Tirico Suave

A.J. Burnett, starting on three days rest for the first time in his career, dominated the New York Yankees.
His line: 8.1 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 8 K’s
The outing was summed up in the sixth inning, when A.J. fanned Jorge Posada on a gravity-sucking curve. A.J. then proceeded to ooze machismo, ratcheting back and pumping [...]

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I see that Carlos Marmol is replacing Kerry Wood on the NL All Star roster. Nothing says “I deserve to be an All-Star” like a 9.37 ERA over June and July. Granted, Marmol was downright filthy in the beginning of the year and he has like 34.3 K/9 rate, but he’s been average at best [...]

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Nasty.
This is what the Jays trotted out against the Yanks on Sunday afternoon. It could be worse. Word is that John Gibbons used to get his lineups phoned in by this stoner.
But, hey, as of right now it is 4-0 Toronto Bills.
These guys don’t need a prototype DH at all.
They have Mr. Big.

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No, no, no. Not so fast Time Warner, Fox and MLB. Even though this was a pretty remarkable play, it’s still not enough to excuse the three of you from blacking out every baseball game on the Extra Innings package each Saturday before 4 PM PST and forcing me to watch a team named the [...]

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