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Odds & Ends: First-Half Stars, Padres, Adams

By Drew Silva [July 4, 2009 at 2:18pm CST]

Happy Fourth of July to all of you. Is there a more perfect day for afternoon baseball?

D.J. Short of NBC Sports' "Circling The Bases" list his "Five Breakthrough First-Half Performers." You can probably guess a few of 'em.
MLB.com's Corey Brock has a quote from Padres GM Kevin Towers on manager Bud Black's upcoming contract extension: "He warrants an extension. I personally feel he's done his best job this season." The Friars are 34-45, 16.5 games behind the NL West-leading Dodgers.
Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh, the Pirates' Indian-born pitchers, made their professional debuts this afternoon for Bradenton of the Gulf Coast League.
Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star believes Russ Adams will opt for free agency on Monday. The utilityman was designated for assignment by the Blue Jays on Friday after batting .200/.238/.200 in 20 at-bats.
ESPN's Peter Gammons takes note of the increasing amount of parity in the baseball world, and believes it may make for a slow trade deadline.
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Full Story | Comments (2) | Categories: Pittsburgh Pirates | San Diego Padres | Toronto Blue Jays

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Not really it has been pooring all day where I live, and there is a chance we are not going to have fireworks cause of it.. Err...

On the bright side the Reds beat the Cardnals. Thank god too after last nights sad loss.

Posted by: JayTheRed | July 04, 2009 at 04:43 PM

In response to that NBC article I hate it when 'experts' refer to a players worth in terms of how it affects fantasy baseball.
I always think it looks so amateur and well I hate fantasy baseball.

Posted by: OhPityMe | July 05, 2009 at 08:16 AM

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