The Mets pounded Dan Haren for his worst outing of the season. Haren only lasted four innings with the Mets scoring 6 runs off of 7 hits and a walk. 
 
Gary Carter was rushed to the hospital on Thursday due to a coughing attack. As you may or may not know, he is battling brain cancer, please send positive thoughts to him and his loved ones.
 
Excellent article about the plight of the Oakland A’s in the bay area. As a bay area native I can attest to how the dynamic shifted in the early 1990’s when the Giants received their “territorial rights” to the south bay, including Santa Clara County. What was once an evenly divided A’s/Giants fanbase was slowly swallowed up by the Giants. Most do not remember, but before the crypt keeper, aka Al Davis, came in and took over the Coliseum, it was a great place to watch a baseball game. Then his shrine to commercialism and luxury boxes took over the outfield and all was lost. The Giants capitalized, and took the mantle as destination ballpark in the Bay and since then, Oakland has seen a slow, but steady decline. One has to wonder if the Giants looked decades into the future and knew that securing those territorial rights would eventually turn the bay area into a one-team location. Was this their end game all along? If so, as an A’s fan, I must sadly say well played.
 
Impressive string of pitchers going Sunday Cole Hamels, C.C. Sabathia, Alexi Ogando, Matt Cain, Jair Jurrjens, Yovani Gallardo. But special mentions must be given to Francisco Liriano and Justin Verlander who have entered that rarified air where they are a threat to throw a no-hiiter every time they toe the rubber.

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(June 17, 2011 – Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images North America)