While we were being rained on (Weekend O-o-T-S)

[Frayed Knot]

Some interesting stuff on Friday night while we got the night off to do other stuff:

- Phils beat San Fran as Jimmy Rollins returns w/a HR & 2B

- Braves fall to Pitt on a walk-off hit breaking their 6-game winning streak
Glavine pitched well but is still winless

- Marlins beat Nationals for their 5th straight win and a 21-14 record

- Cardinals had a 3-2 lead in Milwaukee and Isringhausen got the first two outs in the 9th ... and then went: single - single - walk - single to lose the game

- Cubs beat Arizona
nothing particularly notable here except that the high-flying DBacks ran into the Mets, Phils and Cubs this week and promptly dropped 6 of 8 (w/2 more still to come w/Chicago)
That 'Best Team in Baseball' label might have been a bit premature.

- Houston 7 - Dodgers 1: Not only has Houston won 7 of its last 9 and is a surprising (to many) 2 games over .500, but Lance Berkman is [u:d55b3172f5]18 for his last 24[/u:d55b3172f5]!! (w/5 2Bs & 3 HRs) and is hitting .380
On a related note, MLB checked Berkman's urine and he tested positive for jelly doughnuts

- Yanx lose to the Tiggers for the 4th straight time as (off)Kei Igawa gets raked over the coals in his 1st 2008 ML start

- Papelbon gives up 2 in the 9th to Minny and blows his 2nd stright save opp (not sure if he re-arranged the bench after this one too)

- Tampa Bay tops Angels 2-0 on a CG 1-hit/0 BB shutout from James Shields
LAA starter Jon Garland tosses 8 scoreless but the Rays win on a 2R walk-off HR from rookie Evan Longoria
Rays now 19-16 and are passing word that they're not going to be pushovers this year. They have 4 w/the Yanx next week.

- Indians 6 - Blue Jays 2 as Sabathia (1 ER - 7 IP) bests Halliday (4 ER - 6 IP) in the best on-paper pitching matchup of the night

- Texas 2 - Oakland 0
That's 3 consecutive shutouts for Texas!?! and 1 run allowed over 4 games (31 straight scoreless innings) behind the world renown staff of Ponson, German, Padilla, and Feldman (who Are these guys?)

[Frayed Knot]

Weekend wrap-up:

- Phils wind up losing 2 of 3 to San Fran. Utley suddenly in a mini-slump.

- Marlins sweeps Washington and now owns the NL's best record

- Braves lose twice to Pitt then get rained out on Sunday
(lots of rainouts in the mid/near-west on Sunday and it's all headed this way)

- Brewers take 2 of 3 from StL as both closers (Isringhausen & Gagne) lose their jobs (both still on their rosters, just taken off 9th inning duty for a while)

- Houston sweeps the Dodgers even though they were being no-hit today into the 7th. LA back to just 1 game over .500 after their hot-streak a short time ago.

- DBacks get swept by Cubs, that's 8 losses in 10 for them (NYM, Phil, Chic)
"I was doing great Dad until the big kids got home from school"



- Tampa Bay sweeps the Angels, including 2 shutouts

- Yanx & Tigers split a pair and then got rained out today

- Jays Vernon Wells broke his wrist, out at least 6-8 weeks

[Guest AG/DC]

That Yankee rainout would have featured Derek Jeter starting in the cleanup slot for only the second time in his career.

The previous time remains the only time.