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Sorry.. I was just thinking about how those teams have decent staff, and teams like Boston, Tampa Bay and us(in April) were so cruddy..

Then explain how Russell Martin and Yadier Molina are so valuable for their teams? Game calling is important in the success of pitchers.

Here's some interesting tidbits on catching around baseball. http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/fielding/_/position/c/sort/catcherERA/order/false Love him or hate him JP Arencibia has done a good job with our pitchers--a 3.79 CERA, middle of the pack(for starting catchers).(Russel Martin of the Pirates is #1, followed by Yadier Molina of the Cardinals). Keep in mind about the bad April--things have improved since then. Matt Wieters, who we just saw, has a 4.69 CERA, especially with the bad pitchers he has to catch. And here's a sign Boston is in trouble--Jarrod Saltalamacchia is one of the worst catchers in baseball, with a 4.24 CERA..unfortunately, his defensive caddy, David Ross and his 3.08 CERA, isn't due back anytime soon(concussion)--and considering this is his 2nd concussion of the year, you've got to wonder if he ends up retiring like Cardinals manager Mike Matheny. Don't expect Ryan Lavarnway to help either--he's not much better.. but it's a SSS. Chris Ianetta of the Angels is near the bottom as well. However, is CERA even accurate in measuring success for pitchers?

Seattle walks off on Oakland on a walk-off HR by Kendrys Morales. So we gain ground on Oakland.. and Texas could be in 1st all alone by the end of tonight(pending they get the game in)

Angels blow a 3-run lead in the 9th, as Ernesto Frieri gives up 3 runs. Then, Kevin Jepsen gave up 3 more in the 10th vs. Travis Snider, after JB Shuck misplays a ball in LF. 9-6 Pittsburgh. Whoever said LA would be the best team in baseball--what a joke!

Jays win! 11 straight!

Webster's pitching like Sean Nolin... he shouldn't be up here. No surprise he's getting lit up.

See what I mean? Grand Slam for V-Mart.. and BTW I was at Denny's for a Grand Slam today too..

Relax.. Webster's control problems will hand the Tigers the lead back quickly. He just loaded the bases with no outs and Fielder coming up.

Someone (Houston? Miami? Mets?) will take a flyer on him. He actually was doing well in AAA Tacoma.

BTW, Boston is beating Detroit--stupid Tigers bullpen! Is it a wonder Detroit isn't running away with the AL Central?

We did it! We're at .500! We're now in contention. And 9 in a row.. can we get double-digits tomorrow? Only 5 back of both Baltimore and Texas(pending the Texas/St. Louis game results)--and the Yankees are beating Tampa(darn Fausto Carmona!)

Reid Brignac has been DFAd by the Yankees. Alberto Gonzalez, who pitched a little earlier this season(along with playing SS) has rejoined the Yankees.

Jose Valverde has been DFA'd by the Tigers. Wonder if they'd like one of our extra relievers we can afford to jettison, considering their bullpen issues?

Start those phones! White Sox are preparing for a fire sale: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/jon-heyman/22497599/chisox-may-have-big-sale-rios-peavy-crain-beckham-etc-in-mix Alexei Ramirez would look good at 2B/SS in a Jays uniform.. and what about Rios? And Peavy?

No surprise Oakland and Tampa Bay were voted as teams that should be contracted..and Miami got some votes as well.

Amazingly, not everybody wants to play for the Yankees because of the pressure.. Marlins are no surprise, especially with Loria there. Toronto's not going anywhere--even though the Rogers Centre may not be great, it's still light years better than the O.co and Tropicana Field. Watching old games--the Trop was a dump in 1998 when Wade Boggs hit his 3000th hit, and it's still a dump now. Why'd they give St. Pete a team anyway?

What a play by Gentry there! Cuts down the tying run for Oakland to give Texas a win! Sadly for the Rangers, the Cardinals and Yankees are coming up..

And the O's will be sending out Hammel, Gonzalez, and TBA.. not a great lineup for the O's. You can't expect Davis to hit HRs all the time. Not to mention the O's don't walk.. all we need to do is not give up HRs. Rays win. We gain a game on Boston.

Shut up. And BTW, Boston is losing to Tampa right now, so we're going to pick up a game on Boston.

We got Jeff Francis sent to AAA thanks to that lousy performance last night.. and he has the option to become a free agent. And great hit by Boni.

He'll have a shot at 35-40 by the All-Star break. Nobody's even close to Davis' 26 HRs.

I don't know who's pitching for the O's this weekend--Garcia pitched an inning today, Hammel is still questionable--I don't know who's going to oppose Dickey, Wang and Johnson(no bathroom jokes please.)

Yes. 5 games is usually a benchmark when determining when to buy or sell. And DH12 was annoying on the old board too. As a matter of fact, I see the Jays potentially buying--we could use a 2B and maybe another SP.

Uhhh.. Domonic Brown, Carlos Gonzalez, and Paul Goldschmidt want to talk to you regarding the NL MVP race. But Carlos Gomez is having a good season. Too bad Milwaukee has a horrid pitching staff...