I've not often given Jim Hendry credit over the last 5 or 6 years.  There have been a lot of things to complain about, but like anyone else, Jim Hendry has his strengths and weaknesses.  One of the strengths is making trades as he did last night for Rich Harden.  I'm not going to   more...
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Toledo 4 Columbus 10Mike Hessman hit homer number 27 and added a walk. Jeff Larish doubled twice. Ramon Santiago was 1 for 4 with an error. Anastacio Martinez allowed 3 unearned runs in 4 innings. Francis Beltran was pummeled for 6 runs while only recording 1 out.Erie 2 Akron 0Josh Rainwater   more...
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Toledo 6 Rochester 9Freddy Guzman went 3 for 5. Timo Perez had 2 doubles. Mike Hollimon went 2 for 4 with a walk. Anastacio Martinez was knocked around for 9 runs on 11 hits, including 3 homers. Francis Beltran struck out the side in one inning of work.Erie - PPDLakeland 11   more...
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Not surprisingly, Joel Zumaya has been placed on the disabled list. His shoulder is the culprit but the diagnosis on the press release was limited to "sore."Francis Beltran gets called up to take his spot. Why not Casey Fien or Francisco Cruceta, or someone else? This is probably a 2 day call up   more...
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Toledo 3 Indianapolis 0Dusty Ryan went 2 for 4 with a double. Clete Thomas homered. Virgil Vasquez pitched 7 innings or 2 hit ball. Francisco Cruceta and Francis Beltran each pitched scoreless innings.Reading 6 Erie 10Luis Marte allowed 5 runs on 5 hits and a walk while fanning 4. But only   more...
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