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Friday, April 30, 2010Player weather reportFile this one in the "stunningly obvious" drawer. According to Bill James Online, Robinson Cano is the hottest hitter in the majors, with a 117 degree fever. Close behind is, you guessed it, Paul Konerko at 103 degrees and, yup, Colby Rasmus at 101 degrees. Okay, some of you may be surprised about Rasmus, but the kid has batted .517 in his last nine games, with four doubles, a triple and three homers. Rasmus has a deadly combination going this season: a .429 BABIP and a 32% rate of home runs per fly ball. Both figures are near the major league lead. The fourth and fifth hottest hitters are Marcus Thames and yesterday's subject, John Jaso. John Buck's temperature jumped to 80 after his three home runs yesterday. His average temperature for the season has been 58 degrees. And That HappenedRays 11, Royals 1: The Rays are good the Royals are bad and you all know that, so there's no sense in dwelling on it here. Let's take things in a different direction: My wife and I took the kids to the Columbus Clippers-Charlotte Knights game last night, which the Clippers won 9-7. My daughter is six, and she thought it was quite hilarious and a little bit cute that there was a player with the last name of "Flowers" and a player with the first name of "Shelley" playing in the game. My son, who is 4, decided that he wanted to boo the Charlotte Knights because "they're not from around here." Later he decided to boo a couple that came in and sat down three innings into the game "for bein' late to the ballgame." I was a bit uneasy with the former booing, but strongly approved of the latter. Tigers 3, Twins 0: D-Train beats the Twins' Morneau and Mauer-free lineup, shutting them out over six innings. Given that he couldn't even get the ball over the plate this time last year I got nothin' but kudos for the guy, and would even if it was an American Legion lineup from Minnetonka. White Sox 7, Rangers 5: Paul Konerko homered twice, the second of which put the Sox' lead out of reach. That brings him up to 10 which leads the league. Great Moments in Energy Conservation: Michael Young checked his swing in the fifth, and the ball traveled so short a distance that A.J. Pierzynski was able to pick it up and tag Young before he had even left the batter's box. Yankees 4, Orioles 0: Robbie Cano had two homers and Marcus Thames had three hits, but after all these years we're used to those two legends carrying this storied franchise on their broad shoulders. Blue Jays 6, Athletics 3: John Buck was a 50% better hitter than Paul Konerko and Robbie Cano last night, blasting three bombs. The Athletics have lost seven of 10, shifting them back towards the "not for real" side of the ledger. The Jays can tell them all about it. And bad news for the Athletics as Justin Duchscherer had to leave the game with an injured hip, which appears to be serious. Reds 4, Astros 2: Four in a row for the Redlegs. Pfun Pfact, courtesy of Red Reporter: despite the fact that Bronson Arroyo and Roy Oswalt have pitched in the same division for the past 4 seasons, last night was the first time they have faced each other in nine years, back when Arroyo was with the Pirates. How they've avoided each other for so long is just one of them things, I guess. Diamondbacks 13, Cubs 5: Kelly Johnson was 4 for 5 with a homer -- his NL-leading 9th -- and three RBI. Adam LaRoche hit two homers and drove in five. We're basically one Mark DeRosa hitting streak and a Jason Marquis no-hitter away from me becoming more interested in rooting for the Braves alumni club more than I root for the Braves themselves. Cardinals 10, Braves 4: A six RBI day for David Freese as the Cardinals win easily. Again. It's bad enough that the Braves have dropped nine straight, but now they're racking up injuries to go along with their futility. Jair Jurrjens left the game with a sore hamstring. Yunel left with a strained left adductor. Bobby Cox has a blown gasket: "It was a lousy trip. It's been a horrible experience to endure," Cox said of the Bravos 0-7 road trip. Padres 9, Brewers 0: Death by a thousand cuts: the Padres had seven straight singles in the fifth inning. In fact, all 13 of the Padres hits in the game were singles, a good number of them which were chancey kind of things like the ball hitting off someone's shoe and stuff. Pirates 2, Dodgers 0: The Pirates score both of their runs when Matt Kemp O-lays what should have been a single off the bat of Ryan Doumit into a two-run "triple." It's a shame that Kemp would go from where he was a year ago to revert back to when the ball goes up in the air and you're not sure where it's going, or if it's going to get caught. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||