Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Strasburg, Collusion, Cain

On this day ten years ago, Indians' starter Chuck Finley struck out Tom Evans, Royce Clayton, Chad Curtis, and Rafael Palmeiro in the same inning after Curtis reached base on a passed ball. There have been 50 instances in baseball history where a pitcher struck out four men in one inning, but Finley did it three times, the only guy to do it more than once. Scot Shields is the last pitcher to strike out four in one frame, doing it less than a week after Scott Baker accomplished the same feat in June of 2008. Let's take a look at what's being written around the baseball blogosphere... Titletahn wrote about the experience of seeing Stephen Strasburg's first professional start in person. MLB Fan Nation wonders if teams are colluding against free agents, or if they're just getting smarter. Statistician Magician ranks all 30 organization, with the Red Sox coming in first and the Royals placing last. Ladies... looks at some old faces in new plac...