Monthly Archives: June 2009
Question of the Day
Is it time to remove Brad Lidge from the closer role, either by putting him in a set-up role or “finding” an injury and putting him on the DL for a couple weeks?
Who Would Have Guessed These Four?
The Final Four at the French. He who protests to have predicted these four is he who lies. The Top Half: SEMIFINAL FRIDAY – #12 Gonzalez vs. #23 Soderling Robin Soderling, the giant killer who slayed Nadal, went into the quarters … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009 french open, fernando gonzalez, juan-martin del potro, robin soderling, roger federer
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Jake Who?
Who needs Jake Peavy, when we have Antonio Bastardo? Not only did the Phils knock around the oft-coveted Jake Peavy, but the guy they called up “to fill the gap before they acquire a veteran” was fantastic last night. 6 … Continue reading
Tagged antonio bastardo, MLB, phillies, raul ibanez
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Quarterfinals – The Second Half
Continuing from yesterday’s post, here is the rest of the Quarterfinal preview at the 2009 French Open. The Djokovic (4) Quadrant: QUARTERFINAL WEDNESDAY – #5 Del Potro vs. #16 Robredo The top half of this quadrant showed continued dominance by … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009 french open, andy roddick, christophe rochus, gael monfils, igor andreev, jo-wilfried tsonga, juan-martin del potro, jurgen melzer, marc gicquel, maximo gonzalez, novak djokovic, paul-henri mathieu, philipp kohlschreiber, roger federer, tommy haas, tommy robredo
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More Ridiculous Stats
There are a lot of them today… 1). Jamie Moyer won his 250th game the other night, making him the 44th pitcher to ever reach the mark–and just the 11th left-hander. That means that there have only been 10 left-handed pitchers … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009 french open, bob gibson, dodgers, ivo karlovic, jamie moyer, joe mauer, lleyton hewitt, MLB, padres, rick porcello, yankees
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And, It Just Got Interesting
For the casual tennis fan, the appeal of the French Open took a serious hit, if not was eliminated altogether, on Sunday when 4-time defending champion, Rafael Nadal lost to big-hitting Swede, Robin Soderling. To the serious tennis fan (all … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009 french open, andy murray, david ferrer, fernando gonzalez, fernando verdasco, gilles simon, janko tipsarevic, josselin ouanna, lleyton hewitt, marin cilic, nicolas almagro, nikolai davydenko, radek stepanek, rafael nadal, robin soderling, stanislas wawrinka, victor hanescu
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Tell Me I’m Crazy
Doogan, I like your thinking because I think going to get a pitcher should be the number one priority for the Phils right now, but tell me I’m crazy that I don’t want Jake Peavy–for several reasons. (For the record, … Continue reading
