Phightins

Yeah honestly. It is kind of surprising this doesn't happen more often.

Wow. Rockies score 9 in the 9th to beat the Cardinals. Seth Smith walk off HR.

Yes. Once the sun went down around 8:30ish it wasn't bad and there was even a breeze for a little bit, but otherwise it was brutal.

Good lord....Trevor Crowe's reaction just about sums it up for those who were there, I'd imagine.

Well, at least sitting through 4 hours of 104 degree heat proved worthwhile at the end.....not. This team is quite frustrating. 3 hits in 11 innings!

Predators sign Sergei Kostitsyn. 1 year deal.

OK, forget that. NY Post fail.

Ruben Amaro is praying this is true. If Lee goes to the Mets, Ruben will be burned at the stake in Philadelphia.

This is going out on a whim.....but I say Scott Rolen.

Brennan Boesch = my fantasy savior.

Eh, it's the first positive thing to happen for us in a couple weeks. Might as well enjoy it!

I bet Weaver makes his way onto the team eventually. Every year, guys decide not to go at the last minute, because they pitch on the Sunday before the game (there are a handful of guys on the AL roster scheduled to pitch Sunday, I believe) or other reasons.

Truth.

The Doctor is in. We needed that.

Basically.

Well, it would help if the top of our lineup would get their asses in gear. No joke, it seems like Wilson Valdez is the only guy coming to play every day.

Typical....Roy Halladay has come up twice with 2 outs, once with the bases loaded and once with 2 on. Can't catch a break.

Well, I should clarify. On an individual season-to-season basis, I find it irrelevant, because of all the other factors that go into whether a pitcher gets a win or loss (run support, poor defense, an umpire having an absurd strike zone, and all the hundreds of other less obvious factors). I do think that W-L is very relevant when looking at a career as a whole (after a 15 or 20 year career). I think the law of averages cancels out most of those factors I mentioned after a certain amount of time. But for one season, wins is not relevant.

Ubaldo Jimenez is great and very well deserving of 14 wins, so this is not an indictment of him, but W-L for a pitcher is hands down the most overrated, irrelevant, and overused statistic in sports. Really shows nothing in most cases.

Eh, I disagree. Latos is having a phenomenal year, but to say he is hands down one of the top 4 pitchers in the league this year is kind of a stretch. There are a bunch of dudes with similar (and arguably better) numbers. That BAA for Latos is absurd though, not denying that. Latos also gets a lot of aid from playing in Petco Park. His BAA is actually lower on the road, but across the board he is much more dominant at Petco. Kind of funny how most of the public discredits hitters for playing in "hitter-friendly" parks, but rarely do you see the same done for pitchers.

Kovalchuk back to Devils. 7 years $60 million. Still not confirmed but that is the word. So much for that $100 million, eh Ilya?

I agree. When there is a list of "snubs" 20 names long, that means that there weren't enough roster spots and no matter who was selected, there was going to be an absurd amount of [expletive]ing. And Fish, you will be happy to hear this. Word is that the reason Charlie Manuel did not take Mike Pelfrey was because he is pitching Sunday and would have needed to be replaced.

I will be there on Tuesday! Also at one or two of the games in the Reds series next weekend.

Well, as I mentioned earlier, there is no way it will be done away with. MLB likes having every TV market represented. But it would make life a hell of a lot easier for the managers when they are making their selections.