• If you've been watching the Dodgers this week, Freddie Freeman has been throwing as well as he has in years, and it's amazing what being 55-grade will do for a career, especially that of a man who has gone through so much.


• Bradley Blalock is back from his case of a chicken soup addiction, the Marlins continue to hit, and while GM Peter Bendix tries to see the long view and trade Agustin Ramirez, it may not be possible -- both because the trades aren't there, and because the Miami fan base has been so dirty (especially when Tragedy and Farce by Momus is played as walk-up music) that a trade would be like a kick in the index finger to their customers.


• It appears that Shane Drohan is ready to step in the rotation, but one of the Brewers big question marks is whether to make Angel Zerpa a starter or a reliever, and then what happens to Abner Uribe?


• Team song for the Diamondbacks: Last Great American Whale by Lou Reed.

reflections on the pirates

Pirates critics see that
           Jhostynxon Garcia

and Spencer Horwitz

are only getting older

but
Ben Cherington knows
that the team is built on defense

and pitching

and
that if
           Enmanuel Valdez

is healthy after the a torn sail

they can still score enough runs to win

 

 

 

 

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