Just some of the notes I made this weekend… I’ve never led a column with an umpire comment, so I’ll put this first. The last play of Saturday night’s Padre/Dodger game saw one of the great displays of men-in-black hustle ever. D’Angelo Jimenez drove a ball to the warning track in right-center field. Shawn Green…
OUCH "We got our brains kicked in for two games but we avoided the sweep and that’s what counts. I don’t put any credence on this series. It’s another game. If we’re talking in the month of September obviously it’s more important." —Larry Bowa, Phillies manager, on going 1-2 in a series against the Marlins…