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Sox are playing the Cardinals right now, rematch of last year's World Series.  Last night wasn't pretty, I can tell you that much.

we took 2 out of 3 from both you and the yankees. and carpenter just pitched a 10K, 1 hit, 1 BB CG today..

cardinals kick so much balls.

cardinals kick so much balls.

And the Astros suck them.

This is the first time in the history of baseball that two pitchers from the previous season's World Series clubs have pitched 1-hitters on the same day.

And I base that upon absolutely nothing.

ah yes, but wells only went 7 innings.

ah yes, but wells only went 7 innings.

what does wells have to do with last years world series?

p.s. there were 6 shut outs yesterday, thats insane

i thought he was on the red sox...

he is right now, but he was on the padres last season, the sox picked him up in the off season.

he said world series clubs...

From the Useless Info Dept at ESPN comes an article about pitchers and batting. Quite entertaining read:
http://sports.espn.g...yson&id=2086674

Especially the last tidbit, a testament to how low the Yankees have fallen this season:

Who'd have thunk it dept.
Finally, here's a stat we guarantee you never thought you'd see come June 15:

Home runs this year by American League pitchers: 3 (in 225 AB)
Home runs this year by Yankees cleanup hitters: 4 (in 249 AB)

ouch

And the streak reaches 8 as the Dodgers lose again.


Meanwhile, the Angels strike hard first and hang on for dear life. Chan Ho Park gave up 8 runs in 1+ innings. Ouch.



But speaking of getting roughed up.. the pathetic Yankees weren't so pathetic when they scored THIRTEEN RUNS in the 8th and destroy the Devil Rays 20-11. Granted, it was Tampa Bay, but 13 runs in any inning is pretty crazy. That's like... more than they've scored total all year!

That Yankee thing was unbelievable. The last score I saw was 10-8 or something.

Twins lost and White Sox won again. Now the Twins are 8 down and they're playing horrible baseball. They keep hoping the Sox are going to tank it like they always do but it's not happening yet.

i was just looking at league leaders, adam dunn is in first. well actually he's tied for first with i think 4 other people but w/e he's still an animal. i love him, whole heartedly, and i called that he was gonna hit at least 30 hr's this season, so looks like im gonna be right

Ed hasn't had much to cheer about this season. Maybe tonight eased things just a bit.
http://sports.espn.g...ameId=250626111

SFO (30-44) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
OAK (35-40) 3 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 X 16 24 1


Yeah... that's 16-0 A's win. Giants manage only 1 hit. Youch.

Speaking of youch, the Dodgers continue their annual second half slide (this time two months early) by getting swept by the hot Angels. They lose 3-5 today. They end their 12 game road trip 2-10. Angels end their 12 game homestand 9-3.

I think the Angels are "LA's team" at the moment.

Yeah I watched that brutal spanking. The best part was when Christianson decides to 'make a statement' by throwing a ball at Nick Swisher and three pitches later he hits it out. Who got the last word there? The Giants had 5 errors in the game last night, so that wasn't much better. And actually, I've had quite a lot to cheer about the past few weeks. Don't let the record fool you. Our starting pitching is the best in the league right now and the offense is coming together too. We've won 8 of our last 9. Don't be surprised if the A's are biting at the Angel's heels for the division come September.

8 game winning streak baby! Ride it while it's hot!

Angels rule. I think I had Anderson in my lineup today as well.. grand slammerooni!

The Red Sox--actually fuck it, I'll single the bastard out--Mark Bellhorn is in desperate need of a Tom Emanski Defensive Drills video. He's blown an important but simple play two nights in a row now. He fucking blew the game tonight!!! Goddammit I hate him.

Check the standings Cork. Only two teams are on 9-1 runs right now. Can you guess who the other one is? The only reason the A's aren't gaining any ground in the division is that your blasted Angels keep winning too. But we've already left Seattle in the dust and Texas won't be far behind.

Dammit! Jinxed the Angels today.


In other news, Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers goes Ron Artest on Fox Sports cameramen.

Yeah well your boys did a good job of coming back in the ninth anyway. Finally we gained a game on you guys. It's about time. That puts our winning streak up to...hmm, better not say it. Just in case.