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Blue Jays Flying South This Summer

FanHouse continues its 2009 MLB Preview with a look at the Toronto Blue Jays.There's no team in baseball in a worse spot than the Blue Jays. They've had to contend with the megapowers in New York and Boston for years, watching their competitive payroll and over-.500 seasons amount to nothing more than third-place finish...

Orioles Make Wise Gamble on Rich Hill

The Orioles continued their winter quest to upgrade what was a woeful rotation in 2008 by acquiring Rich Hill from the Cubs for a player to be named later.Hill is only one year removed from an 11-win season in which he pitched 195 innings, posted an ERA of 3.92 and whiffed 183 batters, but the left-hander had since fallen...

B.J. Upton Swings Hard Enough to Knock Himself Out of a Game

From Bobby Ojeda trimming off the tip of his middle finger with hedge clippers to Glenallen Hill falling down a staircase because of a nightmare, there's a long history of odd off-field injuries in baseball. During games, though, the injuries are more run of the mill which made what happened to B.J. Upton this afternoon...

Notes From the Clubhouse: Joba Returns, Girardi 'Shocked' by Suspension

As tough as Boston's early stretch this season was, the Yankees have had it nearly as bad. They're in the midst of a stretch where they play two games in 20 at home, they've lost their top two catchers to injury, and while their young pitching struggles, they've had to play the last week without dominant setup man Joba...

On Deck: Fear the Bird

On Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing matchupsTexas Rangers (3-3) vs. Baltimore Orioles (5-1) - 2:05PM Est.So maybe nobody showed up to Camden Yards to see them do it, but the Baltimore Orioles have opened their season 5-1 and have the best record in the American League at the moment. To say this is a...

BrianBurres News From the Web

05/19/12 Grizzlies report for 5/19 Source: The Fresno Bee - Fresno CA Brian Burres dodged trouble for most of his five innings of work and was picked up by a bullpen that tossed four innings of one-hit relief as the Fresno Grizzlies won their third straight, beating host Round Rock 5-2 in a Pacific Coast League game Friday night.
05/13/12 Omaha Trumps Fresno 10-1 Source: Minor League Baseball The Fresno Grizzlies dropped the first game of the series 10-1 against the Omaha Storm Chasers on Saturday evening at Chukchansi Park. The loss results in Fresno's first three-game losing streak of the season.
05/06/12 Walkoff Victory Goes Against Fresno Source: Minor League Baseball Colorado Springs Sky Sox (15-16) first baseman Brandon Wood capped a two-run ninth inning rally with a bases loaded sacrifice fly in a 6-5 win over the Fresno Grizzlies (23-8) on Sunday afternoon at Security Service Field.