Asian medicine eases Linebrink's pain

http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/8354360/Norman-atop-British;-Harrington,-Choi-2-back

This would be almost as good as Tiger winning the US Open. For us AARP guys.

Jose Contreras remains on target to make his first second-half start on Tuesday night against the Rangers.

But White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen qualified the assignment with the fact that Contreras still has stiffness in his right arm, which is where he was hit by a Ronny Cedeno line drive during a victory over the Cubs on June 27. According to White Sox athletic trainer Herm Schneider, the stiffness has affected Contreras’ pitch selection. ...

Scott Podsednik had three doubles among his four hits and two runs scored, and Jorge De La Rosa pitched six gritty innings to give the Colorado Rockies a 7-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. ...

Brewers Working On Durham Deal?

Twins Out Of Running For Beltre

The White Sox and Rays are scouting Jon Rauch.

• In other news, a baseball source said scouts from the White Sox and Rays are looking at reliever Jon Rauch, who has been the team’s best pitcher with a 2.85 ERA and 17 saves.

• The Brewers and White Sox are two of the teams to have inquired about A’s closer Huston Street, SI.com has learned.

“Shark sinks out of lead at British Open
With four bogeys in first six holes, Norman trails Harrington by 2”

was just placed on the DL (according to 670).

It remains to be seen whether the Twins can fool the second-guessers all the way to the postseason. They have a very young team with no regulars over the age of 27, and Livan Hernandez (listed as 33) is the only starting pitcher over 27. The Twins’ offense has been led by Mauer and first baseman Justin Morneau, both with .315 EqAs, and is sixth-best in the major leagues, averaging 4.9 runs a game. However, they’re also giving up 4.7 runs a game (18th in the majors) but are a disappointing 26th in defensive efficiency (.685). Furthermore, their Pythagorean over/under of +3.8 wins suggests that the Twins have outplayed expectations to this point.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=7828

I was trying to say 2 things, the second of which was that the current Twins team is much better than the early-season Twins team which contributed heavily to their pythag sucking. They had Baker injured, Young sucking, and Lamb at 3B. Those things aren’t true anymore.

So, it’s probably just another obvious statement and I’m sure I’ve wasted people’s time some more with this post, but that’s just me being me.

according to ESPN. Reliever Jack Taschner could also be headed to the Brewers according to JSOnline’s Tom Haudricourt.

Durham and Weeks should make a very nice platoon at 2B, well, not defensively.

OC, SS; AJ, C; Q, LF; Dye, RF; Thome, DH; PK, 1B; Swish, CF; Crede, 3B; ARam, 2B. Danks pitching

What does everyone think about acquiring him? If Konerko continues to struggle, is it worth moving Swisher to first, Ramirez to Center and having Robers play 2nd?

Monday’s game [against the Rangers] time has been changed to 7:35 p.m. [was 7:11], with the game to be televised on Ch. 26. The Aug. 23 game against Tampa Bay also has been changed to a 2:55 p.m. start to be televised on Fox-32.

“He hasn’t played a lot of second base, but he looks in good shape,” Torre said of Ozuna. “He’s got foot speed. He gives us an upgrade, experience-wise. A little more athleticism. He’s a safety net at three positions. We have a chance to do other stuff. Right now, it’s just a switch. We still have to make a decision on a pitcher or player for [Mark Sweeney]. He’s ready.”