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Heaven or Mat Latos

Five wins in a row. A share of first place. Sweet? No, spicy; vaguely like doner kebab. Some days you get only one hit. Some days, that’s all you need. On Tuesday, against the Giants, it was enough. Ladies and gentlemen, break up the Padres. (Oops, shouldn’t say that out loud… it could happen, you [...]

Do What You Cannot Do

The way it works with cover bands in this town is you play two nights — Friday and Saturday — from 9 p.m. to close. Three one-hour sets punctuated by 10-minute breaks, with a longer (80-minute) set to end the night. Wait, are we playing Jimmy Buffet and then Slayer, or is it the other [...]

Sickels 1996 and Win Shares, Part 5

In my discussion yesterday of Mike Rivera, I forgot to mention Gary Bennett. He’s also in the running for one of the two catching spots. My early guess is that Bennett and Rivera split time, with Wiki Gonzalez and his contract being traded before the season. Steve Violetta Thanks to regular reader Dan Walls for [...]