Like I have nothing else better to do at 11:30 at night then watch the TWINS. lol. But as I said, 1 of the players who SHOULD be gone did us a favor. Thank you Raul….....

Scorecard 9 seattle games

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Beset by pitching injuries, the Mets New York Mets are expected to be in the running for veteran right-hander Freddy Garcia if the two-time All-Star holds up well this afternoon in an open workout in Miami.

Several teams are scheduled to scout the workout at the University of Miami, including the Mets, as Garcia tries to work his way back to the majors after shoulder surgery.

Garcia, who is 6-2 in nine postseason starts, made 11 regular-season starts with the Phillies last year before being shut down.

“Freddy is doing great on his rehab,” agent Ed Greenberg said yesterday. “[He’s] not 100 percent at this point, but we expect that after a few minor league appearances he should be able to help somebody in September and in October.”

I believe the Sox will be one of the teams watching him since this has been reported so many times.

bring up a new relief man, someone we haven’t seen before? Or will they give Macdougal another chance?

regards

SSS with its love of scoreboard watching, or ESPN with its love of Brett Fav-ra?

they generally are a team that announces their starters well in advance. read into it what, if anything, you will.

“David Ortiz feels ‘click’ in bad wrist”

Ortiz revealed after the game he felt a click in his left wrist early in the at-bat against Soria, choosing his words carefully in describing the sensation.

"My last at-bat, it kind of pulled back a little bit," Ortiz said of his wrist. "You feel that click and you get a little concerned about it."

Matchup: Tigers (55-56) at White Sox (61-49), 7:11 p.m. CT
Probable Starters: Nate Robertson (127 2/3 IP, 6.13 RA, 1.60 WHIP, 82 K) vs. Gavin Floyd (131 1/3, 4.59, 1.21, 89)
Pythagorean Record: Detroit, 57-54 (560 RS, 542 RA); Chicago, 61-49 (553 RS, 488 RA)
Hit List Rankings: Detroit, #13; Chicago, #4
Prospectus: After four straight losses, Detroit’s playoff hopes are looking increasingly unlikely. There is still over 30 percent of the season left to play, of course, but the Tigers’ post-season chance is down to 6.5 percent, and with the Wild Card almost certain to come out of the AL East, they will need to overcome both the White Sox and Twins if they want to play in October. Tonight’s game is the first of nine games that Detroit has remaining against those two teams (six versus Chicago), so the Tigers badly need a series win to stay relevant.

To get that win, the Detroit bullpen will have to shape up. Tigers relievers have compiled 1.7 wins above replacement level, the second-worst total in the majors next to the historically-bad Indians pen. Closer Todd Jones recently went on the shelf with tendonitis in his rotator cuff, and when asked by the Detroit Free Press if he feared that the injury would put his season in jeopardy, he responded “I’m fearful that my outings put my season in jeopardy.” Jones might as well have been speaking for the whole relief corps, for he has hardly been the biggest or only problem: although the aging closer had an ugly 5.49 RA when he went down, Jones did manage to convert 21 of 24 save opportunities. Jim Leyland promoted Fernando Rodney to the closer role on July 27, and Rodney has given up at least one run in all four of his outings since while blowing both of the save opportunities he got. Rodney has not been right since returning from the shoulder injury that sidelined him most of the first half, as he has walked 16 in 18 1/3 innings after coming back. That lack of control has led to a WXRL of -0.93, the seventh lowest in the majors this season. Rodney came off the DL on the same day as his hard-throwing relief partner Joel Zumaya, who has also not yet been able to find his command, with 18 walks in 20 2/3 innings, suggesting that it is possible that the pair might have come back a bit too soon. Wildness has been the chief problem for the Detroit pen all season, which has allowed 4.9 BB/9, the highest rate in the American League. Chicago’s pen, meanwhile, is giving up 3.2 BB/9, the fewest in the AL.

Adam Russell will be called up.

1. Lets you pick a favorite team, so you don’t have to scroll to find the Sox.
2. Allows for 1 minute, 30 seconds, or 15 second live updates.
3. Videos either “fill screen” or “fit to screen”, your choice.

Make the selections in “settings” on the phone, not in the app.

her take on the Barret-AJ sucker punch:

http://www.bat-girl.com/archives/001504.php

they have 2 days off next week, and if they stick with a 5 man rotation king felix will face the twins in exactly zero of their 9 games but he will face the sox on the 19th. if they pitch him every 5th day however it looks like he would face the twins twice (17th & 27th) while missing the sox.
i looked throughout the season and sometimes they skipped the 5th starter spot and sometimes they didn’t. i would be astounded if the twins miss him while playing seattle 9 times in 24 days.

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=21838

Further proof that Minnesota has won the division!

First of all, here is a chart recapping last night’s game, for those of you who missed it.:

Secondly, the game thread on LL for last night’s game went over 900 comments. One thread.
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the SSS editors for separating our threads into smaller, more friendly sizes.

That is all.

“Cubs activate right-handed pitcher Kerry Wood
Left-handed pitcher Scott Eyre designated for assignment”

I wonder if Kenny has any interest in bringing him back to the south side.

didn’t kw get a gm to take massett?

WON’T SOMEBODY LEARN NOT TO DEAL WITH JOCKETTY AT THE DEADLINE?

“I was surprised. They obviously had a need for a bat in the lineup and another outfielder.”
—Reds general manager Walt Jocketty, on dealing outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. for Danny Richar and Nick Masset.

“Well, these guys, they’re different. From one to 25 you will get talked about, I found out firsthand. It’s just a matter of trying to fit in and throw my jabs at them the second day.”
—New White Sox center fielder Ken Griffey Jr.

“We weren’t going to exercise the option.”
—Jocketty, on Griffey’s contract status as a Red.

“Like I explained to him, he only has to go out there when he feels good and good enough to where he feels like he can give us a chance to win with him being out there. But if he doesn’t feel like his body is going to allow that on a particular day, all he’s got to do is go to Ozzie.”
—White Sox general manager Kenny Williams, on how his team plans to use Griffey.

“I think he wanted me to know, in case I didn’t know, not to expect what we were used to seeing out there. That’s the reason I said you only play when you feel great. When you don’t feel great or don’t feel healthy, that’s OK. We have plenty of options. I told him that it’s not as if he’s replacing the prototypical guy that was already out there.”
—Williams, on Griffey coming to him with concerns about his defense.

“It was fine. When you only have three balls hit to you, you don’t have to do too much moving.”
—White Sox center fielder Ken Griffey Jr.

“Listen, I’m not trying to kid anybody about having all the answers. If this works, great. Home run. If it doesn’t, it’s still a double. We’ll find a way to make it work and still have what he can give us offensively.”
—Williams (Rick Morrissey, Chicago Tribune)

http://chipshots.chipramsey.com/2008/08/03/doctor-phil-to-lovie-youre-an-idiot.aspx

“Royals’ Greinke, Olivo suspended five games, Hillman one”

The verdict has come down from the commissioner’s office on suspensions related to the Royals-White Sox brawl on Sunday.

Royals pitcher Zack Greinke and catcher Miguel Olivo were suspended five games each and manager Trey Hillman received a one-game suspension. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended two games.