Cause I think I'm ready
I've been shaking all night long
But my hands are steady
Barry Zito beat Mark Buehrle for the second time in a week. I was just talking about how well Zito had been pitching in this space; yesterday, he was outstanding. I'm a Zito booster, and I said this winter that Beane held on to the right guy. Every now and then I almost get one right, and I like to savour the moments...
Terry Francona confirmed that Roy Halladay had been his choice to start the All-Star Game. Buehrle looked like the obvious alternative, and actually pitched a pretty decent game yesterday.
Did any of you see the catch Luis Matos of the Orioles made, reaching over the CF wall and stealing a HR from David Ortiz? Best outfield catch I've seen this season.
The Yankees and Braves both had their winning streaks broken off at six. See - yesterday I was talking about how well both teams were playing. So they both go out and lose. This is my life.
Loved this blurb at ESPN: "Rockies win lowest-scoring game in Coors history, 1-0." I'm thinking that's the same final from the lowest scoring game in the history of lots of parks. What happened yesterday was the first 1-0 game in Coors history. Took long enough.
The Sunday schedule:
AL
Cleveland (Westbrook 6-10, 4.51) at New York (Johnson 8-6, 4.14) 1:05
Boston (Wakefield 8-6, 3.98) at Baltimore (Lopez 7-5, 4.72) 1:35
Toronto (Towers 6-7, 4.33) at Texas (Young 8-5, 3.80) 2:05
Minnesota (Silva 7-3, 3.68) at Kansas City (Carrasco 4-3, 3.69) 2:10
Detroit (Maroth 6-9, 4.07) at Tampa Bay (Hendrickson 3-5, 5.91) 2:15
Oakland (Haren 7-7, 3.96) at Chicago (Garcia 8-3, 3.40) 3:05
Seattle (Meche 8-6, 4.97) at Los Angeles (Santana 3-3, 5.50) 4:05
NL
Milwaukee (Capuano 9-6, 3.48) at Atlanta (Colon 1-4, 5.35) 1:05
Chicago (Maddux 7-6, 5.02) at Florida (Leiter 3-6, 6.31) 1:05
Washington (Loaiza 5-5, 3.61) at Philadelphia (Lieber 8-8, 5.13) 1:35
New York (Martinez 9-3, 2.80) at Pittsburgh (Wells 6-8, 4.25) 1:35
Los Angeles (Perez 4-5, 4.75) at Houston (Backe 7-6, 5.09) 2:05
San Diego (Astacio 2-8, 6.04) at Colorado (Francis 8-5, 4.74) 3:05
Cincinnati (Milton 4-9, 7.20) at Arizona (Gosling 0-2, 7.88) 4:40
St.Louis (Suppan 8-7, 4.20) at San Francisco (Lowry 5-8, 5.07) 8:05
