Well, he couldn't come out and say they threw at him on purpose, even though its true. Being a lawyer, he's a master at getting the point across while not actually saying it. Did you see Molina flip the fuck out on the ump? That was crazy. You would have thought he tried to kill his Mama.
I know! His hair turned white as a ghost in like 1995. You're 85 years old, quit with the dying and grow old gracefully, you cranky bastard.
Tony Campana with an inside-the-park home run today, after Reds rookie LF Yonder Alonso misplayed a ball. First one since Emilio Bonafacio in 2009. edit: they corrected it and said first since bonafacio to have his first homer be inside the park.
The Angels are basically a rich man's Mariners. Each team is carried by two top starting pitchers, and neither team has much else. I guess the real difference is that the Angels lineup is merely bad, while the Mariners lineup is historically awful.
Uggla, a guy known for his Ks, had a brutal first 3 months to the season. He's been below the Mendoza line for most of the year. However, he now has a 31 game winning streak.
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/player/gamelogs/2011/292238 .194 after April .178 after May .178 after June (pretty impressive to hold it so steady) .173 before his streak started .206 after July .173 .241 .327 to .220 .285 .426 He's picked it up enough that he's on track to top 30 homers again (he's done it every season save for his rookie year).
Brewers turn a triple play against the Dodgers. Uggla's 33 game streak, an Atlanta Braves record, ended yesterday with an 0 for 3.
Weaver and Santana will pitch this weekend against Texas on three days rest. Santana went Tuesday, will go again Saturday. Weaver went Wednesday, will go again Sunday. Sets up Haren-Santana-Weaver. Angels getting desperate to catch Texas, need to win this series.
I've been using a John Denny baseball card as a bookmark. I noticed that when he won the ERA title in 1976 he had a 1/1 strikeout to bases on balls ratio. That's gotta be the worst K/BB ratio for an ERA champion ever, right?
White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers has driven in all seven runs in today's game at Safeco. Three run homer and now a grand slam.
Nelson Cruz injures his hamstring trying to run out an XBH. Angels lead 5-4 in the 6th, trying to cut Texas's lead to 1.
Here's a random inquiry: who will have a better week at the plate? OF Josh Willingham or OF Angel Pagan. Yeah, it's fantasy playoffs.
Clayton Kershaw is now 17-5 on a 63-70 team. Didn't have his best stuff last night, struggled a bit, only struck out about 4, but lasted 9 innings and gave up only 1 run. Guy is awesome, now 10-1 at Dodger Stadium.
