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Before the Phillies were able to hang on for a 3-0 win over the Mets in New York tonight, former Phillie and Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt sent them an email message [link]: “One pitch, one at-bat, one play, one situation. Think ‘small’ and ‘big’ things result. Tough... ...

Dan "Shoe" Hsu has been writing some excellent pieces on the Sore Thumbs blog about the "behind the scenes" life of a video game journalist. (Mentally quote the word journalist if you want to make yourself feel better!

Ticked off after fouling off a Cliff Lee pitch on Monday, AL home run leader and MVP candidate LF Carlos Quentin fractured his right wrist against his own bat. This time, it wasn’t the bat that broke. White Sox slugger Carlos Quentin will undergo surgery Monday on his fractured right wrist and will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks.

Newsday’s Ken Davidoff reports the worst manager in the history of the Clearwater Threshers Hall Of Famer Michael Jack Schmidt sent the following love letter to the ‘08 Phillies prior to this evening’s contest with the Mets at Shea Stadium : One pitch, one at bat, one play, one situation, think

The skies are darkening fast as I type this, which tells me that tonight’s Chris Waters vs. Dallas Braden matchup might not come off as planned. That’d wreak havoc with the schedule overall because there’s already a doubleheader scheduled tomorrow, and they can’t play on Sunday on account of the Ravens.

Alex Rodriguez’s historic home run: First, he passed Mike Schmidt on the all-time list. He also became the first player to be part of the use of authorized instant replay for him to earn it. [NY Post]

Dustin Pedroia might win this thing after all. News just came out that MVP candidate/all-around stud Carlos Quentin will have surgery on Monday to insert a screw into his messed up wrist, most likely ending his season. It’s still a mystery as to how exactly he sustained the injury. Share This

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As a rookie thrust into a starting role on a World Series-contending team because of injuries, the Angels’ Sean Rodriguez needs all the help he can get. Especially since he’s only hitting .192 for the season. What he doesn’t need is have the count go to 4-2 before striking out, but the L.A.

I was flipping around the TV dial last night trying to find something worthwhile to watch. It was getaway day so most of the baseball games ended early. The first football game of the new season was over.