BASEBALL MULTIMEDIA FOR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
BRIAN “Professer B Davis” STAFF WRITER On Thursday night at AT&T Park the San Francisco Giants who entered the top half of the ninth inning leading 2-1 against the Chicago Cubs. Cubs first-baseman Derek Lee was on second with two-outs when Giants closer Brian Wilson had Cubs hitter Jeff Baker hit a 2-2 pitch into the fog and into the bleachers as the Cubs defeat the San Francisco Giants by a score of 3-2. Giants stater Brad Penny pitched great by going 8.0 innings giving up one run on seven hits with four strikeouts would at best settle for a no decision. As for the Giants offense outfielder John Bowker accounted for the only Giants with a RBI double and a solo homer off Cubs starter Ryan Demspster in the bottom half of the seventh inning.

With the loss the Giants remain 4.0 games behind the Colorado Rockies with only nine games to play and in fact the Giants are now in third place in the National League Wild Card standings and the red hot Atlanta Braves are in second place in the trailing the Rockies by only 3.5 games with only 10 games to play. But me has the Professer have a hunch that the Braves could over take the Rockies from the rug and still the National League wild card because the Braves will play the Washington Nationals seven of their last 10 games including this weekend and the final weekend of the baseball regular season. The Rockies will be playing the St. Louis Cardinals in which by the way can clinch the N.L. Central tonight with a win or a Cubs loss to the Giants this evening and the Redbirds will still be playing for the right for home field advantage for the National League Playoffs as well for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies.
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BASEBALL MULTIMEDIA  NEWS UPDATE LATE EDITION FOR WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

BRIAN “PROFESSER B” DAVIS BASEBALL MULTIMEDIA STAFF WRITER- Last night down at Chase Field in downtown  Phoenix the Giants dropped a 10-8 decision against the Arizona D-Backs.Giants stater Matt Cain in what would be his worst outing of his career only pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up seven runs on eight hits while striking out three. The Giants jumped on the D-Backs by a score of 3-0 as both teams entered the bottom half of the third inning as the Giants regain the lead by a score of 4-3 after Diamondbacks scored three runs off Giants stater Cain to tie the game at 3-3 then after the Giants retook the lead heading into the fourth inning then D-Backs scored six unanswered runs off of Cain to put the D-Backs up for good by a score 9-4. Cain now has one win in his last 11 starts with an alarming 6.75 ERA. During this Giants road trip five starters have logged up to 152.3 innings while giving up an outstanding 26 earned runs during this stretch. The Giants in the top half of the 8th and 9th innings rallied to make the game respectable Eugenio Velez, Andres Torres and Pablo Sandoval combined for nine hits atop the Giants order including  Sandoval’s 3-for-4 night at the plate contributing with a two-run triple with an three RBI night while raising batting average to .326 which ranks him third in the National League  behind Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals and the leagu leader Hanley Ramirez of the Florida Marlins but it was a little too late for San Francisco as with the loss the Giants trail the Colorado Rockies in the National League wild card standings to 5.0 games who were able to hold of the San Diego Padres by a score of 11-10 to extend their lead over the San Francisco Giants and the surging Atlanta Braves to 5.0 games in National League Wild Card standings with just 11 games to play.

SANCHEZ SHUTS DOWN THE PHILLIES HIGH OCTANE OFFENSE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AS THE FISH SALVAGES THE NIGHT CAP OF A DOUBLEHEADER WITH A SPLIT. In Miami the Florida Marlins starter Anibal Sanchez pitched 8.0 innings giving up no runs on a pair of hit to pick up his first ever initial win .vs the Philadelphia Phillies as he improves his record to 3-7 as the Marlins gave Sanchez all of the runs he needed as homer by second baseman Dan Uggla and outfielder Cody Ross plus National League batting leader Hanley Ramirez added a two more hits to raise his league leading average to .352 for the season as the Marlins keeping the Marlins Wild Card chance on a C.P.R  at 5.5 games behind the Rockies as the Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets at Citi Field by a scor of 3-1 as Braves starter Jair Jurrjens picks up his 13th win of the season as the 23-year old right-hander lowered his ERA to 2.70  pitching seven innings of five-hit ball  to beat Nelson Figueroa for the second time in almost a week Jurrjens improves his record to 6-1 in his eight carrer starts .vs the Metropolitans of Queens. Meanwhile Phillies who lead in the National League East is now at 7.5 games and setting very pretty while their magic number to clinch their third straight N.L. East title is now down to 8 any combination of Phillies wins and or second place team losses will give the Phillies the N.L. East title.

CARDINALS MOVING CLOSER TOWARDS ANOTHER N.L. CENTRAL TITLE – In Houston the St. Louis Cardinals moves another step closer of winning the National League Central Division by laying the boom at Minute Maid Park in Houston as the Redbirds handed the struggling Astros dropped their ninth straight loss by a score of 11-2. Cardinals stater Joel Pinero went 7.0 innings giving up one run on five hits with five strikeouts  while only throwing only 87 pitches. Leading the Cardinals offense as Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina at a two-run homer and outfielder Colby Rasmus added a solo shot and soon to be National League MVP Albet Pujols once agian as usal had his better nights by going 2-for-4 at the plate with a pair of hits and one RBI in the ball game. With the win the Cardinals have a chance to win the National League Central Division title with a win and a Cubs loss to the Brewers in Milwaukee the Cardinals magic number beginning today at 2 any combination of Cardinals wins combined with a Cubs loss will give the Redbirds the N.L. Central title.

YANKEES CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH IN SO.CAL- Last night in down in Anaheim which is near Disneyland, near the Airport but nowhere near Los Angeles the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angles Angels of Anaheim by a score of 6-5 as Yankees third-baseman Alex Rodriguez hit back-to-back homers for the first time since July 18-19 as with the win the as the playoff bound Yankees who’s postseason ticket had already been punched with the fading Texas Rangers who suffered their eighth loss to the Oakland A’s in the last 10 games as the Rangers dropped a 9-1 decision as the A’s who continuing to play wedding party crashers are currently 5-1 during their homestand and are 14-6 for the month of September tied with the Colorado Rockies for the best record in the majors since June 2008.

MLB NEWS & NOTES- In baseball news & notes The Tampa Bay Rays will not repeat their last year’s heroics as the Rays were officially eliminated from playoff contention by dropping a 4-3 decision against the Seattle Mariners at Tropicana Field in Tampa Florida. The Rays who won the American League East with a 97-65 record and advanced to the World Series for the first time in their franchise history this year though they have lost 14-out-of their last 19 games since September 3 which includes an 11-game losing streak and finally Zach Grenike picked his 15th win as the the Kansas City Royals ace leads the A.L. with 2.08 ERA and he is also is 3-0 with a 0.26ERA in his last five starts.

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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

BASEBALL MULTIMEDIA FOR TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
BRIAN “Professer B Davis ” STAFF WRITER-  The San Francisco Giants defeated the Arizona D-Backs on a RBI fielder’s choice in the top half of the eighth inning to give the Giants a win by a score of 5-4 but the bad news came when Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez had to leave the game in the top half of the first inning with a twisted knee injury he will be listed as day to day. Giants reliever Sergio Romo got the win in relief goining 2.3 innings improves his record to 5-2 and with the win the Giants are ensured their first non-losing campaign for the first time since 2004 and Giants closer Brian Wilson picks up his 35th save of the season. The Giants and D-Backs will play tonight for the second game of a three-game series it will for the Giants Matt Cain .vs Doug Davis first pitch will be at 6:40pm pst at Chase Field in Phoenix Arizona.

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BASEBALL UPDATE FOR THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
BRIAN “Professer B Davis”

BASEBALL MULTIMEDIA STAFF WRITER- On Thursday night at AT&T Park at 24 Willie Mays Plaza in San Francisco the Giants trailing 4-0 in the bottom half of the ninth inning put a rally by scoring three time in the bottom frame to cut the Rockies lead to 4-3 before Rockies closer Rafael Bentencourt struck out Nate Schierholtz with the Giants having the potenial tying run at third base as the Rockies haung on to a 4-3 Rockies win. Leading the way for the Rockies offense was shortstop TroyTuluwitzki who hit a homer off of Giants stater Matt Cain to give a Rockies a 1-0 lead in the top half of the fourth inning then in the same frame later former Giants Yorvit Torreabla walked and then Clint Barmes hit a RBI double scoring Tooreabla all the way from first to extend the Rockies lead to 4-0. Then in the top half of the sixith inning Ian Stewart added to the Rockies lead with a two-run homer to extend their to 4-0 but the Giants manage to make really interesting cut the Rockies lead to 4-3 but Rockies closer Rafael Bentencour struck out Nate Schierholtz  to pick up his 13th save of the season while Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa picks up his his 15th win of the season.

With the win the Rockies extend their lead in the National League back to 3.5 games over the Giants in the National League wild card standings with only sixteen games to play the Giants will travel south to play their long time rivals the Los Angles Dodgers at Chavez Ravine while the Rockies will had to the dessert to take on the Arizona Diamondbacks staring on Friday The Baseball Inquier on baseballmultimedia.mlb.com will give you full news on this National League wild card race and so much moore with in the next two week and Professer B’s weekly baseball editoral on Fridays.

In other baseball action at the new Busch Stadium in St.Louis the Florida Marlins won the rubber match of their three-game series by beating the Cardinals  by a score of 5-2 as Marlins starter Josh Johnson picks up his 15th win of the season while Marlins outfielder Cody Ross extends his hitting streak to 11 games the longest active streak in the National League as the Marlins win of the 10th toime in their last 14 games to hang in the wild card race trailing the Rockies at 4.5 games. In Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer in the bottom half of the sixth inning as the Dodgers lead in the National League west to 5.0 games over the Rockies. And in Philadelphia outfielder Jayson Werth’s grand slam in the bottom of the seventh inning help to give Phillies starter Joe Blanton his 10th win of the season to give the Phillies a 6-1win over the Nationals.

In the American League the Boston Red Sox with a dramatic come from behind win of the Los angles Angles at Fenway Park in Boston with a Alex Gonzalez bases-loaded single to give the Sox a come from behind improbable 9-8 thiller mired on two questionable balls & stikes calls by the umpiers. With the win Red Sox extends their lead to 6.5 games over the Texas Rangers who just got swept by the Oakland A’s at the Ballpark in Arllington.

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BASEBALL MULTIMEDIA UPDATE FOR WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Brian ” Professer B Davis” BASEBALL MULTIMEDIA STAFF WRITER- On Tuesday night at AT&T Park the Giants destroyed the Colorado Rockies by a score of the of 10-2. Leading the Giants offense was shortstop Juan Uribe’s went 2-for-5 at the plate hitting a three-run double in the bottom of the thirs inning off of Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez as the Giants went on a four -run explosion to go ahead 7-1 and then the Giants added three more runs as Barry Zito went 7.0 giving innings giving up two runs on five hits while strking out nine in the contest while Giants relivers most recently called up from the team’s Triple-A affiliate Fresno Dan Runzler and Soakim Joaquin pitched two scoreless innings to perserve the Giants 10-2 win over the Rockies. With the win the Giants have now reduce the Rockies lead in the National League lead in the wild card standings to just 2.5 games and more importanly the Giants also clinches the season series over the Rockies assuring that if the Giants and Rockies  finishes the regular season with the same identical records the one-game playoff will be at AT&T Park on Monday October 5, in San Francisco.

The Giants will be back in action tonight as these two National League foes will battle head-to-head for the final time in 2009 it will be Matt Cain for the Giants .vs  the Rockies  Jorge Del La Rosa Tonight at AT&T Park great seats are still avalible  including $10 dollar 10th man special purchase tickets for tonight’s game Giants fans please go to sfgaints.com then click to the coupon TEN.

In other baseball news around in Philadelphia the left-handed pitcher Cliff Lee pitched a complete game shutout over the Nationals as the Phillies beat the Nationals 5-0 Lee improves his record to (14-11) overall by going the distance by going nine innigs giving up no rund on six hits with nine strikeouts and the Phillies  2009 Paul Owens award winners were Phillies Minor League outfielder Michael Taylor and pitcher Kyle Drabek  were the winners of the Paul Owens Award named by the late Phillies General Manager and director of Minor League development. In other baseball news the San Francisco Giants activated 303 game winner Randy Johnson from the disabled list. Johnson 45, who has been out of action on the disabled list with a shoulder injury will be sent to the work in the Giants bullpen to make room for Johnson the Giants place left-handed reliever Justin Miller on the 60-day disabled list with inflammation in his right (throwing) elbow ending his season.

In other baseball news New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada  and Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Carlson each received a three-game suspensions for their  actions in Tuesday night’s benches-clearing brawl MLB announced today both of the main culprits of the Tuesday nights fracus will not appeal and will serve their punishment effective immediatley tonight. In addition Yankees hitting coah Kevin Log , Yankees pitcher Edwar Ramirezand Blue Jays catcher Rod Barajas have received undisclosed fines.  

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BASEBALL-MULTIMEDIA UPDATE LATE EDITION FOR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

BRIAN “Professer B” DAVIS” BASEBALL MULTIMEDIA STAFF WRITER- On Sunday the San Francisco Giants in must win game to keep their playoff hopes alive and the Giants responded by beating their long-time rival Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park by a score of 7-2 as Giants pitcher Brad Penny pitched 7.0 innings giving up two earned runs on five hits with two strikeouts. Giants shortstop Juan Uribe went 3-or-4 at the plate including a two-run homer off of Dodgers starter Chad Billingsley in the bottom of the second inning and then the Giants scored five more times one run in the fourth inning and then four in the bottom of the sixth to rap up the game the Dodgers added a pair of runs in the top half of the seventh inning to make the final score 7-2 Giants. With the win the Giants win couple with the Rockies losing to the Padres at Petco Park lead in the National League wild card standings to 4.5 games. Tonight will a start of a first of a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies the Giants who swept the Rockies two weeks ago got a chance to do the sequel this will be the last series head-to head and for the Giants it’s all or nothing/make or break season for the Giants if they would stay in the National League wild card race.

For the Giants it will be Tim Lincecum .vs Chris Hammel for the first of a three-game series and a reminder for Giants fans in San Francisco the Giants are having a ticket promotion called the ” The 10th Man $10 ticket” Come out to AT&T Park for any of the Giants taking on the National League wild card leading Colorado Rockies. To purchase tickets please go on line to sfgiants.com then click the coupon code TEN.

BACK TO THE FUTURE FOR PEDRO IN PHILADELPHIA – In Philadelphia the Phillies three-time Cy Young award winner Pedro Martinez outdules Mets starter Tim Redding as he pitched the vintage Pedro 10 years ago as he did back in 1999 when he was with the Boston Red Sox when he struck out 17 Yankees in a 2-1 win over the reining World Champion Yankees on Sunday night at Citizens Bank in Philadelphia as vintage Pedro pitched 8 shutout innings giving up no runs on six hits with seven K’s the lone run in the game came in the bottom of the first inning came on a Chase Utley RBI sing score Oakland native Jimmy Rollins to give the Phillies a 1-0 win to complete a doubleheader sweep over the Mets their National League East lead over the Mets to 6.5 games over the Florida Marlins as the phillies reduce their magic number to 14 any combination of Phillies wins and or Marlins losses will give the Phillies the National League East.

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MLB BASEBALL UPDATE  THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
BRIAN “Professer B Davis” BASEBALL MULTIMEDIA STAFF WRITER- On Wednesday at AT&T Park in San Francisco the Giants dropped an horrible 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres. The Giants accounted for their only two runs of the contest with a two-run homer by Andres Torres in the bottom of the third inning to cut the Padres lead  at 3-2 but the Padres starter Wade LeBlanc who came into yesterday game against the Giants with a 1-1 record with an ERA of 6.00 pitched seven innings giving up two runs on four hits with five strikeouts while Giants left-handed pitcher Barry Zito went five innings giving three runs on six hits while striking out six. With the Loss the Giants now dropped to 4.0 games behind the Colorado Rockies in the National League wild card standings who pulled of a dramatic come from behind victory over the Cincinnati Reds as Seth Smith’s two-out single off the glove of Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips two score both he the tying and wining runs to give the Rockies a 4-3 win.

In other baseball action on Wednesday night at Chase Field in Flushing Queens the Florida Marlins keeping pace with the Rockies in the National League wild card standings with a 6-3 win over the Mets as Marlins right-fielder hit a three-run homer adn Marlins pitcher Ricky Nolasco pitched 61.innings giving up three runs on four hits with four strikeouts as the Marlins still remain 5.5 games behind the Rockies in the National League wild card standings. At Nationals Park in the nation’s capital in Washington  D.C. Cliff Lee for the Phillies picked up his sixth win with the Phillies  and his thirteenth win of season overall as Jayson Werth and Pedro Feliz contributed with the back-to-back homers in the top of the eighth inning as Phillies reliever Ryan Madson  who’s filling  in for the struggling Brad Lidge  for his sixth save of the season as Phillies win of the Washington Nationals by a score of 6-5 to maintain their 6.0 game lead over the Florida Marlins and reduce their magic number to clinch the National League East to 19.

Meanwhile in the National League Central the St. Louis Cardinals starter Adam Wrainwright picked up his 18th win of the season as Mr. Cardinal himself Albert Puljols hit a pair of homers his 46th and 47th over year as the Cardinals complete a three-game sweep over the Milwaukee Brewers of 5-1 and has reduce their magic number to 12 meaning any combination of Cardinals wins and or Cubs losses will give the Cardinals the National League Central Division title. And finally New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter last night at the new Yankees Stadium tied legendary Yankees iron man Lou Gehrig all-time Yankees club record with his 2,721 hits has the Yankees overcame a 2-0 lead against the Tampa Bay Rays to maintain their lead in the American League  East over the Boston Red Sox  9.0 games as Jeter try to come the new all-time Yankees  hits leader on Friday night against the Baltimore Orioles at the New Yankees Stadium.

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BASEBALL INQUIRER FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Brian “Professer B Davis” Baseball Multi Media Staff Writer – At Citizens Park in South Philadelphia on Thursday night the Giants dropped the rubber game of the three-game series against the defending World Champion Philadelphia Phillies three -time Cy Young Pedro  Martinez was total vintage the way he dominated back in the mid-late 90′s on by pitching 7.0 innings giving up one run on five hits and nine strikeouts while the reining Cy Young champ Tim Lincecum also went 7.0 innings giving up two runs on four hits with eleven strikeouts in the losing effort as the Giants were a dismal 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position while Jayson Werth and Ryan Howard both accounted for the Phillies two runs with Werth’s homer off Lincecum in the bottom  of the second inning  and then in the bottom of the sixth inning a RBI double by Ryan Howard scoring Chase Utley  Phillies closer picked up his 28th save of the season. With win the Phillies Maintain their 8.5 games lead in the National League East standings over both the Braves and Marlins while the Giants remained 1.0 behind the Colorado Rockies in the National League wild card standings as the Rockies dropped their series finale against the New York Mets at Coors Field by a score behind the pitching by former Giants pitcher Pat Misch who earned his first career major-league win.

In other baseball news long time Detroit Tigers play-by-play Hall of Famer announcer Ernie Harwell is battling with cancer. Harwell who ‘s been with the Tigers announcer for four decades all to his retirement in 2002. Harwell 91, was hospitalized several weeks with bile duct obstruction the baseball. Harwell who in his tenure broadcast the Tigers two World Series Championship teams in 1968 and in 1984 when that Tigers team won 35 of it’s first 40 games en route to win the World Series.

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Brian “Professer B” Davis Baseball staff writer- Last night at Citizens Park newly acquired righthanded pitcher Brad Penny pitched a masterpiece two-hit shutout over 8.0 innings giving up no runs on five hits the high over the World Champion Phillies offense as he and Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt  combined on the Giants shutout over the Phillies by a score of 4-0. Leading the Giants offense was  shortstop Juan Uribe and former Phillie Aaron Rowland who hit back-to-back homers in the top half of the sixth inning Uribe led the Giants offense by going 3-for-3 at the plate with three RBI’s. With the win the Giants remained 1.0 game behind the N.L. wild card standings over the Colorado Rockies who won their game over the New York Mets at Coors Field in Denver as former Oakland A’s first baseman Jason Giambi clutch two-run pinch-hit single in the bottom half of the eight inning to give the Rockies a 5-2 win but the bad news came as Rockies closer Huston Street will be out indefinatly with biceps tendinitis injury.

In other National League action at Land Shark Stadium down  South Florida in Miami the Florida Marlins with dramatic 8-7 win over the Atlanta Braves on a game-winning walk-off homer by Marlins third baseman Wes Helms as the Marlins and Braves are tied for third place in the National League wild card standings trailing the Rockies by 5.0 games.

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