Rich Harden continues to pitch his butt off for the Cubbies, as that trade seems to have paid off for Chicago. Tonight he was great again, as he threw seven shutout innings, and struck out 10 batters for the fourth time in just seven starts. I will always discount Harden’s talent because of his injury history, but now you can see what…
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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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It wasn’t pretty, but Kevin Slowey was just good enough to win his fourth straight decision. Slowey went six innings, allowed five runs and struck out six. Luckily the Twins bailed him out and scored nine runs. After a year of disappointing performances, it looks more now that he is going to be the reliable pitcher the Twins thought they had. Slowey is famous for his control, walking just 18 batters in…
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I know Troy Tulowitzki has been frustrating fantasy owners everywhere. They have got to be hoping that his homer on Sunday is the start of him getting his form back. Tulowitzki was 1-3 with this second home run of the season, which was his first since returning from the DL. You can’t expect him to repeat last season’s statistics, but this guy’s…
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Starting on Saturday June 14th, we are going to be having a change in structure at least on a demo basis. Instead of this Beyond the Boxscore article every night, we will be making a post for each news item and posting them as they become relevant. I am very interested to get all of your feedback either by email (love my emailers!) or you can post a comment…
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I want to start tonight with a little warning. I am going to be a dad for the second time any day now. So, if I go for a day or two without an article, or if I don’t get back to an email in my usual speedy fashion, that could be the reason. I’m not going away, and I’ll be back as soon as it is possible. Now…
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