Let’s play everyone’s favorite game! It’s called “Who closed the game?” This is for all of you desperate for saves monitoring the outcomes of games with closer situations that are a nightmare to watch. In New York, coming on and pitching the last two innings of the game to earn the save tonight was……….Aaron Heilman! He gave up…
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Tags: Aaron Heilman, Anthony Reyes, Craig Hansen, dustin pedroia, Ian Kennedy, Jensen Lewis, joe blanton, kevin slowey, marcus thames, Oliver Perez, paul maholm, Rafael Perez, Steve Pearce

OK, it’s trade deadline day, let’s take a look at the ramifications of some of the trades before we get into tonight’s action.

 Ken Griffey Jr was traded to the White Sox for minor leaguer Danny Richar and middle reliever Nick Masset.  Masset hasn’t been anything worth talking about this season in relief for the Sox.  He is 1-0 with a 4.63 ERA and…
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Tags: Andre Ethier, Andruw Jones, andy laroche, Anibal Sanchez, Brandon Moss, Brandon Phillips, Bryan Morris, Craig Hansen, damaso marte, Danny Richar, grady sizemore, Jonathon Papelbon, josh johnson, Juan Rivera, Kenn Griffey, khalil greene, manny ramirez, matt kemp, Mike Hamton, Nick Masset, rich harden, ryan zimmerman