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Wells Has Successful Surgery on Blood Clot

Surgery to remove blood clots in Kip Wells' hand was successful, the official website of the Colorado Rockies reported on Wednesday. The pitcher had been placed on the disabled list as of April 30, but the team had been relatively quiet about his surgery beforehand. Wells' condition will be re-evaluated on Wednesday, but...

Rockies and Padres Get Ridiculous, Play 22 Inning Marathon

Extra inning games are weird. When they first get going, you want to see some sort of resolution so you can go to sleep. But as a game goes to 15, 16, 17 innings and so forth, the masochist in me always comes out and hopes that the game hits that magic threshold of 20 innings ... even though I have to get up early the next...

The Cardinals' Past Beats Their Present

One of the fun parts of the first week of the season is seeing all the players in different uniforms. It's fun for fans especially to see someone like Johan Santana suit up in their favorite teams' duds and take the field. In St. Louis, Troy Glaus is the big new acquisition, and he made his official debut last night after...

On Deck: Let's Try This Again

On Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing matchupsNew York Yankees (0-0) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (0-0) - 7:05PM Est.The Yankees wanted to kick off the final season at Yankee Stadium yesterday, but ol' Mother Nature wouldn't play along, as she instead chose to try and flood the city of New York on Monday. So...

Was Kip Wells Cheated by the Cardinals?

Remember how the Cardinals and Pirates combined to use 18 pitchers? At first I thought it was an interesting piece of trivia, but it turns out it may have been in part a cost-cutting move by the Cardinals. You see, Kip Wells was set to trigger a $500,000 incentive clause if he hit 165 innings. Instead he threw three...

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06/03/12 MadFriars' Farm Report: June 2 Source: FOX Sports CF Tekotte 2-4; 3B Gyorko 3-5, RBI;1B Clark 1-3, 2B, BB; LF/1B C. Decker 2-5 (HR(3) 2 RBIs; 2B Contreras 2-4, 2B, RBI; RHP Wells 6.2 IP 6 H 4 R 1 ER BB 2 Ks; RHP Boxberger 1.0 IP 4 H 3 R 3 ER 2 BBs and 2 Ks; RHP Burns (L) 0.1 1 H 1R 1ER 2 BBs. With the score tied in the bottom of the ninth, Tommy Field whacked a line drive off the left field wall, falling a few feet shy of a game-ending home run.
06/03/12 Colorado Springs beats Tucson 8-7 on walk off... Source: FOX - KMSB 11 - Tucson AZ TUCSON, Ariz.--Brendan Harris was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded, providing a bizarre ending to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox 8-7 win over the Tucson Padres Saturday.
05/30/12 On-Deck: More arms needed due to D.L. Source: The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA The Padres have recently signed veteran pitchers Jason Marquis, Kip Wells and Anthony Reyes to minor league contracts because the corps of starting pitchers invited to spring training has been decimated by injuries.
05/29/12 Minors Report: Sosa, Blackwood homer for San Antonio Source: The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA First baseman Carlos Sosa and left fielder Jake Blackwood each went 2-for-4 with a homer Sunday as Double-A San Antonio defeated Arkansas 7-4 in San Antonio.
05/24/12 Minors Report: Wells, Reyes sharp at Tucson Source: The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA Former major leaguer Kip Wells allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits over six innings Wednesday night to lead Triple-A Tucson to a 9-3 victory over Memphis in Arizona.