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Call Papi

post from Baseball Musings on 20 May 2008 07:21:00 PM. © Baseball Musings

This sounds pretty cool. You can win a chance to tell David Ortiz where to hit a home run during the State Farm Home Run Derby before the All-Star Game. In addition, the first prize winner gets four tickets to...

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Cubs at Houston - Rubber Match Against Shawn
Chacon

post from Cubs f/x on 20 May 2008 07:15:00 PM. © Cubs f/x

Shawn Chacon's been around, as both a starter and a reliever. He came up in 2001 with the Rockies,[...]

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Game 45: Rangers vs. Twins

post from The WGOM on 20 May 2008 07:00:38 PM. © The WGOM

Doug Mathis vs. Glen Perkins

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Talkin' Cubs Live - Cubs vs. Astros - 05/20/08

post from ChicagoCubsOnline.com on 20 May 2008 06:55:00 PM. © ChicagoCubsOnline.com

Game Forty-Six: Cubs (28-17) vs. Astros (25-21)
Game Time - 7:05pm C.T.
Coverage - TV: WGN - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183
Location - Minute Maid Park, Houston

Ryan Dempster (5-1, 2.35/1.03) vs. Chris Sampson (2-3, 6.46/1.64)

Tonight's game could end up being very interesting. Not only will the Astros look to bounce back from Monday night's loss, there could be a little retaliation for the two brush back pitches Carlos Lee received from Ted Lilly and Carlos Marmol. The Cubs will have the challenge of beating Chris Sampson for the first time, while Ryan Dempster will try to earn his first road victory of the year....likely without the services of Carlos Marmol.

Jim Edmonds is expected to be in the lineup tonight and for the remainder of the series....with the way the lineup performed on Monday, Piniella should run out the same starting eight. Lou Piniella mentioned in his pre-game show on Monday that Derrek Lee would receive his first day off of the season on Wednesday in order to give him two full days before the Cubs begin a string of 17 straight games without a day off.

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Lester seeks normalcy after latest memorable feat
(AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 20 May 2008 06:52:14 PM. © MLB News Blog

Jon Lester just wants to be treated as a normal pitcher. That was tough when he had cancer. It became harder when he won the deciding game of the World Series. Then, on Monday night, the Red Sox lefty pitched the only no-hitter in the majors so far this season. But he could have been [...]

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Lester seeks normalcy after latest memorable feat

post from MLB News Blog on 20 May 2008 06:52:13 PM. © MLB News Blog

Jon Lester just wants to be treated as a normal pitcher.That was tough when he had cancer. It became harder when he won the deciding game of the World Series. Then, on Monday night, the Red Sox lefty pitched the only no-hitter in the majors so far this season.But he could have been known as [...]

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The Juice Blog: Non Baseball Notes-ish Thing

post from The Juice Blog on 20 May 2008 06:51:04 PM. © The Juice Blog

* Netflix pushed out a box today that downloads movies and shows them on your TV. Ok, that's nice. My Tivo does the same thing, albeit that I have to buy/rent them through Amazon's Unbox service (which I haven't found compelling enough to use aside from a one-time trial.) I can't figure out if there's HD content on them (looks like no, but I can't figure it out for sure.) Honestly, I don't watch enough movies at home or in theater for this to compel me. No, I don't have an Apple TV either, for precisely that reason. I could load up movies on the Tivo if I wished, but never seem to get around to watching them. I don't even have a DVD player, let alone a Blu-Ray. I think physical movies are dead, personally.

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Diamond market: Broussard cut by Rangers

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Alex Rodriguez returns to Yankees lineup (AP)

Alex Rodriguez returned to the New York Yankees’ lineup Tuesday night after missing three weeks with a strained right quadriceps. The three-time AL MVP was penciled in to bat cleanup and play third base against the Baltimore Orioles — weather permitting. Rain fell throughout the day in New York, and the tarp was still on [...]

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5/20 Minor League Report

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(AAA) Scranton/WB (30-17) lost to Pawtucket 3-2: Box Score - Recap

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
R H E Pawtucket
0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 7 1 Scranton/WB
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 1 W: C. Zink (5-2, 2.47); L: J. Karstens (0-1, 5.40); SV: E. Martinez (2)
HR: PAW: J. Van Every (7), C. Carter (4).

SWB:
Justin Christian: 0-for-4, R
Brett Gardner: 1-for-2, 2 BB
Jason Lane: 1-for-4, 2 RBI
Eric Duncan: 1-for-3, BB
Jeff Karstens: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (5.40 ERA)
J. B. Cox: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K (0.00 ERA)
Scott Patterson: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (2.70 ERA)

NOTES: Daniel McCutchen was sent up to SWB today. To make room for McCutchen, Alfredo Aceves was sent to AA Trenton. . . . With Alex Rodriguez being activated from the DL, Chris Britton was sent down to Scranton. . . . After an off day tomorrow, the SWB Yanks are home to take on the Indianapolis Indians.

(AA) Trenton (28-15) beat Reading 3-0: Box Score - Recap

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
R H E Trenton
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
3 8 1 Reading
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 5 0 W: M. Melancon (1-0, 1.80); L: P. Overholt (1-1, 2.08)
HR: None.

Trenton:
Ramiro Pena: 1-for-5, R, RBI, 2B
Austin Jackson: 0-for-4, BB
Colin Curtis: 2-for-4, R, RBI, BB
Edwar Gonzalez: 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
Cody Ehlers: 0-for-4, BB
Jose Tabata: 1-for-3, 2B, BB, SB
P. J. Pilittere: 1-for-4
Kevin Russo: 1-for-3, R, BB
Reegie Corona: 1-for-2
Alfredo Aceves: 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K (0.00 ERA)
Mark Melancon: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K (1.80 ERA)

(High A) Tampa (25-20) lost to Vero Beach 1-0: Box Score - Recap

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
R H E Vero Beach
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 3 3 Tampa
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X
1 5 0 W: I. Nova (3-5, 3.88); L: B. Baker (3-2, 1.29); SV: J. Valdez (3)
HR: None.

Tampa:
Chris Kunda: 0-for-3, BB
Mitch Hilligoss: 1-for-4
James Cooper: 2-for-3, 2B, R, BB
Jose Gil: 1-for-2, RBI, BB
Kyle Anson: 1-for-3
Ivan Nova: 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K (3.88 ERA)

(Low A) Charleston (29-16) beat Greenville 7-1 : Box Score - Recap

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Charleston
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 7 11 0 Greenville
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2W: Z. McAllister (6-2, 2.05); L: C. Province (3-2, 2.38)
HR: GRE: R. Kalish (2).

Charleston:
Austin Krum: 1-for-4, RBI, BB
Justin Snyder: 1-for-5
Braedyn Pruitt: 0-for-5, R
Jesus Montero: 1-for-5
Brian Baisley: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 R
David Williams: 2-for-3, 2B, R, 2 BB
Carmen Angelini: 1-for-3, BB, R, RBI
Walter Ibarra: 2-for-4, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI
Taylor Holiday: 1-for-3, RBI
Zachary McAlister: 8 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (2.05 ERA)