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September 01, 2002
CORRESPONDENT REPORT
Game Date Team Decision Record Win Loss Save
115 08/08 @TOR W 3-1 71-44 Moyer Carpenter Nelson
116 08/09 @CHA L 2-10 71-45 Buehrle Garcia
117 08/10 @CHA W 7-3 72-45 Nelson Biddle
118 08/11 @CHA L 5-6 72-46 Wright Baldwin Osuna
119 08/13 BOS W 10-3 73-46 Pineiro Burkett Escobar
120 08/14 BOS L 5-12 73-47 Lowe Moyer
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• Nomar Garciaparra Became the Fastest Red Sox Player to Reach the 1,000 hit Plateau, Reaching the MileStone In 746 games. Garciaparra Passed Former Red Sox Chicken Afficianado Wade Boggs Who Accomplished the feat in 747 games.
• Sunday, April 29 The New York ban on Sunday baseball is temporarily lifted and the Highlanders and Philadelphia A's play a benefit game for the victims of the San Francisco earthquake. Apr, 1913 The Highlanders are officially renamed the "Yankees" after moving to the Polo Grounds, home of the National League's New York Giants.
• The Mariners Found Regular Season Prowess { 116 Regular Season Wins In 2001 } Does Not Necessarily Translate to Post-Season Success. The Oakland A's Have Won 18 Straight Games and Are Challenging for the Major League Record of 19 Held By the 1947 Yankees and the 1906 White Sox. The 1906 White Sox Were Shut Out 16 times during Regular Season. , the 'Hitless Wonders' Managed to Win the Pennant Behind a Staff That Recorded 32 Shutouts and a 2.13 Team ERA. The 1906 Sox Finished the Season 93-59, and Going Into the Classic Looked to Be Overmatched By the Best Regular Season Team In BaseBall History. The North Siders Finished the Regular Season With the Best Record in BaseBall History at 116-36 { Equaled By the Seattle Mariners In 2002 }, and Although The 'Hitless Wonders' Were ShutOut 16 Times During the 1906 Regular Season, With Great Pitching, Quality Defense, and Tremendous Determination, the Team Managed to Win In 6 Games to Finish the 1st and Only All-Chicago Fall Classic. Timely Hitting Turned Out to Be the 1906 Sox Gaurdian Angel, as the Star Pitchers -- Brown, White, & Walsh -- Were All Shelled During the Series.
• Cory Lidle, Barry Zito, Tim Hudson, & Mark Mulder Led an Oakland Starting Rotation to 11 Straight Wins With the Decision Going to the Starter. The Oakland Team Won Their 19th Straight Game To Tie an American League Record For Most Consecutive Victories During a Regular Season. Oakland Has Found the Magic, and Behind NewFound Ace Cory Lidle, Have Ridden a Patient Offensive Attack { 3rd In Walks } and a Classic Power Style { 4th In Home Runs } to Claim the AL West Lead. The Oakland A’s Have Several Weaknesses – Average Defense, Little Team Speed, and a Very Fragile BullPen -– None of Which Has Seemed to Matter During ‘The Streak’. One Cannot Help But Envision an A’s Team With Johnny Damon Leading Off, Ray Durham In the 2 Hole, Miguel Tejeda Batting 3rd, Jason Giambi Batting 4th, Jermaine Dye Batting 5th, and Eric Chavez Hitting 6th. In a Perfect World, The A’s Would Have An Edge On the Yankees for PostSeason Supremacy. However, With Money Severely Limiting Seattle, Arizona, Anaheim, Oakland, and Other Mid–Market Teams, It Appears as If the Yankees October Dominance Will Reign Eternal. BasketBall Has Illustrated Luxery Taxes Do Not Work. Dominant Major Market Teams Like Los Angeles { Who Has Made it Known that they Will Not Pay any Luxery Tax } Have Been Able to Sign Players For Less Than Market Value With the Hope Of Jewelry and Inflated Free Agent Value. The Dallas Mavericks May Sign Rashard Lewis Away From Seattle For 1/3 of the The Sonic Money All For a Chance at a Title Run in 2003. Money Does Not Win ChampionChips, But Money Well Spent On Other Division Rivals Best Players Severely Hinders Any Potential Contenders From Competing at a High Level for An Extended Period of Time. David Wells Was Signed Away From Arizona This Past Off-Season and Could Be the Decicive Factor In Another Yankee World Series Victory.
• White Sox pitcher Roy Patterson beats Washington, 4-1, giving Chicago its 19th straight win. The streak Was Tied by the 1947 Yankees. On 'Babe Ruth Day' Which Was Celebrated at all Major League Parks to Raise the Ailing Idol Into the Heavens Of BaseBall History, A Yankee Stadium Crowd of 58,339 Honored the Failing Slugger as Sid Hudson and the Washington Senators Shut Down the Bronx Bombers 1-0 Starting a Streak of 7 Losses In Ten Games. The Yankees Strung Together a 7 Game Stretch Before Starting 'The Streak' Sunday June, 29th In the Second Game of a DoubleHeader Against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium. The Yankees Closed Out 'The Streak' Sweeping the Indians In a DoubleHeader Thursday, July 17 at Cleveland Stadium. Randy Gumpert Opposed Freddie Hutchinson Of Detroit on Friday, July 18 1947 In Game # 20 of a Spiraling Streak. Gumpert and the Bombers Were Held Scoreless By Hutchinson, Who Shut Down the Bombers 8-0, Officially Ending the Longest Winning Streak In BaseBall History. The Yankees Never Manage to Run any More Than 5 Games Together Following 'The Streak', However, Finished the Season With Another World Series Victory as The Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-2 to win the Early October Classic In 7 games { Monday, October 6 } as Joe DiMaggio Finished the Season with a .315 Average, 20 HR, and 97 RBI, and a Controversial MVP Award. DiMaggio Edged Out the Splendid Splinter { Who Was Left Off the Writers Ballot } 202 to 201. The Sporting News Named Williams the Player of the Year Restoring Some Semblance Of Faith In Reason. ‘The Streak’ Matches that of the 1906 White Sox, Who Followed Doc White's 3-0 ShutOut Of Boston to the 1st of 11 Consecutive Victories Sending the Red Sox On a 4 Game Slide { All ShutOuts }. The White Sox Won 11 Straight Seperated by a Tie Monday, August 13 1906 Against New York { 0-0 }, Followed by 8 More Wins To Set the Record For Most 'Consecutive' Wins In Major League History. The White Sox Used 'The Streak' To Catapult The Team From 4th to 1st Place In Less Than 2 Full Weeks Passing the Injury Riddled Phillidelphia Athletics Who Faded On the Arm Of Cy Young Into the Blackness of BaseBall Ether.
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• The Rankings Have Been Broken into three groups: hitters parks, pitchers parks and neutral parks Also, if you'd like to see how three superstars might fare in all 30 major league parks, check out "What they might have hit in . . ." by Fantasy Source Expert David Srinivasan. Also Check The Dave Darling Archive For Other Fantasy Information and an Insider Edge. David Srinivasan The Sporting News Archive Listing
PITCHERS PARKS
1. San Francisco, Pacific Bell Park
2. San Diego, Qualcomm Stadium
3. Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium
4. Seattle, Safeco Field
5. Oakland, Network Associates Coliseum
6. Detroit, Comerica Park
7. Florida, Pro Player Stadium
8. New York, Shea Stadium
9. Baltimore, Camden Yards
NEUTRAL PARKS
• Toronto, SkyDome (For Artificial Turf Divers AKA Sinker-Ballers)
• Atlanta, Turner Field (Start Your 1-3 Starters)
• Chicago Wrigley Field (When The Wind Is Blowing In)
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• Ichiro Suzuki Batted .404 In the Month of May with 11 RBI and 11 Stolen Bases. Since Them, However, Suzuki Has Seen His Stolen Base Total Fade From a Month High of 11 in May, to 6 in June, 4 in July, and 2 in August. Ichiro Started the Season SomeWhat Conservative on the BasePaths, and After an Injury to His Lower Leg Required Stitches, Suzuki Remained Rather Consevative With the Hope That His Invaluable Talent Would Be Available the Majority of Édgar Martínez Absence. And Now With the Mariner Team Struggling to Produce with Men In Scoring Position, Suzuki and the Mariner Team Have Become SomeWhat Reluctant to Waste BaseRunners With Runs Often In Scarce Supply. Suzuki Batted .353 in June with 6 RBI and 21 Runs. Suzuki Struggled to a .321 Average in July with 7 RBI and 13 Runs. Ichiro Finished the Month of August with a .282 Average and a .325 Slugging Percentage { 188 points off his Season Average of .513 }. Icirro Finished July With His Best Power Numbers of the Season, But Was Only able to Manage 4 Extra Base Hits and No Home Runs for the Month of August. Suzuki Has Scorched Suoth Paws Batting .368 With a .493 Slugging Percentage Which Ranks Him Among the Leaders In Average Against Left-Handed Starters. Ichiro Finished September of 2001 with 11 Stolen Bases after a Drop in August, So it's Concievable that Number 51 Could Finish the 2002 Season With Similar Production. Suzuki Should Become the Second Player In Major League History to Accumulate 200 Hits In his 1st 2 Seasons. The Other Player to Accomplish the Feat Was Harvey Kuenn for the 1953 Detroit Tigers. Kuenn Was Traded Following the 53 Season for Rocky Colavito and Completed the Feat Amidst Boos and Fan Animosity in Cleveland. In June Of 1982 Kuenn Took Over the Fifth-Place Brewers and Led Heavy Hitting “Harvey's Wallbangers” to the World Series Where the Team Eventually Lost in 7 Games to St. Louis. Kuenn Won Manager of the Year Honors and Another Entry In The BaseBall History Book.
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• Sep 1, 2002 – John Halama Was Recalled From AAA Tacoma and Will Serve as an Additional BullPen Left-Hander and May See Action In Long Relief When the Team Is In Need of Innings In a Pinch.
• Sep 1, 2002 - Willie Bloomquist Was Summoned From Triple-A Tacoma to Serve as a Late Inning Replacement and Emergency Reserve. The Bremerton, Washington Native { 5’ 11” – 180 LBS } Was Injured For Part of the AAA Season.
• Sep 1, 2002 - Mark McLemore Had an MRI on his sore right elbow Tuesday. The Results Were Negative, However, Lou Piniella Reported In Post Game Questioning That Mac Will Be Out for Awhile. Super Utility Man Desi Relaford Is Playing At a High Level and Will See 5 or More Starts A Week In Mclemores’ Absence. Relaford Has Value as He Has Some Speed, Can Play Both Middle Infield Positions, and May Also Qualify at 3B & OF.
• Sep 1, 2002 - Luis Ugueto was Activated From the DL To Christen the September Roster Expansion. Ugueto Was a Rule V Selection and Has to Stay on the Seattle Roster Through the end of the Regular Season Or Be Offered to His Former Team at 1 Half The Original Rule V Fee. Ugueto Was Originally Placed On the DL In Early August With a Sore Left Wrist. Ugueto Has Been Used as a Late Inning Pinch Runner and Has 6 Stolen Bases in 8 Attempts.
