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THT Daily: Bonds Inches Closerby Matthew CarruthJuly 04, 2007 Major League News for July 4Today’s LinksPlayer News Yesterday’s Results Today’s Games Standings Top Minor League Performances You can always find the most recent THT Daily at http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/content/thtdaily/ THT LinksFrom the Realm of Odd - Some random statistical quirks to date so far in the season. And He is/will be Off Again - Ken Rosenthal reports the latest concerning the Mark Buehrle extension talks and why the deal will ultimately get done. Sorry other teams. The Motivation Behind No No-Trade - Meanwhile, here is some information about why the White Sox are so reluctant to include a no-trade clause in Buehrle's contract. No-Boating Clause - The San Francisco Giants are restricting what kind of boating craft may be present in McCovey Cove during the All-Star Game. Playa Hating - Finally, Gaslamp Ball has an interesting question. Is there any player, be it baseball or otherwise, that fans are/should just not be allowed to hate? We're talking about fans nationwide, not just of the player's particular team. THT Links represents the best efforts of our editors in scouring the various tubes of the interweb for both relevant and irrelevant news items. If you have happened upon a story that we have overlooked or wish to give feedback of any sort, please notify us at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Player NewsPlayer Headlines are courtesy of RotoworldBrad Wilkerson became the first American Leaguer this year with a three-homer game Tuesday in the Rangers' 8-2 win over the Angels. Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Lee are the two National Leaguers to get there this year. Wilkerson drove in six runs with his three bombs. He has five homers and 15 RBI over his last seven games. Perhaps this will inspire the Rangers to move him up in the lineup. He has 39 RBI in 166 at-bats, which is very impressive for someone who has spent most of his time in the seventh and eighth spots in the order. Billy Butler was 3-for-5 with four runs and six RBI Tuesday as Kansas City rolled over the Mariners 17-3. Butler's three-run homer keyed a six-run first, and then his bases-loaded double was the big hit in a four-run second inning. Not only did he become the first rookie this season to drive in six runs in a game, but at 21 years, 76 days old, he became the youngest player to do it since A-Rod was just 20 years, 295 days old on May 17, 1996. In 21 games, Butler is batting .286 with five doubles, but when Mike Sweeney comes off the DL this weekend, it will be "thanks, kid. Now back to Triple-A with you." Barry Bonds hit a two-run homer Tuesday to pull within four of tying Hank Aaron's all-time record for home runs. Blast No. 751 of Bonds' career came in his first at-bat of the night to stake the Giants to a 2-0 first-inning lead in the city in which Aaron tied the Babe's record back in 1974. Bonds, who also drew two walks to give him 86 free passes in 74 games, is up to .305. He's now victimized Aaron Harang twice in his career. Chris Carpenter (elbow) gave up five runs -- three earned -- and five hits in 1 1/3 innings Tuesday in his first rehab start for Single-A Palm Beach. Well, it was his first game appearance in three months. Carpenter will make at least two more starts in the minors before rejoining the Cardinals. Diamondbacks placed LHP Randy Johnson on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 29, with a sore back. Johnson showed last year that he can no longer pitch effectively when he's only 85-90 percent, so the Diamondbacks are probably doing the smart thing here. Still, it's looking like they might not get much from the 43-year-old over the remainder of the two-year extension he signed as part of the trade with the Yankees. Yusmeiro Petit will start in his place tonight. Yesterday’s ResultsAmerican League BOS 4 TB 1 (Recap and Boxscore) NYA 8 MIN 0 (Recap and Boxscore) CHA 5 BAL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CLE 5 DET 4 (Recap and Boxscore) KC 17 SEA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) OAK 3 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) TEX 8 LAA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) National League CHN 3 WAS 1 (Recap and Boxscore) CIN 7 SF 3 (Recap and Boxscore) HOU 5 PHI 4 (Recap and Boxscore) PIT 6 MIL 2 (Recap and Boxscore) ARI 7 STL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) COL 11 NYN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) LAN 7 ATL 6 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA 6 SD 4 (Recap and Boxscore)
Today’s GamesNational League --------------- Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals, 12:05 PM (L) Rich Hill (5-5) vs. (L) Matt Chico (3-5) San Francisco Giants at Cincinnati Reds, 1:15 PM (R) Matt Cain (2-9) vs. (R) Matt Belisle (5-5) Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros, 2:05 PM (L) Cole Hamels (9-4) vs. (R) Chris Sampson (6-5) Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates, 4:05 PM (R) Claudio Vargas (6-1) vs. (R) Ian Snell (6-5) Arizona Diamondbacks at St. Louis Cardinals, 7:15 PM (R) Livan Hernandez (5-5) vs. (R) Brad Thompson (6-3) New York Mets at Colorado Rockies, 8:05 PM (R) Orlando Hernandez (4-3) vs. (R) Josh Fogg (3-6) Florida Marlins at San Diego Padres, 9:05 PM (R) Josh Johnson (0-3) vs. (R) Chris Young (8-3) Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers, 9:10 PM (L) Chuck James (7-7) vs. (L) Mark Hendrickson (2-3) American League --------------- Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees, 1:05 PM (L) Johan Santana (9-6) vs. (R) Mike Mussina (4-5) Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Boston Red Sox, 1:05 PM (R) Edwin Jackson (1-8) vs. (R) Tim Wakefield (8-8) Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics, 4:05 PM (R) Dustin McGowan (4-4) vs. (L) Joe Kennedy (2-6) Baltimore Orioles at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 PM (L) Garrett Olson (0-0) vs. (R) Jose Contreras (5-9) Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, 7:05 PM (R) Jake Westbrook (1-3) vs. (L) Kenny Rogers (2-0) Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals, 8:10 PM (L) Jarrod Washburn (7-6) vs. (R) Brian Bannister (5-4) LA Angels of Anaheim at Texas Rangers, 8:35 PM (R) Jered Weaver (6-4) vs. (R) Jamey Wright (1-2) StandingsThe graphics next to each team are called "sparklines.” They depict each team’s performance over the last month. Each "up" bar is a victory and a "down" bar is a loss. There are horizontal lines for home games and red bars represent games decided by two runs or less. "PWins" is short for Projected Wins, based on each team’s Run Differential, and is often a better measure of a team’s true strength. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.American League East Pwins Diff BOS 50 31 .617 0.0 49 1 Top Minor League GamesThe following list, provided by First Inning, includes the top minor league batting (based on Runs Created) and pitching (based on Game Score) performances from yesterday, with a focus on each team’s top prospects.ORG LVL PLAYER AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes CIN AA Jay Bruce......... 4 4 3 0 0 1 0 COL AAA Ian Stewart....... 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 ARI AA Justin Upton...... 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 SEA AAA Adam Jones........ 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 NYY A+ Jose Tabata....... 6 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 LD TB AA Reid Brignac...... 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 OAK A+ Javier Herrera.... 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 4 RBI COL A+ C. Nelson......... 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 5 RBI ! CHC AA Jake Fox.......... 4 3 0 0 2 1 0 COL A+ Eric Young........ 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 SB ATL AA Brandon Jones..... 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 ATL AA Van Pope.......... 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes NYY AA Joba Chamberlain.. 6 4 0 0 12 1 0 LAA AAA Joe Saunders...... 7 3 2 2 7 1 0 TB A J. Hellickson..... 7 5 1 1 6 1 1 12 GB WAN AA Collin Balester... 6 2 2 2 6 2 1 CLE A Neil Wagner....... 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 COL AAA Ubaldo Jimenez.... 5 6 4 3 5 3 0 9 GB BOS AAA Devern Hansack.... 8 3 1 1 6 2 1 STL A+ Trey Hearne....... 5 4 2 1 4 1 0 MIN AA Anthony Swarzak... 7 7 1 1 4 3 0 BAL A+ Jason Berken...... 6 8 5 5 6 1 1 MIN A+ Jeffrey Manship... 5 5 3 1 6 4 0 9 GB NYY AAA Tyler Clippard.... 7 7 3 1 3 3 0 Access THT’s stats here…
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TOR 40 42 .488 10.5 42 -2 
NYA 38 41 .481 11.0 46 -8 
BAL 36 45 .444 14.0 40 -4 
TB 33 48 .407 17.0 31 2 
American League Central
CLE 50 32 .610 0.0 48 2 
DET 47 33 .588 2.0 48 -1 
MIN 42 39 .519 7.5 43 -1 
CHA 35 44 .443 13.5 34 1 
KC 35 48 .422 15.5 38 -3 
American League West
LAA 51 31 .622 0.0 48 3 
SEA 45 34 .570 4.5 41 4 
OAK 42 40 .512 9.0 46 -4 
TEX 34 48 .415 17.0 38 -4 
National League East Pwins Diff
NYN 46 35 .568 0.0 46 0 
ATL 43 40 .518 4.0 42 1 
PHI 42 41 .506 5.0 41 1 
FLA 38 45 .458 9.0 39 -1 
WAS 33 49 .402 13.5 29 4 
National League Central
MIL 48 34 .585 0.0 47 1 
CHN 41 40 .506 6.5 44 -3 
STL 37 42 .468 9.5 33 4 
HOU 36 47 .434 12.5 38 -2 
PIT 35 47 .427 13.0 34 1 
CIN 31 51 .378 17.0 37 -6 
National League West
SD 47 34 .580 0.0 50 -3 
LAN 47 36 .566 1.0 46 1 
ARI 46 38 .548 2.5 40 6 
COL 40 43 .482 8.0 40 0 
SF 35 45 .438 11.5 42 -7 