From the 700 level:
Everyone Loves Chase Utley
And for a good reason.
Utley leads all NL players with 537,788 votes, and it isn’t even close. Utley is more than 100,000 votes ahead of the next most popular player, Astros first baseman Lance Berkman (329,723). But Utley is the only Phillies player leading at his position, which tells me that he’s getting votes from all NL precincts, not just Philadelphia.
>>Early All Star Returns [Scott Lauber]
3 in a row?
-Greg Berlin
Categories: General · NL East · Phillies
Tagged: All Star Game, Astros, Chase Utley, Lance Berkmann, Phillies
17, as of five minutes ago. Chut is a BEAST.
Oh, and Geoff Jenkins just hit one, too. 6-1 Phils.
UPDATE: Just looked and Utley’s tied for first with Lance Berkmann at 46 RBIs. Damn!
-Greg Berlin
Categories: General · NL East · Phillies
Tagged: Chase Utley, Geoff Jenkins, Phillies
The Braves will place OF Matt Diaz on the disabled list with a ligament strain in his left knee. Diaz was injured while crashing into the wall while catching a Prince Fielder fly ball in last night’s 3-2 loss to Milwaukee. Atlanta is already suffering from a lack of outfield depth, as Mark Kotsay has missed games with a sore back. According to Braves.com, Omar Infante and Gregor Blanco will start seeing more time in the outfield.
The DL move will allow Atlanta to activate Rafael Soriano, who has been out since the second week of the season. The Braves’ closer will rejoin a depleted bullpen that is a combined 6-7 with a 3.42 ERA this year.
Categories: Braves
Tagged: Braves, Gregor Blanco, Mark Kotsay, Matt Diaz, NL East, Omar Infante, Prince Fielder, Rafael Soriano
