Friday, 9/19/2014 @ 3:35pm

  • Cardinals “rookie-league” prospect Adam Ehrlich went 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs last week as the State College Spikes won the New York-Penn League championship (9/19/2014) ***
  • With the “AAA” finals over now — his team came in 2nd — Ryan Lavarnway is back with the Boston Red Sox (9/19/2014) ***
  • Every so often, Diane Firstman (@dianagram) picks a Jewish player and compares his stats on the Sabbath vs. off. She calls it: Sabbathmetrics (9/19/2014) ***
  • Houston’s Scott Feldman is 2-2 with 2.00 ERA in his last 5 starts, and Thursday’s outing was his career-high 19th quality start of the season (9/19/2014) ***
  • Houston wasted another strong outing by Scott Feldman, who took a shutout into the 9th and gave up just one run on four hits in Thursday’s extra-inning loss (9/19/2014) ***
  • Another fielding gem by Toronto’s Kevin Pillar: a diving, backhanded grab in left field Thursday (9/19/2014)***
  • It doesn’t make for great video, but Ike Davis‘s bases-loaded walk proved the margin of victory in Pittsburgh’s win Thursday (9/19/2014) ***
  • Sam Fuld doubled and hit a two-run triple Thursday. It was the second game in a row he’s driven in all of Oakland’s runs (9/19/2014) ***
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