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Baek designated for assignment

post from U.S.S. Mariner on 21 May 2008 11:57:00 PM. © U.S.S. Mariner

Because someone has to take the fall for the awful pitching and God knows it can’t be Silva, Washburn, or Burke, personal catcher to the immature and poor interviews.

Because boy, is this bullpen exhausted!

WhoToday, May 21 Day -1, May 20 Day -2, May 19 Day -3, May 18 PreviousBaek3835 May 12 Green 20 May 14 Lowe 16 May 16 Morrow May 16 Putz 14May 17 Rhodes 3May 16 Rowland-Smith3516 May 16

Oooooooooooooor not.

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Yankees 8, Orioles 0

post from MLB News Blog on 21 May 2008 11:55:15 PM. © MLB News Blog

Alex Rodriguez is back and Joba Chamberlain will join the starting rotation. The New York Yankees plan to look much different down the road than they have early this season.Rodriguez hit two balls over the fence but was credited with only one home run, and New York began the process of making Chamberlain a starter [...]

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Yankees getting Joba ready to start (PA
SportsTicker)

post from MLB News Blog on 21 May 2008 11:47:50 PM. © MLB News Blog

Joba Chamberlain will be joining the New York Yankees’ starting rotation in the near future.Read the full story.

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Ponson pitches complete game for Rangers (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 21 May 2008 11:41:16 PM. © MLB News Blog

Sidney Ponson stayed unbeaten for Texas, topping his previous team with career complete game No. 29 for the Rangers in a 10-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night. One day less than one year after the Twins released the struggling right-hander with a 2-5 record and a 6.93 ERA, Ponson (3-0) plowed through [...]

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Francoeur leads Braves past Mets, 11-4 (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 21 May 2008 11:39:12 PM. © MLB News Blog

Jeff Francoeur, back in the lineup after a rare night off, homered and drove in four runs to help the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 11-4 Wednesday night for their third straight win in the series. Francoeur did not play in the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader, ending his streak of 370 consecutive [...]

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Holliday to Be Traded at Deadline

post from MLB Fleece Factor on 21 May 2008 11:39:03 PM. © MLB Fleece Factor

I just came across an amazing article from Tracey Ringolsby of the Rocky Mountain News regarding the status of slugging outfielder Matt Holliday with the Colorado Rockies. The piece is almost a week old now, but it’s deinitely still worth mentioning.With the Rockies playing well-below expectations this season, and the looming free agency of this All-Star [...]

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Paul Byrd goes from No-No To Oh-No

post from The Tribe Time Report on 21 May 2008 11:37:00 PM. © The Tribe Time Report

I've never seen a guy melt down like Paul Byrd did tonight.

4.2 No-Hit Innings For Byrd: He went 4.2 without a hit. That second out in the 5th was a real doozie as Dellucci made a nice catch at the wall. Nick Swisher would follow with a single to break up the no hitter.

Then the next inning, everything fell apart.

Byrd hit Ramirez, gave up a hit to Cabrera, then got a one hopper to Casey Blake at third. Cabrera made a little bit off line throw to Aubrey at first who made a great scoop and kept his foot on the bag. The throw clearly beat Quentin but the Ump didn't see it that way.

That forced Byrd to pitch to the piping hot Jermaine Dye, and you can guess what would happen after that.

Byrd would give up a few more, get yanked and Jorge Julio would continue to suck it up.

Julio and Vic got in a little bit of a disagreement. In tern Julio threw a fastball outside that Alexi Ramirez would crush to right field. Francisco saved the bacon with a great catch.

I really don't like that type of attitude from Julio. Vic is the catcher, you listen to him.

Breslow finally pitched, and no surprise he gave up a jack. Would you guys please pitch him more? Rust can kill a reliever.

Aubrey Goes Deep: Aubrey got his second hit of his major league career, and his second home run.

Vazquez challenged him with a fastball and Aubrey yanked it into the right field stands. Great job by Michael. He has till about Friday so it was nice to see him get a little time in the bigs.

Hafner knocked in the other run with a double down the right field line following a Francisco double. Swisher misplayed it, and it was good to see the Indians finally capitalize on a mistake like that.

However one inning later, that was when it all unraveled.

Just when things seemed to be going our way.

Whaatever.

Tomorrow for the finale, the Tribe will try not to get swept as Aaron Laffey makes his final start for the time being. Mark Buehrle opposes.

[BOXSCORE]

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Phillies hit 4 home runs in 12-2 win over
Nationals (AP)

Pedro Feliz’s home run landed in the left field bullpen. Shane Victorino put one just inside the left foul pole. Ryan Howard didn’t play around at all, launching shots into both decks in right-center. After scoring only one run in their previous two games, the Philadelphia Phillies’ high-octane offense returned with a dose of extra [...]

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Red Sox 6, Royals 3

Bartolo Colon made a solid return to the majors after recovering from an elbow injury, posting his first win since last June as the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 Wednesday night.The 2005 Cy Young award winner allowed two runs in five innings in his first game since Sept. 29, when he [...]

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Newsflash, Joba To Become StarterGirardi: "The
Process Has Started"

By July 1, a Nebraskan fireballer will be starting games every fifth day for the Yankees. As this blog and several other Yankee sites had been confidently asserting since spring training, Joba Chamberlain is to become a starting pitcher in 2008.

Now it's official as Joe Girardi told Kim Jones after the game, "The process has started."

It was pretty evident that the process had begun once Chamberlain threw four or five changeups in the two innings he pitched during an 8-0 blowout victory Wednesday night.

As soon as I saw the 80 mph radar readings and the solid fading downward movement of his change I knew Joba to the Rotation had begun. The only guy on the YES telecast observant enough to recognize it was John Flaherty as Singleton and Kay sat oblivious.

Mark Melancon and JB Cox and Dan McCutchen and Dave Robertson just got a whole lot closer to the majors - even though they currently remain at their respective AA and AAA levels.

It will be extremely entertaining to hear the NY radio talk circuit munch on this for hour after hour. It will be just as fun to see how clueless some of these personalities are regarding the minor league prospects moving towards the back of the bullpen.

Just a bit of advice. If any writer, radio host or ESPN analyst states names like Farnsworth or Hawkins as Joba's longterm replacement as the setup man feel free to disregard them as having any knowledge about baseball for the remainder of your sports-watching life.

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