On Deck is FanHouse's look at the day's most intriguing baseball matchups. Oakland Athletics at New York Yankees - PM ET In case yesterday's Yankee starter Joba Chamberlain needs a role model to help him make a more seamless transition from reliever to starter, he need look no further than across the diamond at today's Oakland starter, Justin Duchscherer. But with Duchscherer looking for a long term deal, could he be the next to go? Just as Duchscherer would be looking to cash in on his best season, Billy Beane may be looking to cash in as well, as Duchscherer is a free agent after this season.
But in the meantime, Duchscherer will try like heck to prevent a Yankee sweep as he goes up against Andy Pettitte. Chances are you didn't see it, but Prince Fielder hit a bomb into the water in San Francisco yesterday that went so far that I'd think Prince was eating burgers again. But I'm sure that Prince is finding his protein from other sources like peanuts.
The best part about Prince's home run was Bob Uecker 's call saying the home run had sent "the sailboats scurrying" Now before you think I'm getting on Uecker, I understand that it was a euphemism. Still, it took "juuuuuuust a bit outside" to a new level, and I got a chuckle out of it. I shudder to think how far Fielder will hit one today if he gets a hold of a Tim Lincecum fastball.
The Tigers and Orioles have a combined record one half game better than the combined records of the Dodgers and Diamondbacks. But when those two teams play today, it's a run of the mill game between third and fourth place teams who are a combined But life in the N. West means that a game between teams that are under. Parity is beautiful, and so is today's pitching matchup between Derek Lowe , whose ERA has gone down more than a run in the last month and a half, and Brandon Webb , who's Permalink Email this Linking Blogs Comments.
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