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Rich Harden and Pedro Martinez pitched well last night for the A’s and Mets, respectively, increasing both teams’ chances of success in the postseason.

Florida’s Dontrelle Willis hits two home runs and gets the win against the Mets, while Milwaukee’s Geoff Jenkins wins it with a walk-off against St. Louis.

Fat ladies are singing across the country, as postseason hopes dwindle for most contenders except the Phillies and, perhaps, the White Sox.

In the second installment of the series, Steve compares the production of the farm systems in the early 1950s, in which, among other things, the Organization that Branch Built II finally eclipses the Organization that Branch Built I.

Ulnar collatral ligaments, herniated discs and intrascrotal hematomas. Oh my!

Bud Selig was wrong … teams like the Tigers and the Mets can compete against the large-market powerhouses!

The Padres beat the Dodgers to take first place in the NL West. Crazy game of the day: the Braves scored five runs in the bottom of the tenth after allowing four in the top of the inning.

Lots of hitters hit milestones yesterday: Young and Suzuki reached 200 hits, Thomas hit 100 RBI’s and Joey Gathright hit a home run!

The Chicago Cubs haven’t had a lot of highlights this year, but they won the rubber game of a crazy three-game series with Dodgers, cutting the Dodgers’ NL West lead to one-half game.

That’s the lowlight. The highlights: Gary Matthews Jr., Texas Ranger, hits for the cycle, the Padres crush the Reds, and L.A.’s Brad Penny becomes NL’s first 16-game winner.