Two former Suns shined tonight for the Los Angeles Dodgers--starter James McDonald and reliever Ramon Troncoso. Even though McDonald had 5 earned runs in 5 innings, he got the win as the Dodgers' offense scored 6 runs and Tronky (as I was called in M Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} éxico many a time) pitched 4 scoreless innings for the unusual save. He only allowed 1 hit over those 4 innings!

GREAT article at MLB.com about the Marlins and their pitching staff:

Marlins stacked with arms in Minors

Apparently, there are three pitchers on the Jacksonville Suns that could be in the Majors this year, as the article points out.

They should be fun to watch. I believe we've already seen Aaron Thompson (who also pitched for the Single-A Jupiter Hammerheads in Daytona). This is why Dorian and I like this organization so much. Small budget, great scouting team = tons of great young players every year and new rookies up in the bigs conistently.

The Marlins are up by 2.0 games in the NL East and could be in the World Series again this year. Even if they have to get in as a Wild Card, that is how they won the Series in 1997 and 2003. Just sayin'.

No, not the John Lennon single from 1970. For anyone that is not a Patriots fan, Christmas has come early. And Santa Claus comes in the form of a large black man who went to college at Purdue and is now playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.

I believe in Karma. Although I did not watch any NFL football yesterday, I found out this morning about the Tom Brady injury. It was scrolled on the ESPN crawl of my Mets-Phillies game--about 7 times every cycle. Know why it's Karma? I just realized this a few minutes ago. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is NOTORIOUS for not taking the injury report for his team seriously. He frequently labels the majority of his team as questionable just to mess with the opposing team and not allow them any advantage. This pre-season, Brady did not take one snap, his name on the injury report all 4 weeks, only to take the field healthy as a horse yesterday for Week 1.

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Man, am I glad I drafted Frank Gore right before Tom Brady got selected in my Fantasy League! Another funny blog post:

http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2008/09/sir-i-believe-you-have-a-bounty-t...

The NFL should be a lot more interesting this year.

Gaby Hernandez, beloved (by us Trunks at least) pitcher for the Florida Marlins organization, was traded to the Mariners for MLB veteran lefthanded pitcher Arther Rhodes.

Huh?

Yep. I was a little late on this one, as it did indeed happen before the July 31st trade deadline, but I wanted to break the news to the readers of this blog. I can't imagine a worse deal!

Well, I guess it is not that bad. Gaby has been getting rocked, both at AAA Albuquerque, where he started the season, and at AA Carolina, where he improved his ERA to 4.30 (!) and went 3-0 in 4 starts. Guess Maybin and the offense helped him there... Meanwhile, the Marlins MLB team is apparently built to win this year, and can always use more help in the bullpen, provided they aren't terrible. Unfortunately for us Mets fans, the Marlins are still in the NL East race, and they are actually ahead of the Mets, who are in third place. They both are trying to catch the Phillies in a tight race to the finish. Luckily for Mets fans, the Marlins and the Phillies play three games tonight through Thursday, so somebody has got to lose. If the Mets can only beat up on the hapless Padres at the same time, they can gain some ground on one or both of them.

I'm sorry! Was this a blog post about MLB transactions or the Mets?

Gaby got rocked in his first start with the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx on Sunday.

Someone else that slipped under the radar was Eric Cyr, who pitched last night for the Jacksonville Suns after being demoted from AAA Las Vegas. He pitched a great game (a 2-hitter in 6 innings with no runs allowed, 5 K's, and 2 walks), and as usual, the Suns provided little offense to help him out.