Saturday, June 04, 2005

Game 54: Braves at Pirates

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Seven o'clock again. Kyle Davies, the young B+ pitching prospect, and Mark Redman.
Friday, June 03, 2005

No respect

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The Braves dialed up the whining after the game. First Bobby Cox and Julio Franco blame the umpiring. Maybe it was a bad call, but it's...

Game 53: Braves at Pirates

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Seven o'clock, Tim Hudson and Kip Wells.

Two outs, runner on second

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In the recap of last night's game , McClendon offered this summary: With the Marlins holding a 2-1 lead in the sixth, Damion Easley doub...
Thursday, June 02, 2005

Game 52: Marlins at Pirates

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Seven o'clock, Dontrelle Willis and Dave Williams. Wigginton has five hits off Willis. Think we'll see him tonight?

To top .500

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The Bucs would need to play .525 ball the rest of the year to finish with 82 wins. The early hole - they went eight wins under .500 - means ...

Draft preview

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From Paul Meyer . Looks like Wilbur will play Littlefield in John Sickels' off-Broadway production .
Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Sanchez a starter for now

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That news and more in Ed Eagle's notebook .

Game 51: Marlins at Pirates

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Seven o'clock. Scuffy Moehler and Josh Fogg. Now we get to see for ourselves what Moehler has done to revive his career.

Today's Q & A

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A lot of news, insight, and even some rant in today's Kovacevic Q & A . I don't read it so you don't have to; go see it for ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Game 50: Marlins at Pirates

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Seven o'clock. A.J. Burnett and Oliver Perez. Both these guys have struggled to pitch to their potential this year. I'd love another...

Pirate defense

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The Pirates are #2 in the National League at turning balls in play into outs. Numbers here, from Baseball Prospectus . (Defensive efficiency...

Nothing wrong with Jack Wilson

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Jack Wilson is fine. You start the year hitting .150, it's going to take several months, even if you hit .300, to get your batting avera...

Stats Geeks does number two

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Article here . I've also been thinking Mackowiak would make a good no. 2 hitter against righties. Then he's gone and shown some powe...

Hitting, not scoring

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Dejan Kovacevic on the carnival of stranded runners . I agree with Mac, this is nothing to worry about. So long as they keep getting on base...
Monday, May 30, 2005

The legend of Freddy Sanchez

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Chapter 3 , Chapter 4 . So the Bucs are 1-0 so far on this tough stretch of 26 games.

Game 49: Marlins at Pirates

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1:35pm, Al Leiter and Mark Redman.
Sunday, May 29, 2005

Game 48: Pirates at Reds

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1:15pm. Kip Wells and Brandon Claussen. Claussen is another one of the Reds' pitch-to-contact guys. Few Ks, fewer walks. Problem is (for...
Saturday, May 28, 2005

Game 47: Pirates at Reds

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7:10pm, Dave Williams and Eric Milton. Milton has not been striking out or walking many batters; hitters have been making regular and solid ...

On performance-enhancing drugs

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Read this article, "A Day at the Brain Spa," by Ronald Bailey for Reason online . The executive could also work in a cup or two of...