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llwesman 12 days ago
It’s back to back for Tim Lincecum, who won the 2009 NL Cy Young award. Although he didn’t receive the most first place votes, the combination of firsts and seconds put him ahead of Cardinal righthanders Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright. Lincecum, who was first in strikeouts, second in ERA, and second in IP surged ahead [...]llwesman 20 days ago
By Wesley Yee Five weeks after ending their season the San Francisco Giants began their offseason by informing noodle swinging rightfielder Randy Winn that he wouldn’t be brought back. Winn was a solid regular for the Giants, playing strong defense while hitting for providing reasonable power and speed for a .280 type hitter. The depth chart [...]llwesman 40 days ago
Brad Lidge’s transformation from regular season chump to postseason champ continued Wednesday with the Phillies’ 10-4 win over LA. It then took a terrible turn when he charged catcher Carlos Ruiz and embraced him, setting off one of the most comical and embarrassingly uncool celebrations of all time. OF ALL TIME. Thank you Kanye. The 6′5 [...]llwesman 48 days ago
The coasting Red Sox and grinding Rockies both saw their seasons come to an end this past weekend with their closers on the mound. For Boston is was Jonathan Papelbon allowing his first postseason runs while allowing the Angels to dig themselves out of a two run deficit with two outs and nobody on. For [...]llwesman 53 days ago
Adam Wainwright was outstanding Thursday, continuing his prolific 2009 season with eight innings of one run baseball. Manager Tony LaRussa went to 1.92 ERA closer Ryan Franklin who got the job done getting two quick outs followed by a soft fly ball that left fielder Matt Holliday couldn’t handle. What looked like a 1-1 series quickly [...]
