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Daily Jolt: Halos Make Call to Arms

The Daily Jolt is a dose of baseball reality every weekday morning.Jered Weaver gave the Angels a much-needed respite Tuesday night. Weaver, along with left-hander Joe Saunders, is one of the last men standing in a Los Angeles rotation ravaged by injuries and, of course, the tragic death of Nick Adenhart.He pitched seven...

Daily Jolt: Patriots Day, Orioles Just What Red Sox Needed to Right Ship

The Daily Jolt is a dose of baseball reality every weekday morning.There's something about Patriots Day that seems to bring out the best in the Red Sox. Or maybe it's the Baltimore Orioles. Either way, it only took a long weekend at Fenway Park to put to rest many of the fears that began to bubble up after Boston's 3-6...

Daily Jolt: Can Tigers Roar Again?

The Daily Jolt is a dose of baseball reality every weekday morning.The Tigers came into 2009 with a shot at redemption. Two weeks into the season, they at least seem to have the shape of a chance to accomplish that. Expectations were sky high for Detroit last year after a pair of trades brought All-Stars Miguel Cabrera,...

Daily Jolt: Pulse of White Sox in Pitching

The Daily Jolt is a dose of baseball reality every weekday morning.The White Sox are in the same place they ended 2008, tied atop a heap of clubs in the AL Central that all have designs on contention in 2009. John Danks' gem Thursday night against the Rays hurtled Chicago into a deadlock with the Tigers and Royals at...

Daily Jolt: Kershaw Looks Special

The Daily Jolt is a dose of baseball reallity every weekday morning.James Loney drove in the winning run, or more accurately walked it in. The pricey free agents -- Orlando Hudson and Manny Ramirez -- were the heroes sparking the game-winning rally in the ninth inning with consecutive no-out hits. But it was Clayton...