Side by Side by Sonnanstine

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Andy Sonnanstine pitched eight good innings tonight, allowing the Orioles just one run as the Rays down the O's 8-1. That lowers Tampa Bay's ERA to 3.68. They're doing that without Scott Kazmir, who is scheduled to return Saturday. Beware...

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Rangers 11, Royals 9

post from MLB News Blog on 30 April 2008 11:49:06 PM. © MLB News Blog

Josh Hamilton capped a torrid April with his first career grand slam and the Texas Rangers hit a season-high five home runs to beat the Kansas Royals 11-9 Wednesday night.Rookie Brandon Boggs hit his first major league homer, and Milton Bradley, David Murphy and Gerald Laird also homered for the Rangers, who roughed up Brian [...]

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Hamiltons grand slam lifts Rangers 11-9 (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 30 April 2008 11:47:51 PM. © MLB News Blog

Josh Hamilton capped a torrid April with his first career grand slam and the Texas Rangers hit a season-high five home runs to beat the Kansas Royals 11-9 Wednesday night. Rookie Brandon Boggs hit his first major league homer, and Milton Bradley, David Murphy and Gerald Laird also homered for the Rangers, who roughed up [...]

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Rangers hit five taters to edge Royals

post from MLB News Blog on 30 April 2008 11:45:30 PM. © MLB News Blog

Josh Hamilton capped a torrid April with his first career grand slam and the Texas Rangers hit a season-high five home runs to beat the Kansas Royals 11-9 Wednesday night.Rookie Brandon Boggs hit his first major league homer, and Milton Bradley, David Murphy and Gerald Laird also homered for the Rangers, who roughed up Brian [...]

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Valentine: Maybe MLB should let players compete
in Olympics (AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 30 April 2008 11:38:56 PM. © MLB News Blog

Bobby Valentine thinks Major League Baseball should consider allowing its players to compete in the Olympics, a move that might lead to the sport’s readmission for the 2016 games. Only players not on 25-man MLB rosters can be considered for the Beijing Olympics in August. The International Olympic Committee dropped baseball from the 2012 Games [...]

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Book 'em Danno

post from Baseball Musings on 30 April 2008 11:35:00 PM. © Baseball Musings

Cliff Lee moves to 5-0 as Cleveland defeats Settle 8-3. For the first time this season, Lee allows more than one run in a game. He had plenty of room to work, however, as the Indians were up 8-0 before...

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Gonzalezs homer lifts Young, Padres over Phillies
(AP)

post from MLB News Blog on 30 April 2008 11:31:22 PM. © MLB News Blog

Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run homer and Chris Young pitched six effective innings to help the San Diego Padres beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 Wednesday night. After giving up a two-run homer to Chase Utley in the first, Young (2-2) kept the Phillies off balance with a variety of pitches, allowing three hits over his [...]

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Reading List

Alex Belth polled 55 readers and lists the ten essential baseball books. One I like that didn't make the top ten is The Managers by Bill James....

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Billingsley earns 1st win for Dodgers (AP)

Chad Billingsley pitched seven innings to win for the first time this season and Rafael Furcal had a career-high five hits for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who extended their winning streak to five games by beating the Florida Marlins, 13-1 on Wednesday night. Furcal went 5-for-6 with a double, giving him 17 extra-base hits, the [...]

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Eveland Hurt

Dana Eveland threw his final warm up pitch before the second inning, then called the trainer out to the mound. They've decided to leave him in the game. We'll see what happens. Update: Eveland gives up three hits and two...

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