Archive for July, 2009
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers improved to 2-1 on their current road venture with a 2-0 victory over the Auburn Doubledays. The Scrappers upped their 2009 record against the Doubledays to 4-0.
The pitching on the road trip has been outstanding to this point. Preston Guilmet went six strong innings and recorded ...
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
You would think that the Cleveland Indians would have learned a little something from the Toronto Blue Jays earlier in the week. If not, you would think that the Indians may have learned something from the CC Sabathia trade last year. Instead, the Indians are following the formula that has ...
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Kelly Pavlik does not need to move up in weight and play with Showtime in their tournament. As Pavlik recently said, "Careers will be ruined by that tournament and I will beat whoever wins." The champ is set to be interviewed within the next couple of weeks as he nears ...
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Tim Lincecum looked worthy of some Cy Young hype with his effort agains the Pittsurgh Pirates Monday night. Lincecum pitched a complete gams and struck out 15 Pirates. The San Francisco Giants won the game 4-2. The two Pirate runs were unearned gifts courtesy of wishy-washy and heavily traveled shortstop ...
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Thunder closed out their season Saturday night. Unfortunately, the home team was unable to end on a high note losing 63-43 to the playoff-bound Green Bay Blizzard. The 2-14 record posted by the Thunder does not even come close to the spirit and competitive fire I saw ...
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Probably the most racist thing WWE (WWF at that time) ever released. Ironically, the WWE released Tony Atlas from his role as Mark Henry's manager on ECW in June. Atlas has been down and out in a classic story of a wrestler that went from the headlines to the bread lines ...
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Monday, July 27th, 2009
Football season is closing in fast. Training camps are set to open this week and exhibition games start within two weeks. Who will be the man at QB for Cleveland? Derek Anderson or Brady Quinn? I am fired up for the NFL this year. I picked Buffalo for the 33 ...
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
The Mahoning Valley Scrappers returned home from a five game road trip to post a 4-0 victory over the Williamsport Crosscutters. The first game of the short two-game homestand against Williamsport was highlighted by the great pitching of Scrapper starter Marty Popham.
Popham pitched five solid innings, racking up nine strikeouts and ...
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