11 August 2012 06:01:51 PM. © Fish Stripes

Current Series

Dodgers lead the series 1-0

Fri 08/10 WP: Clayton Kershaw (10 - 6)
SV: Kenley Jansen
LP: Mark Buehrle (9 - 11)
2 - 5 loss

Los Angeles Dodgers True Blue LA
@ Miami Marlins Fish Stripes

Saturday, Aug 11, 2012, 7:10 PM EDT
Marlins Park

Joe Blanton vs Ricky Nolasco

Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 85.

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Sun 08/12 1:10 PM EDT

The Miami Marlins suffered a 5-2 defeat at he hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers last night, despite the fact that the offense surprisingly got to Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw a couple of times during the game. The Fish were unable to deliver timely hits, while the Dodgers capitalized on the opportunities given to them by Mark Buehrle, who had a bounceback game.

The Marlins will try this again tonight, this time against a more familiar foe in former Philadelphia Phillies righty Joe Blanton. The Marlins will counter with the struggling Ricky Nolasco.

Pitching Matchup

Proj Win%Proj ERAFIPERAMarlinsDodgersERAFIPProj ERAProj Win%.4484.424.294.95NolascoBlanton4.524.024.29.462

The Marlins send out Nolasco again, and at this point it is hard for Marlins fans to see any upside in his performance. Unlike his last few seasons, during which his peripherals provided hope for better future performance, this year has been a catastrophe all around for Nolasco, with his home runs back up to career norms and his strikeouts down to career lows. This is the worst non-injury year for Nolasco since his rookie campaign, and there does not seem to be any hope of a comeback; even in Nolasco's starts since June, he still only has a 17.8 percent strikeout rate versus a 7.1 percent walk rate, both significantly worse than previous seasons, along with a 5.31 ERA.

Blanton has had home run issues all season, but otherwise he has been Nolasco-lite for this season and indeed much of the last three years. Blanton is now in LA, but the Marlins have had success against him this season, putting up five runs on nine hits with two homers against him in Philadelphia earlier in June. Of course, the two homers were by Hanley Ramirez, so...

Lineup

OrderPlayerProj wOBA vs. RHP1Gorkys Hernandez---2Justin Ruggiano.3273Jose Reyes.3504Carlos Lee.3255Giancarlo Stanton.3776Greg Dobbs.2907Nick Green---8John Buck.279

Jose Reyes is back in the lineup after missing yesterday night's game with a rare rest day against the lefty Kershaw. In the game thread, there was much discussion regarding Reyes's availability, especially since manager Ozzie Guillen did not pinch-hit him in a critical situation in sixth inning of the game. Reyes never saw the field, so it was likely that Guillen simply decided he was not available for the game.

Bold Prediction: Dodgers def. Marlins 5-3

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Padres place closer Street on 15-day DL (Yahoo!
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — San Diego Padres closer Huston Street has been placed on the 15-day disabled list.

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Sabathia lands on DL with sore elbow (Yahoo!
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TORONTO (AP) — New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation and pain in his elbow.

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How are the Orioles staying in the race with a
negative run differential

One of the more bizarre things in baseball right now is that the Orioles are in the playoff hunt (tied for Wild Card lead) despite have a run differential of -47. Of the 16 teams over .500, they are the only one with a negative run differential and it's a pretty high one. How high? The closest team to it is San Diego, and they're 14 games under .500 (50-64).

What's going on here? Part of it could be their extraordinary ability to win extra inning games. They are 12-2 in extra inning games, and 22-6 in one run games. They also have gotten blown out a fair amount, which gives them a relatively high team ERA (4.07, 19th) despite decent pitching. Dig into the numbers a bit, and it's because of their epic struggles against 3 teams: Mets, Rangers, Angels.

Mets: 0-3, -11
Rangers: 1-3, -21
Angels: 2-7, -31

vs. Mets, Rangers, Angels: 3-13, -63
vs. Everyone Else: 58-39, +16

The one series against Texas (May 7-10) looks bad because they gave up a combined 24 runs over the first 2 games, but only 12 over the next 2.

The good news is that they are done with the Mets and Angels and only have 3 games left against the Rangers (in Texas, August 20-22). Aside from losing 13-1 on June 27, their main problem against the Angels has been scoring runs (only 23 in 9 games).

Their schedule is not going to be easy. They have series coming up against the Tigers, Yankees, Rays and A's. The fact that they are nearly finished with the Rangers, and have nothing left against the Angels or Mets, doesn't mean that all their problems go away. It does seem, though, that they were unusually weak against those opponents and it might help with get to a positive run differential before the season is over.

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Indians Hernandez to make 1st start on Wednesday
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Roberto Hernandez will make his first start of the season for the Indians on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Angels.

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Can You Tell Me More About This Card Andre Dawson
1989 Fleer Glossy Front & Back

Andre Dawson 1989 Fleer Glossy – Front & Back It is not very often that I showcase the back of a baseball card. And usually when I do, it is due to the back containing a better image than the … Continue reading →

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