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Celtics Blog There's a lot of names being brought up by Boston sources. According to Celtics Central, Ed Najera and Sean Williams could also get involved.

Well we saw him hit jumpers just inside the arc during the regular season, it was only a matter of time before he started hitting 3's.

So both Harris and Lopez impressed. Harris opened people's eyes on Day 1, and Lopez, who wasn't hitting jumpers he usually made on Day 1, put on a show the next day.

It's a big disappointment when the Yankees fight back but still fall short. That was a great pitching duel until the top of the 7th inning. Gio was cruising through our order time and time again. Pettitte is looking solid, and he's been a second half pitcher in the past. It seems like it was just a rare, rough inning. Aceves also had a rare, rough outing, and that happens every now and then. But of course, you can't take effective pitching and hitting for granted. There will be games when things won't go well, and a winning streak ends at some point.

http://www.otrbasketball.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1929-ratner-wants-to-ensure-move-to-brooklyn-after-selling-team/ There are a couple of potential buyers that would still make the Brooklyn move, and Ratner wants to make sure that the Nets still move after ownership changes.

Well we got off to slow starts in the last two games also, and after our first hit, our offense got going.

If the Yankees do make a trade, it will be for a pitcher. Also, with the Wang injury, the Yankees are taking another look at Doc Halladay. Ricciardi may want to trade within the AL East, because if the Red Sox and Yankees compete with offers, the Jays may get even more.

So I guess we're in the Halladay sweepstakes now.

Looks like Joba is locked in. He gets his second Yankee Stadium victory right after getting his first. The velocity has risen a bit as well. Our starters have been going deep into games and doing their job.

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CC had a rocky beginning to his outing, which is expected after a 2.5 hour delay. He eventually took control and had a solid outing. 7 innings, 3 earned runs. Phil Hughes earned his 1st career save, and Girardi said Rivera was going to be given the night off. Nice job by the offense coming back from a 3-0 lead to score 6 times. Things looked rough for the offense with five strikeouts in the first few frames. I liked Teixeira swinging on 3-0 to hit a 2-run HR.

It looks like the game will finally start. I hope CC doesn't struggle like he did last time after a delay.

There isn't much more a chance of this happening than signing Glen Davis. The Nets are probably going to stick to doing what they've been doing the last couple of weeks, and that is watch mode.

It's not likely that we'll grab him, though. Boston said they plan on matching any reasonable offer, and the Nets obviously won't go to an unreasonable level with their financial situation.

Tomorrow, we play the makeup game for the rainout a couple months back. Vin Mazzaro (2-6, 4.09) vs. CC Sabathia (9-6, 3.66) Brett Anderson (5-7, 4.25) vs. Joba Chamberlain (5-2, 4.05) Gio Gonzalez (1-2, 9.33) vs. Andy Pettite (8-5, 4.62) Dallas Braden (7-8, 3.40) vs. Sergio Mitre (1-0, 4.76)

The back-to-back HR's in the ninth off Bruney gave a scare. Bruney's been struggling a lot since he came back from his second injury. Maybe it's also because we've been using Hughes, Coke, and Aceves for relief. Hopefully he can return to the pitcher he was before. 6-0 coming off the All-Star break.

Solid outing from Burnett. He had his usual high velocity and great movement. It was good to see our offense strike first and put 5 runs on the board early on.

We're off to a 5-0 start after the All-Star break, and we've moved up to a game ahead in the AL East. Girardi seemed to like Mitre's pitching today, so we can expect another start from him.

His numbers today may not look so appealing, but I like Sergio Mitre's stuff. He has a lot of action on that sink fastball, and for someone who hasn't pitched in the big leagues in over a year, he wasn't so bad. Great pitching by our bullpen once again, and our offense supported us enough for the W.

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Unless you actually play the game, you won't know much about it. I've had a bunch of friends change their minds about the game after I had them play LBP.

We're once again tied with Boston for the AL East lead after their loss today.

I don't think it's really an advantage, though. If you look at Wang, Joba and Pettitte, they have experienced some great difficulties pitching in this stadium. I think 15 of the 18 HR's Pettitte has allowed have been in this park, and Joba didn't have a win here until yesterday. In the first series at the park, we lost a game 10-2 and 22-4. Other teams can hit homeruns just as easily as us.

We get our third straight 2-1 victory and our 9th walkoff win of the season, tying last season's total. Our pitching has been brilliant all around. Both Joba and Pettitte bounced back after rough starts and their struggles at the stadium. Those two plays to keep the game tied at 1 in the eighth inning were amazing. First, Teixeira's off balance throw to nail the runner trying to score on a ground ball. Then, the off balance throw by Molina on a potential wild pitch to nail Roberts. 4 out of the 5 hits that Hinske has as a Yankee are HR's, interesting.