Webb May Lose

Brandon Webb finds himself down 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh. He battled Nolasco up to this point, trailing 2-1. He looks like he tiring here in the seventh, however, as he's left pitches up to Uggla who doubles...


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Rangers Bradley, Washington ejected (AP)

The Texas Rangers lost cleanup hitter Milton Bradley and manager Ron Washington when they were ejected in one heated minute Wednesday night. Bradley led off the second inning against Minnesota and thought he drew ball four from the Twins’ Nick Blackburn. Plate umpire Jeff Nelson called strike three instead, and two batters later turned to [...]

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Thames slam paces Tigers past Ms

Marcus Thames hit a grand slam that highlighted a seven-run third inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 9-4 Wednesday night.The Tigers opened their big inning with five straight singles off Jarrod Washburn (2-6) before Thames drove his fifth career slam into the Detroit bullpen in left field. Kenny Rogers (4-4) allowed four [...]

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Dodger Thoughts: May 21 Game Chat

Reds at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

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Thames slam pushes Tigers past Mariners (AP)

Marcus Thames hit a grand slam that highlighted a seven-run third inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 9-4 Wednesday night. The Tigers opened their big inning with five straight singles off Jarrod Washburn (2-6) before Thames drove his fifth career slam into the Detroit bullpen in left field.Read the full story.

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Tigers Trash Mariners With Seven Run Third Inning

It’s been a while since the Tigers won back to back games but they got it done tonight, topping Seattle 9-4.  They scored two in the second and then they piled it on in the third with seven.  It was somewhat disconcerting that they didn’t score after that but it was more then enough for the [...]

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What a difference two days make...

Clint Barmes, after Monday's win:

"It's good for us to be home and have a long homestand at this point," said shortstop Clint Barmes, who got the Rockies' scoring started with a leadoff home run in the fourth, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. "We played a lot on the road early. I'm not using that as an excuse, but I will say it's good to play at home for awhile. We have a lot of guys who do well here."

Clint Hurdle today:

“We probably need to get away, take a breather mentally more than anything else,” Hurdle said. “It’s tough sledding right now; there’s no other way to put it.”

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Looking at the American Leagues Top Rookies

We are officially at the quarter mark to the 2008 baseball season. Sure, it has been a relatively small sample size, but there have many surprises in baseball this year, from the Florida Marlins’ success to Cliff Lee’s dominance on the mound for the Cleveland Indians. And, while it is still early, it is a [...]

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Everyone Needs A Little Razzamataz In Their Lives

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Considering his successes in each of his first two starts, Darrell Rasner had about hit the peak of what the Yankees expected of him. He had pitched two games, won both of them, and kept his team in contention when his fellow starters could not.

"The only thing he can really do better is throw a shutout every time," manager Joe Girardi said before Wednesday's game. "And we know that's not going to happen."

Perhaps not every time. But on this night he did -- and did with a flourish -- blanking the Orioles for seven innings and leading his Yankees to an 8-0 victory in the Bronx.

"He's been great," Girardi said. "He's just been outstanding. He's really taken advantage of his situation."

Rasner's given the Yankees a quiet lift for the better part of a month, pitching without the accolades -- and without the scrutiny -- bestowed on so many of his fellow starters.

Tonight, Rasner allowed just five hits and a walk while striking out six. His fastball and cutter were sharp, allowing him to compensate for a shaky curveball. And so he made mistakes, but as Rodriguez said, "he made them with conviction."

That helped him to walk off the mound tonight without a single blemish.

For now, Rasner is in the rotation, and for now, he's been the Yankees' most consistent starter. They'll take that, and certainly so will he.

"It's a great opportunity for me," Rasner said. "With this team, you get an opportunity to win a lot of games. With the offense putting up runs and everything, there's always that opportunity. It's a great situation."

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It's Official--Chamberlain Will Join Starting
Rotation

Frankly, I am surprised it took this long...

Tyler Kepner/New York Times:

The Yankees began Joba Chamberlain?s transition to the starting rotation on Wednesday, when he worked the final two innings ? 35 pitches ? of the Yankees? 8-0 victory against the Orioles.

There?s no announced date, but the plan is under way. Chamberlain will start this season, and he may not even need a minor-league stint to get ready. The Yankees, for now, plan to stretch out his arm in the majors.

In doing so, the Yankees are rejecting the idea of keeping Chamberlain as a setup man and then making him Mariano Rivera?s successor as the closer in 2011, when Chamberlain will be 25. In explaining the move, General Manager Brian Cashman said Chamberlain had always projected better as a starter, a role where he could use his four-pitch repertory. He said there was no input from ownership on the decision, and that this has been the plan all along.

?We haven?t forgotten the ability that he?s shown from one through seven or eight innings as a starter, and how he maintained it,? Cashman said. ?It?s hard to forget, if you had a chance to see that. And because of that, we?re sticking with the program we?ve had in place now for quite some time.?

Cashman continued: ?Joba was asked to do something for the best of the franchise last year, and he did it exceptionally well. We?re going back to the purpose that we drafted him and the projections that we had on him.?

The phrase that stuck with me of those comments is this: ?if you had the chance to see that.? I traveled to Trenton last July and I did have a chance to see Chamberlain start. And I was awed by the possibility of what he could do as a starter.

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