ESPN is reporting that Bonds will be taken to the hospital and kept over night to monitor his irregular heartbeat.
Posted by David Pinto at 10:07 pm | Illnesses | Permalink | No Comments
August 31, 2003
Mile-High Duel
Darren Oliver and Odalis Perez are locked in a scoreless tie in the 7th inning at Dodger Stadium. Oliver has tried to help his own cause with 2 hits of his own, which represents one more than he’s allowed to the Dodgers. Perez is already over 100 pitches, but with the LA bullpen, [...]
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August 31, 2003
Tejada There
Miguel Tejada appears to have figured out that he’s a free agent, and if he’s going to get a big contract he’s going to have to earn it with big numbers. After hitting 1 HR and driving in 9 runs in July, he hit 8 HR in August with 25 RBI. That’s more [...]
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August 31, 2003
Bonds’ Heart
As you probably know, Barry Bonds was removed from yesterday’s game after hitting the go-ahead home run due to an accelerated heart beat. He’s not in today’s game for the same reason. No one seems to be too concerned about it now, but hearts are tricky things. I hope it’s just stress [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 9:23 pm | Illnesses | Permalink | No Comments
August 31, 2003
A-Rod at 40
Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run HR in the first inning against Brad Radke. It was his 40th of the year, and the sixth straight year he’d hit 40 HR. Four of his seven career hits off Radke have been for HR. The Rangers lead the Twins 3-1 in the 2nd.
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August 31, 2003
Record Season
The Braves have three HR today as they rout the Pirates 8-2 in the sixth. That gives them 206 HR on the year, tieing their third best total of all time. They are nine HR away from tieing the franchise record of 215 set in 1998.
Posted by David Pinto at 3:23 pm | Team Evaluation | Permalink | No Comments
August 31, 2003
Pet Peavy
Jake Peavy is outpitching Ron Villone, but is losing 1-0. Peavy through four innings has given up 1 hit and struck out 7, but that one hits was a HR by Morgan Ensberg. Villone has allowed 3 hits and struck out three through four.
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August 31, 2003
Sterling Performance
The Cardinals got another good outing from Sterling Hitchcock today. He shut out the Reds for six innings, throwing 56 of 85 pitches for strikes while walking only 1. His ERA since joining the Cardinals is 0.75. Albert Pujols provided the offense with his 36th HR of the year. The Cardinals lead [...]
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August 31, 2003
Team To Beat
The Phillies have finally found a team they can beat. Not only are they leading 4-0 in the 7th, but Vincente Padilla is throwing a no hitter. His only mistake today was hitting Ty Wigginton. Stay tuned.
Update: Reyes breaks up the no-hitter with a single leading off the 7th.
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August 31, 2003
Nate the Skate
Nate Cornejo is skating through the White Sox lineup so far. He’s retired the first six batters he’s faced on 18 pitches, 12 of them strikes.
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August 31, 2003
Games of the Day
Actually, this one will be the game of the night. In the best pitching matchup of this last day of August, Jason Schmidt of the Giants faces Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks. Schmidt is slightly behind Kevin Brown in the ERA race (Brown, 2.2626, Schmidt 2.2631). Webb is fourth and is looking [...]
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August 31, 2003
I’m Back
I’m back from our trip to the Berkshires. Had lots of fun with my old college roommates. I’ll be blogging this afternoon.
Posted by David Pinto at 12:05 pm | Other | Permalink | No Comments
August 31, 2003
Attendance Report
Attendance, through same period
2003
2002
Games
2011
2014
Attendance
28081
28537
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August 28, 2003
Long Weekend
I’m off for a long weekend with some of my college buddies. Enjoy the pennant races and have a wonderful labor day weekend! Blogging will likely be non-existant until Sunday.
Posted by David Pinto at 5:34 pm | Other | Permalink | No Comments
August 28, 2003
Montreal Massacare
The Expos sweep the Phillies. And it wasn’t even close. The Expos outscored the Phillies 39-17. If the Expos make the playoffs, this will go down with the 1978 Boston Massacare as one of the great comebacks of all time. Good for the Expos. If the Marlins lose and the [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 3:32 pm | Series | Permalink | No Comments
August 28, 2003
Making a Sacrifice
John Flaherty of the Yankees has two RBI without a hit today. He has one on a sacrifice fly, the other on a squeeze play. An RBI on each kind of sacrifice. Pretty cool.
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August 28, 2003
Vazquez Vanquishes
Javier Vazquez has thrown 114 innings through seven innings, but he’s hitting in the bottom of the 7th, which means it looks like he’ll come out for the 8th. He’s up 4-0, so I don’t know if I agree with this move. He’s struck out 10 through 7 and walked only 2.
Update: Vazquez [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 3:03 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
August 28, 2003
Wrighting the Ship
Dan Wright is doing a great job in relief for the White Sox. He’s gone 3 2/3 innings so far allowing only one hit. He’s giving the White Sox a chance to get back into the game, and they scored in the fourth to cut the lead to 5-3.
Posted by David Pinto at 2:35 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
August 28, 2003
Cotts Up the Lead
The Yankees have a field day against Neal Cotts in the first. He last 1/3 of an inning and gave up three hits and four walks. The Yankees are still batting and lead 4-2. Dan Wright is in with the bases loaded.
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August 28, 2003
Waste No Time
Vlad Guerrero just hit his third HR of the series in the bottom of the first inning, a two run shot. The Expos had already scored one with the first two batters, so they are up 3-0 in the first. The Phillies pen as already gone 13 1/3 innings in this game, so [...]
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August 28, 2003
Games of the Day
The White Sox and Yankees finish up the battle of first place teams today, and the White Sox have to be happy no matter what the outcome. They showed the Yankees they are not push overs. The White Sox have the best record in the 2nd half this year; they pulled a page [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 11:39 am | Games | Permalink | No Comments
August 28, 2003
A’s in First
Every year, it seems, the A’s come alive in the 2nd half. There weren’t many deals this year, but the A’s are playing .600 ball since the All-Star break. That’s fourth in the AL, but it’s not too shabby. The offense, which seemed to lay dormant all year, has sprung to life [...]
Posted by David Pinto at 10:04 am | Team Evaluation | Permalink | No Comments
August 28, 2003
Attendance Report
Attendance, through same period
2003
2002
Games
1969
1973
Attendance
28073
28564
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August 27, 2003
Thin Air
Sidney Ponson is pitching an excellent game in Coors tonight. Through five innings, he’s only allowed 1 hit and 1 walk. He’s thrown 63 pitches, 44 for strikes. We’ll see how long he holds up.
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August 27, 2003
Closer and Closer
The Expos win, the Phillies and Marlins lose. The Expos are now 1 game out of the wild card. The Cardinals win, also pulling within 1 of the Marlins and Phllies. That big tie comes closer to reality every day.
Posted by David Pinto at 10:24 pm | Pennant Races | Permalink | No Comments
August 27, 2003
Cow Pen
The Cubs Kerry Wood left after 7 with a 2-0 lead. Dusty Baker used three relief pitchers to face the first three batters, and they loaded the bases. He stuck with Farnsworth at that point, and he gave up a 2-run single to Tino Martinez. He then threw a wild pitch to [...]
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August 27, 2003
Round the Stretch They Come
The Phillies, down 5 lengths to the Expos race back to pull even at six all in the 7th. But the Expos nose ahead with 1 in the bottom of the 7th. It’s a real horse race as they come into the last turn.
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August 27, 2003
Three Run HR
Jeff Bagwell has a three-run HR tonight to help the Astros to a 4-1 lead over Hideo Nomo and the Dodgers. Including tonight’s shot, here’s a breakdown of Bagwell’s 410 career HR by men on base:
Men On
Home Runs
0
229
1
110
2
66
3
5
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August 27, 2003
White Wedding
Rondell White paid an immediate dividend for the Royals, getting a hit and driving in two runs in his first Royal AB. KC leads Texas 5-0 in the 2nd.
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August 27, 2003
Bubbling Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers are leading the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 tonight in the 6th inning, trying to pick up their 9th straight win. They’ve outscored their opponents 58-31 during the streak, and have scored 10 or more runs 3 times.
Posted by David Pinto at 9:13 pm | Games | Permalink | No Comments
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