Quote of the day
"The team needed a win and I did whatever I could." -- Arizona pitcher Dan Haren, who surrendered 7 runs, but went 4-4 at the plate in a 9-7 win over St. LouisDaily blurb
Still no baseball rainouts. I wonder what the record is for the maximum number of days to start a MLB season before a postponement occurs?
Mike Pelfrey is off to a nice start. After 7 shutout innings last night, he now has 3 wins and a save, with a 0.86 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP. He’s only allowed 2 earned runs in 21 IP, and both of those runs were allowed in just the second inning of his first start. As a 26 year old, is he finally reaching his potential, or is this just an early-season tease? He was undrafted in the RIBC – but as you can imagine, he’s been rostered since then.
GuruGolf moves to New Orleans tomorrow for the Zurich Classic (or is to Zurich for the New Orleans Classic? … No, I got it right the first time.) If you are hoping to conserve trades, the list of early commitments for next week’s Quail Hollow Championship is available here (with the usual caveat that some players will pull out before it becomes official – and some will pull out after that.)