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Sunday, October 01, 2006 |
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... now that the season's over for the Angels, and we're waiting for the Dodgers/Mets collision to happen ...
- Andy MacPhail has resigned as club president "in what is certain to be the first of several changes" according to SportsTicker; also via AP via ESPN, and at cubs.com; reaction at Bleed Cubbie Blue, where Al is uncertain if this means the team will be sold or GM Jim Hendry will leave.
- Luis Gonzalez had a "for rent" sign on his parking space when he came to work today, placed there as a practical joke by groundskeepers. Gonzalez, the Diamondbacks' leader in numerous offensive categories, will not be returning in 2007.
- Bud Black is a leading candidate to replace Felipe Alou in San Francisco.
- Rotoworld's description of the concluding play of today's Padres/D'Backs game was rather different from the one I got from one of our Padres fan friends, upon which I based my earlier description ...
The victory ended on a blown call on an odd play in the bottom of the ninth. Back-to-back homers off Trevor Hoffman brought Arizona to within one run, and Carlos Quentin walked as the tying run. With two outs, Alberto Callaspo hit one a a ball into the hole on which 2B Josh Barfield made a diving stop and then a poor throw to first. Noticing that pinch-runner Chris Young had slipped, Gonzalez came off the bag to handle the throw and fired to second. The throw beat Young, but Khalil Greene couldn't get the tag down and the runner was called safe. Only then did the umpiring crew realize it was a force play all along. The call was then reversed, which was a huge mistake because Greene never touched the bag -- he was going for the tag all the way. There's a good chance the Padres would have won the game anyway, but it's disappointing Gary Darling's crew didn't do a better job.
- The Braves beat the Astros to end their postseason hopes today; it also clinched the Cardinals' NL Central division title.
- The Twins beat the White Sox to capture the AL Central crown on the last day of the season; Joe Mauer won the AL batting title, the first time in history a catcher has done so.
- Reciprocally, the Tigers lost to the Royals and also lost the division lead, becoming this season's Wild Card winner for the AL.
- The Blue Jays beat the Yankees 7-5, denying Derek Jeter of a batting title and giving the Jays their first top two finish since they won the World Series in 1993.
- Add to the list of fired managers, headed by Dusty Baker in Chicago and Joe Girardi in Florida, Buck Showalter.
- MLB drew a record 75,470,941 through Saturday.
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