2013 MLB Regular Season running thread

Ian Kennedy to the Padres for reliever Joe Thatcher, minor league reliever Matt Stites and a compensation pick:

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/362639748176674817

 

Bud Norris to the Orioles for 2 minor-leaguers:

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/07/orioles-to-acquire-bud-norris.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MlbTradeRumors+%28MLB+Trade+Rumors%29

 

Carlos Santana's walkoff homer vs. ChiSox puts Indians in lead for second wildcard spot in AL. (admitted fanboi looser alert)

 

Kershaw and Kuroda going toe-to-toe in LA, 0-0 through six and a half.

 

When the standings are published the morning of Aug. 1, the best team in baseball will be the Pittsburgh Pirates. They are the only team above .600, they are 2 1/2 games up in the division and they are 10 games in the clear for at least a playoff spot.

Looks like a rocking good time in Pittsburgh too. That Cardinals series was fun to check in on.

 

Yeah, but people there still wake up everyday living in Pittsburgh.

 

I'm a Pittsburgh guy and I just discovered the baseball season goes into August. For the longest time I thought it ended around Mother's Day.

 

The way you say that, apparently you know as much about Pittsburgh as you do about baseball players not on the Dodgers' roster.

 

Pittsburgh's a wildly underrated town. Great ethnic food, great sports, great museums, great universities. Easy to get around.

Yeah, the weather sucks seven months a year, but you can't have everything.

 

"People still don't recognize us, but..."

"...we're contenders now!"

 

This 5-game series, and these Pirates, are reminding me of the '88 Dodgers.

Dodgers began the second half with a 5-game sweep at Wrigley, and that pretty much propelled them the rest of the way.

http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-18/sports/sp-4311_1_dodger-lead

Pirates still have to win the 5th game of this series, but even if they don't, they're not going to fade any time soon.