Statistical Leaderboard for August 15

Two streaks ended Tuesday. Inland Empire squeezed by Modesto 3-2, thanks to a game-saving catch by Trayvon Robinson to break an eight game losing streak and Fort Wayne hammered Great Lakes to snap the Loons five game winning streak. Albuquerque led a 3-0 lead slide into a 9-5 Tacoma win. Chattanooga had the day off.

Chad Billingsley is the latest athlete to use the relatively new platelet rich plasma treatment to recover from injury, and though people might call it recovery assistance or whatever, I don't see how it's not cheating.The experimental treatment that was credited for healing the elbows of Takashi Saito and Claudio Vargas is being used to treat Billingsley's hamstring...

My thoughts on all three things can be found over at Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove. The stuff on Hiroki Kuroda are probably new to most of you, I think.

...so I put a Ticketmaster in your truck so you can charge while you charge! West Coast Customs worked on the Dodgers Ticket Truck. From a Dodgers press release: The Los Angeles Dodgers announced today the launch of the club's first mobile ticketing unit. The Dodgers Ticket Truck will be the first-of-its-kind in MLB that will take sales on the road and give fans access...

Chad Billingsley is the latest athlete to use the relatively new platelet rich plasma treatment to recover from injury, and though people might call it recovery assistance or whatever, I don't see how it's not cheating. The experimental treatment that was credited for healing the elbows of Takashi Saito and Claudio Vargas is being used to treat Billingsley's hamstring...

Left-handed reliever says he's free of pain that has kept him on the disabled list since May. Left-handed reliever says he's free of pain that has kept him on the disabled list since May.

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The Mets don't look like they are going to retire Mike Piazza's number any time soon. Piazza and the Mets parted ways after the 2005 season, and the superstar has been out of baseball since 2007. It seems like enough time has passed that it is...

Andre Ethier drives in the tying run in the ninth, but reliever Guillermo Mota gives up a home run to Juan Uribe in the 10th. In the fifth, a pitch by reliever James McDonald angers batter Pablo Sandoval, and benches clear. Who said this rivalry was dead?

Dan Haren tossed eight innings of one-run ball and went 1-for-2 at the plate with an RBI, as the Arizona Diamondbacks downed the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-1, in the opener of a three-game set at Chase Field.

Arizona starter Dan Haren has been going through a bit of a tough stretch right now. Los Angeles couldn't be happier.

The Los Angeles Dodgers looked to complete a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday afternoon, but Juan Uribe hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th to down the Boys in Blue, 4-2. Giants starter Tim Lincecum tossed a dominant 8.2 innings for the Giants (62-52) against the visiting Dodgers (69-46) as the phenomenal right-hander struck out seven and allowed...