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Yesterday saw a good result for five of our ten teams:

Rem16's Cubbies beat the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals for the second time in a row to win this 3 game homestand and go for a sweep this afternoon;

Fader's Red Sox dunked the Twinks to win that 3 game away series, 2-0, and go for a sweep tonight;

DD's A's unshoed the White Sox to tie that 3 game homestand at 1-1 and go for a win this afternoon;

the Phillies skinned the Snakes to tie that 3 game away series and go for the win this afternoon; and

TC's Rays grounded the Angels to lead that 3 game homestand, 1-0, and try to win it tonight.


Losses sustained yesterday by other of our teams included: the Yankees to Texas to tie that 3 game away series at 1-1 and go for a win tonight; Socialcaesar's Blue Jays to the O's and SFV's G-Men to the Reds to lose the 1st games of their 3 game away series and try to tie them tonight; LW's Rockies to the Pirates to lose the 1st game of that 3 game away series and attempt to tie it today; and 101's Tigers to the Sailors to lose the 1st game of that 3 game homestand and try to tie it tonight.

Without further adieu and, in alphabetical order, here are the scores and upcoming schedules of our sponsored teams:


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 9-10): "A"ced the Chisox, 2-0, last night to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. The Athletics and Jarrod Parker, will try to take it from Chitown and Chris Sale this afternoon in a game set to start at 3:35 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow, Oakland will be off to prepare to begin a weekend away series versus the Baltimore Orioles - with Brandon McCarthy and Jake Arrieta, respectively, starting for the teams - on Friday night, April 27th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The A's and Tyson Ross will face off against the O's and Wei-yin Chen on Saturday night, April 28th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, Oakland and former Yankee, Bartolo Colon, who's now won 3 games for Billy Beane and the A's, will zero in on the O's and Tommy Hunter beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Tommy Milone will undertake an away series against the Boston Red Sox - with Clay Buchholz as their starter - beginning on Monday night, April 30th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 10-7): were edged by the O's, 2-1, last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 3 game away series. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will attempt to tie it with the Zero's and Jason Hammel tonight in a game set to start at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Blue Jays and Drew Hutchison will go beak to beak with the Orioles and Brian Matusz beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, April 27th, Toronto and Ricky Romero will inaugurate a weekend homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with Blake Beavan on the hill - in a game scheduled to start at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Brandon Morrow will attempt to maroon the Mariners and Kevin Millwood on Saturday afternoon, April 28th, beginning at 4:07 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, Toronto and Henderson Alvarez will try to send the Sailors and Jason Vargas down to Davy Jones locker starting at 1:07 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 6-12): caged the reigning World Series Champion Cards, 3-2, last night to win this 3 game homestand, 2-0. The Cubbies and Chris Volsted will endeavor to sweep the Cards and Lance Lynn this afternoon in a game set to start at 2:20 p.m., EDT. The Cubs will be off tomorrow to prepare to inaugurate a four game weekend away series versus the Philadelphia Phillies - with Paul Maholm and Roy Halladay, respectively, starting for the teams - on Friday night, April 27th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, April 28th, the Cubbies and Randy Wells will put up their tiny dukes against the Phightin' Phils and Joe Blanton beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Matt Garza will go muzzle to nose against the Phillies and Kyle Kendrick on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, in a game set to get underway at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, April 30th, the Cubbies and Jeff Samardzija will attempt to claw a defeat from the Phillies and Vance Worley beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 9-8): were rouged, 9-2, by the Reds last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 3 game away series. Tonight, San Francisco and Barry Zito will attempt to tie it with the Big Red Machine and Bronson Arroyo in a game set to get underway at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Ryan Vogelsong will try to rub out the Reds and Homer Bailey tomorrow afternoon beginning at 12:35 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, April 27th, the Giants and a pitcher still and yet TBA will initiate a weekend homestand against the San Diego Padres - with Cory Luebke on the hill - beginning at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Tim Lincecum will endeavor to swamp the Pads and Anthony Bass on Saturday night, April 28th, in a game scheduled to start at 9:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, the G-Men and Madison Bumgarner will attempt to prevail in a pillow fight versus the Pads and Clayton Richard beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 8-10): phileted the Diamondbacks, 8-5, last night to tie this 3 game away series at 1-1. The Phils and Cole Hamels will endeavor to win it from the Snakes and Trevor Cahill this afternoon in a game set to start at 3:40 p.m., EDT. The Phillies will be off tomorrow to prepare to initiate a four game weekend homestand against the Chicago Cubs - with Roy Halladay and Paul Maholm, respectively, as the team starters - on Friday night April 27th at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, April 28th, the Phils and Joe Blanton will attempt to snuff the Cubs and Randy Wells in a game set to start at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phils and Kyle Kendrick will meet the Cubbies and Matt Garza on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, April 30th, Philadelphia and Vance Worley will attempt to stuff the Cubs and Jeff Samardzija, in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 10-7): trimmed the Angels' wings, 5-0, last night to lead this 3 game homestand, 1-0. The Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will attempt to win it from the Halos and C.J. Wilson tonight beginning at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN2 and ESPN3. Tomorrow afternoon, TB and Matt Moore will confront the Angels and Jerome Williams in a game set to start at 1:10 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Jamie Shields will initiate a weekend away series against the Texas Rangers - with Matt Harrison on the hill - on Friday night, April 27th, at 8:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, April 28th, Tampa Bay and Jeff Niemann will attempt to tame Texas and Neftali Feliz (pitching change) beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. TB and David Price will mess with Texas and Colby Lewis on Sunday night, April 29th, in the Arlington Park corral at 8:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 6-10): molested Minnesota, 11-2, last night to win this 3 game away series, 2-0. Tonight, Boston and Clay Buchholz will attempt to sweep the Twinkies and Liam Hendriks in a game set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Felix Doubront will inaugurate a 4 game away series versus the Chicago White Sox - with Philip Humber, whose perfect game in Saturday-4/21/12's sea battle against the Mariners was only the 21st in MLB history, as their starter - tomorrow night at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, April 27th, Boston and Daniel Bard will take on the White Sox and John Danks in a game set to get underway at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Jon Lester will face off against the Chisox and Jake Peavy on Saturday night, April 28th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, Beantown and Josh Beckett will attempt to overtake Chitown and Gavin Floyd in a game set to start at 2:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 8-8): were dragooned by the Buccos, 5-4, last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 3 game away series. The Rockies and Juan Nicasio will endeavor to force the Buccos and James McDonald to walk the plank in game 1 of this afternoon's double header at 12:35 p.m., EDT, and Colorado and Jhoulys Chacin will attempt to send the Buccos and Charlie Morton down to the briny deep in game 2 that's set to begin at 3:35 p.m., EDT. The Mountainmen will be off tomorrow to prepare to inaugurate a weekend homestand against the New York Mets - with Drew Pomeranz and Chris Schwinden (pitching change) starting, respectively, for the teams - on Friday night, April 27th, at 8:40 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, April 28th, the Mountainmen and Jeremy Guthrie will attempt to master the Mets and Dillon Gee beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Colorado and Jamie Moyer will endeavor to mace the Mets and Johan Santana on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, in a game set to start at 3:10 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 10-7): were tasered by Seattle, 7-4, last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 3 game homestand. The Tigers and Adam Wilk will attempt to even it up with the Sailors and King Felix Hernandez tonight beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to shiver the timbers of the Sailors and Hector Noesi in a game set to start at 1:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Justin Verlander will initiate a weekend away series versus the NY Yankees - with Ivan Nova on the hill - on Friday night, April 27th, beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, April 28th, the Tiggers and Drew Smyly will attempt to beleaguer the Bronx Bombers and Freddy Garcia in a battle that's set to get underway at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers and Max Scherzer will try to tree the Yanks and CC Sabathia on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT, on TBS.



The New York Yankees (now 10-7): were rounded up, 2-0, by the Rangers last night to tie this 3 game away series at 1-1. Tonight, the Yanks and Phil Hughes will endeavor to win it from Texas and Scott Feldman in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:05 p.m., EDT. The Yanks will be off tomorrow to prepare for a weekend homestand versus 101's Detroit Tigers - with Ivan Nova and Justin Verlander, respectively, on the hill - beginning on Friday night, April 27th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, April 28th, the Yanks and Freddy Garcia will try to tame the Tigers and Drew Smyly in a game set to start at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and CC Sabathia will attempt to demolish Detroit and Max Scherzer on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT, on TBS. On Monday night, April 30th, the Yankees and Hiroki Kuroda will inaugurate a homestand versus the Baltimore Orioles - with Jason Hammel as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT.

Here's the link, courtesy of ESPN, for the scores from yesterday's and other previous games, further info about MLB regular season game schedules for additional teams of interest and updates of pitching assignments, plus dates for the the televising of MLB games by ESPN and other networks, as well as the names of unlisted starting pitchers as they become known:

espn.go.com/mlb/schedule


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MLB Team Index Page at MLB.com:

And here's the link to MLB.com's Team Index page for access to all news and information, including the regular season schedules, for your favorite teams, as well as about MLB's All Star festivities in KC from July 6-10, 2012 and voting for members of this year's All Star Teams:

mlb.mlb.com/team/


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Team Standings Link:

Here's a link to ESPN's team standings page to help you keep track of where your teams stand in their Divisions and in MLB overall:

espn.go.com/mlb/standings


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Player Stats' Link:

For access to ESPN.com's page where you can see who has the most HR and Ribbies, which pitchers from each league have the most wins and more:

espn.go.com/mlb/statistics


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Links to TV Networks for Televised MLB games:

Link to MLB on TBS:

www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,154864,00.html


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Link to MLB on FOX:

msn.foxsports.com/mlb/schedule


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Link to Yankees.com:

Here's a link to Yankees.com, the official site of the Yankees for more news and information about them:

newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy


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For Other MLB news:

And, for further MLB rumors and news and continued reading about the storylines noted in these summaries, here's the link to the MLB page of ESPN.com:

espn.go.com/mlb/


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For Other Yankees' and MLB News:

Link to MLB page of the NY Times:

And for more news of the Yankees and the latest developments with your favorite teams, here's the link to the MLB page of NYT.com - noting that the NYT has announced that the number of free views of the paper's articles has dropped from 20 to 10 except for social media, hopefully including this one:

www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/baseball/index.html


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And here's a link to the Yankees' Page of the "other" NYC paper, the New York Post:

www.nypost.com/sports/yankees


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Noting here that, if you want links added here to other favorite sources of MLB info and commentary, all you need to do is tell me and it will be done.

Here's to a great Wednesday and Baseball to you and all and may the best teams win!

Arethusa

[Arethusa]

All Hail YF's Threadsters - Team Sponsors, Posters and Readers Alike!

Yesterday saw a good result for five of our ten teams:

Fader's Red Sox mashed the Twinkies to sweep that away series, 3-0;

DD's A's unshod the White Sox to win that 3 game homestand, 2-1;

the Phillies rattled the Snakes to win that 3 game away series, 2-1;

TC's Rays tarnished the Halos to win that 3 game homestand, 2-0, and go for a sweep today; and

LW's Rockies beat the Buccos in game 1 of yesterday's double header, but lost the second, as well as that 3 game away series, 1-2.


Losses sustained yesterday by other of our teams included: Rem16's Cubs to the Cards but winning that 3 game homestand, 2-1; the Yankees to Texas to lose their 3 game away series, 1-2; SFV's G-Men to the Reds and Socialcaesar's Blue Jays to the O's to lose the 1st two games of their 3 game away series and needing to avoid sweeps in games on tap, respectively, for today and tonight; and 101's Tigers to the Sailors to lose the 1st two games of that 3 game homestand and requiring the avoidance of a sweep today.


Without further adieu and, in alphabetical order, here are the scores and upcoming schedules of our sponsored teams:


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 10-10): "A"bolished the Chisox, 5-4, yesterday to win this 3 game homestand, 2-1. Today, Oakland is off to prepare to begin a weekend away series versus the Baltimore Orioles - with Brandon McCarthy and Jake Arrieta, respectively, starting for the teams - tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The A's and Tyson Ross will face off against the O's and Wei-yin Chen on Saturday night, April 28th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, Oakland and former Yankee, Bartolo Colon, who's now won 3 games for Billy Beane and the A's, will zero in on the O's and Tommy Hunter beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Tommy Milone will undertake an away series against the Boston Red Sox - with Clay Buchholz as their starter - beginning on Monday night, April 30th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 1st, the A's and Jarrod Parker will attempt to knock the beans outta Boston and Felix Doubront, in a banquet set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 10-8): were zonked, 3-0, by the O's, last night to lose this 3 game away series, 0-2. Tonight, the Blue Jays and Drew Hutchison will attempt to avoid being swept by the Orioles and Brian Matusz beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Toronto and Ricky Romero will inaugurate a weekend homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with Blake Beavan on the hill - in a game scheduled to start at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Brandon Morrow will attempt to maroon the Mariners and Kevin Millwood on Saturday afternoon, April 28th, beginning at 4:07 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, Toronto and Henderson Alvarez will try to send the Sailors and Jason Vargas down to Davy Jones' locker starting at 1:07 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will initiate a homestand against the Texas Rangers - with Yu Darvish on the hill - on Monday night, April 30th, in a game set to start at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 6-13): were cut by the Cards, 5-1, yesterday, but won this 3 game homestand, 2-1, nonetheless. The Cubs are off today to prepare to inaugurate a four game weekend away series versus the Philadelphia Phillies - with Paul Maholm and Roy Halladay, respectively, starting for the teams - tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, April 28th, the Cubbies and Randy Wells will put up their tiny dukes against the Phightin' Phils and Joe Blanton beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Matt Garza will go muzzle to nose against the Phillies and Kyle Kendrick on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, in a game set to get underway at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, April 30th, the Cubbies and Jeff Samardzija will attempt to claw a defeat from the Phillies and Vance Worley beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Chris Volstad will inaugurate an away series against the Cincinnati Reds - with Bronson Arroyo on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 9-9): were embarrasssed, 4-2, by the Reds last night to lose this 3 game away series, 0-2. The G-Men and Ryan Vogelsong will endeavor to avoid being swept by Cincinnati and Homer Bailey this afternoon beginning at 12:35 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Giants and newly announced and interestingly named pitcher, Eric Hacker, will initiate a weekend homestand against the San Diego Padres - with Cory Luebke on the hill - beginning at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Tim Lincecum will endeavor to swamp the Pads and Anthony Bass on Saturday night, April 28th, in a game scheduled to start at 9:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, the G-Men and Madison Bumgarner will attempt to prevail in a pillow fight versus the Pads and Clayton Richard beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Giants will be off on Monday, April 30th, to prepare to start a homestand versus the Miami Marlins - with Matt Cain and Ricky Nolasco, respectively, on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 9-10): phixed the Snakes, 7-2, yesterday to win this 3 game away series, 2-1. The Phillies are off today to prepare to initiate a four game weekend homestand against the Chicago Cubs - with Roy Halladay and Paul Maholm, respectively, as the team starters - tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, April 28th, the Phils and Joe Blanton will attempt to snuff the Cubs and Randy Wells in a game set to start at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phils and Kyle Kendrick will meet the Cubbies and Matt Garza on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, April 30th, Philadelphia and Vance Worley will attempt to stuff the Cubs and Jeff Samardzija, in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Philadelphia and Cole Hamels will initiate an away series versus the Atlanta Braves - with Brandon Beachy on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 11-7): tarnished the halos, 3-2, last night to win this 3 game homestand, 2-0. This afternoon, TB and Matt Moore will try to sweep the Angels and Jerome Williams in a game set to start at 1:10 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Jamie Shields will initiate a weekend away series against the Texas Rangers - with Matt Harrison on the hill - tomorrow night at 8:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, April 28th, Tampa Bay and Jeff Niemann will attempt to tame Texas and Colby Lewis (pitching change-back) beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. TB and David Price will mess with Texas and Derek Holland (pitching change) on Sunday night, April 29th, in the Arlington Park corral at 8:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Monday night, April 30th, the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will inaugurate a homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with King Felix Hernandez as their starter - at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 7-10): munched the Twinkies, 7-6, last night to sweep this 3 game away series. The Red Sox and Felix Doubront will inaugurate a 4 game away series versus the Chicago White Sox - with Philip Humber, whose perfect game in Saturday-4/21/12's sea battle against the Mariners was only the 21st in MLB history, as their starter - tonight at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Boston and Daniel Bard will take on the White Sox and John Danks in a game set to get underway at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Jon Lester will face off against the Chisox and Jake Peavy on Saturday night, April 28th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, Beantown and Josh Beckett will attempt to overtake Chitown and Gavin Floyd in a game set to start at 2:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will inaugurate a homestand against the Oakland Athletics - with Tommy Milone as their starter - on Monday night, April 30th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 9-9): sank the Pirates, 2-1, in game 1 of yesterday's double header, but were sunk, 5-1, in return in game 2 to lose this 3 game away series, 1-2. The Mountainmen are off today to prepare to inaugurate a weekend homestand against the New York Mets - with Drew Pomeranz and Chris Schwinden starting, respectively, for the teams - tomorrow night at 8:40 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, April 28th, the Mountainmen and Jeremy Guthrie will attempt to master the Mets and Dillon Gee beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Colorado and Jamie Moyer will endeavor to mace the Mets and Johan Santana on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, in a game set to start at 3:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, April 30th, the Mountainmen and Juan Nicasio will initiate a homestand against the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Aaron Harang as their starter - beginning at 8:40 p.m., EDT. The Rockies and Jhoulys Chacin will undertake to trap the Dodgers and Ted Lilly on Tuesday night, May 1st, in a game set to start at 8:40 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 10-8): were whomped, 9-1, by Seattle last night to lose this 3 game homestand, 0-2. This afternoon, the Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to avoid being swept overboard by the Sailors and Hector Noesi in a game set to start at 1:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Justin Verlander will initiate a weekend away series versus the NY Yankees - with Ivan Nova on the hill - tomorrow night beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, April 28th, the Tiggers and Drew Smyly will attempt to beleaguer the Bronx Bombers and Freddy Garcia in a battle that's set to get underway at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers and Max Scherzer will try to tree the Yanks and CC Sabathia on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT, on TBS. On Monday night, April 30th, Detroit and Adam Wilk will inaugurate a homestand versus the Kansas City Royals - featuring Luke Hochevar as their starter - at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 10-8): were corralled, 7-3, by the Rangers last night to lose this 3 game away series, 1-2. The Yanks are off today to prepare for a weekend homestand versus 101's Detroit Tigers - with Ivan Nova and Justin Verlander, respectively, on the hill - beginning tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, April 28th, the Yanks and Freddy Garcia will try to tame the Tigers and Drew Smyly in a game set to start at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and CC Sabathia will attempt to demolish Detroit and Max Scherzer on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT, on TBS. On Monday night, April 30th, the Yankees and Hiroki Kuroda will inaugurate a homestand versus the Baltimore Orioles - with Jason Hammel as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and Phil Hughes will face off against the Orioles and Brian Matusz on Tuesday night, May 1st, beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT.

Here's the link, courtesy of ESPN, for the scores from yesterday's and other previous games, further info about MLB regular season game schedules for additional teams of interest and updates of pitching assignments, plus dates for the the televising of MLB games by ESPN and other networks, as well as the names of unlisted starting pitchers as they become known:

espn.go.com/mlb/schedule


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MLB Team Index Page at MLB.com:

And here's the link to MLB.com's Team Index page for access to all news and information, including the regular season schedules, for your favorite teams, as well as about MLB's All Star festivities in KC from July 6-10, 2012 and voting for members of this year's All Star Teams:

mlb.mlb.com/team/


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Team Standings Link:

Here's a link to ESPN's team standings page to help you keep track of where your teams stand in their Divisions and in MLB overall:

espn.go.com/mlb/standings


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Player Stats' Link:

For access to ESPN.com's page where you can see who has the most HR and Ribbies, which pitchers from each league have the most wins and more:

espn.go.com/mlb/statistics


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Links to TV Networks for Televised MLB games:

Link to MLB on TBS:

www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,154864,00.html


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Link to MLB on FOX:

msn.foxsports.com/mlb/schedule


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Link to Yankees.com:

Here's a link to Yankees.com, the official site of the Yankees for more news and information about them:

newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy


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For Other MLB news:

And, for further MLB rumors and news and continued reading about the storylines noted in these summaries, here's the link to the MLB page of ESPN.com:

espn.go.com/mlb/


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For Other Yankees' and MLB News:

Link to MLB page of the NY Times:

And for more news of the Yankees and the latest developments with your favorite teams, here's the link to the MLB page of NYT.com - noting that the NYT has announced that the number of free views of the paper's articles has dropped from 20 to 10 except for social media, hopefully including this one:

www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/baseball/index.html


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And here's a link to the Yankees' Page of the "other" NYC paper, the New York Post:

www.nypost.com/sports/yankees


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Noting here that, if you want links added here to other favorite sources of MLB info and commentary, all you need to do is tell me and it will be done.

Here's to a great Thursday and Baseball to you and all and may the best teams win!

Arethusa

[Arethusa]

All Hail YF's Threadsters - Team Sponsors, Posters and Readers Alike!

First off - DD's A's, Rem16's Cubs, the Phillies, LW's Rockies and the Yankees were all off yesterday.

Three of our remaining five teams won their games:

TC's Rays ravaged the Angels by sweeping that 3 game homestand;

Fader's Red Sox trashed the Chisox to win the first game of that 3 game away series and go for a win tonight; and

SFV's Giants rubbed out the Reds to avoid being swept in their three game away series.


Losses sustained by the other two teams that played yesterday were: Socialcaesar's Blue Jays to the O's to be swept in that 3 game away series, and 101's Tigers to Seattle to be swept in that 3 game homestand.


Without further adieu and, in alphabetical order, here are the scores and upcoming schedules of our sponsored teams:


DD's Oakland Athletics (still 10-10): were off yesterday to prepare to begin a weekend away series versus the Baltimore Orioles - with Brandon McCarthy and Jake Arrieta, respectively, starting for the teams - tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The A's and Tyson Ross will face off against the O's and Wei-yin Chen tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, Oakland and former Yankee, Bartolo Colon, who's now won 3 games for Billy Beane and the A's, will zero in on the O's and Tommy Hunter beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Tommy Milone will undertake a 3 game away series against the Boston Red Sox - with Clay Buchholz as their starter - beginning on Monday night, April 30th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 1st, the A's and Jarrod Parker will attempt to knock the beans outta Boston and Felix Doubront, in a banquet set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 10-9): were "o"liminated, 5-2, by the O's, last night to be swept in this 3 game away series. Tonight, Toronto and Ricky Romero will inaugurate a weekend homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with Blake Beavan on the hill - in a game scheduled to start at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Brandon Morrow will attempt to maroon the Mariners and Kevin Millwood tomorrow afternoon beginning at 4:07 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, Toronto and Henderson Alvarez will try to send the Sailors and Jason Vargas down to Davy Jones' locker starting at 1:07 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will initiate a 3 game homestand against the Texas Rangers - with Yu Darvish on the hill - on Monday night, April 30th, in a game set to start at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Tuesday night, May 1st, the Blue Jays and Drew Hutchison will attempt to lasso the Rangers and Neftali Feliz beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (still 6-13): were off yesterday to prepare to inaugurate a four game weekend away series versus the Philadelphia Phillies - with Paul Maholm and Roy Halladay, respectively, starting for the teams - tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Cubbies and Randy Wells will put up their tiny dukes against the Phightin' Phils and Joe Blanton beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Matt Garza will go muzzle to nose against the Phillies and Kyle Kendrick on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, in a game set to get underway at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, April 30th, the Cubbies and Jeff Samardzija will attempt to claw a defeat from the Phillies and Vance Worley beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Chris Volstad will inaugurate a 3 game away series against the Cincinnati Reds - with Bronson Arroyo on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 10-9): stomped the Big Red Machine, 6-5, yesterday to avoid being swept in this 3 game away series. Tonight, the Giants and newly announced and interestingly named pitcher, Eric Hacker, will initiate a weekend homestand against the San Diego Padres - with Cory Luebke on the hill - beginning at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Tim Lincecum will endeavor to swamp the Pads and Anthony Bass tomorrow night in a game scheduled to start at 9:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, the G-Men and Madison Bumgarner will attempt to prevail in a pillow fight versus the Pads and Clayton Richard beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Giants will be off on Monday, April 30th, to prepare to start a 3 game homestand versus the Miami Marlins - with Matt Cain and Ricky Nolasco, respectively, on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the G-Men and Barry Zito will try to hook the Fish and Carlos Zambrano in a game scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (still 9-10): were off yesterday to prepare to initiate a four game weekend homestand against the Chicago Cubs - with Roy Halladay and Paul Maholm, respectively, as the team starters - tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Phils and Joe Blanton will attempt to snuff the Cubs and Randy Wells in a game set to start at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phils and Kyle Kendrick will meet the Cubbies and Matt Garza on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, April 30th, Philadelphia and Vance Worley will attempt to stuff the Cubs and Jeff Samardzija, in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Philadelphia and Cole Hamels will initiate a 3 game away series versus the Atlanta Braves - with Brandon Beachy on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 12-7): banished the Angels, 4-3, yesterday to sweep this 3 game homestand. The Rays and Jamie Shields will initiate a weekend away series against the Texas Rangers - with Matt Harrison on the hill - tonight at 8:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Tampa Bay and Jeff Niemann will attempt to tame Texas and Colby Lewis beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. TB and David Price will mess with Texas and Derek Holland on Sunday night, April 29th, in the Arlington Park corral at 8:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Monday night, April 30th, the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will inaugurate a 3 game homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with King Felix Hernandez as their starter - at 7:10 p.m., EDT. TB and Matt Moore will endeavor to shanghai the Sailors and Hector Noesi on Tuesday night, May 1st, starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 8-10): unsoxed Chitown and perfect game winner Philip Humber, 10-3, last night to win the 1st game of this 4 game away series. Tonight, Boston and Daniel Bard will take on the White Sox and John Danks in a game set to get underway at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Jon Lester will face off against the Chisox and Jake Peavy on Saturday night, April 28th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, April 29th, Beantown and Josh Beckett will attempt to overtake Chitown and Gavin Floyd in a game set to start at 2:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will inaugurate a 3 game homestand against the Oakland Athletics - with Tommy Milone as their starter - on Monday night, April 30th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 1st, Beantown and Felix Doubront will attempt to unman the Athletics and Jarrod Parker beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (still 9-9): were off yesterday to prepare to inaugurate a weekend homestand against the New York Mets - with Drew Pomeranz and Chris Schwinden starting, respectively, for the teams - tonight at 8:40 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Mountainmen and Jeremy Guthrie will attempt to master the Mets and Dillon Gee beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Colorado and Jamie Moyer will endeavor to mace the Mets and Johan Santana on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, in a game set to start at 3:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, April 30th, the Mountainmen and Juan Nicasio will initiate a 3 game homestand against the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Aaron Harang as their starter - beginning at 8:40 p.m., EDT. The Rockies and Jhoulys Chacin will undertake to trap the Dodgers and Ted Lilly on Tuesday night, May 1st, in a game set to start at 8:40 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 10-9): were thoroughly undone, 5-4, by Seattle yesterday to be swept in this 3 game homestand. Detroit and Justin Verlander will initiate a weekend away series versus the NY Yankees - with Ivan Nova on the hill - tonight beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Tiggers and Drew Smyly will attempt to beleaguer the Bronx Bombers and Freddy Garcia in a battle that's set to get underway at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers and Max Scherzer will try to tree the Yanks and CC Sabathia on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT, on TBS. On Monday night, April 30th, Detroit and Adam Wilk will inaugurate a 3 game homestand versus the Kansas City Royals - featuring Luke Hochevar as their starter - at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to KO KC and Luis Mendoza in a game set to get underway on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (still 10-8): were off yesterday to prepare for a weekend homestand versus 101's Detroit Tigers - with Ivan Nova and Justin Verlander, respectively, on the hill - beginning tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Yanks and Freddy Garcia will try to tame the Tigers and Drew Smyly in a game set to start at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and CC Sabathia will attempt to demolish Detroit and Max Scherzer on Sunday afternoon, April 29th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT, on TBS. On Monday night, April 30th, the Yankees and Hiroki Kuroda will inaugurate a 3 game homestand versus the Baltimore Orioles - with Jason Hammel as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and Phil Hughes will zero in on the O's and Brian Matusz on Tuesday night, May 1st, beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT.

Here's the link, courtesy of ESPN, for the scores from yesterday's and other previous games, further info about MLB regular season game schedules for additional teams of interest and updates of pitching assignments, plus dates for the the televising of MLB games by ESPN and other networks, as well as the names of unlisted starting pitchers as they become known:

espn.go.com/mlb/schedule


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MLB Team Index Page at MLB.com:

And here's the link to MLB.com's Team Index page for access to all news and information, including the regular season schedules, for your favorite teams, as well as about MLB's All Star festivities in KC from July 6-10, 2012 and voting for members of this year's All Star Teams:

mlb.mlb.com/team/


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Team Standings Link:

Here's a link to ESPN's team standings page to help you keep track of where your teams stand in their Divisions and in MLB overall:

espn.go.com/mlb/standings


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Player Stats' Link:

For access to ESPN.com's page where you can see who has the most HR and Ribbies, which pitchers from each league have the most wins and more:

espn.go.com/mlb/statistics


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Links to TV Networks for Televised MLB games:

Link to MLB on TBS:

www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,154864,00.html


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Link to MLB on FOX:

msn.foxsports.com/mlb/schedule


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Link to Yankees.com:

Here's a link to Yankees.com, the official site of the Yankees for more news and information about them:

newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy


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For Other MLB news:

And, for further MLB rumors and news and continued reading about the storylines noted in these summaries, here's the link to the MLB page of ESPN.com:

espn.go.com/mlb/


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For Other Yankees' and MLB News:

Link to MLB page of the NY Times:

And for more news of the Yankees and the latest developments with your favorite teams, here's the link to the MLB page of NYT.com - noting that the NYT has announced that the number of free views of the paper's articles has dropped from 20 to 10 except for social media, hopefully including this one:

www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/baseball/index.html


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And here's a link to the Yankees' Page of the "other" NYC paper, the New York Post:

www.nypost.com/sports/yankees


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Noting here that, if you want links added here to other favorite sources of MLB info and commentary, all you need to do is tell me and it will be done.

Here's to a great Friday, weekend and Baseball to you and all and may the best teams win!

Arethusa

[Arethusa]

All Hail YF's Threadsters - Team Sponsors, Posters and Readers Alike!

Yesterday was a good day for six of our ten teams:

DD's A's demobilized the O's to win the first game of their 3 game away series;

Rem16's Cubs phlummoxed the Phillies to win the first game of their 4 game away series;

TC's Rays tanked Texas to win the first game of their 3 game away series;

Fader's Red Sox bashed the Chisox to win the second game of that 4 (not 3) game away series for a 2-0 lead;

LW's Rockies pounded the Mets to win the 1st game of that 3 game homestand; and

the Yankees dealt 101's Detroit Tigers their 5th loss in a row by winning the first game of that 3 game homestand.


Losses sustained by our remaining teams were: Socialcaesar's Blue Jays to Seattle and SFV's Giants to the Pads to lose the first games of their 3 game homestands.


Without further adieu and, in alphabetical order, here are the scores and upcoming schedules of our sponsored teams:


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 11-10): bested Baltimore, 5-2, last night to win the 1st game of that weekend away series. The A's and Tyson Ross will try to win it from the O's and Wei-yin Chen tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, Oakland and former Yankee, Bartolo Colon, who's now won 3 games for Billy Beane and the A's, will zero in on the O's and Tommy Hunter beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Tommy Milone will undertake a 3 game away series against the Boston Red Sox - with Clay Buchholz as their starter - beginning on Monday night, April 30th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 1st, the A's and Jarrod Parker will attempt to knock the beans outta Boston and Felix Doubront, in a banquet set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Brandon McCarthy will take on Beantown and Daniel Bard on Wednesday night, May 2nd, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 10-10): were keelhauled, 9-5, by the Mariners last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this weekend homestand. The Blue Jays and Brandon Morrow will attempt to even it up with the Sailors and Kevin Millwood this afternoon beginning at 4:07 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, Toronto and Henderson Alvarez will try to send the Sailors and Jason Vargas down to Davy Jones' locker starting at 1:07 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will initiate a 3 game homestand against the Texas Rangers - with Yu Darvish on the hill - on Monday night, April 30th, in a game set to start at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Tuesday night, May 1st, the Blue Jays and Drew Hutchison will attempt to lasso the Rangers and Neftali Feliz beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Ricky Romero will wrassle with the Wrangers and Matt Harrison on Wednesday afternoon, May 2nd, in a match set to get underway at 12:37 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 7-13): outphlanked the Phillies, 5-1, last night to lead this 4 game away series, 1-0. Tonight, the Cubbies and Randy Wells will put up their tiny dukes against the Phightin' Phils and Joe Blanton beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Matt Garza will go muzzle to nose against the Phillies and Kyle Kendrick tomorrow afternoon, in a game set to get underway at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, April 30th, the Cubbies and Jeff Samardzija will attempt to claw a defeat from the Phillies and Vance Worley beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Chris Volstad will inaugurate a 3 game away series against the Cincinnati Reds - with Bronson Arroyo on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the Cubs and Paul Maholm will endeavor to embarrass the Reds and Homer Bailey starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 10-10): were disheartened, 5-3, by the Pads last night to fall behind 0-1 in this weekend homestand. The G-Men and Tim Lincecum will try to level it with the Pads and Anthony Bass tonight in a game scheduled to start at 9:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the G-Men and Madison Bumgarner will attempt to prevail in a pillow fight versus the Pads and Clayton Richard beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Giants will be off on Monday, April 30th, to prepare to start a 3 game homestand versus the Miami Marlins - with Matt Cain and Ricky Nolasco, respectively, on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the G-Men and Barry Zito will try to hook the Fish and Carlos Zambrano in a game scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. SF and Ryan Vogelsong will attempt to filet the Fish and Anibal Sanchez on Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, beginning at 3:45 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 9-11): phloundered, 5-1, before the Cubs last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 4 game homestand. Tonight, the Phils and Joe Blanton will attempt to snuff the Cubs and Randy Wells in a game set to start at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phils and Kyle Kendrick will meet the Cubbies and Matt Garza tomorrow afternoon beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, April 30th, Philadelphia and Vance Worley will attempt to stuff the Cubs and Jeff Samardzija, in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Philadelphia and Cole Hamels will initiate a 3 game away series versus the Atlanta Braves - with Brandon Beachy on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Roy Halladay will undertake to phlim phlam the Braves and Tommy Hanson on Wednesday night, May 2nd, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 13-7): took Texas, 8-4, last night to win the first game of this weekend away series. Tonight, Tampa Bay and Jeff Niemann will attempt to win it from Texas and Colby Lewis beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. TB and David Price will mess with Texas and Derek Holland tomorrow night in the Arlington Park corral at 8:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Monday night, April 30th, the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will inaugurate a 4 (not 3) game homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with King Felix Hernandez as their starter - at 7:10 p.m., EDT. TB and Matt Moore will endeavor to shanghai the Sailors and Hector Noesi on Tuesday night, May 1st, starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the Rays and Jamie Shields will seek to stun Seattle and Blake Beavan, in a game scheduled to begin at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 9-10): decimated Chitown, 10-3, last night to lead this 4 game away series, 2-0. The Red Sox and Jon Lester will attempt to win it from the Chisox and Jake Peavy tonight beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, Beantown and Josh Beckett will attempt to overtake Chitown and Gavin Floyd in a game set to start at 2:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will inaugurate a 3 game homestand against the Oakland Athletics - with Tommy Milone as their starter - on Monday night, April 30th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 1st, Beantown and Felix Doubront will attempt to unman the Athletics and Jarrod Parker beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Boston and Daniel Bard will face off against Oakland and Brandon McCarthy on Wednesday night, May 2nd, in a game scheduled to get underway at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 10-9): manhandled the Mets, 18-9, last night to lead this 3 game homestand, 1-0. Tonight, the Mountainmen and Jeremy Guthrie will attempt to win it from the Mets and Dillon Gee beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Colorado and Jamie Moyer will endeavor to mace the Mets and Johan Santana tomorrow afternoon in a game set to start at 3:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, April 30th, the Mountainmen and Juan Nicasio will initiate a 3 game homestand against the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Aaron Harang as their starter - beginning at 8:40 p.m., EDT. The Rockies and Jhoulys Chacin will undertake to trap the Dodgers and Ted Lilly on Tuesday night, May 1st, in a game set to start at 8:40 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday afternoon, May 2nd, the Mountainmen and Drew Pomeranz will undertake to dumbfound the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 10-10): were edged, 7-6, by the Yankees in the 9th last night to fall behind 0-1 in this weekend away series. This afternoon, the Tiggers and Drew Smyly will attempt to even it up with the Bronx Bombers and Freddy Garcia in a battle that's set to get underway at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers and Max Scherzer will try to tree the Yanks and CC Sabathia tomorrow afternoon beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT, on TBS. On Monday night, April 30th, Detroit and Adam Wilk will inaugurate a 3 game homestand versus the Kansas City Royals - featuring Luke Hochevar as their starter - at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to KO KC and Luis Mendoza in a game set to get underway on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday afternoon, May 2nd, Detroit and Jason Verlander will endeavor to depose the Royals and Danny Duffy beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 11-8): triumphed over the Tigers, 7-6, last night to lead this 3 game homestand, 1-0. This afternoon, the Yanks and Freddy Garcia will try to win it from the Tigers and Drew Smyly in a game set to start at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and CC Sabathia will attempt to demolish Detroit and Max Scherzer tomorrow afternoon beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT, on TBS. On Monday night, April 30th, the Yankees and Hiroki Kuroda will inaugurate a 3 game homestand versus the Baltimore Orioles - with Jason Hammel as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and Phil Hughes will zero in on the O's and Brian Matusz on Tuesday night, May 1st, beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the Yanks and Ivan Nova will undertake to break Baltimore and Jake Arrieta in a game set to start at 7:05 p.m., EDT.

Here's the link, courtesy of ESPN, for the scores from yesterday's and other previous games, further info about MLB regular season game schedules for additional teams of interest and updates of pitching assignments, plus dates for the the televising of MLB games by ESPN and other networks, as well as the names of unlisted starting pitchers as they become known:

espn.go.com/mlb/schedule


*****


MLB Team Index Page at MLB.com:

And here's the link to MLB.com's Team Index page for access to all news and information, including the regular season schedules, for your favorite teams, as well as about MLB's All Star festivities in KC from July 6-10, 2012 and voting for members of this year's All Star Teams:

mlb.mlb.com/team/


*****


Team Standings Link:

Here's a link to ESPN's team standings page to help you keep track of where your teams stand in their Divisions and in MLB overall:

espn.go.com/mlb/standings


*****


Player Stats' Link:

For access to ESPN.com's page where you can see who has the most HR and Ribbies, which pitchers from each league have the most wins and more:

espn.go.com/mlb/statistics


*****


Links to TV Networks for Televised MLB games:

Link to MLB on TBS:

www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,154864,00.html


***

Link to MLB on FOX:

msn.foxsports.com/mlb/schedule


*****


Link to Yankees.com:

Here's a link to Yankees.com, the official site of the Yankees for more news and information about them:

newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy


*****


For Other MLB news:

And, for further MLB rumors and news and continued reading about the storylines noted in these summaries, here's the link to the MLB page of ESPN.com:

espn.go.com/mlb/


*****


For Other Yankees' and MLB News:

Link to MLB page of the NY Times:

And for more news of the Yankees and the latest developments with your favorite teams, here's the link to the MLB page of NYT.com - noting that the NYT has announced that the number of free views of the paper's articles has dropped from 20 to 10 except for social media, hopefully including this one:

www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/baseball/index.html


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And here's a link to the Yankees' Page of the "other" NYC paper, the New York Post:

www.nypost.com/sports/yankees


*****


Noting here that, if you want links added here to other favorite sources of MLB info and commentary, all you need to do is tell me and it will be done.

Here's to a great Saturday, weekend and Baseball to you and all and may the best teams win!

Arethusa

[dustdevil28]

Eh, still bouncing around .500. Almost enough to give me hope we can keep ourselves in contention maybe long enough for Manny Ramirez to serve out his suspension and bring what the A's have been lacking, what they always seem to be lacking, a big bat to the plate.

The pitching has been a surprise. Colon has been great, and the defense is holding up. We just need the hits and we just might be able to give the Rangers and Angels a run this year for the AL West.

[Arethusa]

Apr 28, 2012 6:33:45 GMT -8 dustdevil28 said:

Eh, still bouncing around .500. Almost enough to give me hope we can keep ourselves in contention maybe long enough for Manny Ramirez to serve out his suspension and bring what the A's have been lacking, what they always seem to be lacking, a big bat to the plate.

The pitching has been a surprise. Colon has been great, and the defense is holding up. We just need the hits and we just might be able to give the Rangers and Angels a run this year for the AL West.

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Hi DD!

Sounds like that movie fired Billy Beane up to make an extra effort this year.

A team with talented players at the end of their careers, but with some gas still left in the tank and talented newcomers can win a World Series - just look at the neighboring 2010 Giants.

Unless Texas hits a major snag or, like Boston, chokes at the close of the season, they'll be tough to beat for the AL West title.

Having recently lost two WS Championships, that team's on a mission and has won a lot of admiration because they came out of the gate fighting.

And with so many other big contenders in the AL this year, the Wild Card will be a dog fight - still no word on whether there will be expansion of the number of playoff teams this year - that I've seen, anyway.

But, who knows how it will turn out for Oakland? As I've always said, one of the things I love most about baseball is that never ceases to surprise.

Enjoy your Sunday and the week ahead!

Arethusa

[Arethusa]

All Hail YF's Threadsters - Team Sponsors, Posters and Readers Alike!

Yesterday was a good day for five of our ten teams:

Fader's Red Sox beaned Chitown to win that 4 game away series, 3-0, and go for a sweep today;

101's Detroit Tigers blitzed the Bronx Bombers to tie that three game away series and go for a win today;

Socialcaesar's Blue Jays pecked Seattle to tie that 3 game homestand and go for a win today;

SFV's G-Men arrested the Pads to tie that three game homestand at 1-1, and go for a win today; and

the Phillies caged Rem16's Cubs to tie that 4 game homestand at 1-1, and go for a bigger lead today.


Losses sustained by our remaining teams were: DD's A's to the O's and TC's Rays to TX to tie their three game away series at 1-1, and LW's Rockies to the Mets to tie that three game homestand.


Without further adieu and, in alphabetical order, here are the scores and upcoming schedules of our sponsored teams:


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 11-11): were overcome, 10-1, by the O's last night to tie that weekend away series, 1-1. This afternoon, Oakland and former Yankee, Bartolo Colon, who's now won 3 games for Billy Beane and the A's, will try to take it from the O's and Tommy Hunter beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Tommy Milone will undertake a 3 game away series against the Boston Red Sox - with Clay Buchholz as their starter - beginning tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 1st, the A's and Jarrod Parker will attempt to knock the beans outta Boston and Felix Doubront, in a banquet set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Brandon McCarthy will take on Beantown and Daniel Bard on Wednesday night, May 2nd, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Thursday, May 3rd, the A's will be off to prepare to initiate a weekend away series versus the Tampa Bay Rays - with Tyson Ross and David Price, respectively, on the hill - that's set to start on Friday night, May 4th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 11-10): blanked Seattle, 7-0, yesterday to tie this weekend homestand at 1-1. This afternoon, Toronto and Henderson Alvarez will try to win it from the Sailors and Jason Vargas starting at 1:07 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will initiate a 3 game homestand against the Texas Rangers - with Yu Darvish on the hill - tomorrow night in a game set to start at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Tuesday night, May 1st, the Blue Jays and Drew Hutchison will attempt to lasso the Rangers and Neftali Feliz beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Ricky Romero will wrassle with the Wrangers and Matt Harrison on Wednesday afternoon, May 2nd, in a match set to get underway at 12:37 p.m., EDT. On Thursday night, May 3rd, the Blue Jays and Brandon Morrow will inaugurate a 4 game weekend away series versus the L.A. Angels - with Dan Haren as their starter - in a game scheduled to get underway at 10:05 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 7-14): were given a 5-2 time out by the Phillies last night to tie this 4 game away series at 1-1. The Cubs and Matt Garza will go muzzle to nose against the Phillies and Kyle Kendrick this afternoon, in a game set to get underway at 1:35 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Cubbies and Chris Volstad (pitching change) will attempt to claw a defeat from the Phillies and Vance Worley beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Jeff Samardzija (pitching change) will inaugurate a 3 game away series against the Cincinnati Reds - with Bronson Arroyo on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the Cubs and Paul Maholm will endeavor to embarrass the Reds and Homer Bailey starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will set out to discombobulate the Big Red Machine and Mike Leake on Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, at 12:35 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 11-10): squished the Pads, 2-1, last night to tie this weekend homestand at 1-1. This afternoon, the G-Men and Madison Bumgarner will attempt to win it from the Pads and Clayton Richard beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Giants will be off tomorrow to prepare to start a 3 game homestand versus the Miami Marlins - with Matt Cain and Ricky Nolasco, respectively, on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the G-Men and Barry Zito will try to hook the Fish and Carlos Zambrano in a game scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. SF and Ryan Vogelsong will attempt to filet the Fish and Anibal Sanchez on Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, beginning at 3:45 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 4th, the Giants and Tim Lincecum will initiate a weekend homestand against the Milwaukee Brewers - with Mario Estrada as their starter - in a game scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 10-11): phenced in the Cubs, 5-2, last night to tie this 4 game homestand at 1-1. The Phils and Kyle Kendrick will meet the Cubbies and Matt Garza this afternoon beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Philadelphia and Vance Worley will attempt to stuff the Cubs and Chris Volstad (pitching change) in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Philadelphia and Cole Hamels will initiate a 3 game away series versus the Atlanta Braves - with Brandon Beachy on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Roy Halladay will undertake to phlim phlam the Braves and Tommy Hanson on Wednesday night, May 2nd, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, the Phils and Joe Blanton will storm Atlanta and Randall Delgado in a game scheduled to start at 12:10 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 13-8): were tweaked by Texas, 7-2, last night to tie this weekend away series at 1-1. TB and David Price will try to win it from Texas and Derek Holland tonight in the Arlington Park corral starting at 8:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. Tomorrow night, the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will inaugurate a 4 game homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with King Felix Hernandez as their starter - at 7:10 p.m., EDT. TB and Matt Moore will endeavor to shanghai the Sailors and Hector Noesi on Tuesday night, May 1st, starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the Rays and Jamie Shields will seek to stun Seattle and Blake Beavan, in a game scheduled to begin at 7:10 p.m., EDT. TB and Jeff Niemann will attempt to beach the Sailors and Kevin Millwood on Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, starting at 1:10 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 10-10): closed down Chitown, 1-0, last night to win this 4 game away series, 3-0. This afternoon, Beantown and Josh Beckett will attempt to sweep the White Sox and Gavin Floyd in a game set to start at 2:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will inaugurate a 3 game homestand against the Oakland Athletics - with Tommy Milone as their starter - tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 1st, Beantown and Felix Doubront will attempt to unman the Athletics and Jarrod Parker beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Boston and Daniel Bard will face off against Oakland and Brandon McCarthy on Wednesday night, May 2nd, in a game scheduled to get underway at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox will be off on Thursday, May 3rd, to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jon Lester and Wei-yin Chen, respectively, starting for the teams - on Friday night, May 4th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 10-10): were demeaned, 7-5, by the Mets last night to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. Colorado and Jamie Moyer will endeavor to win it from the Mets and Johan Santana this afternoon in a game set to start at 3:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Mountainmen and Juan Nicasio will initiate a 3 game homestand against the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Aaron Harang as their starter - beginning at 8:40 p.m., EDT. The Rockies and Jhoulys Chacin will undertake to trap the Dodgers and Ted Lilly on Tuesday night, May 1st, in a game set to start at 8:40 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday afternoon, May 2nd, the Mountainmen and Drew Pomeranz will undertake to dumbfound the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT. Colorado will be off on Thursday, May 3rd, to prepare to inaugurate a homestand against the Atlanta Braves - with Guillermo Moscoso and Tim Hudson, respectively, starting for the teams - on Friday night, May 4th, at 8:40 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 11-10): mauled the Yankees, 7-5, yesterday to tie this 3 game away series at 1-1. The Tigers and Max Scherzer will try to win it from the Yanks and CC Sabathia this afternoon beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT, on TBS. Tomorrow night, Detroit and Duane Below (pitching change) will inaugurate a 3 game homestand versus the Kansas City Royals - featuring Jonathan Sanchez (pitching change) as their starter - at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to KO KC and Luke Hochevar (pitching change) in a game set to get underway on Tuesday night, May 1st, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday afternoon, May 2nd, Detroit and Jason Verlander will endeavor to depose the Royals and Luis Mendoza (pitching change) beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers will be off on Thursday, May 3rd, to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand versus the Chicago White Sox - with Drew Smyly and Jake Peavy, respectively, on the hill - beginning on Friday night, May 4th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 11-9): were treed, 7-5, by the Tigers yesterday to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. The Bronx Bombers and CC Sabathia will attempt to win it from Detroit and Max Scherzer this afternoon beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT, on TBS. Tomorrow night, the Yankees and Hiroki Kuroda will inaugurate a 3 game homestand versus the Baltimore Orioles - with Jason Hammel as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and Phil Hughes will zero in on the O's and Brian Matusz on Tuesday night, May 1st, beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the Yanks and Ivan Nova will undertake to break Baltimore and Jake Arrieta in a game set to start at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and Freddy Garcia will initiate a 4 game weekend away series versus the Kansas City Royals - with Danny Duffy on the hill - on Thursday night, May 3rd, beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT.

Here's the link, courtesy of ESPN, for the scores from yesterday's and other previous games, further info about MLB regular season game schedules for additional teams of interest and updates of pitching assignments, plus dates for the the televising of MLB games by ESPN and other networks, as well as the names of unlisted starting pitchers as they become known:

espn.go.com/mlb/schedule


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MLB Team Index Page at MLB.com:

And here's the link to MLB.com's Team Index page for access to all news and information, including the regular season schedules, for your favorite teams, as well as about MLB's All Star festivities in KC from July 6-10, 2012 and voting for members of this year's All Star Teams:

mlb.mlb.com/team/


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Team Standings Link:

Here's a link to ESPN's team standings page to help you keep track of where your teams stand in their Divisions and in MLB overall:

espn.go.com/mlb/standings


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Player Stats' Link:

For access to ESPN.com's page where you can see who has the most HR and Ribbies, which pitchers from each league have the most wins and more:

espn.go.com/mlb/statistics


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Links to TV Networks for Televised MLB games:

Link to MLB on TBS:

www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,154864,00.html


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Link to MLB on FOX:

msn.foxsports.com/mlb/schedule


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Link to Yankees.com:

Here's a link to Yankees.com, the official site of the Yankees for more news and information about them:

newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy


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For Other MLB news:

And, for further MLB rumors and news and continued reading about the storylines noted in these summaries, here's the link to the MLB page of ESPN.com:

espn.go.com/mlb/


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For Other Yankees' and MLB News:

Link to MLB page of the NY Times:

And for more news of the Yankees and the latest developments with your favorite teams, here's the link to the MLB page of NYT.com - noting that the NYT has announced that the number of free views of the paper's articles has dropped from 20 to 10 except for social media, hopefully including this one:

www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/baseball/index.html


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And here's a link to the Yankees' Page of the "other" NYC paper, the New York Post:

www.nypost.com/sports/yankees


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Noting here that, if you want links added here to other favorite sources of MLB info and commentary, all you need to do is tell me and it will be done.

Here's to a great Sunday and Baseball to you and all and may the best teams win!

Arethusa

[Arethusa]

All Hail YF's Threadsters - Team Sponsors, Posters and Readers Alike!

Yesterday was a good day for five of our ten teams:

TC's Rays tamed Texas to win that three game away series, 2-1;

Rem16's Cubbies phlattened the Phillies to lead that 4 game away series, 2-1 and go for a win tonight;

The Bronx Bombers blitzed 101's Detroit Tigers to win that three game homestand, 2-1 in a game that saw Alex ("A-Rod") Rodriguez top the great Willie Mays on the all time Ribbies list to put him in 8th place overall;

Socialcaesar's Blue Jays plucked Seattle to win that 3 game homestand, 2-1; and

SFV's Giants stomped the Pads to win that three game homestand, 2-1.


Losses sustained by our remaining teams were: DD's A's to the O's to lose their three game away series, 1-2; LW's Rockies to the Mets to lose that three game homestand, 1-2; and Fader's Red Sox to the White Sox, but winning that 4 game away series, 3-1, nonetheless.


Without further adieu and, in alphabetical order, here are the scores and upcoming schedules of our sponsored teams:


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 11-12): were aced, 5-2, by the O's yesterday to lose that weekend away series, 1-2. Oakland and Tommy Milone will undertake a 3 game away series against the Boston Red Sox - with Clay Buchholz as their starter - beginning tonight at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the A's and Jarrod Parker will attempt to knock the beans outta Boston and Felix Doubront, in a banquet set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Brandon McCarthy will take on Beantown and Daniel Bard on Wednesday night, May 2nd, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Thursday, May 3rd, the A's will be off to prepare to initiate a weekend away series versus the Tampa Bay Rays - with Tyson Ross and David Price, respectively, on the hill - that's set to start on Friday night, May 4th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Bartolo Colon will attempt to destingermatize the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson on Saturday night, May 5th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 12-10): beached the Sailors, 7-2, yesterday to win this weekend homestand, 2-1. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will initiate a 3 game homestand against the Texas Rangers - with Yu Darvish on the hill - tonight in a game set to start at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. Tomorrow night, the Blue Jays and Drew Hutchison will attempt to lasso the Rangers and Neftali Feliz beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Ricky Romero will wrassle with the Wrangers and Matt Harrison on Wednesday afternoon, May 2nd, in a match set to get underway at 12:37 p.m., EDT. On Thursday night, May 3rd, the Blue Jays and Brandon Morrow will inaugurate a 4 game weekend away series versus the L.A. Angels - with Dan Haren as their starter - in a game scheduled to get underway at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Henderson Alvarez will endeavor to get tough with the Angels on Friday night, May 4th, beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 8-14): phlustered the Phillies, 5-1, yesterday to lead this 4 game away series at 2-1. Tonight, the Cubbies and Chris Volstad will attempt to claw a full defeat from the Phillies and Vance Worley beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Jeff Samardzija will inaugurate a 3 game away series against the Cincinnati Reds - with Bronson Arroyo on the hill - tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the Cubs and Paul Maholm will endeavor to embarrass the Reds and Mike Leake (pitching change) starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will set out to discombobulate the Big Red Machine and Johnny Cueto (pitching change) on Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, at 12:35 p.m., EDT. On Friday afternoon, May 4th, the Cubs and Matt Garza will inaugurate a 3 game weekend homestand versus the L.A. Dodgers - with Chad Billingsley on the hill - at 2:20 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 12-10): roughed up the Pads, 4-1, yesterday to win this weekend homestand, 2-1. The Giants are off today to prepare to start a 3 game homestand versus the Miami Marlins - with Matt Cain and Ricky Nolasco, respectively, on the hill - tomorrow night at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the G-Men and Barry Zito will try to hook the Fish and Carlos Zambrano in a game scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. SF and Ryan Vogelsong will attempt to filet the Fish and Anibal Sanchez on Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, beginning at 3:45 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 4th, the Giants and Tim Lincecum will initiate a weekend homestand against the Milwaukee Brewers - with Mario Estrada as their starter - in a game scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Madison Bumgarner will attempt to quaff the Brewskis and Zack Greinke on Saturday afternoon, May 5th, beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 10-12): phaded, 5-1, to the Cubs yesterday to fall behind, 1-2, in this 4 game homestand. Tonight, Philadelphia and Vance Worley will attempt to leave it tied with the Cubs and Chris Volstad in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Philadelphia and Cole Hamels will initiate a 3 game away series versus the Atlanta Braves - with Brandon Beachy on the hill - tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Roy Halladay will undertake to phlim phlam the Braves and Tommy Hanson on Wednesday night, May 2nd, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, the Phils and Joe Blanton will storm Atlanta and Randall Delgado in a game scheduled to start at 12:10 p.m., EDT. Philadelphia and Kyle Kendrick will initiate a 3 game away series against the Washington Nationals - with Stephen Strasburg as their starter - on Friday night, May 4th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 14-8): sucked the air out of Texas, 5-2, last night to win this weekend away series, 2-1. Tonight, the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will inaugurate a 4 game homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with King Felix Hernandez as their starter - at 7:10 p.m., EDT. TB and Matt Moore will endeavor to shanghai the Sailors and Hector Noesi tomorrow night starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the Rays and Jamie Shields will seek to stun Seattle and Blake Beavan, in a game scheduled to begin at 7:10 p.m., EDT. TB and Jeff Niemann will attempt to beach the Sailors and Kevin Millwood on Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, starting at 1:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 4th, TB and David Price will inaugurate a weekend homestand versus the Oakland Athletics - with Tyson Ross on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 10-11): went belly up, 4-1, to the Chisox yesterday, but won this 4 game away series, 3-1, nevertheless. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will inaugurate a 3 game homestand against the Oakland Athletics - with Tommy Milone as their starter - tonight at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Beantown and Felix Doubront will attempt to unman the Athletics and Jarrod Parker beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Boston and Daniel Bard will face off against Oakland and Brandon McCarthy on Wednesday night, May 2nd, in a game scheduled to get underway at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox will be off on Thursday, May 3rd, to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jon Lester and Wei-yin Chen, respectively, starting for the teams - on Friday night, May 4th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, May 5th, Beantown and plunker-in-chief, Josh Beckett, will try to "o"bliterate the O's and Tommy Hunter, in a game set to start at 1:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 10-11): were trekked, 6-5, by the Mets yesterday to lose this 3 game homestand, 1-2. Tonight, the Mountainmen and Juan Nicasio will initiate a 3 game homestand against the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Aaron Harang as their starter - beginning at 8:40 p.m., EDT. The Rockies and Jhoulys Chacin will undertake to trap the Dodgers and Ted Lilly tomorrow night in a game set to start at 8:40 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday afternoon, May 2nd, the Mountainmen and Drew Pomeranz will undertake to dumbfound the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT. Colorado will be off on Thursday, May 3rd, to prepare to inaugurate a homestand against the Atlanta Braves - with Guillermo Moscoso and Tim Hudson, respectively, starting for the teams - on Friday night, May 4th, at 8:40 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 5th, the Rockies and Jamie Moyer will attempt to best the Braves and Mike Minor in a game set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 11-11): were depilitated, 6-2, by the Yankees yesterday to lose this 3 game away series, 1-2. Tonight, Detroit and Duane Below will inaugurate a 3 game homestand versus the Kansas City Royals - featuring Luke Hochevar (pitching change-back) as their starter - at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to KO KC and Jonathan Sanchez (pitching change) in a game set to get underway tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday afternoon, May 2nd, Detroit and Jason Verlander will endeavor to depose the Royals and Luis Mendoza beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers will be off on Thursday, May 3rd, to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand versus the Chicago White Sox - with Drew Smyly and Jake Peavy, respectively, on the hill - beginning on Friday night, May 4th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, May 5th, the Tiggers and Max Scherzer will attempt to chasten Chitown and Gavin Floyd in a game scheduled to get underway at 4:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 12-9): defeated Detroit, 6-2, yesterday to win this 3 game homestand, 2-1. Tonight, the Yankees and Hiroki Kuroda will inaugurate a 3 game homestand versus the Baltimore Orioles - with Jason Hammel as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and Phil Hughes will zero in on the O's and Brian Matusz tomorrow night beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 2nd, the Yanks and Ivan Nova will undertake to break Baltimore and Jake Arrieta in a game set to start at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and David Phelps (pitching change after Freddy Garcia was remanded to the bullpen) will initiate a 4 game weekend away series versus the Kansas City Royals - with Danny Duffy on the hill - on Thursday night, May 3rd, beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 4th, the Yanks and CC Sabathia will endeavor to unhorse the Royals and Bruce Chen in a joust set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT.

Here's the link, courtesy of ESPN, for the scores from yesterday's and other previous games, further info about MLB regular season game schedules for additional teams of interest and updates of pitching assignments, plus dates for the the televising of MLB games by ESPN and other networks, as well as the names of unlisted starting pitchers as they become known:

espn.go.com/mlb/schedule


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MLB Team Index Page at MLB.com:

And here's the link to MLB.com's Team Index page for access to all news and information, including the regular season schedules, for your favorite teams, as well as about MLB's All Star festivities in KC from July 6-10, 2012 and voting for members of this year's All Star Teams:

mlb.mlb.com/team/


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Team Standings Link:

Here's a link to ESPN's team standings page to help you keep track of where your teams stand in their Divisions and in MLB overall:

espn.go.com/mlb/standings


*****


Player Stats' Link:

For access to ESPN.com's page where you can see who has the most HR and Ribbies, which pitchers from each league have the most wins and more:

espn.go.com/mlb/statistics


*****


Links to TV Networks for Televised MLB games:

Link to MLB on TBS:

www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,154864,00.html


***

Link to MLB on FOX:

msn.foxsports.com/mlb/schedule


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Link to Yankees.com:

Here's a link to Yankees.com, the official site of the Yankees for more news and information about them:

newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy


*****


For Other MLB news:

And, for further MLB rumors and news and continued reading about the storylines noted in these summaries, here's the link to the MLB page of ESPN.com:

espn.go.com/mlb/


*****


For Other Yankees' and MLB News:

Link to MLB page of the NY Times:

And for more news of the Yankees and the latest developments with your favorite teams, here's the link to the MLB page of NYT.com - noting that the NYT has announced that the number of free views of the paper's articles has dropped from 20 to 10 except for social media, hopefully including this one:

www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/baseball/index.html


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And here's a link to the Yankees' Page of the "other" NYC paper, the New York Post:

www.nypost.com/sports/yankees


*****


Noting here that, if you want links added here to other favorite sources of MLB info and commentary, all you need to do is tell me and it will be done.

Here's to a great Monday and Baseball to you and all and may the best teams win!

Arethusa

[101ABN]

Damn Yankees!

[dustdevil28]

A 2 run lead in the bottom of the ninth, and a gem of a game thrown by Bartolo Colon wasted partially by Colon himself who's error on a infield single put runners at second and third with only one out.

The rest is the A's bullpen failing to deliver.

Sigh.

-DD

[Arethusa]

Apr 30, 2012 6:34:54 GMT -8 101ABN said:

Damn Yankees!

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[Arethusa]

Apr 30, 2012 13:28:39 GMT -8 dustdevil28 said:

A 2 run lead in the bottom of the ninth, and a gem of a game thrown by Bartolo Colon wasted partially by Colon himself who's error on a infield single put runners at second and third with only one out.

The rest is the A's bullpen failing to deliver.

Sigh.

-DD

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Hope you have better luck against Boston in your next two games, DD.

A's have Thursday off and then face TC's Rays in Tampa on the weekend.

A pretty demanding week for your guys, but the season is still young yet.

Arethusa

[Arethusa]

All Hail YF's Threadsters - Team Sponsors, Posters and Readers Alike!

Yesterday was a good day for five of our ten teams, noting that the game between 101's Tigers and the Royals was postponed with no makeup date scheduled at the time of this writing:

The Yankees debilitated Baltimore to win the first game of that 3 game homestand and go for a win tonight;

TC's Rays trussed the Mariners to their yardarm to lead that four game homestand, 1-0;

The Phillies outphlanked Rem16's Cubs to leave that 4 game homestand tied at 2-2;

Fader's Red Sox disadvantaged DD's Athletics to lead that three game homestand, 1-0, and go for a win tonight; and

LW's Rockies outdistanced the Dodgers to lead that 3 game homestand at 1-0 and go for a win tonight.


The only other loss by our remaining teams was Socialcaesar's Blue Jays to Texas to fall behind, 0-1, in their 3 game homestand and needing to tie it tonight.

SFV's Giants were off yesterday.


Without further adieu and, in alphabetical order, here are the scores and upcoming schedules of our sponsored teams:


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 11-13): were beaned by Boston, 11-6, last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this three game away series. Tonight, the A's and Jarrod Parker will attempt to tie it with Boston and Felix Doubront, in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Brandon McCarthy will take on Beantown and Daniel Bard tomorrow night beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Thursday, May 3rd, the A's will be off to prepare to initiate a weekend away series versus the Tampa Bay Rays - with Tyson Ross and David Price, respectively, on the hill - that's set to start on Friday night, May 4th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Bartolo Colon will attempt to destingermatize the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson on Saturday night, May 5th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 6th, the A's and Tommy Milone will besiege TB and Matt Moore in a game set to start at 1:40 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 12-11): were outgunned by Yu Darvish and the Rangers, 4-1, last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this 3 game homestand. Tonight, the Blue Jays and Drew Hutchison will attempt to tie it with Texas and Neftali Feliz beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Ricky Romero will wrassle with the Wrangers and Matt Harrison tomorrow afternoon in a match set to get underway at 12:37 p.m., EDT. On Thursday night, May 3rd, the Blue Jays and Brandon Morrow will inaugurate a 4 game weekend away series versus the L.A. Angels - with Dan Haren as their starter - in a game scheduled to get underway at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Henderson Alvarez will endeavor to get tough with the Angels and Ervin Santana on Friday night, May 4th, beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 5th, the Blue Jays and Kyle Drabek will take on the Angels and C.J. Wilson in a game set to start at 9:05 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 8-15): were phlossed by the Phillies, 6-4, last night to leave this 4 game away series tied at 2-2. The Cubbies and Jeff Samardzija will inaugurate a 3 game away series against the Cincinnati Reds - with Bronson Arroyo on the hill - tonight at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Cubs and Paul Maholm will endeavor to embarrass the Reds and Homer Bailey (yet another pitching change) starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will set out to discombobulate the Big Red Machine and Mike Leake (ditto) on Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, at 12:35 p.m., EDT. On Friday afternoon, May 4th, the Cubs and Matt Garza will inaugurate a 3 game weekend homestand versus the L.A. Dodgers - with Chad Billingsley on the hill - at 2:20 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Chris Volstad will endeavor to debase the Dodgers and Chris Capuano on Saturday afternoon, May 5th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (still 12-10): were off yesterday to prepare to start a 3 game homestand versus the Miami Marlins - with Matt Cain and Ricky Nolasco, respectively, on the hill - tonight at 10:15 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the G-Men and Barry Zito will try to hook the Fish and Carlos Zambrano in a game scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. SF and Ryan Vogelsong will attempt to filet the Fish and Anibal Sanchez on Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, beginning at 3:45 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 4th, the Giants and Tim Lincecum will initiate a weekend homestand against the Milwaukee Brewers - with Mario Estrada as their starter - in a game scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Madison Bumgarner will attempt to quaff the Brewskis and Zack Greinke on Saturday afternoon, May 5th, beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 11-12): phlustered the Cubbies, 6-4, last night to leave this 4 game homestand tied at 2-2. Philadelphia and Cole Hamels will initiate a 3 game away series versus the Atlanta Braves - with Brandon Beachy on the hill - tonight at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Roy Halladay will undertake to phlim phlam the Braves and Tommy Hanson tomorrow night beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, the Phils and Joe Blanton will storm Atlanta and Randall Delgado in a game scheduled to start at 12:10 p.m., EDT. Philadelphia and Kyle Kendrick will initiate a 3 game away series against the Washington Nationals - with Stephen Strasburg as their starter - on Friday night, May 4th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, May 5th, the Phils and Vance Worley will undertake to smash the GNats and Gio Gonzalez in a game scheduled to start at 1:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 15-8): desalinated the Seabees, 3-2, last night to lead this 4 game homestand, 1-0. TB and Matt Moore will endeavor to shanghai the Sailors and Hector Noesi tonight starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Rays and Jamie Shields will seek to stun Seattle and Blake Beavan, in a game scheduled to begin at 7:10 p.m., EDT. TB and Jeff Niemann will attempt to beach the Sailors and Kevin Millwood on Thursday afternoon, May 3rd, starting at 1:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 4th, TB and David Price will inaugurate a weekend homestand versus the Oakland Athletics - with Tyson Ross on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tampa Bay and Jeremy Hellickson will try to ossify Oakland and Bartolo Colon on Saturday night, May 5th, starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 11-11): overcame the A's, 11-6, last night to lead this 3 game homestand, 1-0. Tonight, Beantown and Felix Doubront will attempt to win it from the Athletics and Jarrod Parker beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Boston and Daniel Bard will face off against Oakland and Brandon McCarthy tomorrow night in a game scheduled to get underway at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox will be off on Thursday, May 3rd, to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jon Lester and Wei-yin Chen, respectively, starting for the teams - on Friday night, May 4th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, May 5th, Beantown and plunker-in-chief, Josh Beckett, will try to "o"bliterate the O's and Tommy Hunter, in a game set to start at 1:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will undertake to "o"liminate the O's and Jason Hammel on Sunday afternoon, May 6th, starting at 1:35 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 11-11): scaled the Dodgers, 6-2, last night to lead this 3 game homestand, 1-0. The Rockies and Jhoulys Chacin will undertake to win it from the Dodgers and Ted Lilly tonight in a game set to start at 8:40 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Mountainmen and Drew Pomeranz will undertake to dumbfound the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT. Colorado will be off on Thursday, May 3rd, to prepare to inaugurate a 3 game homestand against the Atlanta Braves - with Guillermo Moscoso and Tim Hudson, respectively, starting for the teams - on Friday night, May 4th, at 8:40 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 5th, the Rockies and Jamie Moyer will attempt to best the Braves and Mike Minor in a game set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Colorado and Juan Nicasio will attempt to round up the Braves and Brandon Beachy on Sunday afternoon, May 6th, beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (still 11-11): had last night's game in this 3 game homestand versus KC postponed and not yet rescheduled as we speak. The Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to KO KC and Luke Hochevar (another pitching change-back) in a game set to get underway tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, Detroit and Justin Verlander will endeavor to depose the Royals and Jonathan Sanchez (pitching change) beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers will be off on Thursday, May 3rd, to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand versus the Chicago White Sox - with Drew Smyly and Jake Peavy, respectively, on the hill - beginning on Friday night, May 4th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, May 5th, the Tiggers and Max Scherzer will attempt to chasten Chitown and Gavin Floyd in a game scheduled to get underway at 4:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Rick Porcello will rumble with the White Sox and Chris Sale on Sunday afternoon, May 6th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 13-9): outlasted the Orioles, 2-1, last night to lead this 3 game homestand, 1-0. The Bronx Bombers and Phil Hughes will try to win it from the O's and Brian Matusz tonight beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Yanks and Ivan Nova will undertake to break Baltimore and Jake Arrieta in a game set to start at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Yanks and David Phelps will initiate a 4 game weekend away series versus the Kansas City Royals - with Danny Duffy on the hill - on Thursday night, May 3rd, beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 4th, the Yankees and CC Sabathia will endeavor to unhorse the Royals and Bruce Chen in a joust set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and Hiroki Kuroda will attempt to klobber KC and Luis Mendoza on Saturday night, May 5th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT.

Here's the link, courtesy of ESPN, for the scores from yesterday's and other previous games, further info about MLB regular season game schedules for additional teams of interest and updates of pitching assignments, plus dates for the the televising of MLB games by ESPN and other networks, as well as the names of unlisted starting pitchers as they become known:

espn.go.com/mlb/schedule


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MLB Team Index Page at MLB.com:

And here's the link to MLB.com's Team Index page for access to all news and information, including the regular season schedules, for your favorite teams, as well as about MLB's All Star festivities in KC from July 6-10, 2012 and voting for members of this year's All Star Teams:

mlb.mlb.com/team/


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Team Standings Link:

Here's a link to ESPN's team standings page to help you keep track of where your teams stand in their Divisions and in MLB overall:

espn.go.com/mlb/standings


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Player Stats' Link:

For access to ESPN.com's page where you can see who has the most HR and Ribbies, which pitchers from each league have the most wins and more:

espn.go.com/mlb/statistics


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Links to TV Networks for Televised MLB games:

Link to MLB on TBS:

www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,154864,00.html


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Link to MLB on FOX:

msn.foxsports.com/mlb/schedule


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Link to Yankees.com:

Here's a link to Yankees.com, the official site of the Yankees for more news and information about them:

newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy


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For Other MLB news:

And, for further MLB rumors and news and continued reading about the storylines noted in these summaries, here's the link to the MLB page of ESPN.com:

espn.go.com/mlb/


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For Other Yankees' and MLB News:

Link to MLB page of the NY Times:

And for more news of the Yankees and the latest developments with your favorite teams, here's the link to the MLB page of NYT.com - noting that the NYT has announced that the number of free views of the paper's articles has dropped from 20 to 10 except for social media, hopefully including this one:

www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/baseball/index.html


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And here's a link to the Yankees' Page of the "other" NYC paper, the New York Post:

www.nypost.com/sports/yankees


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Noting here that, if you want links added here to other favorite sources of MLB info and commentary, all you need to do is tell me and it will be done.

Here's to a great Tuesday and Baseball to you and all and may the best teams win!

Arethusa

[Arethusa]

All Hail YF's Threadsters - Team Sponsors, Posters and Readers Alike!

Before we get to the summary of results for our teams today, I'm announcing an added link leading to MLB.com's All Star Voting Ballot that will appear here every day until the All Star Game is played in KC on Tuesday night, July 10, 2012.

You'll find MLB.com's "All Star Ballot" link with dates and instructions just below the list of results and upcoming schedules for our teams and its link for more of that at ESPN.com.

And good luck for your favorite players to make the 2012 AL and NL team rosters!

Moving along, yesterday was a good day for five of our ten teams, noting that last night's game between Rem16's Cubs and the Reds was postponed with no makeup date scheduled at the time of this writing:

101's Tigers triumphed over the Royals to lead that shortened 2 game homestand, 1-0, and go for the win in today's game;

TC's Rays marooned the Mariners to lead that four game homestand, 2-0, and go for a win tonight;

DD's Athletics downed Fader's Red Sox to tie that 3 game away series at 1-1 and go for the win tonight;

Socialcaesar's Blue Jays trashed Texas to tie that three game homestand at 1-1 and go for a win this afternoon; and

The Phillies asphyxiated Atlanta to win the first game of that 3 game away series and go for a win tonight.


Other losses sustained by our remaining teams were: LW's Rockies to the Dodgers to tie that 3 game homestand at 1-1; the Yankees to the O's to tie that 3 game homestand at 1-1; and SFV's G-Men to the Fish to fall behind, 0-1, in that 3 game homestand.



Without further adieu and, in alphabetical order, here are the scores and upcoming schedules of our sponsored teams:

DD's Oakland Athletics (now 12-13): gonged Boston, 5-3, last night to tie this three game away series at 1-1. Oakland and Brandon McCarthy will try to win it from Beantown and Daniel Bard tonight beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow, the A's will be off to prepare to initiate a weekend away series versus the Tampa Bay Rays - with Tyson Ross and David Price, respectively, on the hill - that's set to start on Friday night, May 4th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Bartolo Colon will attempt to destingermatize the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson on Saturday night, May 5th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 6th, the A's and Tommy Milone will besiege TB and Matt Moore in a game set to start at 1:40 p.m., EDT. Oakland will be off again on Monday, May 7th, to prepare to initiate a homestand against the Toronto Blue Jays - with Jarrod Parker and Ricky Romero, respectively, on the hill - in a game set to start on Tuesday night, May 8th, at 10:05 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 13-11): beset Texas, 8-7, last night to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. Toronto and Ricky Romero will attempt to win it from the Rangers and Matt Harrison this afternoon in a match set to get underway at 12:37 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Blue Jays and Brandon Morrow will inaugurate a 4 game weekend away series versus the L.A. Angels - with Dan Haren as their starter - in a game scheduled to get underway at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Henderson Alvarez will endeavor to get tough with the Angels and Ervin Santana on Friday night, May 4th, beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 5th, the Blue Jays and Kyle Drabek will take on the Angels and C.J. Wilson in a game set to start at 9:05 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Drew Hutchison will attempt to unhook the wings of the Angels and Jerome Williams on Sunday afternoon, May 6th, beginning at 3:35 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (still 8-15): had last night's opening game of this 3 game away series against the Reds postponed and not rescheduled at this time. Tonight, the Cubs and Jeff Samardzija (pitching change) will endeavor to embarrass the Reds and Bronson Arroyo (another pitching change) starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will set out to discombobulate the Big Red Machine and Homer Bailey (ditto) tomorrow afternoon at 12:35 p.m., EDT. On Friday afternoon, May 4th, the Cubs and Paul Maholm (pitching change) will inaugurate a 3 game weekend homestand versus the L.A. Dodgers - with Chad Billingsley on the hill - at 2:20 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Matt Garza (pitching change) will endeavor to debase the Dodgers and Chris Capuano on Saturday afternoon, May 5th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 6th, the Cubs and Chris Volstad will take on the Dodgers and Aaron Harang in a game scheduled to start at 2:20 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 12-11): were upended by the Fish, 2-1, last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 3 game homestand. Tonight, the G-Men and Barry Zito will try to tie it up with the Fish and Carlos Zambrano in a game scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. SF and Ryan Vogelsong will attempt to filet the Fish and Anibal Sanchez tomorrow afternoon beginning at 3:45 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 4th, the Giants and Tim Lincecum will initiate a weekend homestand against the Milwaukee Brewers - with Zack Greinke (pitching change) as their starter - in a game scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Madison Bumgarner will attempt to quaff the Brewskis and Randy Wolf (pitching change) on Saturday afternoon, May 5th, beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 6th, SF and Matt Cain will endeavor to down Milwaukee and Shaun Marcum in a game set to start at 4:05 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 12-12): outphalanxed Atlanta, 4-2, last night to lead this 3 game away series, 1-0. The Phillies and Roy Halladay will undertake to phlim phlam the Braves and Tommy Hanson tonight beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Phils and Joe Blanton will storm Atlanta and Randall Delgado in a game scheduled to start at 12:10 p.m., EDT. Philadelphia and Kyle Kendrick will initiate a 3 game away series against the Washington Nationals - with Stephen Strasburg as their starter - on Friday night, May 4th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, May 5th, the Phils and Vance Worley will undertake to smash the GNats and Gio Gonzalez in a game scheduled to start at 1:05 p.m., EDT. The Phightin' Phils and Cole Hamels will attempt to natter the Nats and Jordan Zimmermann on Sunday, May 6th, beginning at 8:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 16-8): slew Seattle, 3-1, last night to lead this 4 game homestand, 2-0. Tonight, the Rays and Jamie Shields will seek to win it from the Mariners and Blake Beavan, in a game scheduled to begin at 7:10 p.m., EDT. TB and Jeff Niemann will attempt to beach the Sailors and Kevin Millwood tomorrow afternoon starting at 1:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 4th, TB and David Price will inaugurate a weekend homestand versus the Oakland Athletics - with Tyson Ross on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tampa Bay and Jeremy Hellickson will try to ossify Oakland and Bartolo Colon on Saturday night, May 5th, starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 6th, the Rays and Matt Moore will attempt to overtake Oakland and Tommy Milone in a game set to begin at 1:40 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 11-12): were outlasted by Oakland, 5-3, last night to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. Boston and Daniel Bard will try to win it from the A's and Brandon McCarthy tonight in a game scheduled to get underway at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox will be off tomorrow to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jon Lester and Wei-yin Chen, respectively, starting for the teams - on Friday night, May 4th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, May 5th, Beantown and plunker-in-chief, Josh Beckett, will try to "o"bliterate the O's and Tommy Hunter, in a game set to start at 1:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will undertake to "o"liminate the O's and Jason Hammel on Sunday afternoon, May 6th, starting at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 7th, Beantown and Felix Doubront will inaugurate an away series against the Kansas City Royals - with Jonathan Sanchez as their starter - beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 11-12): were routed by the Dodgers, 7-6, last night to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. This afternoon, the Mountainmen and Drew Pomeranz will undertake to win it from the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT. Colorado will be off tomorrow to prepare to inaugurate a 3 game weekend homestand against the Atlanta Braves - with Guillermo Moscoso and Tim Hudson, respectively, starting for the teams - on Friday night, May 4th, at 8:40 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 5th, the Rockies and Jamie Moyer will attempt to best the Braves and Mike Minor in a game set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Colorado and Juan Nicasio will attempt to round up the Braves and Brandon Beachy on Sunday afternoon, May 6th, beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday, May 7th, the Mountainmen and Jhoulys Chacin will initiate an away series versus the San Diego Padres - with Edinson Volquez on the hill - in a game scheduled to get underway at 10:05 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 12-11): roasted the Royals, 9-3, last night to lead this shortened 2 game homestand, 1-0. This afternoon, Detroit and Justin Verlander will try to win it from KC and Jonathan Sanchez (pitching change) beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. The Tigers will be off tomorrow to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand versus the Chicago White Sox - with Drew Smyly and Jake Peavy, respectively, on the hill - beginning on Friday night, May 4th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, May 5th, the Tiggers and Max Scherzer will attempt to chasten Chitown and Gavin Floyd in a game scheduled to get underway at 4:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Rick Porcello will rumble with the White Sox and Chris Sale on Sunday afternoon, May 6th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 7th, the Tigers and Justin Verlander will inaugurate an away series against the Seattle Mariners - with Blake Beavan on the hill - in a game scheduled to start at 10:10 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 13-10): were overcome by the O's, 7-1, last night to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. Tonight, the Yanks and Ivan Nova will attempt to win it from Baltimore and Jake Arrieta in a game set to start at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Yankees and David Phelps will initiate a 4 game weekend away series versus the Kansas City Royals - with Danny Duffy on the hill - tomorrow night beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 4th, the Bronx Bombers and CC Sabathia will endeavor to unhorse the Royals and Bruce Chen in a joust set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Yankees and Hiroki Kuroda will attempt to klobber KC and Luis Mendoza on Saturday night, May 5th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 6th, the men in Yankee pinstripes and Phil Hughes will undertake to KO KC and Luke Hochevar in a bout set to start at 2:10 p.m., EDT, on TBS.

Here's the link, courtesy of ESPN, for the scores from yesterday's and other previous games, further info about MLB regular season game schedules for additional teams of interest and updates of pitching assignments, plus dates for the the televising of MLB games by ESPN and other networks, as well as the names of unlisted starting pitchers as they become known:

espn.go.com/mlb/schedule


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LINK TO 2012 ALL STAR GAME BALLOT FROM MLB.COM - This season's All Star Game will be played in Kansas City on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 and televised on FOX. Don't forget the Home Run Derby on Monday night, July 9th. Last year's winner was Yankees' 2B, Robinson Cano.

You can vote for your All Star choices a maximum of 25 times. Voting ends at 11:59 PM EDT on Thursday, June 28, 2012.
From Sunday, July 1 to Thursday, July 5, you can cast your final vote for the final player for each League's All-Star roster. Finally, you can cast online votes during the All Star Game for the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award.

Instructions: In each league, you can select one player for each infield position and up to three outfielders. For the American League, you can also vote for a designated hitter. To vote for a player, click on his name. "Write-in" votes may be entered in the area provided at the bottom of each League's voting page.

mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2012/ballot.jsp


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MLB Team Index Page at MLB.com:

And here's the link to MLB.com's Team Index page for access to all news and information, including the regular season schedules, for your favorite teams, as well as about MLB's All Star festivities in KC from July 6-10, 2012 and voting for members of this year's All Star Teams:

mlb.mlb.com/team/index.jsp



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Team Standings Link:

Here's a link to ESPN's team standings page to help you keep track of where your teams stand in their Divisions and in MLB overall:

espn.go.com/mlb/standings


*****


Player Stats' Link:

For access to ESPN.com's page where you can see who has the most HR and Ribbies, which pitchers from each league have the most wins and more:

espn.go.com/mlb/statistics


*****


Links to TV Networks for Televised MLB games:

Link to MLB on TBS:

www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,154864,00.html


***

Link to MLB on FOX:

msn.foxsports.com/mlb/schedule


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Link to Yankees.com:

Here's a link to Yankees.com, the official site of the Yankees for more news and information about them:

newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy


*****


For Other MLB news:

And, for further MLB rumors and news and continued reading about the storylines noted in these summaries, here's the link to the MLB page of ESPN.com:

espn.go.com/mlb/


*****


For Other Yankees' and MLB News:

Link to MLB page of the NY Times:

And for more news of the Yankees and the latest developments with your favorite teams, here's the link to the MLB page of NYT.com - noting that the NYT has announced that the number of free views of the paper's articles has dropped from 20 to 10 except for social media, hopefully including this one:

www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/baseball/index.html


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And here's a link to the Yankees' Page of the "other" NYC paper, the New York Post:

www.nypost.com/sports/yankees


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Noting here that, if you want links added here to other favorite sources of MLB info and commentary, all you need to do is tell me and it will be done.

Here's to a great Wednesday and Baseball to you and all and may the best teams win!

Arethusa

[Arethusa]

All Hail YF's Threadsters - Team Sponsors, Posters and Readers Alike!

Yesterday was a good day for five of our ten teams:

TC's Rays stung Seattle to win their 4 game homestand, 3-0, and go for a sweep today;

DD's Athletics ravaged Fader's Red Sox to win that 3 game away series, 2-1;

Socialcaesar's Blue Jays thwacked Texas to win that three game homestand, 2-1;

LW's Rockies outplayed the Dodgers to win that 3 game homestand, 2-1; and

Rem16's Cubs ditched the Reds to lead that shortened 2 game away series at 1-0 and go for a win today.


Other losses sustained by our teams were: 101's Tigers to KC to leave that shortened 2 game homestand tied at 1-1; the Phillies to the Braves to tie that 3 game away series and go for a win today; the Yankees to the O's to lose their 3 game homestand, 1-2; and SFV's Giants to the Fish to lose that 3 game homestand, 0-2, and needing to avoid being swept today.


Without further adieu and, in alphabetical order, here are the scores and upcoming schedules of our sponsored teams:

DD's Oakland Athletics (now 13-13): baffled Beantown, 4-2, last night to win this three game away series, 2-1. Today, the A's are off to prepare to initiate a weekend away series versus the Tampa Bay Rays - with Tyson Ross and David Price, respectively, on the hill - that's set to start tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Bartolo Colon will attempt to destingermatize the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson on Saturday night, May 5th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 6th, the A's and Tommy Milone will besiege TB and Matt Moore in a game set to start at 1:40 p.m., EDT. Oakland will be off again on Monday, May 7th, to prepare to initiate a 3 game homestand against the Toronto Blue Jays - with Jarrod Parker and Ricky Romero, respectively, on the hill - in a game set to start on Tuesday night, May 8th, at 10:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, the Athletics and Brandon McCarthy will attempt to ruffle the Blue Jays' and Brandon Morrow's feathers in a battle of the Brandons that's scheduled to begin at 3:35 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 14-11): trussed Texas, 11-5, yesterday to win this 3 game homestand, 2-1. Tonight, the Blue Jays and Brandon Morrow will inaugurate a 4 game weekend away series versus the L.A. Angels - with Dan Haren as their starter - in a game scheduled to get underway at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Henderson Alvarez will endeavor to get tough with the Angels and Ervin Santana tomorrow night beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 5th, the Blue Jays and Kyle Drabek will take on the Angels and C.J. Wilson in a game set to start at 9:05 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Drew Hutchison will attempt to unhook the wings of the Angels and Jerome Williams on Sunday afternoon, May 6th, beginning at 3:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday, May 7th, the Blue Jays will be off to prepare to begin a 3 game away series against the Oakland Athletics - with Ricky Romero and Jarrod Parker, respectively, on the hill, on Tuesday night, May 8th, starting at 10:05 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 9-15): unplugged the Big Red Machine, 3-1, last night to lead this shortened 2 game away series, 1-0. The Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will set out to win it from Cincinnati and Homer Bailey this afternoon at 12:35 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Cubs and Paul Maholm will inaugurate a 3 game weekend homestand versus the L.A. Dodgers - with Chad Billingsley on the hill - at 2:20 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Matt Garza will endeavor to debase the Dodgers and Chris Capuano on Saturday afternoon, May 5th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 6th, the Cubs and Chris Volstad will take on the Dodgers and Aaron Harang in a game scheduled to start at 2:20 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Jeff Samardzija will initiate a 3 game homestand against the Atlanta Braves - with Tommy Hanson as their starter - on Monday night, May 7th, beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 12-12): were gutted by the Fish, 3-2, last night to lose this 3 game homestand, 0-2. SF and Ryan Vogelsong will attempt to avoid a sweep by Miami and Anibal Sanchez this afternoon beginning at 3:45 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Giants and Tim Lincecum will initiate a weekend homestand against the Milwaukee Brewers - with Zack Greinke as their starter - in a game scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Madison Bumgarner will attempt to quaff the Brewskis and Randy Wolf on Saturday afternoon, May 5th, beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 6th, SF and Matt Cain will endeavor to down Milwaukee and Shaun Marcum in a game set to start at 4:05 p.m., EDT. The Giants and Barry Zito will inaugurate a 3 game away series against the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Ted Lilly on the hilly - on Monday night, May 7th, at 10:10 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 12-13): and Roy Halladay were phlayed by the Braves in a 15-13 slugfest last night to tie this 3 game away series at 1-1. This afternoon, the Phils and Joe Blanton will try to win it from Atlanta and Randall Delgado in a game scheduled to start at 12:10 p.m., EDT. Philadelphia and Kyle Kendrick will initiate a 3 game away series against the Washington Nationals - with Stephen Strasburg as their starter - tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, May 5th, the Phils and Vance Worley will undertake to smash the GNats and Gio Gonzalez in a game scheduled to start at 1:05 p.m., EDT. The Phightin' Phils and Cole Hamels will attempt to natter the Nats and Jordan Zimmermann on Sunday, May 6th, beginning at 8:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Monday night, May 7th, Philadelphia and Roy Halladay will initiate a 3 game homestand versus the NY Mets - with Jonathon Niese as their starter - in a game scheduled to get underway at 7:00 p.m., EDT, also on ESPN and ESPN3.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 17-8): sundered Seattle, 5-4, last night to win this 4 game homestand, 3-0. TB and Jeff Niemann will attempt to clear the decks of the the Sailors and Kevin Millwood this afternoon starting at 1:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, TB and David Price will inaugurate a weekend homestand versus the Oakland Athletics - with Tyson Ross on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tampa Bay and Jeremy Hellickson will try to ossify Oakland and Bartolo Colon on Saturday night, May 5th, starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 6th, the Rays and Matt Moore will attempt to overtake Oakland and Tommy Milone in a game set to begin at 1:40 p.m., EDT. Tampa Bay will be off on Monday, May 7th, to prepare to begin a 3 day away series versus the New York Yankees - with Jamie Shields and Ivan Nova, respectively, starting for the teams - on Tuesday night, May 8th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 11-13): were burned by Oakland, 4-2, last night to lose this 3 game homestand, 1-2. The Red Sox are off today to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jon Lester and Wei-yin Chen, respectively, starting for the teams - tomorrow night beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, May 5th, Beantown and Aaron Cook (pitching change) will try to "o"bliterate the O's and Tommy Hunter, in a game set to start at 1:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will undertake to "o"liminate the O's and Jason Hammel on Sunday afternoon, May 6th, starting at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 7th, Beantown and Felix Doubront will inaugurate a 3 game away series against the Kansas City Royals - with Jonathan Sanchez as their starter - beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Boston and Daniel Bard will attempt to dethrone the Royals and Danny Duffy on Tuesday night, May 8th, in a game set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 12-12): trampled the Dodgers, 8-5, yesterday to win this 3 game homestand, 2-1. Colorado is off today to prepare to inaugurate a 3 game weekend homestand against the Atlanta Braves - with Guillermo Moscoso and Tim Hudson, respectively, starting for the teams - tomorrow night at 8:40 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 5th, the Rockies and Jamie Moyer will attempt to best the Braves and Mike Minor in a game set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Colorado and Juan Nicasio will attempt to round up the Braves and Brandon Beachy on Sunday afternoon, May 6th, beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 7th, the Rockies and Jhoulys Chacin will initiate a 3 game away series versus the San Diego Padres - with Edinson Volquez on the hill - starting at 10:05 p.m., EDT. The Mountaineers and Drew Pomeranz will try to pummel the Pads and Jeff Suppan on Tuesday night, May 8th, in a game set to get underway at 10:05 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 12-12): were "toto'd" by Kansas, 3-2, yesterday to leave this shortened 2 game homestand tied at 1-1. The Tigers are off today to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand versus the Chicago White Sox - with Drew Smyly and Jake Peavy, respectively, on the hill - beginning tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday afternoon, May 5th, the Tiggers and Max Scherzer will attempt to chasten Chitown and Gavin Floyd in a game scheduled to get underway at 4:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Rick Porcello will rumble with the White Sox and Chris Sale on Sunday afternoon, May 6th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 7th, the Tigers and Justin Verlander will inaugurate a 3 game away series against the Seattle Mariners - with Blake Beavan on the hill - starting at 10:10 p.m., EDT. Detroit and a pitcher TBA will beset Seattle and Kevin Millwood on Tuesday night, May 8th, beginning at 10:10 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 13-11): were erased by the O's, 5-0, last night to lose this 3 game homestand, 1-2. The Yankees and David Phelps will initiate a 4 game weekend away series versus the Kansas City Royals - with Danny Duffy on the hill - tonight beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Bronx Bombers and CC Sabathia will endeavor to unhorse the Royals and Bruce Chen in a joust set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Yankees and Hiroki Kuroda will attempt to klobber KC and Felipe Paulino (pitching change) on Saturday night, May 5th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 6th, the men in Yankee pinstripes and Phil Hughes will undertake to KO KC and Luke Hochevar in a bout set to start at 2:10 p.m., EDT, on TBS. The men in Yankee pinstripes will be off on Monday, May 7th, to prepare to inaugurate a 3 game homestand against the Tampa Bay Rays - with Ivan Nova and Jamie Shields, respectively, on the hill - on Tuesday night, May 8th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT.

Here's the link, courtesy of ESPN, for the scores from yesterday's and other previous games, further info about MLB regular season game schedules for additional teams of interest and updates of pitching assignments, plus dates for the the televising of MLB games by ESPN and other networks, as well as the names of unlisted starting pitchers as they become known:

espn.go.com/mlb/schedule


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LINK TO 2012 ALL STAR GAME BALLOT FROM MLB.COM - This season's All Star Game will be played in Kansas City on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 and televised on FOX. Don't forget the Home Run Derby on Monday night, July 9th. Last year's winner was Yankees' 2B, Robinson Cano.

You can vote for your All Star choices a maximum of 25 times. Voting ends at 11:59 PM EDT on Thursday, June 28, 2012.
From Sunday, July 1 to Thursday, July 5, you can cast your final vote for the final player for each League's All-Star roster. Finally, you can cast online votes during the All Star Game for the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award.

Instructions: In each league, you can select one player for each infield position and up to three outfielders. For the American League, you can also vote for a designated hitter. To vote for a player, click on his name. "Write-in" votes may be entered in the area provided at the bottom of each League's voting page.

mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2012/ballot.jsp


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MLB Team Index Page at MLB.com:

And here's the link to MLB.com's Team Index page for access to all news and information, including the regular season schedules, for your favorite teams, as well as about MLB's All Star festivities in KC from July 6-10, 2012 and voting for members of this year's All Star Teams:

mlb.mlb.com/team/index.jsp



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Team Standings Link:

Here's a link to ESPN's team standings page to help you keep track of where your teams stand in their Divisions and in MLB overall:

espn.go.com/mlb/standings


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Player Stats' Link:

For access to ESPN.com's page where you can see who has the most HR and Ribbies, which pitchers from each league have the most wins and more:

espn.go.com/mlb/statistics


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Links to TV Networks for Televised MLB games:

Link to MLB on TBS:

www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,154864,00.html


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Link to MLB on FOX:

msn.foxsports.com/mlb/schedule


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Link to Yankees.com:

Here's a link to Yankees.com, the official site of the Yankees for more news and information about them:

newyork.yankees.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=nyy


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For Other MLB news:

And, for further MLB rumors and news and continued reading about the storylines noted in these summaries, here's the link to the MLB page of ESPN.com:

espn.go.com/mlb/


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For Other Yankees' and MLB News:

Link to MLB page of the NY Times:

And for more news of the Yankees and the latest developments with your favorite teams, here's the link to the MLB page of NYT.com - noting that the NYT has announced that the number of free views of the paper's articles has dropped from 20 to 10 except for social media, hopefully including this one:

www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/baseball/index.html


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And here's a link to the Yankees' Page of the "other" NYC paper, the New York Post:

www.nypost.com/sports/yankees


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Noting here that, if you want links added here to other favorite sources of MLB info and commentary, all you need to do is tell me and it will be done.

Here's to a great Thursday and Baseball to you and all and may the best teams win!

Arethusa