The NY Yankees' Fans' Thread

[dustdevil28]

A series win against the Red Sox in Boston. Hey, even if the season is a wash, at least I got that little nugget.

-DD

[Arethusa]

May 3, 2012 13:20:20 GMT -8 dustdevil28 said:

A series win against the Red Sox in Boston. Hey, even if the season is a wash, at least I got that little nugget.

-DD

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Yes, indeed, DD!

Plus a pleasant day off to take a trip to sunny Florida to take on TC's Rays.

This season is turning into a roller coaster ride for the AL in every sense of the word.

Right now, the Rays at 18-8 have the best record in MLB, ahead of Texas and the LA Dodgers at 17-8 each.

And now, the Yanks' legendary closer, Mo Rivera, has likely been consigned to the MLB history books with a torn ACL from cadging fly balls in practice yesterday.

Here's the link to that report from ESPN.com:

espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7888133/mariano-rivera-new-york-yankees-torn-acl

Only "The Shadow" knows at this point how much of the team's "mojo" will go with Mo or how well all the other teams will do against the Yanks because of it.

Good luck to your A's against the Rays this weekend because they will gain an extra shot of mojo and confidence by beating that team!

Arethusa

[Arethusa]

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

Before we get started on today's summary, there's a link in my post to DD just above to ESPN.com's report about Mariano "Mo" Rivera's torn ACL in practice last night that could be a season and possibly career ending injury.

With 101's Tigers, DD's A's, Fader's Red Sox and LW's Rockies all having yesterday off, three of our teams had a good Thursday and three did not.

Winners of yesterday's games were:

TC's Tampa Bay Rays over the Seattle Seabees in a 4 straight game sweep at home;

the Phillies over Atlanta to win that three game away series, 2-1; and

Socialcaesar's Blue Jays over the L.A. Angels to win the first game of that 4 game away series.


Losses sustained by our teams that played were: the Yankees to KC to fall behind 0-1 in that four game away series; SFV's Giants to the Miami Fish to be swept in their 3 game homestand; and Rem16's Cubs to the Reds to leave that shortened 2 game away series tied at 1-1.


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

DD's Oakland Athletics (still 13-13): were off yesterday 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 tonight at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Bartolo Colon will attempt to destingermatize the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson tomorrow night 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 15-11): astounded the Angels, 5-0, last night to lead this 4 game away series, 1-0, the day after Halo starter, Jered Weaver's, no hitter. Toronto and Henderson Alvarez will endeavor to get tougher with the Angels and Ervin Santana tonight beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, 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. Toronto and Brandon Morrow will attempt to outflank Oakland and Brandon McCarthy in a "battle of the Brandons" beginning on Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, at 3:35 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 9-16): were choked by Cincinnati, 4-3, yesterday to leave this shortened 2 game away series tied at 1-1. This 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 tomorrow afternoon 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. On Tuesday night, May 8th, the Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will face off against the Braves and Randall Delgado in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:05 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 12-13): were reeled in by the Marlins, 3-2, yesterday to be swept in this 3 game homestand. Tonight, 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 tomorrow afternoon 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. On Tuesday night, May 8th, SF and Tim Lincecum and will attempt to outdash the Dodgers beginning at 10:10 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 13-13): phlustered the Braves, 4-0, yesterday to win this 3 game away series, 2-1. Philadelphia and Kyle Kendrick will initiate a 3 game away series against the Washington Nationals - with Stephen Strasburg as their starter - tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, 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. The Phillies and Joe Blanton will try to mystify the Mets and Chris Schwinden on Tuesday night, May 8th, beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 18-8): stymied the Sailors, 4-3, yesterday to sweep this 4 game homestand. Tonight, 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 tomorrow night 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. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Rays and Jeff Niemann will attempt to perturb the Bronx Bombers and a pitcher TBA at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (still 11-13): were off yesterday to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jon Lester and Wei-yin Chen, respectively, starting for the teams - tonight beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, Beantown and Aaron Cook will try to "o"bliterate the O's and Jason Hammel (pitching change), 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 Tommy Hunter (pitching change) 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 (still 12-12): were off yesterday to prepare to inaugurate a 3 game weekend homestand against the Atlanta Braves - with Guillermo Moscoso and Tim Hudson, respectively, starting for the teams - tonight at 8:40 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, 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 (still 12-12): were off yesterday to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand versus the Chicago White Sox - with Drew Smyly and Jake Peavy, respectively, on the hill - beginning tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, 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 still TBA will beset Seattle and Kevin Millwood on Tuesday night, May 8th, beginning at 10:10 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 13-12): were crowned by KC, 4-3, last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 4 game away series following the loss of starter Mo Rivera due to injury. Tonight, 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 tomorrow night 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 Yanks 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. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Bronx Bombers and a pitcher TBA will attempt to outsting the Rays and Jeff Niemann beginning at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3.

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 Friday, weekend and Baseball to you and all and may the best teams win!

Arethusa

[dustdevil28]

Thanks,

All kidding aside about how much i do hate the Yankees, sorry to hear Mariano Rivera devastating injury. A great career possibly ended by a freak accident.

A shame.

-DD

[Arethusa]

May 4, 2012 14:13:31 GMT -8 dustdevil28 said:

Thanks,

All kidding aside about how much i do hate the Yankees, sorry to hear Mariano Rivera devastating injury. A great career possibly ended by a freak accident.

A shame.

-DD

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Thanks, DD.

It was surely a boost to the team's morale for Mo to announce in an interview yesterday that, after talking with his doctors, it's possible he could return by the end of the season.

I didn't know his clubhouse nickname is "GOAT" for "Greatest Of All Time" closers.

An accolade that won't be debated by too many people at all.

Here's the link for a report from that interview from Wallace Matthews at ESPN.com:

espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7891534/closer-mariano-rivera-new-york-yankees-says-return-knee-injury

Good luck for your A's against the Rays this weekend!

Arethusa

[Arethusa]

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

Five of our ten teams had a good Friday and five did not.

Winners of yesterday's games were:

Socialcaesar's Blue Jays over the L.A. Angels to lead that 4 game away series, 2-0, and go for a win tonight;

101's Tigers over the Chisox to lead their three game homestand, 1-0, and go for a win today;

TC's Tampa Bay Rays over DD's A's to lead this 3 game homestand, 1-0, after their sixth straight victory and go for a win of this series tonight;

Rem16's Cubs over the L.A. Dodgers to lead that 3 game homestand, 1-0, and go for a win today;

The New York Yankees over KC to tie that 4 game away series at 1-1 and go for a 2-1 lead after tonight's game.


Losses sustained by our other teams were: SFV's Giants to Milwaukee, Fader's Red Sox to the O's and LW's Rockies to the Braves to fall behind, 0-1, in their three game homestands; and the Phillies to the Nats to fall behind 0-1 in that three game away series.


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


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 13-14): were deflated, 7-2, by the Rays last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this weekend away series. Oakland and Bartolo Colon will attempt to tie it with the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson tonight beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, 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 on Monday, May 7th, to prepare to initiate a 2 (not 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. Oakland and Tyson Ross will initiate a long weekend homestand against the Detroit Tigers - with Max Scherzer on the hill - on Thursday night, May 10th, at 10:10 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 16-11): stained the Angels, 4-0, last night to lead this 4 game away series, 2-0. Tonight, the Blue Jays and Kyle Drabek will try to win it from the Angels and C.J. Wilson in a game set to start at 9:05 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Drew Hutchison will try to unhook the wings of the Angels and Jerome Williams tomorrow afternoon beginning at 3:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday, May 7th, the Blue Jays will be off to prepare to begin a 2 (not 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. Toronto and Brandon Morrow will attempt to outflank Oakland and Brandon McCarthy in a "battle of the Brandons" beginning on Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, at 3:35 p.m., EDT. On Thursday night, May 10th, the Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez will initiate a long weekend away series versus the Minnesota Twins - with Jason Marquis as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 8:10 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 10-16): detained the Dodgers, 5-4, yesterday, to lead this 3 game homestand, 1-0. The Cubbies and Chris Volstad (pitching change) will try to win it from the Dodgers and Chris Capuano this afternoon beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Cubs and Matt Garza (pitching change) 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. On Tuesday night, May 8th, the Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will face off against the Braves and Randall Delgado in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Paul Maholm will attempt to best the Braves and Tim Hudson on Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, beginning at 2:20 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 12-14): were chugged by the Brewskis, 6-4, last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this 3 game homestand. The G-Men and Madison Bumgarner will attempt to tie it with the Brewers and Randy Wolf this afternoon beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, 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. On Tuesday night, May 8th, SF and Ryan Vogelsong (pitching change) will attempt to outdash the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw (pitching change) beginning at 10:10 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Tim Lincecum will undertake to outlaw the Dodgers and Chad Billingsley on Wednesday night, May 9th, starting at 10:10 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 13-14): were phlipped off by the Gnats, 4-3, last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this 3 game away series. This afternoon, the Phils and Vance Worley will undertake to tie it with the Nats 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 tomorrow night 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. The Phillies and Joe Blanton will try to mystify the Mets and Chris Schwinden on Tuesday night, May 8th, beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Phils and Kyle Kendrick will try to phinish off the Mets and Dillon Gee starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 19-8): dumbfounded the Athletics, 7-2, last night to win their sixth straight game and lead this 3 game homestand, 1-0. Tampa Bay and Jeremy Hellickson will try to win it from Oakland and Bartolo Colon tonight starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, 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. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Rays and Jeff Niemann will attempt to defuse the Bronx Bombers and a pitcher still TBA at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. TB and David Price will attempt to needle New York and CC Sabathia starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (still 11-14): were zonked by the Zero's, 6-4, last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this weekend homestand. This afternoon, Beantown and Aaron Cook will try even it up with the O's and Jason Hammel 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 Tommy Hunter tomorrow afternoon 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. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Red Sox and Jon Lester will revolt against the Royals and Bruce Chen beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (still 12-13): were shaved, 9-8, by the Braves last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this 3 game weekend homestand. Tonight, the Rockies and Jamie Moyer will attempt to tie it with Atlanta 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 tomorrow afternoon beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 7th, the Rockies and Drew Pomeranz (pitching change) 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 Guillermo Moscoso (pitching change) 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. On Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, Colorado and a pitcher TBA will attempt to defrock the Padres and Anthony Bass, beginning at 3:35 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (still 13-12): shellacked Chitown, 5-4, last night to lead this 3 game homestand, 1-0. This afternoon, the Tiggers and Max Scherzer will attempt to win it from the White Sox 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 Dylan Axelrod (pitching change after Chris Sale was named a closer) tomorrow afternoon beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 7th, the Tigers and Doug Fister (pitching change) 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 just announced pitcher, Justin Verlander, will beset Seattle and Kevin Millwood on Tuesday night, May 8th, beginning at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Tigers and Drew Smyly will attempt to rend the sails of the Seabees and Jason Vargas in a game set to get underway at 10:10 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 14-12): renounced the Royals, 6-2, last night to tie this 4 game away series, 1-1. The Yankees and Hiroki Kuroda will attempt to klobber KC and Felipe Paulino tonight beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, 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 Yanks 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. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Bronx Bombers and a pitcher still TBA will attempt to outsting the Rays and Jeff Niemann beginning at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. The Yankees and CC Sabathia will try to trample the Rays and David Price in a game scheduled to start on Thursday night, May 10th, 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/


*****


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


*****


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

[Arethusa]

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

If this baseball season had a meme, it would be the "inevitability of change."

JFK once said, "the only certain thing in politics is the inevitability of defeat".

But he uttered these words in a world ordered by sexism and racism; when the crazy people we've known and loved were locked up with no access to computers; when pity parties were the province of dateless girls on Saturday nights and not the national zeitgeist; and before a bullet and not a ballot had decided his and the nation's future.

And before "bounty hunting" NFL players decided the course of a team's season.

So far, except for steroids affecting the courses of individual players' careers, MLB - by means of profit sharing, moneyball and draft outcomes - has managed to effect change primarily in which teams are up one season and down a few seasons later.

And so it should be.

Whether or not the formerly moribund teams that are playing lights out baseball this year will still be at the top at the end of the season, however, still remains to be seen.

With all that in mind, two of our ten teams had a good Saturday and eight did not.


Winners of yesterday's games were:

DD's A's over TC's Rays to tie this three game away series at 1-1 and go for a win today; and

SFV's Giants over Milwaukee to tie this three game homestand at 1-1 and go for a win today.


Losses sustained by our other teams were: Socialcaesar's Blue Jays to the Angels, but still leading this 4 game away series, 2-1, and able to win it in today's game; Fader's Red Sox to the O's and LW's Rockies to the Braves to lose their three game homestands, 0-2, and needing to avoid sweeps today; the Phillies to the Nats to lose that three game away series, 0-2, and needing to avoid being swept today; Rem16's Cubs to the Dodgers and 101's Tigers to the Chisox to tie their three game homestands at 1-1 and go for wins today; and the Yankees to KC to fall behind, 1-2, in this 4 game away series and needing to tie it today.


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


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 14-14): muscled TB, 4-3, last night to tie this 3 game away series at 1-1. This afternoon, the A's and Tommy Milone will try to win it from TB and Matt Moore in a game set to start at 1:40 p.m., EDT. Oakland will be off tomorrow to prepare to initiate a 2 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. Oakland and Tyson Ross will initiate a long weekend homestand against the Detroit Tigers - with Max Scherzer on the hill - on Thursday night, May 10th, at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the A's and Bartolo Colon will try to de-talon the Tiggers and Rick Porcello beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 16-12): were chastened, 6-2, by the Angels last night, but still lead this 4 game away series, 2-1. Toronto and Drew Hutchison will try to win it from the Angels and Jerome Williams this afternoon beginning at 3:35 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow, the Blue Jays will be off to prepare to begin a 2 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. Toronto and Brandon Morrow will attempt to outflank Oakland and Brandon McCarthy in a "battle of the Brandons" beginning on Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, at 3:35 p.m., EDT. On Thursday night, May 10th, the Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez will initiate a long weekend away series versus the Minnesota Twins - with Jason Marquis as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will try to tank the Twinks and Nick Blackburn on Friday night, May 11th, beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 10-17): were ditched, 5-1, by the Dodgers yesterday to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. This afternoon, the Cubs and Travis Wood (pitching change) will try to take it from 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 - tomorrow night beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 8th, the Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will face off against the Braves and Randall Delgado in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Paul Maholm will attempt to best the Braves and Tim Hudson on Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, beginning at 2:20 p.m., EDT. On Thursday, May 10th, the Cubs will be off to prepare to initiate a weekend away series versus the Milwaukee Brewers - with Matt Garza and Randy Wolf, respectively, on the hill - in a game set to get underway on Friday night, May 11th, at 8:10 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 13-14): drowned the Brewers, 5-2, yesterday to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. This afternoon, SF and Matt Cain will endeavor to win it from 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 - tomorrow night at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 8th, SF and Ryan Vogelsong will attempt to outdash the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw beginning at 10:10 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Tim Lincecum will undertake to outlaw the Dodgers and Chad Billingsley on Wednesday night, May 9th, starting at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Thursday, May 10th, SF will be off to prepare to inaugurate a weekend homestand against the Arizona Diamondbacks - with Madison Bumgarner and Patrick Corbin, respectively, on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin on Friday night, May 11th, at 9:40 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 13-15): phaded, 7-1, to the Nats yesterday, to lose this 3 game away series, 0-2. The Phightin' Phils and Cole Hamels will attempt to avoid being swept by the Nats and Jordan Zimmermann tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. Tomorrow night, 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. The Phillies and Joe Blanton will try to mystify the Mets and Miguel Batista (pitching change) on Tuesday night, May 8th, beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Phils and Kyle Kendrick will try to phinish off the Mets and Dillon Gee starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies will be off on Thursday, May 10th, to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the San Diego Padres - with Vance Worley and Clayton Richard, respectively, starting for the teams - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 19-9): were affronted by the Athletics, 4-3, last night to tie this three game homestand at 1-1. This afternoon, the Rays and Matt Moore will attempt to win it from Oakland and Tommy Milone in a game set to begin at 1:40 p.m., EDT. Tampa Bay will be off tomorrow 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. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Rays and Jeff Niemann will attempt to defuse the Bronx Bombers and just announced pitcher, David Phelps, at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. TB and David Price will attempt to needle New York and CC Sabathia on Thursday night, May 10th, starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will inaugurate a weekend away series against the Baltimore Orioles - with Tommy Hunter as their starter - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 11-15): were "o"stracized, 8-2, by the O's yesterday to lose this 3 game homestand, 0-2. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will undertake to avoid being swept by Baltimore and Tommy Hunter this afternoon starting at 1:35 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, 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. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Red Sox and Jon Lester will revolt against the Royals and Bruce Chen beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Beantown and Josh Beckett will initiate a homestand against the Cleveland Indians - with Derek Lowe on the hill - on Thursday night, May 10th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 12-14): were bombarded, 13-9, by the Braves last night to lose this 3 game homestand, 0-2. Colorado and Juan Nicasio will attempt to avoid being swept by the Braves and Brandon Beachy this afternoon beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Rockies and Drew Pomeranz 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 a pitcher now TBA 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. On Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, Colorado and a pitcher still TBA will attempt to defrock the Padres and Anthony Bass, beginning at 3:35 p.m., EDT. The Rockies will be off on Thursday, May 10th, to prepare to inaugurate an away series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Jamie Moyer and Chris Capuano, respectively, on the hill - on Friday night, May 11th, at 10:10 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 13-13): were distracted, 3-2, by the Chisox yesterday to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. Detroit and Rick Porcello will try to win it from the White Sox and Dylan Axelrod this afternoon beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Tigers and Doug Fister 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 Justin Verlander will beset Seattle and Kevin Millwood on Tuesday night, May 8th, beginning at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Tigers and Drew Smyly will attempt to rend the sails of the Seabees and Jason Vargas in a game set to get underway at 10:10 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Max Scherzer will initiate an away series against the Oakland Athletics - with Tyson Ross as their starter - on Thursday night, May 10th, beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 14-13): were trounced by the Royals, 5-1, last night to fall behind, 1-2, in this 4 game away series. This afternoon, the men in Yankee pinstripes and Phil Hughes will undertake to leave it tied with KC and Luke Hochevar in a game set to start at 2:10 p.m., EDT, on TBS. The Yanks will be off tomorrow 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. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Bronx Bombers and just announced pitcher, David Phelps, will attempt to outsting the Rays and Jeff Niemann beginning at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. The Yankees and CC Sabathia will try to trample the Rays and David Price in a game scheduled to start on Thursday night, May 10th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the Bronx Bombers and Hiroki Kuroda will initiate a weekend homestand against the Seattle Mariners - with King Felix Hernandez 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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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


*****


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


*****


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 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!

Six of our ten teams had a good Sunday and four did not.

Winners of yesterday's games were:

DD's A's over TC's Rays to win this three game away series, 2-1;

101's Tigers over the Chisox to win that three game homestand, 2-1;

SFV's Giants over Milwaukee to win their three game homestand, 2-1;

Rem16's Cubs over the L.A. Dodgers to win that three game homestand, 2-1;

the Yankees over KC to leave that four game away series tied at 2-2; and

the Phillies over the Nationals to avoid being swept in that three game away series.


Losses sustained by our other teams were: Socialcaesar's Blue Jays to the Angels to leave that 4 game away series tied at 2-2, and Fader's Red Sox to the O's and LW's Rockies to the Braves to be swept in their three 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 15-14): blistered the Rays, 9-5, yesterday to win this 3 game away series, 2-1. Oakland is off today to prepare to initiate a 2 game homestand against the Toronto Blue Jays - with Jarrod Parker and Ricky Romero, respectively, on the hill - in a game set to start tomorrow night 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. Oakland and Tyson Ross will initiate a long weekend homestand against the Detroit Tigers - with Max Scherzer on the hill - on Thursday night, May 10th, at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the A's and Bartolo Colon will try to de-talon the Tiggers and Rick Porcello beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. The Athletics and Tommy Milone will attempt to maul the Tiggers and Doug Fister on Saturday night, May 12th, starting at 8:05 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 16-13): were plucked, 4-3, by the Angels yesterday to leave this 4 game away series tied at 2-2. Today, the Blue Jays are off to prepare to begin a 2 game away series against the Oakland Athletics - with Ricky Romero and Jarrod Parker, respectively, on the hill - tomorrow night starting at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Brandon Morrow will attempt to outflank Oakland and Brandon McCarthy in a "battle of the Brandons" beginning on Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, at 3:35 p.m., EDT. On Thursday night, May 10th, the Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez will initiate a long weekend away series versus the Minnesota Twins - with Jason Marquis as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will try to tank the Twinks and Nick Blackburn on Friday night, May 11th, beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Toronto will attempt to undermine Minnesota in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 11-17): stranded the Dodgers, 4-3, yesterday to win this 3 game homestand, 2-1. The Cubbies and Jeff Samardzija will initiate a 3 game homestand against the Atlanta Braves - with Tommy Hanson as their starter - tonight beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Cubs and Ryan Dempster will face off against the Braves and Randall Delgado in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Paul Maholm will attempt to best the Braves and Tim Hudson on Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, beginning at 2:20 p.m., EDT. On Thursday, May 10th, the Cubs will be off to prepare to initiate a weekend away series versus the Milwaukee Brewers - with Matt Garza and Randy Wolf, respectively, on the hill - in a game set to get underway on Friday night, May 11th, at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Chris Volstad will attempt to chug the Brewskis and Shaun Marcum on Saturday afternoon, May 12th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 14-14): downed the Brewskis, 4-3, yesterday to win this 3 game homestand, 2-1. The Giants and Barry Zito will inaugurate a 3 game away series against the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Ted Lilly on the hilly - tonight at 10:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, SF and Ryan Vogelsong will attempt to outdash the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw beginning at 10:10 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Tim Lincecum will undertake to outlaw the Dodgers and Chad Billingsley on Wednesday night, May 9th, starting at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Thursday, May 10th, SF will be off to prepare to inaugurate a weekend homestand against the Arizona Diamondbacks - with Madison Bumgarner and Patrick Corbin, respectively, on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin on Friday night, May 11th, at 9:40 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Matt Cain go eyeball to eyeball with the Snakes and Trevor Cahill on Saturday night, May 12th, at 8:10 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 14-15): phixed the Nats, 9-3, last night to avoid being swept in this 3 game away series. Tonight, 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. The Phillies and Joe Blanton will try to mystify the Mets and Miguel Batista tomorrow night beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Phils and Cliff Lee (pitching change) will try to phinish off the Mets and Dillon Gee starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies will be off on Thursday, May 10th, to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the San Diego Padres - with Vance Worley and Clayton Richard, respectively, starting for the teams - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Philadelphia and Cole Hamels will attempt to phrustrate the Padres and Joe Wieland starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 19-10): were hung out to dry, 9-5 by the Athletics yesterday to lose this three game homestand, 1-2. Tampa Bay is off today 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 - tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Rays and Jeff Niemann will attempt to defuse the Bronx Bombers and David Phelps, at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. TB and David Price will attempt to needle New York and CC Sabathia on Thursday night, May 10th, starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will inaugurate a weekend away series against the Baltimore Orioles - with Tommy Hunter as their starter - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Rays will zero in on the O's on Saturday night, May 12th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 11-16): were outdone, 9-6, by the O's yesterday to be swept in this 3 game homestand. Tonight, 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 tomorrow night in a game set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Red Sox and Jon Lester will revolt against the Royals and Bruce Chen beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Beantown and Josh Beckett will initiate a homestand against the Cleveland Indians - with Derek Lowe on the hill - on Thursday night, May 10th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will undertake to destabilize the Tribe and gutless plunker, Ubaldo Jimenez, on Friday night, May 11th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 12-15): were scalped, 7-2, by the Braves yesterday to be swept in this 3 game homestand. Tonight, the Rockies and Drew Pomeranz 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 a pitcher still TBA will try to pummel the Pads and Jeff Suppan tomorrow night in a game set to get underway at 10:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday afternoon, May 9th, Colorado and a pitcher still and yet TBA will attempt to defrock the Padres and Anthony Bass, beginning at 3:35 p.m., EDT. The Rockies will be off on Thursday, May 10th, to prepare to inaugurate an away series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Jamie Moyer and Chris Capuano, respectively, on the hill - on Friday night, May 11th, at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Colorado and Juan Nicasio will attempt to lay waste to L.A. and Aaron Harang beginning at 9:10 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 14-13): transected Chitown, 3-1, yesterday to win this 3 game homestand, 2-1. Tonight, the Tigers and Doug Fister 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 Justin Verlander will beset Seattle and Kevin Millwood tomorrow night beginning at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Tigers and Drew Smyly will attempt to rend the sails of the Seabees and Jason Vargas in a game set to get underway at 10:10 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Max Scherzer will initiate an away series against the Oakland Athletics - with Tyson Ross as their starter - on Thursday night, May 10th, beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to aggravate Oakland and Bartolo Colon in a game set to start at 10:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 15-13): kicked KC to the curb, 10-4, yesterday to leave this 4 game away series tied, 2-2. The Yanks are off today to prepare to inaugurate a 3 game homestand against the Tampa Bay Rays - with Ivan Nova and Jamie Shields, respectively, on the hill - tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 9th, the Bronx Bombers and David Phelps will attempt to outsting the Rays and Jeff Niemann beginning at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. The Yankees and CC Sabathia will try to trample the Rays and David Price in a game scheduled to start on Thursday night, May 10th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the Bronx Bombers and Hiroki Kuroda will initiate a weekend homestand against the Seattle Mariners - with King Felix Hernandez as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Yanks and Phil Hughes will face off against the Mariners and former Yankees' protege, Hector Noesi, on Saturday afternoon, May 12th, at 4:05 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


*****


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


*****


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



*****


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 Monday 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!

With DD's A's, Socialcaesar's Blue Jays, TC's Rays and the Yankees all off yesterday, two of our ten teams had a good result and four did not.

Winners of yesterday's games were:

Rem16's Cubs over the Braves to lead that three game homestand, 1-0, and go for a win tonight; and

Fader's Red Sox over the Royals to lead that three game away series, 1-0, and go for a win tonight.


Losses sustained by our other teams were: LW's Rockies to the Padres, 101's Tigers to the Mariners, and SFV's G-Men to the Dodgers to fall behind, 0-1, in their three game away series; and the Phillies to the Mets to fall behind, 0-1, in that three game homestand - with all four teams needing a win to tie these series tonight.


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


DD's Oakland Athletics (still 15-14): were off yesterday to prepare to initiate a 2 game homestand against the Toronto Blue Jays - with Brandon McCarthy (pitching change) and Ricky Romero, respectively, on the hill - in a game set to start tonight at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Athletics and Jarrod Parker (pitching change) will attempt to ruffle the Blue Jays' and Brandon Morrow's feathers in a game scheduled to begin at 3:35 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Tyson Ross will initiate a long weekend homestand against the Detroit Tigers - with Max Scherzer on the hill - on Thursday night, May 10th, at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the A's and Bartolo Colon will try to de-talon the Tiggers and Rick Porcello beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. The Athletics and Tommy Milone will attempt to maul the Tiggers and Doug Fister on Saturday night, May 12th, starting at 8:05 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (still 16-13): were off yesterday to prepare to begin a 2 game away series against the Oakland Athletics - with Ricky Romero and Brandon McCarthy (pitching change), respectively, on the hill - tonight starting at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Brandon Morrow will attempt to outflank Oakland and Jarrod Parker (pitching change) in a game set to begin tomorrow afternoon at 3:35 p.m., EDT. On Thursday night, May 10th, the Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez will initiate a long weekend away series versus the Minnesota Twins - with Jason Marquis as their starter - in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will try to tank the Twinks and Nick Blackburn on Friday night, May 11th, beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Toronto and Drew Hutchison will attempt to undermine Minnesota and Francisco Liriano in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 12-17): stunned the Braves, 5-1, last night to lead this 3 game homestand at 1-0. Tonight, the Cubs and Ryan Dempster will try to win it from Atlanta and Randall Delgado in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Paul Maholm will attempt to best the Braves and Tim Hudson tomorrow afternoon beginning at 2:20 p.m., EDT. On Thursday, May 10th, the Cubs will be off to prepare to initiate a weekend away series versus the Milwaukee Brewers - with Matt Garza and Randy Wolf, respectively, on the hill - in a game set to get underway on Friday night, May 11th, at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Chris Volstad will attempt to chug the Brewskis and Shaun Marcum on Saturday afternoon, May 12th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Cubs and Jeff Samardzija will take on Milwaukee and Yovani Gallardo in a game scheduled to get underway at 2:10 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 14-15): were "frisced", 9-1, by the Dodgers last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this three game away series. Tonight, SF and Ryan Vogelsong will attempt to even it up with the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw beginning at 10:10 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Tim Lincecum will undertake to outlaw the Dodgers and Chad Billingsley tomorrow night starting at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Thursday, May 10th, SF will be off to prepare to inaugurate a weekend homestand against the Arizona Diamondbacks - with Madison Bumgarner and Patrick Corbin, respectively, on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin on Friday night, May 11th, at 9:40 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Matt Cain go eyeball to eyeball with the Snakes and Trevor Cahill on Saturday night, May 12th, at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Giants and Barry Zito will undertake to mesmerize the Snakes and Joe Saunders beginning at 4:10 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 14-16): were phooled, 5-2, by the Mets last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this 3 game homestand. The Phillies and Joe Blanton will try level it with the Mets and Miguel Batista tonight beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Phils and Cliff Lee will try to phinish off the Mets and Dillon Gee starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies will be off on Thursday, May 10th, to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the San Diego Padres - with Vance Worley and Clayton Richard, respectively, starting for the teams - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Philadelphia and Cole Hamels (still scheduled at this writing despite a five game suspension for plunking a Nat in Sunday night's game) will attempt to phrustrate the Padres and Joe Wieland starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Roy Halladay will attempt to outdistance the Dodgers and Edinson Volquez on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (still 19-10): were off yesterday 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 - tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Rays and Jeff Niemann will attempt to defuse the Bronx Bombers and David Phelps, at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. TB and David Price will attempt to needle New York and CC Sabathia on Thursday night, May 10th, starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will inaugurate a weekend away series against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jason Berken (pitching change) as their starter - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Matt Moore will zero in on the O's and Brian Matusz on Saturday night, May 12th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 12-16): reigned over the Royals, 11-5, last night to lead this three game away series, 1-0. Boston and Daniel Bard will attempt to win it from the Royals and Danny Duffy tonight in a game set to start at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Red Sox and Jon Lester will revolt against the Royals and Bruce Chen beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Beantown and Josh Beckett will initiate a 4 game homestand against the Cleveland Indians - with Derek Lowe on the hill - on Thursday night, May 10th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will undertake to destabilize the Tribe and gutless plunker, Ubaldo Jimenez, on Friday night, May 11th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Beantown and Felix Doubront will attempt to conquer Cleveland and Josh Tomlin in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 12-16): were scaled, 3-2, by the Padres last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this 3 game away series. The Mountaineers and just announced pitcher, Alex White, will try to even it up with the Pads and Jeff Suppan tonight in a game set to get underway at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, Colorado and just announced pitcher, Christian Friedrich, will attempt to defrock the Padres and Anthony Bass, beginning at 3:35 p.m., EDT. The Rockies will be off on Thursday, May 10th, to prepare to inaugurate a 3 game away series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Jamie Moyer and Chris Capuano, respectively, on the hill - on Friday night, May 11th, at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Colorado and Juan Nicasio will attempt to lay waste to L.A. and Aaron Harang beginning at 9:10 p.m., EDT. The Mountainmen and Drew Pomeranz will undertake to detain the Dodgers and Ted Lilly on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, starting at 4:10 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 14-14): were marooned, 3-2, by the Mariners last night to fall behind, 0-1, in this three game away series. Detroit and Justin Verlander will try to even it up with Seattle and Kevin Millwood tonight beginning at 10:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Tigers and Drew Smyly will attempt to rend the sails of the Seabees and Jason Vargas in a game set to get underway at 10:10 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Max Scherzer will initiate a four game away series against the Oakland Athletics - with Tyson Ross as their starter - on Thursday night, May 10th, beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to aggravate Oakland and Bartolo Colon in a game set to start at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Doug Fister will undertake to outmuscle the Athletics and Tommy Milone on Saturday night, May 12th, beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (still 15-13): were off yesterday to prepare to inaugurate a 3 game homestand against the Tampa Bay Rays - with Ivan Nova and Jamie Shields, respectively, on the hill - tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Bronx Bombers and David Phelps will attempt to outsting the Rays and Jeff Niemann beginning at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. The Yankees and CC Sabathia will try to trample the Rays and David Price in a game scheduled to start on Thursday night, May 10th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the Bronx Bombers and Hiroki Kuroda will initiate a weekend homestand against the Seattle Mariners - with King Felix Hernandez as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Yanks and Phil Hughes will face off against the Mariners and former Yankees' protege, Hector Noesi, on Saturday afternoon, May 12th, at 4:05 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


*****


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


*****


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 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!

Along with the Yankees' announcement that Andy Pettitte, the winningest pitcher in post-season MLB - now risen Lazarus-like from retirement - will start for the team this Sunday, four of our ten teams had a good result yesterday and six did not.

Winners of yesterday's games were:

101's Tigers over Seattle to tie their three game away series and go for a win tonight;

DD's A's over Socialcaesar's Blue Jays to win the first game of a two day homestand and go for a win today;

SFV's Giants over the Dodgers to tie that three game away series at 1-1 and go for a win tonight; and

the Yankees over TC's Rays to take the first game of that three game homestand and try to win it tonight.


Losses sustained by our other teams were: the Phillies to the Mets to lose that 3 game homestand, 0-2, and needing to avoid a sweep tonight; LW's Rockies to the Padres to lose that 3 game away series, 0-2, and needing to avoid being swept today; Fader's Red Sox to KC to tie that three game homestand at 1-1 and go for a win tonight; and Rem16's Cubs to Atlanta to tie that 3 game homestand at 1-1, and go for a win today.

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


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 16-14): bench pressed the Blue Jays, 7-3, last night to take a 1-0 lead in this 2 game homestand. This afternoon, the Athletics and Tyson Ross (pitching change) will attempt to win it from the Blue Jays' and Brandon Morrow in a game scheduled to begin at 3:35 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Bartolo Colon (pitching change) will initiate a long weekend homestand against the Detroit Tigers - with Max Scherzer on the hill - tomorrow night at 10:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the A's and Tommy Milone (pitching change) will try to de-talon the Tiggers and Rick Porcello beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. The Athletics and Brandon McCarthy (pitching change) will attempt to maul the Tigers and Doug Fister on Saturday night, May 12th, starting at 8:05 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Jarrod Parker will take on the Tigers and Justin Verlander on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 16-14): were offed by the A's, 7-3, last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 2 game away series. Toronto and Brandon Morrow will attempt to win it from Oakland and Tyson Ross (pitching change) in a game set to begin this afternoon at 3:35 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez will initiate a long weekend away series versus the Minnesota Twins - with Jason Marquis as their starter - in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will try to tank the Twinks and Nick Blackburn on Friday night, May 11th, beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Toronto and Drew Hutchison will attempt to undermine Minnesota and Francisco Liriano in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Ricky Romero will undertake to dust the Twinkies and Scott Diamond on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, at 2:10 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 12-18): were admonished, 3-1, by Atlanta last night to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. The Cubs and Paul Maholm will attempt to win it from the Braves and Tim Hudson this afternoon beginning at 2:20 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow, the Cubs will be off to prepare to initiate a weekend away series versus the Milwaukee Brewers - with Matt Garza and Randy Wolf, respectively, on the hill - in a game set to get underway on Friday night, May 11th, at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Jeff Samardzija (pitching change) will attempt to chug the Brewskis and Shaun Marcum on Saturday afternoon, May 12th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Cubs and Ryan Dempster (pitching change) will take on Milwaukee and Yovani Gallardo in a game scheduled to get underway at 2:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Paul Maholm will initiate a series against the defending WS Champion St. Louis Cardinals - with Jake Westbrook as their starter - on Monday night, May 14th, at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 15-15): disheartened the Dodgers, 2-1, last night to tie this 3 game away series at 1-1. The G-Men and Tim Lincecum will undertake to win it from the Dodgers and Chad Billingsley tonight starting at 10:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow, SF will be off to prepare to inaugurate a weekend homestand against the Arizona Diamondbacks - with Madison Bumgarner and Patrick Corbin, respectively, on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin on Friday night, May 11th, at 9:40 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Matt Cain will go eyeball to eyeball with the Snakes and Trevor Cahill on Saturday night, May 12th, at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Giants and Barry Zito will undertake to mesmerize the Snakes and Joe Saunders beginning at 4:10 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Ryan Vogelsong will initiate a series versus the Colorado Rockies - with Alex White on the hill - on Monday night, May 14th, in a game set to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 14-17): were phleeced, 7-4, by the Mets last night to lose this 3 game homestand, 0-2. Tonight, the Phils and Cliff Lee will try to avoid being swept by the Mets and Dillon Gee starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies will be off tomorrow to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the San Diego Padres - with Vance Worley and Clayton Richard, respectively, starting for the teams - in a game scheduled to begin on Friday night, May 11th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Philadelphia and Roy Halladay (pitching change) will attempt to phrustrate the Padres and Joe Wieland starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Cole Hamels (pitching change while Hamels apparently appeals from that 5 game suspension) will attempt to outdistance the Dodgers and Edinson Volquez on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, Philadelphia and Joe Blanton will initiate a homestand against the Houston Astros - with Aneury Rodriguez as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 19-11): were flattened, 5-3, by the Yankees last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 3 day away series. Tonight, the Rays and Jeff Niemann will attempt to even it up with the Bronx Bombers and David Phelps, at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. TB and David Price will attempt to needle New York and CC Sabathia tomorrow night starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will inaugurate a weekend away series against the Baltimore Orioles - with a starter now TBA - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Matt Moore will zero in on the O's and Brian Matusz on Saturday night, May 12th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, TB and Jamie Shields will attempt to overcome the O's and Jake Arrieta beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 12-17): were booted, 6-4, by the Royals last night to tie this 3 game away series at 1-1. Tonight, the Red Sox and Jon Lester will try to win it from KC and Bruce Chen beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Beantown and Josh Beckett will initiate a 4 game homestand against the Cleveland Indians - with Derek Lowe on the hill - tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will undertake to destabilize the Tribe and gutless plunker, Ubaldo Jimenez, on Friday night, May 11th, beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Beantown and Felix Doubront will attempt to conquer Cleveland and Josh Tomlin in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Boston and Daniel Bard will test the Tribe and Justin Masterson on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 12-17): were pounded, 3-1, by the Padres last night to lose this 3 game away series, 0-2. This afternoon, Colorado and Christian Friedrich will attempt to avoid being swept by the Padres and Anthony Bass, beginning at 3:35 p.m., EDT. The Rockies will be off tomorrow to prepare to inaugurate a 3 game away series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Jamie Moyer and Chris Capuano, respectively, on the hill - on Friday night, May 11th, at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Colorado and Juan Nicasio will attempt to lay waste to L.A. and Aaron Harang beginning at 9:10 p.m., EDT. The Mountainmen and Drew Pomeranz will undertake to detain the Dodgers and Ted Lilly on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, starting at 4:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, Colorado and Alex White will inaugurate an away series versus the San Francisco Giants - with Ryan Vogelsong as their starter - in a game set to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 15-14): unseated Seattle, 6-4, last night to tie this three game away series at 1-1. Tonight, the Tigers and Drew Smyly will attempt to win it from the Seabees and Jason Vargas in a game set to get underway at 10:10 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Max Scherzer will initiate a four game away series against the Oakland Athletics - with Bartolo Colon (pitching change) as their starter - tomorrow night beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to aggravate Oakland and Tommy Milone (pitching change) in a game set to start at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Doug Fister will try to outmuscle the Athletics and Brandon McCarthy (pitching change) on Saturday night, May 12th, beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Tigers and Justin Verlander will undertake to agitate the A's and Jarrod Parker beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 16-13): deflected the stingers, 5-3, from the Rays last night to take a 1-0 lead in this 3 game homestand. Tonight, the Bronx Bombers and David Phelps will attempt to win it from Tampa Bay and Jeff Niemann beginning at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. The Yankees and CC Sabathia will try to trample the Rays and David Price in a game scheduled to start tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 11th, the Bronx Bombers and Hiroki Kuroda will initiate a weekend homestand against the Seattle Mariners - with King Felix Hernandez as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Yanks and Phil Hughes will face off against the Mariners and former Yankees' protege, Hector Noesi, on Saturday afternoon, May 12th, at 4:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Yankees and Andy Pettitte, who has returned to the Bronx from retirement at home in Texas, will storm the Sailors and Blake Beavan beginning at 1:05 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


*****


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


*****


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 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!

Four of our ten teams had a good result yesterday and six did not.

Winners of yesterday's games were:

TC's Rays over the Yankees to tie that three game away series at 1-1 and try to win it tonight.

Socialcaesar's Blue Jays over DD's A's to leave that two game away series tied at 1-1;

Rem16's Cubs over the Braves to win that three game homestand, 2-1; and

LW's Rockies over the Padres to avoid being swept in that three game away series.


Losses sustained by our other teams were: the Phillies to the Mets to be swept in that 3 game homestand; and Fader's Red Sox to KC, 101's Tigers to Seattle, and SFV's Giants to the Dodgers to lose those three game away series, 1-2.

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


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 16-15): were blotted by the Blue Jays, 5-2, yesterday to leave this 2 game homestand tied at 1-1. Oakland and Bartolo Colon will initiate a long weekend homestand against the Detroit Tigers - with Max Scherzer on the hill - tonight at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the A's and Tommy Milone will try to de-talon the Tiggers and Rick Porcello beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. The Athletics and Brandon McCarthy will attempt to maul the Tigers and Doug Fister on Saturday night, May 12th, starting at 8:05 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Jarrod Parker will take on the Tigers and Justin Verlander on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, the A's and Tyson Ross will initiate an away series against the L.A. Angels - with Dan Haren on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin at 10:05 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 17-14): outmanned the Athletics, 5-2, yesterday to leave this 2 game away series tied at 1-1. Tonight, the Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez will initiate a long weekend away series versus the Minnesota Twins - with Jason Marquis as their starter - in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will try to tank the Twinks and Nick Blackburn tomorrow night beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Toronto and Drew Hutchison will attempt to undermine Minnesota and P.J. Walters (pitching change after the struggling Francisco Liriano was pulled from the rotation) in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Ricky Romero will undertake to dust the Twinkies and Scott Diamond on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, at 2:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, Toronto and Brandon Morrow will inaugurate a homestand versus the Tampa Bay Rays - with Jeff Niemann on the hill - beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 13-18): squeaked past Atlanta, 1-0, yesterday to win this 3 game homestand, 2-1. Today, the Cubs are off to prepare to initiate a weekend away series versus the Milwaukee Brewers - with Matt Garza and Randy Wolf, respectively, on the hill - in a game set to get underway tomorrow night at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Chris Volstad (pitching change-back) will attempt to chug the Brewskis and Shaun Marcum on Saturday afternoon, May 12th, beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Cubs and Jeff Samardzija (pitching change-back) will take on Milwaukee and Marco Estrada (pitching change) in a game scheduled to get underway at 2:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Ryan Dempster (pitching change) will initiate a series against the defending WS Champion St. Louis Cardinals - with Jake Westbrook as their starter - on Monday night, May 14th, at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, the Cubs and Paul Maholm will meet St. Louis and Kyle Lohse beginning at 1:45 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 15-16): were diminished, 6-2, by the Dodgers last night to lose this 3 game away series, 1-2. Today, SF is off to prepare to inaugurate a weekend homestand against the Arizona Diamondbacks - with Madison Bumgarner and Patrick Corbin, respectively, on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin tomorrow night at 9:40 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Matt Cain will go eyeball to eyeball with the Snakes and Trevor Cahill on Saturday night, May 12th, at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Giants and Barry Zito will undertake to bag the Snakes and Joe Saunders beginning at 4:10 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Ryan Vogelsong will initiate a homestand versus the Colorado Rockies - with Alex White on the hill - on Monday night, May 14th, in a game set to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 15th, the Giants and Tim Lincecum will man up against the Mountaineers and Christian Friedrich in a game scheduled to begin at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 14-18): were phlipped off, 10-6, by the Mets last night to to be swept in this 3 game homestand. The Phillies are off today to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the San Diego Padres - with Vance Worley and Clayton Richard, respectively, starting for the teams - in a game scheduled to begin tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Philadelphia and Roy Halladay will attempt to phrustrate the Padres and Joe Wieland starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Cole Hamels will attempt to outdistance the Dodgers and Edinson Volquez on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, Philadelphia and Joe Blanton will initiate a homestand against the Houston Astros - with Aneury Rodriguez as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Cliff Lee will gas up against the Rocketmen and Lucas Harrell on Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, starting at 1:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 20-11): whupped New York, 4-1, last night to tie this three game away series at 1-1. TB and David Price will attempt to win it from the Yankees and CC Sabathia tonight starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will inaugurate a weekend away series against the Baltimore Orioles - with a starter still TBA - in a game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Matt Moore will zero in on the O's and a starter now TBA on Saturday night, May 12th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, TB and Jamie Shields will attempt to overcome the O's and Brian Matusz (pitching change) beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Jeff Niemann will initiate an away series against the Toronto Blue Jays - with Brandon Morrow on the hill - on Monday night, May 14th, in a game set to start at 7:07 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 12-18): were kashiered, 4-3, by KC last night to lose this 3 game away series, 1-2. Beantown and Josh Beckett will initiate a 4 game homestand against the Cleveland Indians - with Derek Lowe on the hill - tonight at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will undertake to destabilize the Tribe and gutless plunker, Ubaldo Jimenez, tomorrow night beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Boston and Felix Doubront will attempt to conquer Cleveland and Josh Tomlin in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Boston and Daniel Bard will test the Tribe and Justin Masterson on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, the Red Sox and Jon Lester will initiate a homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with Kevin Millwood on the hill - in a game scheduled to get underway at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 13-17): sacked the Pads, 6-2, yesterday to avoid being swept in this 3 game away series. The Rockies are off today to prepare to inaugurate a 3 game away series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Jamie Moyer and Chris Capuano, respectively, on the hill - tomorrow nght at 10:10 p.m., EDT. On Saturday night, May 12th, Colorado and Juan Nicasio will attempt to lay waste to L.A. and Aaron Harang beginning at 9:10 p.m., EDT. The Mountainmen and Drew Pomeranz will undertake to detain the Dodgers and Ted Lilly on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, starting at 4:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, Colorado and Alex White will inaugurate an away series versus the San Francisco Giants - with Ryan Vogelsong as their starter - in a game set to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The Mountaineers and Christian Friedrich will aim their slingshots against the Giants and Tim Lincecum on Tuesday night, May 15th, beginning at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 15-15): were defanged, 2-1, by the Sailors last night to lose this three game away series, 1-2. Detroit and Max Scherzer will initiate a four game away series against the Oakland Athletics - with Bartolo Colon as their starter - tonight beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to aggravate Oakland and Tommy Milone in a game set to start at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Doug Fister will try to outmuscle the Athletics and Brandon McCarthy on Saturday night, May 12th, beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Tigers and Justin Verlander will undertake to agitate the A's and Jarrod Parker beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Drew Smyly will inaugurate an away series against the Chicago White Sox - with John Danks as their starter - in a game scheduled to begin on Monday night, May 14th, at 8:10 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 16-14): were tuned up by Tampa Bay, 4-1, last night to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. The Yankees and CC Sabathia will try to win it from the Rays and David Price in a game scheduled to start tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Bronx Bombers and Hiroki Kuroda will initiate a weekend homestand against the Seattle Mariners - with King Felix Hernandez as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Yanks and Phil Hughes will face off against the Mariners and former Yankees' protege, Hector Noesi, on Saturday afternoon, May 12th, at 4:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Yankees and Andy Pettitte, who has returned to the Bronx from retirement at home in Texas, will storm the Sailors and Blake Beavan beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. The Yankees and Ivan Nova will inaugurate an away series against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jake Arrieta on the hill - in a game set to get underway on Monday night, May 14th, 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


*****


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


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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!

Interleague Games' Announcement - Friday, May 18 - Sunday, May 20, 2012:

Before we get to today's summary of results, love it or hate it, the first round of Interleague Play between American League and National League teams is scheduled to take place next weekend.

On tap for contests involving our YF's Thread Teams, featuring some local intrastate/intracity competitions (and some not), are:

DD's Oakland A's @ SF's Giants
Chicago White Sox @ Rem16's Chicago Cubs
NY Mets @ Socialcaesar's Blue Jays
Fader's Red Sox @ Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves @ TC's Tampa Bay Rays
Seattle Mariners @ LW's Colorado Rockies
Pittsburgh Pirates @ 101's Detroit Tigers, and
Cincinnati Reds @ New York Yankees

On Monday, May 21st, the regular season MLB schedule reverts back to Intraleague play.


As for what happened yesterday, three our of our ten teams had a good result, three did not and SFV's Giants, Rem16's Cubs, LW's Rockies and the Phillies were off.

Winners of yesterday's games were:

101's Tigers over DD's A's to lead that 4 game away series, 1-0;

Socialcaesar's Blue Jays over the Twins to lead their 4 game away series, 1-0; and

the Yankees over TC's Rays to win that 3 game homestand, 2-1.


The only other loss sustained by one of our teams was by Fader's Red Sox to the Tribe to fall behind 0-1 in their 4 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 16-16): were decimated, 10-6, by Detroit last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 4 game homestand. Tonight, the A's and Tommy Milone will try to de-talon the Tiggers and Rick Porcello beginning at 10:05 p.m., EDT. The Athletics and Brandon McCarthy will attempt to maul the Tigers and Doug Fister tomorrow night starting at 8:05 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Jarrod Parker will take on the Tigers and Justin Verlander on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, the A's and Tyson Ross will initiate a 2 game away series against the L.A. Angels - with Dan Haren on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Bartolo Colon will attempt to grind down the Halos and Ervin Santana on Tuesday night, May 15th, starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 18-14): dunked the Twinkies, 6-2, last night to lead this 4 game away series, 1-0. Toronto and Kyle Drabek will try to tank the Twinks and Nick Blackburn tonight beginning at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Toronto and Drew Hutchison will attempt to undermine Minnesota and P.J. Walters in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Ricky Romero will undertake to dust the Twinkies and Scott Diamond on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, at 2:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, Toronto and Brandon Morrow will inaugurate a 2 game homestand versus the Tampa Bay Rays - with Jeff Niemann on the hill - beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez will try to drain Tampa Bay and David Price on Tuesday night, May 15th, in a game set to start at 7:07 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (still 13-18): were off yesterday to prepare to initiate a weekend away series versus the Milwaukee Brewers - with Matt Garza and Randy Wolf, respectively, on the hill - in a game set to get underway tonight at 8:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Chris Volstad will attempt to chug the Brewskis and Shaun Marcum tomorrow afternoon beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Cubs and Jeff Samardzija will take on Milwaukee and Marco Estrada in a game scheduled to get underway at 2:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will initiate a 2 game away series against the defending WS Champion St. Louis Cardinals - with Jake Westbrook as their starter - on Monday night, May 14th, at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, the Cubs and Paul Maholm will meet St. Louis and Kyle Lohse beginning at 1:45 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (still 15-16): were off yesterday to prepare to inaugurate a weekend homestand against the Arizona Diamondbacks - with Madison Bumgarner and Patrick Corbin, respectively, on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin tonight at 9:40 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Matt Cain will go eyeball to eyeball with the Snakes and Trevor Cahill tomorrow night at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Giants and Barry Zito will undertake to bag the Snakes and Joe Saunders beginning at 4:10 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Ryan Vogelsong will initiate a 2 game homestand versus the Colorado Rockies - with Alex White on the hill - on Monday night, May 14th, in a game set to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 15th, the Giants and Tim Lincecum will man up against the Mountaineers and Jeremy Guthrie (pitching change) in a game scheduled to begin at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (still 14-18): were off yesterday to prepare to initiate a weekend homestand against the San Diego Padres - with Vance Worley and Clayton Richard, respectively, starting for the teams - in a game scheduled to begin tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Philadelphia and Roy Halladay will attempt to phrustrate the Padres and Joe Wieland starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Cole Hamels will attempt to outdistance the Pads and Edinson Volquez on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, Philadelphia and Joe Blanton will initiate a 2 game homestand against the Houston Astros - with Aneury Rodriguez as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Cliff Lee will gas up against the Rocketmen and Lucas Harrell on Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, starting at 1:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 20-12): were outstung, 5-3, by the Yankees last night to lose this 3 game away series, 1-2. Tonight, the Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will inaugurate a weekend away series against the Baltimore Orioles and just announced starter, Dana Eveland, in a game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Matt Moore will zero in on the O's and Brian Matusz (pitching change-back) tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, TB and Jamie Shields will attempt to overcome the O's and Jake Arrieta (pitching change-back) beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Jeff Niemann will initiate a 2 game away series against the Toronto Blue Jays - with Brandon Morrow on the hill - on Monday night, May 14th, in a game set to start at 7:07 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 15th, TB and David Price will undertake to blister the Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 12-19): were unsoxed, 8-3, by Cleveland last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 4 game homestand. The Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will undertake to destabilize the Tribe and gutless plunker, Ubaldo Jimenez, tonight beginning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Boston and Felix Doubront will attempt to conquer Cleveland and Josh Tomlin in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Boston and Daniel Bard will test the Tribe and Justin Masterson on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, the Red Sox and Jon Lester will initiate a 2 game homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with Kevin Millwood on the hill - in a game scheduled to get underway at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Beantown and Josh Beckett will try to stymie the Seabees and Jason Vargas on Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (still 13-17): were off yesterday to prepare to inaugurate a 3 game away series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Jamie Moyer and Chris Capuano, respectively, on the hill - tonight at 10:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Colorado and Juan Nicasio will attempt to lay waste to L.A. and Aaron Harang beginning at 9:10 p.m., EDT. The Mountainmen and Drew Pomeranz will undertake to detain the Dodgers and Ted Lilly on Sunday afternoon, May 13th, starting at 4:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, Colorado and Alex White will inaugurate a 2 game away series versus the San Francisco Giants - with Ryan Vogelsong as their starter - in a game set to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The Mountaineers and Jeremy Guthrie (pitching change) will aim their slingshots in the general direction of the Giants and Tim Lincecum on Tuesday night, May 15th, beginning at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 16-15): emasculated the Athletics, 10-6, last night to lead this 4 game away series 1-0. Tonight, the Tigers and Rick Porcello will attempt to aggravate Oakland and Tommy Milone in a game set to start at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Doug Fister will try to outmuscle the Athletics and Brandon McCarthy tomorrow night beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Tigers and Justin Verlander will undertake to agitate the A's and Jarrod Parker beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Drew Smyly will inaugurate a 2 game away series against the Chicago White Sox - with John Danks as their starter - in a game scheduled to begin on Monday night, May 14th, at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, the Tiggers and Max Scherzer will attempt to chew up the Chisox and Jake Peavy beginning at 2:10 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 17-14): triumphed, 5-3, over Tampa Bay last night to win this 3 game homestand, 2-1. Tonight, the Bronx Bombers and Hiroki Kuroda will initiate a weekend homestand against the Seattle Mariners - with King Felix Hernandez as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Yanks and Phil Hughes will face off against the Mariners and former Yankees' protege, Hector Noesi, tomorrow afternoon at 4:05 p.m., EDT. On Sunday afternoon, May 13th, the Yankees and Andy Pettitte, who has returned to the Bronx from retirement at home in Texas, will storm the Sailors and Blake Beavan beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. The Yankees and Ivan Nova will inaugurate a 2 game away series against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jason Hammel (pitching change) on the hill - in a game set to get underway on Monday night, May 14th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 15th, the Bronx Bombers and CC Sabathia will attempt to zonk the Zeros and Wei-yin Chen 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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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


*****


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


*****


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 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!

Bryce Harper's Hissy Fit.

For those of you who've been paying attention, and for those of you who have not, the Washington Nationals have debuted their starter, Stephen Strasburg's, successor as MLB wunderkind in one Bryce Harper in LF, a 19 year old phenom with talent to burn, or so it's been said.

Harper made news last Sunday for being plunked by Cole Hamels, an aging pitching wunderkind still in the employ of the Philadelphia Phillies - an act that resulted in a 5 game suspension when Hamels girlishly spouted afterward that he had done so intentionally.

An act of jealous raging perhaps - committed in a late-breaking realization that a wunderkind's status runs mercilessly short.

Last night, Harper himself suffered a diva-ish meltdown after going 0 for 5 and enduring 3 SO's in the Nats' 7-3 win over the Reds.

After one of the latter, he went back to the dugout, slammed a wall and an angry bat retaliated by smashing Harper in the face.

And yes, stitches were needed, but he remained in the game.

Harper's talent, while said to be comparable to Derek Jeter's at that age, clearly has yet to be harnessed to the steady, rock-solid temperament that has helped Jeter go the distance and become one of the greatest players in the game.

Problem for Harper and other potential teenaged flashes in the pan is that Derek Jeter was made that way.

In Kipling's poem, "If", there's a classic line etched in brass at the Wimbledon Lawn and Tennis Club:

If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same. . .

Clearly, someone who cares about Bryce Harper needs to have a heart to heart with the kid to convey that noble message if Harper wants his moniker to someday be included with those of the all time greats.

And "If" he doesn't want to end his career playing for a perennial loser like Pittsburgh where former phenom, A.J. Burnett's, meltdowns with the Yankees landed him this year.

Link to Harper Meltdown report from ESPN.com:

scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320511117


As for what happened yesterday with our ten YF's Thread teams, four had a good result and six did not.

Winners of yesterday's games were:

the Yankees over Seattle to lead that 3 game homestand, 1-0, and go for a win today;

the Phillies over the Padres to lead that 3 game homestand, 1-0, and go for a win tonight;

Fader's Red Sox over the Tribe to tie that 4 game homestand at 1-1 and go for the lead tonight; and

DD's A's over 101's Tigers to tie that 4 game homestand at 1-1 and go for the lead tonight.


Losses sustained by other of our teams were: TC's Rays to the O's, Rem16's Cubs to Milwaukee, SFV's Giants to the Snakes and LW's Rockies to the Dodgers to fall behind 0-1 in their three game away series and needing to tie them in today's and tonight's games, and Socialcaesar's Blue Jays to the Twins to tie that 4 game away series at 1-1 and needing to go for the lead tonight.


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


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 17-16): stalled Motor City, 11-4, last night to tie this 4 game homestand, 1-1. The Athletics and Brandon McCarthy will try for a 2-1 lead over the Tigers and Doug Fister tonight starting at 8:05 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Jarrod Parker will take on the Tigers and Justin Verlander tomorrow afternoon beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, the A's and Tyson Ross will initiate a 2 game away series against the L.A. Angels - with Dan Haren on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Bartolo Colon will attempt to grind down the Halos and Ervin Santana on Tuesday night, May 15th, starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The A's and Tommy Milone will initiate a 2 game away series against the Texas Rangers - with Yu Darvish on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 18-15): were torpedoed by the Twinkies, 7-6, last night to tie this 4 game away series at 1-1. Tonight, Toronto and Drew Hutchison will go for a 2-1 lead over Minnesota and P.J. Walters in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Ricky Romero will undertake to dust the Twinkies and Scott Diamond tomorrow afternoon at 2:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, Toronto and Brandon Morrow will inaugurate a 2 game homestand versus the Tampa Bay Rays - with Jeff Niemann on the hill - beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez will try to drain Tampa Bay and David Price on Tuesday night, May 15th, in a game set to start at 7:07 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, Toronto and Kyle Drabek will inaugurate a two game homestand versus the New York Yankees - with Hiroki Kuroda on the hill - beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 13-19): were tossed down, 8-7, by the Brewskis last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 3 game away series. The Cubbies and Chris Volstad will attempt to even it up with the Brewers and Shaun Marcum this afternoon beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Cubs and Jeff Samardzija will take on Milwaukee and Marco Estrada in a game scheduled to get underway at 2:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will initiate a 2 game away series against the defending WS Champion St. Louis Cardinals - with Jake Westbrook as their starter - on Monday night, May 14th, at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, the Cubs and Paul Maholm will meet St. Louis and Kyle Lohse beginning at 1:45 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Matt Garza will initiate a two game homestand against the Philadelphia Phillies - with Vance Worley as their starter - on Wednesday night, May 16th, in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:05 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 15-17): were rattled, 5-1, by the Diamondbacks last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 3 game away series. The G-Men and Matt Cain will go eyeball to eyeball in trying to even it up with the Snakes and Trevor Cahill tonight at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Giants and Barry Zito will undertake to bag the Snakes and Joe Saunders beginning at 4:10 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Ryan Vogelsong will initiate a 2 game homestand versus the Colorado Rockies - with Christian Friedrich (pitching change) on the hill - on Monday night, May 14th, in a game set to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 15th, the Giants and Tim Lincecum will man up against the Mountaineers and Jeremy Guthrie in a game scheduled to begin at 10:15 p.m., EDT. SF and Madison Bumgarner will inaugurate a two game away series against the St. Louis Cardinals - with Jaime Garcia on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, starting at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 15-18): stiphled San Diego, 7-3, last night to lead this 3 game homestand, 1-0. Tonight, Philadelphia and Roy Halladay will attempt to win it from the Padres and Edinson Volquez (pitching change) starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Cole Hamels will attempt to outdistance the Padres (and not the Dodgers LOL) and Jeff Suppan (pitching change) tomorrow afternoon beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, Philadelphia and Joe Blanton will initiate a 2 game homestand against the Houston Astros - with Aneury Rodriguez as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Cliff Lee will gas up against the Rocketmen and Lucas Harrell on Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, starting at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, Philadelphia and Vance Worley will initiate a two game away series against the Chicago Cubs - with Matt Garza on the hill - beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 20-13): were bummed, 4-3, by Baltimore last night to fall behind 0-1 in this 3 game away series. The Rays and Matt Moore will try to even it up with the O's and Brian Matusz tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, TB and Jamie Shields will attempt to overcome the O's and Jake Arrieta beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Jeff Niemann will initiate a 2 game away series against the Toronto Blue Jays - with Brandon Morrow on the hill - on Monday night, May 14th, in a game set to start at 7:07 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 15th, TB and David Price will undertake to blister the Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will initiate a two game homestand versus the Boston Red Sox - with Clay Buchholz on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 13-19): trounced the Tribe, 7-5, last night to tie this 4 game homestand at 1-1. Tonight, Boston and Felix Doubront will go for a 2-1 lead over Cleveland and Josh Tomlin in a game set to start at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Boston and Daniel Bard will test the Tribe and Justin Masterson tomorrow afternoon beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, the Red Sox and Jon Lester will initiate a 2 game homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with Jason Vargas (pitching change) on the hill - in a game scheduled to get underway at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Beantown and Josh Beckett will try to stymie the Seabees and Blake Beavan (pitching change) on Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, the Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will inaugurate a two game away series against the Tampa Bay Rays - with Jeremy Hellickson on the hill - in a game scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 13-18): were dashed, 7-3, by the Dodgers last night to fall behind 0-1 in this three game away series. Tonight, Colorado and Juan Nicasio will attempt to tie it with L.A. and Aaron Harang beginning at 9:10 p.m., EDT. The Mountainmen and Alex White (pitching change) will undertake to detain the Dodgers and Ted Lilly tomorrow afternoon starting at 4:10 p.m., EDT. On Monday night, May 14th, Colorado and Christian Friedrich (pitching change) will inaugurate a 2 game away series versus the San Francisco Giants - with Ryan Vogelsong as their starter - in a game set to commence at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The Mountaineers and Jeremy Guthrie will aim their slingshots in the general direction of the Giants and Tim Lincecum on Tuesday night, May 15th, beginning at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, Colorado and Jamie Moyer will initiate a two game homestand against the Arizona Diamondbacks - with Patrick Corbin on the hill - in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:40 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 16-16): were outgunned, 11-4, by Oakland last night to tie this 4 game away series at 1-1. Detroit and Doug Fister will try to gain a 2-1 lead over the Athletics and Brandon McCarthy tonight beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT [Edited 5/13/12]. Tomorrow afternoon, the Tigers and Justin Verlander will undertake to agitate the A's and Jarrod Parker beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Drew Smyly will inaugurate a 2 game away series against the Chicago White Sox - with John Danks as their starter - in a game scheduled to begin on Monday night, May 14th, at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, the Tiggers and Max Scherzer will attempt to chew up the Chisox and Jake Peavy beginning at 2:10 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Rick Porcello will inaugurate a 2 game homestand against the Minnesota Twins - with Nick Blackburn on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 18-14): waterlogged the Sailors, 6-2, last night to lead this 3 game homestand at 1-0. The Yanks and Phil Hughes will try to win it from Seattle and former Yankees' protege, Hector Noesi, this afternoon at 4:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Yankees and Andy Pettitte, who has returned to the Bronx from retirement at home in Texas, will storm the Sailors and Kevin Millwood (pitching change) beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. The Yankees and Ivan Nova will inaugurate a 2 game away series against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jason Hammel on the hill - in a game set to get underway on Monday night, May 14th, at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 15th, the Bronx Bombers and CC Sabathia will attempt to zonk the Zeros and Wei-yin Chen beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Yanks and Hiroki Kuroda will inaugurate a 2 game away series versus the Toronto Blue Jays - with Kyle Drabek as their starter - in a game set to commence on Wednesday night, May 16th, at 7:07 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


*****


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

[Arethusa]

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

In Yankees' news, yesterday, the team celebrated the 87th birthday of Hall of Famer Yogi Berra with a pregame ceremony featuring a pinstriped cake at home plate while the crowd sang to him.

And today, the Yanks will celebrate the return of future HoF pitcher, Andy Pettitte, making his first start to end this homestand against Seattle after leaving retirement to rejoin the team.


We were at .500 yesterday with our ten YF's Thread teams - five had a good result and five did not.

Winners of yesterday's games were:

DD's A's over 101's Tigers to lead that four game homestand, 2-1, and go for the win today;

Socialcaesar's Blue Jays over Minnesota to lead that four game away series, 2-1, and go for a win today;

SFV's Giants over Arizona to tie that three game away series at 1-1 and go for the win today;

Fader's Red Sox over the Tribe to lead that four game homestand at 2-1 and go for the win today; and

the Yankees over Seattle to win their three game homestand, 2-0, and go for a sweep today.


Losses sustained by other of our teams were: TC's Rays to the O's, Rem16's Cubs to Milwaukee, and LW's Rockies to the Dodgers to fall behind 0-2 in their three game away series and needing to avoid sweeps in today's games, and the Phillies to the Pads to tie that three game homestand at 1-1 and needing to win it today.


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


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 18-16): got the Tiggers by the tail, 3-1, last night to lead this 4 game homestand, 2-1. Oakland and Jarrod Parker will try to win it from Detroit and Justin Verlander this afternoon beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the A's and Tyson Ross will initiate a 2 game away series against the L.A. Angels - with Dan Haren on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Bartolo Colon will attempt to grind down the Halos and Ervin Santana on Tuesday night, May 15th, starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The A's and Tommy Milone will initiate a 2 game away series against the Texas Rangers - with Yu Darvish on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. On Thursday afternoon, May 17th, the Athletics and Brandon McCarthy will wrassle with the Wrangers and Matt Harrison in a match set to start at 2:05 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 19-15): mastered Minnesota, 2-1, last night to lead this 4 game away series, 2-1. The Blue Jays and Ricky Romero will undertake to win it from the Twinkies and Scott Diamond this afternoon at 2:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Toronto and Brandon Morrow will inaugurate a 2 game homestand versus the Tampa Bay Rays - with Jeff Niemann on the hill - beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez will try to drain Tampa Bay and David Price on Tuesday night, May 15th, in a game set to start at 7:07 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, Toronto and Kyle Drabek will inaugurate a two game homestand versus the New York Yankees - with Hiroki Kuroda on the hill - beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Drew Hutchison will undertake to bring down the Bronx Bombers and Phil Hughes in a game set to start on Thursday night, May 17th, at 7:07 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 13-20): went down, 8-2, to Milwaukee last night to lose this 3 game away series, 0-2. This afternoon, the Cubs and Jeff Samardzija will try to avoid being swept by the Brewskis and Marco Estrada in a game scheduled to get underway at 2:10 p.m., EDT. The Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will initiate a 2 game away series against the defending WS Champion St. Louis Cardinals - with Jake Westbrook as their starter - tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, the Cubs and Matt Garza (pitching change) will meet St. Louis and Kyle Lohse beginning at 1:45 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Chris Volstad (pitching change) will initiate a two game homestand against the Philadelphia Phillies - with Vance Worley as their starter - on Wednesday night, May 16th, in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:05 p.m., EDT. On Thursday night, May 17th, the Cubbies and Paul Maholm will defend against the Phightin' Phils and Roy Halladay beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 16-17): skinned the Snakes, 5-2, last night to tie this 3 game away series at 1-1. This afternoon, the Giants and Barry Zito will attempt to win it from Arizona and Joe Saunders beginning at 4:10 p.m., EDT. The G-Men and Ryan Vogelsong will initiate a 2 game homestand versus the Colorado Rockies - with Christian Friedrich on the hill - tomorrow night in a game set to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 15th, the Giants and Tim Lincecum will man up against the Mountaineers and Jeremy Guthrie in a game scheduled to begin at 10:15 p.m., EDT. SF and Madison Bumgarner will inaugurate a two game away series against the St. Louis Cardinals - with Jaime Garcia on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, starting at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Thursday afternoon, May 17th, the G-Men and Matt Cain will play war with the Cards and Adam Wainwright in a game scheduled to begin at 3:45 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 15-19): were dephlated by the Pads, 2-1, last night to tie this 3 game homestand at 1-1. The Phillies and Cole Hamels will attempt to win it from the Padres and Jeff Suppan this afternoon beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Philadelphia and Joe Blanton will initiate a 2 game homestand against the Houston Astros - with Aneury Rodriguez as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Cliff Lee will gas up against the Rocketmen and Lucas Harrell on Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, starting at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, Philadelphia and Vance Worley will initiate a two game away series against the Chicago Cubs - with Chris Volstad (pitching change) on the hill - beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Roy Halladay will undertake to commandeer the Cubbies and Paul Maholm in a game scheduled to start on Thursday night, May 17th, at 8:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 20-14): were braised, 5-3, by Baltimore last night to lose this 3 game away series, 0-2. This afternoon, TB and Jamie Shields will attempt to avoid being swept by the O's and Jake Arrieta beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Jeff Niemann will initiate a 2 game away series against the Toronto Blue Jays - with Brandon Morrow on the hill - tomorrow night at 7:07 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 15th, TB and David Price will undertake to blister the Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will initiate a two game homestand versus the Boston Red Sox - with Clay Buchholz on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Thursday night, May 17th, the Rays and Matt Moore will undertake to sting the gas outta Beantown and Felix Doubront starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 14-19): beaned Cleveland, 4-1, last night to lead this 4 game homestand, 2-1. Boston and Daniel Bard will attempt to win it from the Tribe and Justin Masterson this afternoon beginning at 1:35 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Red Sox and Jon Lester will initiate a 2 game homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with Jason Vargas on the hill - in a game scheduled to get underway at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Beantown and Josh Beckett will try to stymie the Seabees and Blake Beavan on Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, the Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will inaugurate a two game away series against the Tampa Bay Rays - with Jeremy Hellickson on the hill - in a game scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. Boston and Felix Doubront will wrangle with the Rays and Matt Moore on Thursday night, May 17th, begnning at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 13-19): were diminished, 2-1, by the Dodgers last night to lose this three game away series, 0-2. The Mountainmen and Alex White will try to avoid being swept by L.A. and Ted Lilly this afternoon starting at 4:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, Colorado and Christian Friedrich will inaugurate a 2 game away series versus the San Francisco Giants - with Ryan Vogelsong as their starter - in a game set to commence at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The Mountaineers and Jeremy Guthrie will aim their slingshots in the general direction of the Giants and Tim Lincecum on Tuesday night, May 15th, beginning at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, Colorado and Jamie Moyer will initiate a two game homestand against the Arizona Diamondbacks - with Patrick Corbin on the hill - in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:40 p.m., EDT. The Mountainmen and Juan Nicasio will attempt to outslither the Snakes and Trevor Cahill on Thursday afternoon, May 17th, beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 16-17): lost their stripes, 3-1, to Oakland last night to fall behind 1-2 in this 4 game away series. This afternoon, the Tigers and Justin Verlander will undertake to leave it tied with the A's and Jarrod Parker beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Drew Smyly will inaugurate a 2 game away series against the Chicago White Sox - with John Danks as their starter - in a game scheduled to begin tomorrow night at 8:10 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday afternoon, May 15th, the Tiggers and Max Scherzer will attempt to chew up the Chisox and Jake Peavy beginning at 2:10 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Rick Porcello will inaugurate a 2 game homestand against the Minnesota Twins - with Nick Blackburn on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Thursday afternoon, May 17th, the Tigers and Doug Fister will rumble with the Twinkies and P.J. Walters beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 19-14): rolled over Seattle, 6-2, on Yogi Berra's 87th birthday to win this 3 game homestand, 2-0. This afternoon, the Yankees and Andy Pettitte, who has returned to the Bronx from retirement at home in Texas, will try to sweep the Mariners and Kevin Millwood beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. The Yankees and Ivan Nova will inaugurate a 2 game away series against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jason Hammel on the hill - in a game set to get underway tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Tuesday night, May 15th, the Bronx Bombers and CC Sabathia will attempt to zonk the Zeros and Wei-yin Chen beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Yanks and Hiroki Kuroda will inaugurate a 2 game away series versus the Toronto Blue Jays - with Kyle Drabek as their starter - in a game set to commence on Wednesday night, May 16th, at 7:07 p.m., EDT. On Thursday night, May 17th, the men in Yankee pinstripes and Phil Hughes will try to strip the feathers off the Blue Jays and Drew Hutchison beginning at 7:07 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


*****


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


*****


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 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, when MLB players in both leagues celebrated Mothers' Day by wearing pink ribbons, wristbands and some even shoes, as well as wielding pink bats to demonstrate support for Breast Cancer awareness and research, six of our ten teams had a good result and four, including the Yankees celebrating Andy Pettitte's return to the Bronx, did not.

Winners of yesterday's games were:

SFV's Giants over Arizona to win that three game away series, 2-1;

Fader's Red Sox over the Tribe to win that four game homestand, 3-1;

the Phillies over San Diego to win that three game homestand, 2-1;

101's Tigers over DD's Athletics to split that four game away series, 2-2;

TC's Rays over the Orioles to avoid being swept in that three game away series; and

Rem16's Cubs over Milwaukee to avoid being swept in that three game away series.


Losses sustained yesterday by other of our teams were: the Yankees to Seattle, but winning that three game homestand, 2-1, nonetheless; Socialcaesar's Blue Jays to the Twins to split that four game away series, 2-2; and LW's Rockies to the L.A. Dodgers to be swept in that three game away series.


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


DD's Oakland Athletics (now 18-17): experienced a drag in Motor City yesterday with the Tigers topping them off 3-1 to leave this four game homestand tied at 2-2. Tonight, the A's and Tyson Ross will initiate a 2 game away series against the L.A. Angels - with Dan Haren on the hill - in a game scheduled to begin at 10:05 p.m., EDT. Oakland and Bartolo Colon will attempt to grind down the Halos and Ervin Santana tomorrow night starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The A's and Tommy Milone will initiate a 2 game away series against the Texas Rangers - with Yu Darvish on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. On Thursday afternoon, May 17th, the Athletics and Brandon McCarthy will wrassle with the Wrangers and Matt Harrison in a match set to start at 2:05 p.m., EDT. The A's and Jarrod Parker will initiate a weekend Interleague away series against their neighbors, the San Francisco Giants, - with Barry Zito on the hill - on Friday night, May 18th, at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



Socialcaesar's Toronto Blue Jays (now 19-16): were stuffed, 4-3, by the Twinkies yesterday to leave this four game away series tied at 2-2. Tonight, Toronto and Brandon Morrow will inaugurate a 2 game homestand versus the Tampa Bay Rays - with Jeff Niemann on the hill - beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez will try to drain Tampa Bay and David Price tomorrow night in a game set to start at 7:07 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, Toronto and Kyle Drabek will inaugurate a two game homestand versus the New York Yankees - with Hiroki Kuroda on the hill - beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Blue Jays and Drew Hutchison will undertake to bring down the Bronx Bombers and Phil Hughes in a game set to start on Thursday night, May 17th, at 7:07 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 18th, Toronto and Ricky Romero will inaugurate a weekend Interleague homestand versus the New York Mets - with Jonathon Niese on the hill - beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT.



Rem16's Chicago Cubs (now 14-20): milked Milwaukee, 8-2, yesterday to avoid being swept in this 3 game away series. The Cubbies and Ryan Dempster will initiate a 2 game away series against the defending WS Champion St. Louis Cardinals - with Jake Westbrook as their starter - tonight at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. Tomorrow afternoon, the Cubs and Paul Maholm (pitching change-back) will meet St. Louis and Kyle Lohse beginning at 1:45 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Matt Garza (pitching change-back) will initiate a two game homestand against the Philadelphia Phillies - with Vance Worley as their starter - on Wednesday night, May 16th, in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:05 p.m., EDT. On Thursday night, May 17th, the Cubbies and Chris Volstad (pitching change) will defend against the Phightin' Phils and Roy Halladay beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. The Cubs and Jeff Samardzija will initiate a weekend Interleague homestand against their neighbors, the Chicago White Sox - with Philip Humber on the hill - on Friday afternoon, May 18th, at 2:20 p.m., EDT.



SFV's San Francisco Giants (now 17-17): abnegated Arizona, 7-3, yesterday to win this 3 game away series, 2-1. The G-Men and Ryan Vogelsong will initiate a 2 game homestand versus the Colorado Rockies - with Christian Friedrich on the hill - tonight in a game set to start at 10:15 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Giants and Tim Lincecum will man up against the Mountaineers and Jeremy Guthrie in a game scheduled to begin at 10:15 p.m., EDT. SF and Madison Bumgarner will inaugurate a two game away series against the St. Louis Cardinals - with Jaime Garcia on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, starting at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Thursday afternoon, May 17th, the G-Men and Matt Cain will play war with the Cards and Adam Wainwright in a game scheduled to begin at 3:45 p.m., EDT. SF and Barry Zito will launch a weekend Interleague homestand against their neighbors, the Oakland Athletics - with Jarrod Parker on the hill - on Friday night, May 18th, at 10:15 p.m., EDT.



The Philadelphia Phillies (now 16-19): snaphued San Diego, 3-2, yesterday to win this 3 game homestand, 2-1. Tonight, Philadelphia and Joe Blanton will initiate a 2 game homestand against the Houston Astros - with Lucas Harrell (pitching change) as their starter - in a game set to get underway at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Cliff Lee will gas up against the Rocketmen and a pitcher now TBA tomorrow afternoon starting at 1:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, Philadelphia and Vance Worley will initiate a two game away series against the Chicago Cubs - with Matt Garza (another pitching change) on the hill - beginning at 8:05 p.m., EDT. The Phillies and Roy Halladay will undertake to commandeer the Cubbies and Chris Volstad (ditto) in a game scheduled to start on Thursday night, May 17th, at 8:05 p.m., EDT. Philadelphia and Cole Hamels will initiate a weekend Interleague homestand against the Boston Red Sox - with Daniel Bard on the hill - on Friday night, May 18th, beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Tankcommander's (TC's) Tampa Bay Rays (now 21-14): offput the O's, 9-8, yesterday to avoid being swept in this 3 game away series. The Rays and Jeff Niemann will initiate a 2 game away series against the Toronto Blue Jays - with Brandon Morrow on the hill - tonight at 7:07 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, TB and David Price will undertake to baste the Blue Jays and Henderson Alvarez beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Rays and Jeremy Hellickson will initiate a two game homestand versus the Boston Red Sox - with Clay Buchholz on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. On Thursday night, May 17th, the Rays and Matt Moore will undertake to sting the gas outta Beantown and Felix Doubront starting at 7:10 p.m., EDT. TB and Jamie Shields will inaugurate an Interleague weekend homestand versus the Atlanta Braves - with Tommy Hanson on the hill - on Friday night, May 18th, at 7:10 p.m., EDT.



Fader's Boston Red Sox (now 15-19): cleaned Cleveland's clock, 12-1, yesterday to win this 4 game homestand, 3-1. Tonight, the Red Sox and Jon Lester will initiate a 2 game homestand versus the Seattle Mariners - with Jason Vargas on the hill - in a game scheduled to get underway at 7:10 p.m., EDT. Beantown and Josh Beckett will try to stymie the Seabees and Blake Beavan tomorrow afternoon beginning at 4:05 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, the Red Sox and Clay Buchholz will inaugurate a two game away series against the Tampa Bay Rays - with Jeremy Hellickson on the hill - in a game scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m., EDT, on ESPN and ESPN3. Boston and Felix Doubront will wrangle with the Rays and Matt Moore on Thursday night, May 17th, begnning at 7:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 18th, the Red Sox and Daniel Bard will initiate a weekend Interleague away series against the Philadelphia Phillies - with Cole Hamels as their starter - at 7:05 p.m., EDT.



Littlewheels' Colorado Rockies (now 13-20): were clubbed, 11-5, by the Dodgers yesterday to be swept in this 3 game away series. Tonight, Colorado and Christian Friedrich will inaugurate a 2 game away series versus the San Francisco Giants - with Ryan Vogelsong as their starter - in a game set to commence at 10:15 p.m., EDT. The Mountaineers and Jeremy Guthrie will aim their slingshots in the general direction of the Giants and Tim Lincecum tomorrow night beginning at 10:15 p.m., EDT. On Wednesday night, May 16th, Colorado and Jamie Moyer will initiate a two game homestand against the Arizona Diamondbacks - with Patrick Corbin on the hill - in a game scheduled to get underway at 8:40 p.m., EDT. The Mountainmen and Juan Nicasio will attempt to outslither the Snakes and Trevor Cahill on Thursday afternoon, May 17th, beginning at 3:10 p.m., EDT. On Friday night, May 18th, the Rockies and Alex White will initiate a weekend Interleague homestand against the Seattle Mariners - with Kevin Millwood on the hill - in a game set to get underway at 8:40 p.m., EDT.



101ABN's Detroit Tigers (now 17-17): assaulted the Athletics, 3-1, yesterday to leave this 4 game away series tied, 2-2. Detroit and Drew Smyly will inaugurate a 2 game away series against the Chicago White Sox - with John Danks as their starter - in a game scheduled to begin tonight at 8:10 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow afternoon, the Tiggers and Max Scherzer will attempt to chew up the Chisox and Jake Peavy beginning at 2:10 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Rick Porcello will inaugurate a 2 game homestand against the Minnesota Twins - with Nick Blackburn on the hill - on Wednesday night, May 16th, starting at 7:05 p.m., EDT. On Thursday afternoon, May 17th, the Tigers and Doug Fister will rumble with the Twinkies and P.J. Walters beginning at 1:05 p.m., EDT. Detroit and Justin Verlander (now 4-1, with a 2.47 ERA) will initiate a weekend Interleague homestand versus the Pittsburgh Pirates - with former Yankees' hurler, A.J. Burnett (now 1-2, with a 5.12 ERA) on the hill - on Friday night, 7:05 p.m., EDT.



The New York Yankees (now 19-15): went to sleep, 6-2, against Seattle yesterday, but won this three game homestand marking the return of Andy Pettitte to the Bronx, anyway. The Yankees and Ivan Nova will inaugurate a 2 game away series against the Baltimore Orioles - with Jason Hammel on the hill - in a game set to get underway tonight at 7:05 p.m., EDT. Tomorrow night, the Bronx Bombers and CC Sabathia will attempt to zonk the Zeros and Wei-yin Chen beginning at 7:05 p.m., EDT. The Yanks and Hiroki Kuroda will inaugurate a 2 game away series versus the Toronto Blue Jays - with Kyle Drabek as their starter - in a game set to commence on Wednesday night, May 16th, at 7:07 p.m., EDT. On Thursday night, May 17th, the men in Yankee pinstripes and Phil Hughes will try to yank the feathers off the Blue Jays and Drew Hutchison beginning at 7:07 p.m., EDT. The Bronx Bombers and Andy Pettitte will initiate a weekend Interleague homestand against the Cincinnati Reds - with Bronson Arroyo on the hill - on Friday night, May 18th, 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 Monday and Baseball to you and all and may the best teams win!

Arethusa