Mark Buehrle restores his confidence and Felix Hernandez tweaks his elbow...
Buehrle didn't have a bad year in 2006 so much as one incredibly bad month (July) when he went 0-5, 11.48. Otherwise he was much the same guy as always, even with his shaky September...
After not allowing a run in his first two starts, King Felix gave up two walks and two hits to the first five batters before coming out of the game with "tightness in his elbow." Nobody knows anything.
The Phloundering Phillies gave the ball to former Blue Jay Francisco Rosario in the 13th inning of their game with Washington, and three batters later they had their 10th loss of the season. If this team doesn't win 10 of their next 12, Charlie Manuel will be the first man overboard. Freddy Garcia and Jon Lieber are back in the rotation, so the Phils are putting Brett Myers into the bullpen...
Yes, this is what Desperation smells like...
And this is what Domination looks like. Alex Rodriguez has hit as many home runs as the New York Mets (starring the Carlos brothers Beltran and Delgado) and the Chicago Cubs. Rodriguez has hit more home runs than the Angels, Twins, Dodgers, Nationals, Cardinals, Giants, Rockies, and A's. The Yankees lead the majors in runs scored - no big surprise there - but they also have the third best ERA in the American League. Andy Pettitte, the only standing starter, has put up two good games in succession; the real heroes have been the anonymous bullpen guys - Mike Myers, Sean Henn, Luis Vizcaino, and Brian Bruney have combined to post an ERA of 0.84 over 32.1 innings.
(Mick permits himself a quiet smile of contentment. It's early days yet, but...)
The Old Order changeth not! The Braves have the best record in the majors... Don't say we didn't warn you. The Braves are tied for the major league lead in home runs (Andruw Jones has 3, although he's still hitting just .180). Chipper Jones and the Great Brian McCann (Joe Mauer without the press clippings) are leading the way. And Jeff Francoeur... he's hitting .255, so his On-Base should probably be about... oh, .255? Nope, he's at .339. You see, after drawing Zero walks in the Braves' first seven games, Frenchy has walked six times in their last six games. Last year, Francoeur drew his sixth walk of the season on June 21 (he had no walks at all last April). If he's beginning to get the hang of this whole Strike Zone concept...
Game this afternoon. Doc vs Tavarez, winner takes first place into the weekend.
Got to play it, might as well win it.
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