By Bill Begley Apparently, it takes a lot out of you to be “perfect.” At least, it seems that way with Mark Buehrle.
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By James Bailey When Kevin Millwood and John Smoltz squared off in Texas Monday night it marked the first time the former Atlanta teammates had faced each other as starters. (Smoltz relieved once in a 2003 game that Millwood started against the Braves.) The two were locked in a good duel until the sixth inning, [...]
By Michael Cooper The storylines just never seem to take a break around the baseball world. This weekend, they’ll be plenty of them. The team with the best record in baseball will face the defending World Series champions, who happen to be on a seven-game winning streak. The upstart American League West leaders will take [...]
By James Bailey The contenders (Phillies, Mets, and Braves) are separating from the pretenders (Marlins) and the neverminds (Nationals). Philadelphia is in the lead for the moment on the strength of a six-game winning streak, but they face a challenge if they hope to ride the league’s second-worst pitching staff into the postseason. The Mets [...]
By James Bailey Kris Medlen vs Tim Lincecum Atlanta Braves at San Francisco Giants May 26, 2009 Last week’s Rays-Marlins duel between 6-foot-9 Jeff Niemann and 6-foot-8 Sean West was one of the tallest matchups in major league history. Today we’re moving to the opposite end of the spectrum with 5-foot-10 Kris Medlen and 5-foot-11 [...]
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By James Bailey Ever since Tommy Hanson made the Arizona Fall League his own personal playground last fall, it’s been assumed he was next in line for an opening in the Braves rotation. Atlanta’s top prospect looked close to ready in spring training, but was assigned to Triple-A Gwinnett County to start the year. The [...]
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By Pete Sabatini Before the start of the 2009 campaign, the NL East, much like the AL East, was projected to be at least a three horse race. As we get past all the opening days, some players shift on and off the DL, and a rhythm to the season starts to form, it appears [...]
By Thom Henninger It looks as though the World Series champion Phillies will have more than just the Mets to worry about in 2009, as both the Braves and Marlins have won five of their first six games. Sure, both the Braves and Marlins have secured three of their five wins in three-game sweeps of [...]
If you want to talk baseball on Sunday night, you’re in the right place. We’ll be blogging throughout the Braves-Phillies game tonight on ESPN2. Got a comment about anything going on in the game–or anything going on in baseball? Let’s hear it. Let’s have some fun. We’ve been waiting for this since October.
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