"Stop the presses," has such a quaint sound these days, what with newspapers and magazines mostly produced digitally and Web publishing allowing changes up to the second of–and even after–publication of an article. But yesterday’s big trades made today’s column–a look at the NL in the second half–obsolete before it ever made it off my…
BRUISINGS "I wasn’t nervous at all. I just couldn’t locate my fastball or make adjustments on it." — Ed Yarnall, Reds pitcher, on retiring just two of the ten batters he faced July 6 "It was a rough start coming back. I couldn’t keep the ball down and threw a few pitches I shouldn’t have….