Friday, August 15, 2008

MLB Punchlines: Jimmy Rollins Can't Get His Foot Out of His Mouth


The most mediocre brother tandem in recent memory: Andy and Adam LaRoche. (Washington Post)

Lessons from L.A.: Walk-off home runs used to be called game winning home runs. (L.A. Times)

MLB gives 55k grant to help build field in Cincinnati. (Cincy Enquirer)

Raul Ibanez and Jarrod Washburn are still M's... for now. (Seattle Times)

Philly sports talk radio boards should be lighting up with calls today from Jimmy Rollins interesting couple of days in L.A. (Philly Inquirer)

Jeremy Guthrie won his fourth straight start last night, says the guy who released him in fantasy five weeks ago. (Washington Post)

Crawford and Longoria might be hurt, not to fret Rays fans your light hitting SS is back! (Tampa Trib)

Manny get his dreadlocks trimmed, Jeff Kent is not impressed. (San Fran Chronicle)

By now people are convinced the Angels are the best team in baseball. So who is their MVP? (OC Register)

Mike Piazza will come back to Shea before it closes for business. (Newsday)

The stadium openers are set for Citi Field and the new Yankee Stadium. (NY Post)

Family has played a big role in Liriano coming back firing for the Twins. (Star Tribune)

J.J. Hardy has been struggling mightily at the plate in the second half of the season. Is fatigue the main reason? (Journal Sentinel)

To no one's surprise, Gary Sheffield cleared waivers on Thursday. No one will be interested at all unless the Tigers pick up the rest of his contract. (Detroit Free Press)

Aaron Cook appears safe to start in fantasy leagues on Sunday, his next scheduled start. (Rocky Mountain News)

Waxing poetically about Adam Dunn. (Cincy Enquirer)

Tim Dierkes of mlbtraderumors.com gets some much deserved props. His site is the best on the net for any and all baseball rumors. (Chicago Trib)

Mark Kotsay hit for the cycle last night. He is the first Brave to accomplish this since 1987. You will never guess who was the last to do it. (AJC)

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