The Chicago Cubs have decided to play a little roulette with their pitching staff. Carlos Zambrano goes from the bullpen to the starting rotation. Tom Gorzelanny and his 3.66 ERA as a starter moves to the bullpen. John Grabow heads to the DL and the Cubs have called up Andrew Cashner to replace him in [...]
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The MVP of the National League for the first month and a half of the season is ready to make his return to the lineup. After missing just over two weeks with a fractured pinkie, Los Angeles Dodgers’ OF Andre Ethier will be activated from the disabled list before tonight’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. [...]
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It’s very rare I root against baseball history, but on Saturday night I was forced to make that decision. You see, I was going up against my buddy Odie in fantasy baseball last week and he has Roy Halladay on his team. When me and him go against each other in any fantasy sport, it’s [...]
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It’s been absolutely perfect weather throughout the U.S. over the last couple of days and I hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day Weekend. Memorial Day marks the beginning of many things. It marks the start of summer, the official start of softball season (for me at least), and it starts the pennant races in [...]
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The St. Louis Cardinals got off to a fast start to the 2010 season by going 15-8 in the month of April and opening up a three game lead over the second place Cincinnati Reds. Since the end of April the Cardinals have gone 12-13 and now find themselves one game back of the Reds. [...]
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I was sitting on my couch on Tuesday night and turned on the Cincinnati Reds – Pittsburgh Pirates game mainly to watch Mike Leake pitch. In the top of the eighth, Leake got into a little bit of trouble and Dusty Baker called on Arthur Rhodes to help bail out him out. Here is the [...]
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