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Nice Job Shannon

Not be to completely anti Red Sox or anything, but congrats to Shannon Stewart for breaking up Curt Schilling's No-No on the last possible occasion. So does that make me happy, why yes it does, because not only does that douche not get a no hitter, but the person that owns him in my keeper league will not get bonus bucks for having a pitcher throw a no no.

One person to thank is Julio Lugo who made an error in the fifth to allow the A's to get their first base runner. Had he made that play then Stewart would have never gotten up to bat, and Schilling would have had the 18th Perfect Game thrown in Major league Baseball history. Which I'm sure would have been all over his blog, but thankfully due to the combined heroics of Lugo and Schilling, we don't have to deal with such banter and Schilling going down in history. Woo.
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Yardbarker Jeff said…
Congrats to Shannon Stewart for being healthy this far into the season. That's more of an accomplishment than breaking Schilling's no-no.
8:34 PM
Frank the Tank said…
I never realized how pathetic the A's lineup is. Do they have anyone hitting over .300? I don't think Kendall even has an on base% above .250.
8:15 AM
Anonymous said…
Man, you sure are praying for that wild card aren't you?
9:55 AM
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