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2011 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: Casey McGehee Belts 3 In Victory Over Cards

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It’s called personal space Mr. Braun, respect it.

From nationalpastime.com:  On this date in 1945, during a 15-4 loss to Boston, the Senators had two pitchers make their first and only major league appearance.  Two remarkable debut pitching performances by Senators' rookies: Joe Cleary, the last major leaguer to be born in Ireland, giving up seven runs on five hits and three walks in his only big league appearance to finish with a career ERA of 189.0, and in mop-up work, WW II veteran Bert Shepard, with an amputated leg as a result of being wounded in WW ll, hurls five 1/3 innings giving up just one run on just three hits in his only major league appearance.

Also of note from nationalpastime.com: Dave Winfield kills a seagull at Exhibition Stadium with a warmup throw prior to the home fifth inning. After the 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays, the Yankees outfielder is arrested by the Ontario police and charged with animal cruelty.

Not a lot of pitching depth throwing today, the best is Cliff Lee, who would be at the top of any list of the best pitchers in the game.  From there, things are less exciting.  Alexi Ogando, Justin Masterson, Madison Bumgarner round out the list.  Also of note, two guys with no-hitters on their resumes, Anibal Sanchez and Francisco Liriano.  Finally, the Red Sox latest rent-a-whore, Erik Bedard, will make his debut.

Casey McGehee’s three home runs and 5 RBI's paced Milwaukee to a 10-5 victory over the Cardinals.  There were no incidents after Tuesday’s tit-for-tat beaning of Albert Pujols and Ryan Braun.  Also in that game, after a successful debut for his new team, Edwin Jackson got blown up, given up 14 hits and 8 earned runs.

Michael Cuddyer also had 5 RBI’s from a couple home runs in the Twins 11-4 victory over the Angels.

Dan Uggla continued his hot streak by extending his hitting streak to 25 games.  He also had another home run, his 11th since the start of July which nearly matches his total for the first 82 games (12).

Anthony Rizzo had been on a tear since he went back to the minors with a 1.456 OPS.  It is apparent he is not the next Ken Griffey, but lets hope the Padres did not trade the future AL MVP for the next Kevin Maas.  Actually Maas, had a couple of 20 home run seasons, the Padres might be lucky to get that from the Rizz-kid.

The Yankees brought out the big sticks today, 3 different players (Eric Chavez, Curtis Granderson, Robinson Cano) had four or more RBI's in route to 23 hits and an 18-7 victory.

Hideki Matsui has been on an absolute tear (15-26) over the last 7 days.  He might be repeating last year's pattern where he did not heat up until after the all-star game.  Unfortunately, he was not enough to prevent the Mariners' sweep of the A's.

Tim Wakefield failed in his bid to win his 200th game, instead it was Jacoby Ellsbury stealing the show with his second straight walk-off hit.  To top it off, it was not cheap, it was a home run.

Ryan Vogelsong continues his dram comeback season with another win to run his record to 9-1 with a 2.19 ERA.

Written by Chris Summers exclusively for TheFantasyFix.com

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