About the time that Luis Vizcaino trouted out of the Cubs bullpen in the Brewers vs. Cubs game, this eager-eyed Brewers fan took a nice stare at the lady sitting beside him:

San Francisco rookie reliever Joe Martinez was hit in the temple by a line drive that rocketed off the bat of Milwaukee Brewer Mike Cameron on Thursday. Fortunately, Martinez was able to walk off the field but the 26-year-old pitcher had a bloody forehead and a swollen right eye.

This my friends is big money…
… for a big ass pitcher.
CC Sabathia has received the richest offer in pitcher history from the New York Yankees:
six years and $140,000,000
That buys big CC Sabathia:
- 42,553,191 McDonalds Big Macs
- 1.063 billion grams of protein
- 1.276 billion grams of fat
- 3.404 billion mg of cholesteral
- 136 billion ounces of [...]

AMERICAN LEAGUE
1.  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (100-62, AL West Champions)
Why They’ll Win It All: The Angels simply turned in the best record in all of baseball in 2008, notching a franchise-record 100 wins.  The last time the Angels won the World Series, they did it with guys like Tim Salmon, Garrett Anderson, Darin Erstad, [...]

Pitching wins championships. Period. Nothing’s more important than the guy toeing the rubber - if he’s off, your team heads to clubhouse along with the Yankees and Mets. If he’s throwing gems, get your finger sized. So with that in mind, here’s how we rank the pitching staff for each team [...]

This is technically a home game for the Houston Astros - but its being played in Milwaukee where Cubs fans are all over. The game was moved due to Hurricane Ike.
Chicago Cubs
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
C Zambrano 8.2 0 0 0 1 9 0 106-70 3.41
Carlos Zambrano just threw a no hitter!
First no hitter for the Cubs since 1972!

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