David Sabino

Spell Relief with the O's

08:14 AM ET 04.08

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Don't look now but the Orioles' bullpen isn't half bad. In fact, Baltimore's revamped group of relievers is the AL's best through the first week of the season. Led by a combination of holdovers, Jamie Walker and Chad Bradford, along with newcomers George Sherrill, Matt Albers, Dennis Sarfate and Randor Bierd, O's relievers have allowed a major league low .132 opponents batting average, and a second-best 0.84 ERA through their first 21 innings. They've also accounted for four of the team's five victories, including two by Sarfate, the former Brewers prospect who…

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Play Ball: MLB 2008

03:53 PM ET 03.30

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I've finally gotten out from under the Sports Illustrated preview issue so it's back to the blogosphere. Thanks again for reading along with my spring training tour and please look for my upcoming weekly baseball stats column on SI.com tentatively titled "Diamond Digits." Since else everybody gives their predicted standings, I wanted to get my picks on record after studying every team so closely over the last two months. So here's how I see the season going down as we stand today. NL West 1. Rockies 2. Dodgers 3. Diamondbacks 4. Padres 5. GiantsNL…

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Dodgers-Cardinals Recap

04:59 PM ET 03.08

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Operative description of the day: It turned out to be a beautiful day for baseball, especially for Dodgers fans who saw their team unmercifully take the Cardinals pitching staff out to the shed for 20 runs, 20 hits and seven walks in a 20-6 win. There wasn’t an empty seat in the house as 7,227 mostly Cardinals fans turned out for this classic matchup that turned into a three hour, 15 minute marathon that featured nearly 50 players. However the highlight of the day for me came before the game when I found myself at the pre-game media buffet line with none other than Hall of Fame Dodgers…

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