Western Fiction Review (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
HANGTOWN as by Logan Winters A Black Horse Western from Hale, October 2009 Of what use is a deserted ghost town? None at all unless like the old desert rat, Josh Banks and his young partner, Wage Carson, you have nowhere else to go and are tired of sleeping out with the rattlesnakes. In Hangtown, at least, they would have some shelter from the elements, some water for their weary mounts. In the spirit...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
The last entry in our Free Agent Market series: righty relievers. Click here for a look at the full 2010 free agents list. Lowest ERA: Brendan Donnelly, Kiko Calero, Takashi Saito, and Rafael Betancourt. XFIP leaders: Betancourt, Donnelly, and LaTroy Hawkins. Best strikeout rates: Octavio Dotel, Calero, Betancourt, Russ Springer, and Donnelly. Best control: Josh Banks, Matt Herges, and Springer. Toughest...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Baseball America's Matt Eddy has a list of "the first wave of minor league free agents." See anyone you like? RHP Greg Aquino RHP Josh Banks 3B Brian Barden C Edwin Bellorin RHP Kris Benson 1B Wilson Betemit LHP Travis Blackley RHP Bryan Bullington LHP Brian Burres RHP Vinnie Chulk RHP R.A. Dickey 3B Joe Dillon RHP Brandon Duckworth OF Chris Duffy RHP Geoff Geary RHP Enrique Gonzalez C Michel...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
XX Sports Radio: Kevin Towers interview (MP3) with Darren Smith Kevin Towers is a huge University of Oregon fan. He couldn't go to the game because he was in a meeting with Moorad and Garfinkel. Towers thinks that you can add 3/4's of a run onto a pitcher's ERA when they go from the NL to the AL. Towers would like for the AL to do away with the Designated Hitter. He would rather put money into pitching...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Turning point: The Bees parlayed four singles, two wild pitches, one walk, a hit batter, and sacrifice fly into a five-run eighth inning that built a 7-2 cushion. Take a bow: Salt Lake starter Brad Knox allowed five hits but just one run in six innings, striking out four and walking two. Who's hot: River Cats catcher Eric Munson went 3 for 4 with a home run and two singles. Who's not: Sacramento first...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
MLB.com : Padres select RHP Mat Latos; designate RHP Josh Banks for assignment — San Diego, CA — The San Diego Padres today announced they have selected right-handed pitcher Mat Latos from Double-A San Antonio and designated right-handed pitcher Josh Banks for assignment.
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
Via a team press release, the Padres have designated righthander Josh Banks for assigment. The move frees up room on the roster for top prospect Mat Latos, who was called up to start tomorrow's game. Banks got into six games with the Friars this year (three starts), allowing 34 baserunners and pitching to 7.15 ERA in 22.2 IP. Not much of a birthday present for Banks, who turns 27 today.
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 07/18/2009
Listening to XX Sports Radio. Mat Latos is making the jump from AA to the Majors. He'll start on Sunday. Josh Banks sent down.
SportsFilter (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
At the age of 42, after uncorking thousands of knuckleballs since his major league debut with Pittsburgh in 1992, Tim Wakefield makes his first appearance Tuesday at the All-Star Game. He was a failed Class A first baseman prospect with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1989 when a scout told the team the words that saved his career: "If you're going to release him, make sure you look at his knuckleball."...
McCovey Chronicles (Free subscription) | 07/12/2009
W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2009 - Matt Cain 10-2 17 17 3 0 0 0 115.1 95 33 31 11 46 93 2.42 1.22 You know, another no-hitter would go a long way towards forgetting about those Petco Park series. Current Series Giants lead the series 2-0 Thu 07/09 WP: Tim Lincecum ( - ) LP: Josh Geer ( - ) 9 - 3 win Fri 07/10 WP: Jonathan Sanchez ( - ) LP: Josh Banks ( - ) 8 - 0 win San Diego Padres...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
More photos » by Denis Poroy - AP Billingsley was an All-Star both on the mound and at the plate Sunday for the Dodgers, but ended up with a no-decision in what ended up a crazy yet memorable game. Browse more photos » Chad Billingsley 's Sunday started off with the news that he, along with teammates Jonathan Broxton and Orlando Hudson, was named to the National League All-Star team for...
SoCal Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
Chad Billingsley (9-4, 3.12) vs. Josh Banks (1-0, 3.38). COMMENTS: Joe Torre acknowledges Manny Ramirez may not be 100% (despite his home run yesterday), so will Torre still start Manny today? If so, the Dodgers will be looking for Manny to spark t...
True Blue LA (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
More photos » by Nam Y Huh - AP Browse more photos » For the seventh consecutive series, the Dodgers head into the third game tied 1-1. Today they send their ace, Chad Billingsley to the mound, who is looking once again for his 10th win. You know what they say, the fourth time is a charm! I don't understand people who don't think Chad Billingsley is an ace. By almost any objective measure,...
Gaslamp Ball (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
So yesterday, I was on the trolley and there were these Vietnamese students who seriously, not even kidding, looked like they were 11 or 12 years old. They were smoking cigarettes before they jumped on the trolley, so they must've been older. In any case, they sat right next to me and the one dude that I shared a seat with fell asleep almost right away. Another kid across from him started whispering...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
More photos » by Nam Y Huh - AP Browse more photos » Current Series 4 game series vs Padres @ Petco Park Mon 06/29 WP: Roy Oswalt ( - ) LP: Josh Geer ( - ) 3 - 1 win Tue 06/30 WP: Josh Banks ( - ) SV: Heath Bell LP: Chris Sampson ( - ) 3 - 4 loss Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes @ San Diego Padres Gaslamp Ball Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009, 9:05 PM CDT Petco Park Brian Moehler vs Walter Silva...
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