The Guardian's San Francisco (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
By A.J. Hayes In current baseball vernacular, "wearing it" refers to owning up to a hellacious slump, a shoddy performance or bone-headed play sans lame excuse. "I threw like ass... basically," former Giants pitcher Sidney Ponson so elegantly put it...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Last Wednesday, I submitted that the very foundation of Sidney Ponson's early success was built not upon the strength of glittering strikeout rates or impeccable control, but rather an unsustainably low fly ball rate, coupled with the good fortune of not having surrendered a home run through his first three starts (spanning 20.1 innings) of [...]
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Sidney Ponson settled down after a rough first inning, but Harden continued to allow runs. Through three innings he allowed six hits, three walks and four runs. Oakland and Texas are tied at four in the fourth....
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
I'm impressed with Sidney Ponson. He looks like he's lost a lot of weight. However, that's not helping him this afternoon. He hit a batter and then gave up three consecutive hits. The last was a three-run homer by Emil...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Sunday, May 11th Game Preview Oakland Athletics (22-16) vs. Texas Rangers (18-20) Rich Harden (1-0, 0.82 ERA) vs. Sidney Ponson (2-0, 1.33 ERA) 2:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: KDFI-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 180 Athletics Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player C Kurt Suzuki 2B Ian Kinsler 1B Mike Sweeney SS Michael Young LF Jack Cust RF Josh Hamilton DH...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Sidney Ponson v. Rich Harden... Go Rangers...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Richie Sexson has been suspended six games for last night's episode. Gerald Laird and Sidney Ponson have also been fined. Ponson doesn't seem like the brawling type, to me...
Foul Balls (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
When the Rangers signed Sidney Ponson to a minor-league deal in the spring, I thought it was a good fit for the organization and for Ponson. The Rangers are forever in need of pitching, and Ponson fit the mold of mediocre starter that the team seems to covet so much. While I figured it would only be a matter of time before Ponson was pitching in a Rangers uniform,...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Major league RBIs leader Josh Hamilton, Michael Young and David Murphy drove in three runs each to support stingy starter Sidney Ponson in the Texas Rangers' 10-1 victory over the sinking Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Okay, we're now dealing with a 2 game losing streak. But not to worry...we have Sidney Ponson pitching tonight! Go Rangers...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Three years ago with the Baltimore Orioles, Sidney Ponson ironically was just one quality start from being dealt to Texas when, in the middle of an impressive outing against the Rangers, he reached to snare a grounder and tore a ligament in his right thumb.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
This was supposed to be easy. The Royals had scored sixteen runs in the first two games of the series. They had Zack Greinke on the mound and the Rangers were sending out Sidney Ponson. Yes, THAT Sidney Ponson. Well, only Greinke ended up holding up his [...]
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
When Sidney Ponson got released by Minnesota last May, the big right-hander knew he wasn't physically or mentally ready to keep pitching. So he went home and was out of the major leagues until last week.
Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
To prove anything can happen in baseball, Sidney Ponson pitches the Rangers to a win over the Royals...Jack Cust and Emil Brown combine to get on base 10 times in Oakland's thrashing of the Los Angeles...Miguel Cabrera and Magglio Ordonez lead the hard charging Tigers to within 1 1/2 games of first place with another win over the Yankees...and Ryan Braun breaks out to help the Brewers...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
When Sidney Ponson was released by Minnesota last May, the big right-hander knew he wasn't physically or mentally ready to keep pitching. So he went home and was out of the major leagues until last week. Now his pitches are sinking again, and his confidence...
