As Zwyica mentioned earlier, Jamey was at Derek Holland's AA debut tonight in Frisco. And boy he did not disappoint. He put on a masterful performance going 8 strong innings while k'ing 10, walking 1, and only allowing 4 hits.

Jamey Newberg on Derek Holland

And for those of you who were curious of what his fastball was at on the gun:

5: Number of Holland’s fastballs that clocked in at 97 mph – including all three pitches to strike out the game’s second hitter, former blue-chip first-rounder Chris Nelson. (Holland hit 96 another 17 times, and sat 93-95 most of the night.)

Mavs vs. Lakers.

This is a pretty big game for the mavs and pretty much a must win for them as well.  Jason Terry and Eric Dampier have both gotten off to great starts.

The Mavericks need all 5 guys to have big games if they want to stay competitive in this one.

 Of all the teams that the mavs could possibly face in the first round (if they make the playoffs) I think the Lakers and Spurs are the last 2 teams i'd want them to face.

Go Mavs!!!

TORONTO -- A back injury will cause right-hander Kameron Loe to miss Saturday's start against the Blue Jays.

According to the texas rangers website, Kam Loe will go on the DL, and miss at least two starts with a sore back.

http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070803&content_id=2128516&vkey=news_tex& amp;fext=.jsp&c_id=tex

Hope it's nothing too serious.

Red Sox Close To Acquiring Gagne

According to Ken Rosenthal, the Red Sox are the winner of the Eric Gagne sweepstakes pending Gagne's consent and a review of medical records.  Rosenthal says Gagne might share the closer role with Jonathan Papelbon; it would not be shocking to see Papelbon become the setup man for the rest of the year.  That would be a hell of a 1-2 punch regardless and a huge asset for the playoffs.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7072074

No word on which prospects went to Texas yet.