Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - This Day In Baseball: 25 July 2005

This Day In Baseball: 25 July 2005

I had many years that I was not so successful as a ballplayer, as it is a game of skill. And then I was no doubt discharged by baseball in which I had to go back to the minor leagues as a manager, and after being in the minor leagues as a manager, I became a major league manager in several cities and was discharged, we call it "discharged," because there is no question I had to leave.
- Casey Stengel, testifying before the U.S. Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly Subcommittee Hearing

Atlanta and Washington both lost, so they continue their lockstepped dead heat atop the NL East.

Minnesota lost and Oakland won (yawn), so the AL Wild Card is also tied.

A.J. Burnett pitched his 7th win and slammed his 1st homer (third of his career), but the outstanding pitching performance of the day was turned in by Kris Benson of the Mets, who threw 8 scoreless innings, allowing just four hits.

Who's hot? How about Miguel Cabrera, since the break: .488, .533, 1.024.

The day's action:

AL
Texas (Benoit 1-1, 2.32) at Baltimore (Cabrera 8-7,4.64) 7:05
Boston (Wells 8-5, 4.59) at Tampa Bay (Waechter 3-6, 5.55) 7:15
Chicago (Garcia 9-4, 3.60) at Kansas City (Greinke 3-11, 5.66) 8:10
Cleveland (Sabathia 6-7, 4.70) at Oakland (Zito 8-8, 3.55) 10:05
Detroit (Robertson 5-7, 3.32) at Seattle (Franklin 5-11, 4.75) 10:05

NL
Arizona (Gosling 0-2, 4.50) at Milwaukee (Sheets 5-7, 3.51) 8:05
San Francisco (Schmidt 7-5, 4.74) at Chicago (TBA) 8:05
Philadelphia (Lidle 8-8, 4.45) at Houston (Pettitte 7-7, 2.82) 8:05
New York (Glavine 7-7, 4.62) at Colorado (Acevedo 1-0, 3.92) 9:05
Cincinnati (Harang 6-8, 3.88) at Los Angeles (Lowe 6-10, 4.04) 10:10

Posted by Magpie on Monday, July 25 2005 @ 11:30 AM EDT.

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Mike Green - Monday, July 25 2005 @ 04:06 PM EDT (#123792) #

It's fun watching Cabrera. His arrival in the big leagues (along with Jack McKeon's arrival in Florida) coincided with the Marlins' rise from the depths on their way to a World Series championship.

You've got to believe that long after Derrek Lee's star has risen and fallen, Cabrera and Pujols will be dominating the National League. Cabrera just turned 22 in April. Wow.

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