WORST MATCH-UP (worst combined record with both teams being under .500): Arizona @ Montreal
Prove Me Wrong! (“Prove Me Wrong” is an uncopyrighted feature of this columnist.)
Today’s Prove Me Wrong proposition is this: No pitcher of Randy Johnson’s quality has ever been on a team as bad or worse than the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks.
Fresh off his stint as a Questec operator, BP Intern Jason Karegeannes takes you behind the scenes to see how the system works, and what changes can be made to improve it and help umpires do their jobs.
Bazooka Joe, McGyver, Easy-Bake Ovens and “The Perils of Pauline” all make appearances in Chris Kahrl’s latest. There’s some baseball, too.
There’s bad news in Philadelphia, as Pat Burrell and Kevin Millwood deal with the possibility that their seasons are over. Also inside: updates on Brad Penny, Kazuo Matsui and Mike Mussina.
The Cardinals already had a fearsome lineup core. With the addition of Larry Walker, it’s now one of the best the game has ever seen. Eat your heart out, Miller Huggins.