With sincere apologies to the late, great Allan Malamud… On June 21, Bobby Cox brought John Rocker in to start the ninth inning with the Braves trailing 3-1. It was Rocker’s third appearance since his recall from Richmond, and he was brutal: one out, four walks, a hit and five runs. Since then, Rocker has…
By now we’ve all heard the predictions of doom for Major League Baseball. Many sportswriters have solemnly declared that the player compensation structure of the game is fundamentally broken and that only a few teams can compete these days. The 1998 season was declared to be a model of what we would see in the…
CHICAGO WHITE SOX Recalled LHP Jesus Pena from Birmingham (Double-A). [9/12] It seems strange that Jesus Pena was not called up sooner. Kelly Wunsch is the only left-hander on the roster assigned to late-inning relief, what with Mark Buehrle usually having to come in early to help staunch the bleeding whenever one of the starters…