EVIL~! alkeiper

From the Holy Crap department, IronPig Les Walrond struck out 17 Louisville hitters in a complete game shutout today. That is certainly the most by a Phillies' AAA starter since 1989, and maybe ever.

Let's check this a moment. Wagner hadn't given up a RUN since the last blown save on June 12. He got two strikes on Werth, and made ONE bad pitch. But he's a choker. Yeah.

Hell yeah Jayson Werth!!!

ESPN.com says the Sabathia deal is all but official.

Morgan is annoying at times, but Jon Miller is top notch. Much better than Michael Kay. If ESPN Radio is an option, see if Dan Schulman is calling the game.

This is overmanagement that annoys me. Burrell walked to load the bases in a 1-0 game, and there's a pinch-runner. Burrell is not the potential tying or go-ahead run. He is likely to be more useful as a hitter than as a runner.

For anyone interested in Mets/Phillies, it will finally resume in about ten minutes.

I don't want to see it either. But to expect the leagues to enact a rule when it would benefit none of the partners? Won't happen. Possible solution, erase the unbalanced schedule. This would place the Yankees and Red Sox against other opponents more often, at least giving the other team some exposure.

May I state as well that Ricky Bottalico is one of the worst commentators I've listened to in quite some time.

Sabathia for LaPorta and co. makes a LOT of sense for everyone involved.

Frustrating to see the Phils in a rain delay while it's bright and sunny up here, and Lehigh Valley is kicking off now.

For those complaining about the Yankees/Sox games, those games like it or not get the best ratings. Other teams' attendance figures CLEARLY increase when those teams play road games in their stadiums. Should you really expect differently? Good All-Star teams for the most part. I think the player voting is very flawed. They vote the same way the fans do, but if the choices agree then the league just takes the players second place finisher for the team. So if the players were to vote Mauer 85%, Varitek 10%, Varitek would get a selection that way. I'm happy there were no middle relievers selected this season. I'll have thoughts on the Brad Lidge contract extension later.

I've grown indifferent to the selection process. If a guy is legitimately the best player in the league at his position, and has proven that, then he deserves to play in the game. Otherwise it's circumstance. The rosters are terribly bloated, we've now gone to the point where we are debating the 28-32nd best players in the league.

Looks like possibly the shortest rain delay in history. Not to worry, if the game were called it's a Met victory anyway.

What about giving George Kottaras a shot?

Ryan Church left the game with dizziness. That's a baaaaaad sign.

For all intents the last pick. Surprising a bit that we have not selected a single match from the vast archives of the AWA. With my final selection, I take perhaps their best match. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig - November 15, 1986 - One Hour Draw

The first War Games match from the GAB 87 is up right now. There were two Wargames matches on that tour. Ah, I see. Well, no big deal if the matches were almost carbon copies, eh? Yeah. I'm a bit partial to the original as the Road Warriors f*** up J.J. Dillon for the win, but the second is good as well.

Red Sox/Yankees, Cardinals/Cubs and Mets/Phillies today, yet no posts? The Cardinals won on a two-out, two run single in the ninth, quite a finish. John Maine just left the game in the sixth inning with an injury to his non-pitching arm.

The first War Games match from the GAB 87 is up right now. There were two Wargames matches on that tour.

Awful. Flyball pitcher in Citizens Bank Park? It's bad enough to watch Brett Myers.

I'm waiting for that epic El Gigante vs. Mr. Hughes matchup.

I've heard some systems pulled Wargames '95 due to legal reasons. My working assumption is that there's a version with Michael Buffer's intros, but that is just a guess. The PYBO is not up yet.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/369313_trial03.html Seattle and Clay Bennett settled. The Sonics move to Oklahoma City for next season.

The question is: Will the D-Backs bounce back, or will the NL West potentially be won by a sub-.500 team? Bounce-back. With the unbalanced schedule, someone will climb a few games above.