The Mariners' Felix Hernandez pitched the season's third perfect game, a 1-0 win.
The Mariners' Felix Hernandez pitched the season's third perfect game, a 1-0 win.
Melky Cabrera was suspended 50 games Wednesday following a positive test for testosterone, putting an abrupt end to what had been an MVP-caliber regular season and throwing the San Francisco Giants' playoff hopes into doubt.
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Seems like that 'perfect game' is happening a lot more often these days......... or am i wrong? I remember a few years back it was pretty big news on Sky Sports when a guy from the Yankees did it (think it was the Yankees anyway, David something iirc?), not heard anything about the 3 this season........... bit like the '9 dart leg' at the darts, from 501 down 9 darts is the best/perfect finish and only used to be seen on rare occasions........ but in the last PDC comp (World Matchplay) there was two 9 darters in the space of a couple of days and quite a few other near misses! Maybe just the standard of sport in general is rising and people are working harder!Originally Posted by tehlancinator
Just looked it up, David Cone, 1999The years are flying by
Phil Humber, Matt Cain, and Felix Hernandez... all in one year. There were none in 2011. Roy Halladay and Dallas Braden each had one in 2010. Mark Buerhle had one in 2009. Before that, Randy Johnson had one in 2004, then Cone's in '99.
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The Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers are on the verge of a blockbuster trade.
The Dodgers have agreed in principle with the Red Sox on a trade for Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto, according to a major league source. Discussions between the clubs had reached the final stages Friday evening; Gordon Edes of ESPNBoston.com was the first to report that a deal was close.
The Red Sox are expected to include money in the deal, while also obtaining five players: top pitching prospect Allen Webster and first baseman James Loney, infielder Ivan DeJesus Jr., right-hander Rubby De La Rosa and outfielder Jerry Sands, all of whom had played for the Dodgers this season. Loney and Gonzalez were scratched from Friday's games.
Boston’s primary motivation is salary relief. The Red Sox’ playoff hopes have disappeared this month, making them more willing to trade veterans than they were at the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline.
After this season, Gonzalez is owed $109.3 million through 2017, Crawford $106.8 million through 2017, and Beckett $34 million through 2014 – for a total of more than $250 million.
The Dodgers were awarded waiver claims on both Gonzalez and Beckett earlier in the day, according to a major league source.
The Dodgers had interest in Beckett before the non-waiver deadline. The move to a pitcher-friendly park in the National League might help him bounce back from another down year. Beckett is 5-11 with a 5.23 ERA in 21 starts this season.
The biggest question is the Red Sox's willingness to trade Gonzalez. A major league source said last week that the Red Sox would consider moving him only in a "transformative" — or franchise-changing — type of trade.
Teams generally prefer to move stars in the offseason, when they can involve more teams in discussions. But the Dodgers likely would have been Gonzalez’s most fervent suitor in the offseason, as well. By striking the deal now, the Red Sox leveraged the Dodgers’ willingness to make the postseason this year as a means to unload (at least a portion of) the onerous Beckett and Crawford contracts. The Dodgers entered Friday three games behind the archrival San Francisco Giants in the National League West.
Earlier this month, the Dodgers were awarded the claim to another high-priced player, Philadelphia Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee. The two sides, however, could not agree on a trade.
Gonzalez is hitting .300 with 15 homers and 86 RBI in 123 games with Boston.
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Fuckin' Papelbon.
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He is all yours,
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How is it that the Nats have gone from one of the worst franchises in MLB to the best record in all of MLB?
They're gellin' like Magellan.How is it that the Nats have gone from one of the worst franchises in MLB to the best record in all of MLB?
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The Phillies have been eliminated from the wild card race and will not see the post-season. I pretty much figured it would go down like this since they started the season so badly and fought to get back to .500 all season long, but I still held out hope that they would pull it together at the end.
Fuckers.
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With the Rockies win last night, they guaranteed themselves that they won't lose 100 games this season
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