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Lower Bonuses
2007-06-27 19:53:38
SportsAgentBlog.com notes that the shorter window for drafted players to sign may be one of the reasons bonuses are lower this season.... ...

Games of the Day
2007-06-27 18:30:33
Kenny Rogers faces his replacement, Kevin Millwood, as the Rangers try to make it three out of three against the Tigers. Rogers hasn't allowed a run since his last appearence of 2006. He's gone through the post season and his... ...
Games 

Buehrle to Stay
2007-06-27 17:12:26
The White Sox appear to be keeping Mark Buehrle: Right when the trade talks were heating up for LHP Mark Buehrle, the White Sox found seller's remorse. Call it a reality check. Last winter the Sox started putting themselves in... ...

Hack Attack
2007-06-27 16:07:39
River Ave. Blues wants to see Robinson Cano go back to hacking at everything, rather than trying to be patient. His argument is that Cano is just not a patient hitter, so why try to make him one? I'll just... ...

Laying Down the Law
2007-06-27 16:00:01
Lion in Oil interviews Keith Law, formerly of the Blue Jays and currently of ESPN. Here's his view of the biggest problems in baseball: I've never thought steroids were that big of an issue, and as a fan, I really... ...
Law  Laying 

The Long Save
2007-06-27 15:29:08
J.J. Putz retired the last five Red Sox batters of the game to pick up his twenty second save of the season. It was the sixth time this year Putz pitched more than one inning to earn a save. Only... ...

Bullpen Battle
2007-06-27 15:11:02
The starters in Arizona pitched poorly Tuesday night. Both Billingsley and Gonzalez lasted just four innings, allowing five runs each. But the relievers were magnificent. The two groups kept each side scoreless into the tenth. The Dodgers relievers allowed just... ...
Battle  Bullpen 

Out Homered but no Out Scored
2007-06-27 14:59:18
A true slugfest took place in Milwaukee last night as the Astros and Brewers combined for seven home runs. The Astros launched four of them, still lost 11-5. Three of the four Houston space shots came with the bases empty... ...
Scored 

Wednesday Update
2007-06-27 14:45:37
The Day by Day Database is up to date.... ...

Radio Mention
2007-06-27 06:35:24
The Baseball Zealot writes: Braves reporter Mark Bowman mentioned Baseball Musings when interviewed by MLB.com http://dds.mlb.com/2007/daily/062607_mlbr.mp3 I think he was referring to the Day by Day Database. His interview is toward the end. The interview with Bowman starts around 27... ...
Radio 

Kick in the Pants
2007-06-27 06:29:08
Kenny Williams threat to bring about some changes seemed to wake up the White Sox tonight. They collected twelve hits and six runs against the Devil Rays while holding Tampa Bay to a single tally. They've scored eleven runs in... ...
Pants 

First Ding a Doozy
2007-06-27 06:09:32
Brendan Ryan hit his first home run for the Cardinals, and made it count. He led off the eleventh inning of a 3-3 tie with his first shot to provide the game winning RBI. Brenden was off to a shaky... ...

Cold Turkey
2007-06-27 05:54:26
The movie Cold Turkey is a guilty pleasure of mine. It's not a great film, but there's a lot in there that makes me laugh. A town tries to give up smoking for a month to collect a huge prize.... ...
Turkey 

Full Hafner
2007-06-27 05:20:00
Travis Hafner delivers for the Indians in the bottom of the ninth. With men on first and second and two out, Hafner drives the ball into the wall in right-center, plating both runners and tying the Athletics at five. Update:... ...

Different Approaches
2007-06-27 04:40:46
Shaun Marcum and Scott Baker are matching shutouts so far tonight, but the two are going about it in very different ways. Baker is blowing batters away. Through seven innings, he's struck out nine without walking a batter. And with... ...

Lackey Writes
2007-06-24 06:41:21
John Lackey joins the ranks of blogging ballplayers, writing at Yardbarker. Here he talks about being moved back a day for the first time since he was drafted due to a knot in his shoulder.... ...

Great Pitching
2007-06-24 06:24:08
Joe Blanton pitched a great game against the Mets today. He tossed eight shutout innings, allowing just five hits and one walk, lowering his ERA to 3.19. Orlando Hernandez almost matched him, going seven shutout innings, allowing six hits and... ...
Pitching 

Removing Runners
2007-06-24 06:10:52
Eleven Royals earned their way on today against the Brewers as KC collected nine hits, one walk and a hit by pitch. The Brewers did something rare, however, turning four double plays in the game to remove a number of... ...
Runners 

Chris Crisp
2007-06-24 05:55:58
Chris Young is dealing against the Red Sox tonight. Through four innings he's allowed no hits. The Sox are not even putting the ball in play much as Young already recorded seven strikeouts (along with one walk). The Padres lead... ...
Crisp 

Young Win
2007-06-24 05:42:54
What's this? Nate Schierholtz, a twenty-three year old outfielder for the Giants won today's game when he singled in Klesko in the bottom of the thirteenth inning. Although he didn't start, he managed to go 2 for 3 with a... ...

Braves Score!
2007-06-24 05:14:04
The Braves went 31 innings without scoring a run when Chipper Jones hit a solo home run in the fourth inning Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately, they finished with five more scoreless innings as Detroit won 2-1 behind an eleven strikeout effort... ...
Braves 

Texas Offense
2007-06-24 05:04:29
The Texas Rangers defeated the Houston Astros 7-2 this afternoon. The Rangers offense, after getting off to a poor start, finally started clicking. Rangers Offense, 2007 MonthRuns/Game April4.7 May5.0 June5.9 With the renewed offense the Rangers are now 11-9 in... ...
Offense  Texas 

Soaring Soriano
2007-06-24 04:34:45
Alfonso Soriano led off today's game against the White Sox with a home run, the second day in a row he accomplished that feat. That's his tenth home run in June and seventeen of his thirty two hits went for... ...
Soaring  Soriano 

The I's Have It!
2007-06-24 04:31:09
I just got home from a day of graduation parties to see Renyel Pinto strike out Nick Punto.... ...

Games of the Day
2007-06-23 18:02:57
Chien-Ming Wang and Matt Morris face off with identical 7-4 records and nearly identical ERAs in San Francisco this afternoon. Wang should prove a challenge for Bonds as the Yankees righty owns the lowest HR per 9 IP in the... ...
Games 

Bruised Lung
2007-06-23 16:49:22
Justin Morneau's injury last night looks to be minor: Minnesota Twins slugger Justin Morneau spent Friday night in the hospital with a small bruise on his lung after he collided with Florida Marlins catcher Miguel Olivo. Morneau was coughing up... ...

West Coast Roundup
2007-06-23 15:51:10
Barry Bonds hit home run number 749 leading off the eighth inning last night, but it wasn't enough as the Yankees took home a 7-3 win. New York scored more runs last night than in their three previous games at... ...
West Coast 

The Hyphen
2007-06-23 15:46:16
Ryan Rowland-Smith debuted last night for the Mariners in a 16-1 loss to the Reds. Rowland-Smith pitched a very nice 1 1/3 innings in relief, allowing one hit while striking out two. He is, I believe, the first MLB player... ...

Saturday Update
2007-06-23 14:49:02
The Day by Day Database is up to date.... ...

Bradley Traded?
2007-06-23 06:33:42
ESPN is reporting Milton Bradley is going to the KC Royals for Leo Nunez. However, Baseball Digest Daily is reporting that Bradley has an injury and the trade is not going through. Stay tuned. Update: Here's the story with this... ...
Bradley