'Topes Lose! -- A few quick notes on perfection and other topics

Tuesday, April 08 2003 @ 09:02 AM EDT

Contributed by: Craig B

Pirates farmhand Jonh Wasdin threw a perfect game last night for the Nashville Sounds against everybody's second-favorite AAA team, the Albuquerque Isotopes.

Shouldn't have moved the team to Albuquerque.

A couple of other quick notes... Joe Roa will probably be out of the Phillies rotation soon-sooner-soonest; Brandon Duckworth threw 4 1/3 good innings in a rehab start yesterday, but is going to make at least one more rehab start before being recalled.

Mark Teixeira should finally start getting some time, since the Rangers face three lefties against Oakland and apparently Blalock won't be playing much against lefties.

Finally, Lou-Lou seems to be resorting to desperation measures already... the latest shenanigan is moving Damion Easley to third so Aubrey Huff can go to the outfield, moving Ben Grieve to DH and Marlon Anderson and Terry Shumpert to platoon at second base. I'm not sure how many positions this weakens the D-Rays at, but it's at least two. The D-Rays' "win with defense" plan lasted seven games. (Huff, whose defensive problem is largely his mobility, has never played the outfield as a professional).

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