Brandon Webb is talking with the Arizona Diamondbacks about a new contract and building his case for more cash at the same time. He became the first pitcher in three years to win his first eight starts, tossing his 13th career complete game to help Arizona beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Thursday.
Posted: May 9th, 2008.
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Oswalt finds his form; Webb extends strong start (AP)
Roy Oswalt found his fastball -- and his winning form. Brandon Webb has been unbeatable since the season started. Snapping out of an early funk, Oswalt pitched seven strong innings and the Houston Astros got a tiebreaking homer from Michael Bourn in...
Diamondbacks 5, Astros 4 (AP)
Brandon Webb limited Houston to two runs through seven innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on to hand the Astros their seventh loss in a row, 5-4 on Saturday night. Webb (4-3) scattered seven hits, struck out eight and walked one to help the Di...
Baseball Power Poll: D-backs tops even before Scherzer (SportingNews.com)
The Diamondbacks already have Brandon Webb, Dan Haren, Randy Johnson and Micah Owings in their rotation. Add in phenom Max Scherzer and it's not hard to see why they are No. 1.
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Dish: Cubs’ power surge should carry into ‘08 (SportingNews.com)
If the Cubs can play as well as they did at the end of last season, they should be able to improve upon their NLDS appearance from '07. Plus, more notes from around the league.
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The Twins’ supernatural talent (Yahoo! Sports)
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Twins ace Johan Santana is arguably the best pitcher in the game. The scary part is that he believes he can improve....
Webb goes the distance to improve to 8-0 (AP)
Brandon Webb is talking with the Arizona Diamondbacks about a new contract and building his case for more cash at the same time. He became the first pitcher in three years to win his first eight starts, tossing his 13th career complete game to help Arizona beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 on Thursday.
Posted: May 9th, 2008.
Comments: none
Oswalt finds his form; Webb extends strong start (AP)
Roy Oswalt found his fastball -- and his winning form. Brandon Webb has been unbeatable since the season started. Snapping out of an early funk, Oswalt pitched seven strong innings and the Houston Astros got a tiebreaking homer from Michael Bourn in...
Diamondbacks 5, Astros 4 (AP)
Brandon Webb limited Houston to two runs through seven innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on to hand the Astros their seventh loss in a row, 5-4 on Saturday night. Webb (4-3) scattered seven hits, struck out eight and walked one to help the Di...
Baseball Power Poll: D-backs tops even before Scherzer (SportingNews.com)
The Diamondbacks already have Brandon Webb, Dan Haren, Randy Johnson and Micah Owings in their rotation. Add in phenom Max Scherzer and it's not hard to see why they are No. 1.
...
Dish: Cubs’ power surge should carry into ‘08 (SportingNews.com)
If the Cubs can play as well as they did at the end of last season, they should be able to improve upon their NLDS appearance from '07. Plus, more notes from around the league.
...
The Twins’ supernatural talent (Yahoo! Sports)
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Twins ace Johan Santana is arguably the best pitcher in the game. The scary part is that he believes he can improve....