Kudos to the Cincinnati Reds bullpen. Although they’ve lost a number of players in trades this week, Ryan Wagner and John Riedling combined for three no-hit innings to give the Reds a win in 10 innings. They struck out two and walked one, and 19 of their 30 pitches went for strikes.
The Rockies [...]
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July 31, 2003
Pitch Count
Pedro Martinez has thrown over 100 pitches, and the Rangers are getting to him. They’ve scored 2 in the 6th to take a 3-2 lead over the perennial Cy Young candidate. Pedro can use some of that vaunted Red Sox offense tonight. Colby Lewis has struck out six through six, and he’s only [...]
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July 31, 2003
Polanco Not Placid
Placido Polanco is finishing up a great July in style. He comes into tonight with 23 runs and 15 RBI in 24 games in July, a .444 OBA and a .583 slugging percentage. He’s hit a HR in three AB to add another run scored and three more RBI.
Posted by David Pinto at 9:29 pm | Players | Permalink | No Comments
July 31, 2003
Powerful Lee
Carlos Lee has two HR tonight, solo shots that account for both runs in the 2-2 White Sox/Royals game. Over his previous 13 games, Lee has hit .310, with 10 of his 18 hits being for extra bases, including six HR. He’s slugging .690 in those games, and the White Sox record is [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 9:25 pm | Sluggers | Permalink | No Comments
July 31, 2003
Trade Evaluation
The three big trades of the day were the Red Sox picking up Jeff Suppan, the Yankees getting Aaron Boone, and the Giants acquiring Sidney Ponson. Let’s start with Suppan.
Suppan, like Jose Guillen, is having a career year. Prior to this year, his lowest ERA in a year in which he pitched 100 [...]
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July 31, 2003
Trade Deadline
Just because the deadline has passed, we will still hear about trades. Teams have to get the info to the commissioner before 4 PM EDT, but they can announce any time.
Posted by David Pinto at 4:11 pm | Trades | Permalink | No Comments
July 31, 2003
Ponson to Giants
Jon Miller just reported while broadcasting the Giants game that ESPN is reporting that Sidney Ponson has been traded to the Giants.
Update: Here’s a story from SunSpot.net.
Posted by David Pinto at 4:05 pm | Trades | Permalink | No Comments
July 31, 2003
Where’s Guillen?
He’s not in the A’s lineup today. Rich Harden had an easy first, however, and retired the side on four pitches, all strikes.
Posted by David Pinto at 3:45 pm | Trades | Permalink | No Comments
July 31, 2003
Rumors Confirmed
Here’s the story from ESPN.com confirming both the Aaron Boone to the Yankees and Suppan to the Red Sox.
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July 31, 2003
Long Run
Dan reports an unusual play:
Eddie Perez of the Brewers just scored from second on a wild pitch! Edwin Almonte of the Mets threw a wild pitch that bounced off the corner of the plate, into Jason Phillips’ mask, and ricocheted to nearly first base. Perez was running from the start from second base and scored [...]
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July 31, 2003
Cubs Lead
Jim Brower is pitching for the Giants instead of Rueter. However, Sosa doubles in the first run of the game anyway.
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July 31, 2003
This Just In
David Duncan writes:
Sports radio 1510 in Boston is reporting that the Red Sox trade Freddy Sanchez (2b prospect) for Jeff Suppan, and receive Brandon Lyon back
However, I’m listening to the Pirates game and have not heard a mention of it.
Posted by David Pinto at 2:17 pm | Trades | Permalink | 1 Comment
July 31, 2003
DRays Success
The Devil Rays are leading Toronto 5-1 in the fifth. If they win, they’ll be 14-12 this month, the first time they’ve been over .500 in a full month since August of 2000. It’s the offense; they’ve been averaging five runs a game in July, while the pitching has an ERA of 5.58 [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 2:13 pm | Team Evaluation | Permalink | No Comments
July 31, 2003
Two Hours to Go
Nothing yet. Sometimes I think the trade deadline is more for the media than it is for the teams.
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July 31, 2003
Rumor Just a Rumor?
Alex Belth is backing off his Boone to the Yankees rumor. Three hours to go.
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July 31, 2003
Cubs Kill Record Pioneer
Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records, passed away.
“We’re just trying to celebrate his life at this point. When he did it, it was considered a national disgrace,” said Knox Phillips of his father’s legendary recordings of black and rock and roll musicians. “Now it’s considered a national treasure.”
Phillips said his father fell ill Wednesday while [...]
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July 31, 2003
Boone a Yankee?
Alex Belth is reporting that Aaron Boone and Gabe White have been traded to the Yankees. Stay tuned.
Boone makes errors at third, but his range appears to be above average. He’s not a great offensive player, but Ventura and Zeile have been horrible.
Posted by David Pinto at 10:20 am | Trades | Permalink | No Comments
July 31, 2003
Games of the Day
The Indians face the newest addtion to the Oakland rotation today as Jake Westbrook takes on Rich Harden. Harden has two starts so far, and has allowed 1 ER in seven innings in each. We’ll see if Guillen makes it to today’s game as well.
The Chicago White Sox send their best starter to [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 9:36 am | Games | Permalink | No Comments
July 31, 2003
Bronx Banter Move
Alex Belth’s Bronx Banter has moved to a new location using MovableType. Congrats, Alex! Check out his Luis Sojo/Raul Mondesi story.
Posted by David Pinto at 9:15 am | Blogs | Permalink | No Comments
July 31, 2003
Attendance Report
Attendance, through same period
2003
2002
Games
1587
1589
Attendance
27633
28464
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July 30, 2003
White Washing
The White Sox are winning 10-4 in the 7th. It’s the third straight game in which they’ve scored at least nine runs, and they’ve scored 100 now in their last 14 (including tonight). The fewest runs they’ve scored is 4 (twice) in that time frame. KC is feeling the heat.
Posted by David Pinto at 10:22 pm | Team Evaluation | Permalink | No Comments
July 30, 2003
Yankee Lineup
The Yankees are doing something tonight that I think they should have been doing all year. With Soriano sitting down, Jeter is leading off and Bernie Williams is batting 2nd. Posada is hitting cleanup. I’ve thought for a long time that at this point in their careers, Bernie would be better at [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:11 pm | Strategy | Permalink | No Comments
July 30, 2003
Swordfish
The Marlins have won again. Dontrelle Willis gave up a HR in the 1st inning, and that was the only run the DBacks would get in a 3-1 loss. With the Phillies leading 4-2 in the top of the ninth, the wild card race is slowly becoming the race for 2nd place in [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 9:49 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
July 30, 2003
A’s Trade
The A’s traded three pitchers today for Jose Guillen of the Reds. It’s an interesting trade. The A’s must believe that Guillen’s game is really different than it has been in previous years. I discussed this two days ago, and thought it was likely that the improvement was real.
Posted by David Pinto at 8:26 pm | Trades | Permalink | No Comments
July 30, 2003
Schmidt Gone
Neifi Perez pinch hits for Schmidt. He only threw 90 pitches, but I guess Alou felt he was tired. It’s 82 in Chicago, and Schmidt is a white guy, so I guess he couldn’t take the heat.
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July 30, 2003
Lofton Lofts One
Kenny Lofton breaks up the no-hitter with a two-run HR. Schmidt had issued a leadoff walk to Paul Bako. It’s 4-2 Giants in the bottom of the sixth. Schmidt had been throwing a lot more pitches in the last two innings.
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July 30, 2003
Wood Out
Kerry Wood is being replaced by a pinch hitter. He only allowed three hits through six innings, but four walks and a HR at the wrong time hurt him. He’s not walked 28 in his last 40 innings.
Posted by David Pinto at 3:53 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
July 30, 2003
Schmidt No Hit
Jason Schmidt has retired the first nine batters. He has five strikeouts, and 30 of his 42 pitches have been for strikes.
Update: Schmidt extended it through four innings. I guess the Cubs decided to swing at the first good pitch, because the side went on four pitches and three fly balls. Thirty [...]
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July 30, 2003
Slams Continue
Edgardo Alfonzo just hit his first HR since May. Unfortunately for the Cubs, it came with the bases loaded. It’s 4-0 Giants in the 2nd.
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July 30, 2003
Games of the Day
The White Sox try to cut the Royals lead to two games tonight in Kansas City. Jon Garland takes on Runelvys Hernandez. Garland has been pitching well of since the middle of may. Although he has good average run support, it seems to be all or nothing. He’s as likely to [...]
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