Morning Wood

Chicago Cubs 7 Colorado Rockies 6 10 inn

They did it! By God, they did it! With their extra inning victory over the Rockies on Wednesday night, the Cubs became only the second franchise in baseball history to reach the milestone of 10,000 victories. That means they get, well, they don't get anything for it actually. Maybe a t-shirt? A commemorative plate? I don't know. I mean, do they even deserve anything for it? The majority of the players on the team right now haven't even been around for 100 of those 10,000 wins, so to give them a prize hardly seems fair to everybody else who has played for the franchise in it's history. So I guess in hindsight, this really isn't a big deal at all, is it? Sorry for wasting your time.

New York Yankees 6 Chicago White Sox 4

This game pissed me off. Mike Mussina has sucked ass for the last year, but he looked like the Mike Mussina of old on Wednesday night, picking up the 252nd win of his career to pass Bob Gibson on the all time list. And he did it all with two freaking pitches. Two pitches. One of which is an 85MPH fastball, and yet he still made the White Sox look absolutely lost at the plate all night. I mean, it couldn't really be that hard to figure him out, could it? Ignore the big, slow breaking curveball, and crush the fastball. Nobody else in MLB seems to have had any trouble with this concept, yet there we were flailing away like Amy Winehouse suffering heroin withdrawal.

Detroit Tigers 19 Texas Rangers 6

Have the Tigers bats finally woken up, or is the Rangers pitching just that bad? I'm guessing the answer lies somewhere in between. After the Rangers jumped out to an early 5-0 lead on the Tigers, Detroit responded with a 5-run 2nd inning, and then later an 11-run 6th inning. Yep, that's right, and 11-run inning. Earlier in the season Detroit wasn't even scoring 11 runs a week. "I think it was a combination of real good hitting and a couple of bad pitches for their team," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. "But the biggest thing was walks." The Rangers walked 10 Tigers, and for good measure, beaned another two batters. So maybe it was the Rangers pitching. At least, I'm hoping it was the Rangers pitching.

AL

• Angels 6 Red Sox 4
• Rays 5 Jays 3
• A's 3 Twins 0
• Orioles 3 Mariners 2

NL

• Marlins 7 Braves 2
• Pirates 7 Cardinals 4
• Astros 9 Reds 3
• Mets 7 Nats 2
• Brewers 5 Phillies 4
• Giants 3 Padres 2 13 inn
• Dodgers 8 DBacks 3