Quote of the day
"There is no way we are not a better team with Kevin Youkilis. He is just too good of a player and has been through all the wars and is still relatively a young guy. We just have to keep him on the field. If that is the case, it could be one of the bigger steals of the season." -- White Sox 1B Paul Konerko, after Youkilis was traded to ChicagoDaily blurb
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Actually, I suspect most of you never even noticed I was away for the past 10 days. I’m back at RotoGuru World Headquarters for a short spell. This summer, I have a number of shorter trips planned, so blurbs will just be on again, off again for the next several months. I’m sure you can deal with it.
Interleague play has ended for the year. The A.L. went 142-110, slightly better than in each of the past two years. (The last time that the N.L. had the upper hand was in 2003.) Only three A.L. teams had losing records in 2012 interleague play (Cleveland, Seattle, and K.C), and they were each 8-10. Only five N.L. teams had winning records, headed by Arizona at 9-6. Colorado managed only two wins in 15 games.
Cliff Lee is still winless this year, in spite of a respectable ERA of 3.72 and a solid WHIP of 1.13. His W/L record is now 0-4, but in the 12 games that he started, the Phillies are 3-9. Like we all saw that coming.
In GuruGolf, Duffers#2 romped to a 5-stroke win (-56) in best ball for the Travelers Championship. Worst ball honors were shared by two teams (+48).