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Thursday, April 24,2008

Thursday, April 24,2008

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Games on this date
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year gametype box date visiting Team score home team score box ballpark winning pitcher losing pitcher save pitcher attend. time
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Florida Marlins  4 Atlanta Braves  7 box | pbp Turner Field Chuck James Burke Badenhop Manny Acosta 19,903 2:34
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Houston Astros  5 Cincinnati Reds  3 box | pbp Great American Ballpark Jack Cassel Johnny Cueto Jose Valverde 17,403 2:31
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Chicago Cubs  2 Colorado Rockies  4 box | pbp Coors Field Aaron Cook Kevin Hart Brian Fuentes 32,791 2:18
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Arizona Diamondbacks  6 Los Angeles Dodgers  4 box | pbp Dodger Stadium Edgar Gonzalez Chad Billingsley Brandon Lyon 38,350 3:11
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Philadelphia Phillies  3 Milwaukee Brewers  1 box | pbp Miller Park Tom Gordon David Riske Brad Lidge 23,905 2:55
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 St. Louis Cardinals  6 Pittsburgh Pirates  2 box | pbp PNC Park Joel Pineiro Tom Gorzelanny Jason Isringhausen 9,544 2:44
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 San Francisco Giants  1 San Diego Padres  0 box | pbp PETCO Park Tim Lincecum Chris Young Brian Wilson 26,789 2:50
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 New York Mets  5 Washington Nationals  10 box | pbp Nationals Park Mike O'Connor Oliver Perez -- 29,750 3:11
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Los Angeles Angels  7 Boston Red Sox  5 box | pbp Fenway Park Joe Saunders Manny Delcarmen Francisco Rodriguez 37,848 3:17
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 New York Yankees  6 Chicago White Sox  7 box | pbp Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field Bobby Jenks Joba Chamberlain -- 27,243 3:05
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Texas Rangers  2 Detroit Tigers  8 box | pbp Comerica Park Zach Miner Jason Jennings -- 39,058 2:54
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Cleveland Indians  9 Kansas City Royals  6 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Fausto Carmona Brett Tomko Rafael Betancourt 0 3:37
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Cleveland Indians  2 Kansas City Royals  0 box | pbp Kauffman Stadium Cliff Lee Brian Bannister -- 11,637 2:15
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Minnesota Twins  2 Oakland Athletics  11 box | pbp Oakland-Alameda Cty Colis Greg Smith Francisco Liriano -- 12,593 2:37
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Baltimore Orioles  8 Seattle Mariners  7 box | pbp Safeco Field Chad Bradford Sean Green George Sherrill 16,727 3:09
2008 reg season 2008-04-24 Toronto Blue Jays  3 Tampa Bay Rays  5 box | pbp The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World Andy Sonnanstine Dustin McGowan Troy Percival 9,540 3:12
16 record(s)
Standings on this date
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  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL East Boston Red Sox franchise | log 24 15 9 .625 0.0 128 119 9 L2 9-4 6-5 1 1 3 Yes Lost in ALCS (Tampa Bay)
2008 AL East Baltimore Orioles franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 1.0 97 97 0 W2 9-4 4-5 2 4 9 Yes dnq
2008 AL East New York Yankees franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 2.5 106 109 -3 L1 5-4 7-7 3 6 13 -- dnq
2008 AL East Tampa Bay Rays franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 3.0 108 96 12 W3 7-7 4-4 4 7 15 -- Lost World Series (Philadelphia)
2008 AL East Toronto Blue Jays franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 4.5 105 97 8 L4 5-7 5-6 5 12 21 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL Central Chicago White Sox franchise | log 21 12 9 .571 0.0 114 87 27 W1 5-5 7-4 1 5 10 Yes Lost in 1st Round (Rays)
2008 AL Central Cleveland Indians franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 2.5 105 97 8 W3 4-6 6-6 2 10 18 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Minnesota Twins franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 2.5 78 96 -18 L2 6-6 4-6 3 9 19 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Detroit Tigers franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 3.0 119 128 -9 W4 5-6 5-7 4 11 22 -- dnq
2008 AL Central Kansas City Royals franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 3.5 70 103 -33 L7 3-6 6-7 5 13 25 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 AL West Los Angeles Angels franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 0.0 116 103 13 W2 6-5 8-4 1 2 4 Yes Lost in ALDS (Boston)
2008 AL West Oakland Athletics franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 0.0 109 82 27 W2 8-7 6-2 2 3 6 Yes dnq
2008 AL West Seattle Mariners franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 3.0 107 98 9 L2 6-5 5-7 3 8 17 -- dnq
2008 AL West Texas Rangers franchise | log 23 7 16 .304 7.0 92 142 -50 L7 2-6 5-10 4 14 29 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL East Florida Marlins franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 0.0 105 111 -6 L1 7-5 6-4 1 5 8 Yes dnq
2008 NL East New York Mets franchise | log 21 11 10 .524 1.5 100 89 11 L1 6-3 5-7 2 6 11 -- dnq
2008 NL East Philadelphia Phillies franchise | log 23 12 11 .522 1.5 109 100 9 W1 6-6 6-5 3 7 12 -- Won World Series (Tampa Bay)
2008 NL East Atlanta Braves franchise | log 22 11 11 .500 2.0 112 85 27 W1 8-4 3-7 4 8 14 -- dnq
2008 NL East Washington Nationals franchise | log 23 7 16 .304 6.5 88 119 -31 W1 3-6 4-10 5 16 30 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL Central Chicago Cubs franchise | log 22 15 7 .682 0.0 135 98 37 L1 10-4 5-3 1 2 2 Yes Lost in NLDS (Los Angeles)
2008 NL Central St. Louis Cardinals franchise | log 23 14 9 .609 1.5 109 89 20 W1 8-4 6-5 2 3 5 Yes dnq
2008 NL Central Milwaukee Brewers franchise | log 22 13 9 .591 2.0 105 93 12 L1 6-4 7-5 3 4 7 Yes Lost in NLDS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL Central Houston Astros franchise | log 23 11 12 .478 4.5 108 104 4 W5 6-5 5-7 4 9 16 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Pittsburgh Pirates franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 6.0 97 139 -42 L1 5-5 4-8 5 12 24 -- dnq
2008 NL Central Cincinnati Reds franchise | log 23 9 14 .391 6.5 95 111 -16 L2 6-8 3-6 6 14 27 -- dnq
year league division teamname links gp   w   l wpct gbl rf ra diff streak home away div rk lgrk mlb rk in playoff spot end-of-season playoffs
2008 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks franchise | log 22 16 6 .727 0.0 134 83 51 W1 9-2 7-4 1 1 1 Yes dnq
2008 NL West Colorado Rockies franchise | log 22 10 12 .455 6.0 97 113 -16 W1 4-6 6-6 2 10 20 -- dnq
2008 NL West San Francisco Giants franchise | log 23 10 13 .435 6.5 71 105 -34 W2 5-5 5-8 3 11 23 -- dnq
2008 NL West Los Angeles Dodgers franchise | log 22 9 13 .409 7.0 95 88 7 L1 6-5 3-8 4 13 26 -- Lost in NLCS (Philadelphia)
2008 NL West San Diego Padres franchise | log 23 9 14 .391 7.5 74 107 -33 L4 5-7 4-7 5 15 28 -- dnq
30 record(s)
Transactions
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Grid Actions:
Tips/tools for using data gri ds:

  • Manual Filter: Single-click a row to highlight in orange. Click FILTER ROWS button to show only those rows in the grid
  • Quick-Filter: Double-Click on a cell value to filter the grid on rows that have same value in same column. Click a statistic to view all values equal or higher
  • Select Rows: Single-click rows to select multiple rows for future action or visibility.
  • Hide Rows: Click the` minus sign in the first column to hide the row in the grid.
  • Restore Rows: Once rows are filtered, click RESTORE ROWS to show all rows once again
  • Sort: Click a column in the first header row to sort data by values in that column. Click again to reverse the original sort. Some cells have custom sort keys that will sort them logically instead of alphanumerically.
  • Compare/Analyze: Click multiple rows for players of interest. In addition to filtering, you can quickly COMPARE player stats or use the MULTI-PLAYER STAT VIEWER to view multiple player cards on the same page.
  • Leaders: On stat grids. Top-10 ranked statistics are highlighted in gray. #1 rank is in light green. (PREMIUM setting)
  • Export to CSV: Click CSV to convert the full grid into a comma-delimeted display. From there, you can copy/paste to another application.
player name teamname statusshort Transaction Description
David Ross Cincinnati Reds Active Activated from DL
John Lackey Los Angeles Angels DL-15 Assigned to Rancho Cucamonga [Calif] (A+) for rehab
Mike Myers -- Hist Released by Dodgers
Frank Thomas Oakland Athletics Hist Signed to 1-year contract for 2008-2008 ($0m) [Free Agent]
Kason Gabbard Texas Rangers Injury DL - sore back
Travis Buck Oakland Athletics Injury DL - shin splints
6 record(s)
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