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Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday
Brandon Webb struck out Manny Ramirez with the bases loaded to end the third inning. He threw Manny three change ups. Manny comes up in the bottom of the fifth with two out and men on first and second. This...
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Seamheads (Free subscription) | yesterday
By the time you read this, my weekly entry to the Seamheads readers might be a moot point. Brandon Webb takes the hill against the Arizona Diamondbacks with two failed attempts to pick up his 20th win. Stuck at 19, if Webb fails to pick up his 20th win, he will join 23 other pitchers since 1956 to have multiple attempts at 20 wins but fail. Unlike the difference between 14 and...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
The distinction as the National League's top pitcher is no longer a runaway. After a pair of subpar outings, Arizona's Brandon Webb has fallen behind Tim Lincecum of San Francisco in the latest USA TODAY Sports Weekly Power Rankings.
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Ethier and Blake hit home runs in the first inning of an 8-1 victory at Arizona. Andre Ethier and Casey Blake hit first-inning homers, and the Dodgers roughed up Brandon Webb and Arizona, 8-1, on Sunday, climbing to within 2 1/2 games of the Diamondbacks in the NL West.
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Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
"But when Brandon Webb has two bad outings in a row, it's something everybody focuses on because you're just not used to seeing that," Melvin said. "Physically, he's fine. He's just having trouble getting the ball where he wants it to go, and that usually starts with his sinker. Early in the season, when he did go through a little bit of a funk he was able to locate his breaking ball...
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AZ Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Photo: Paul Connors/AP The Skinny: For the second straight start, Diamondbacks’ right-hander Brandon Webb was denied his 20th victory. The Los Angeles Dodgers hit Webb early and often, chasing him after just 3.1 innings in an 8-1 cakewalk Sunday at Chase Field. Phoenix native and former ASU star Andre Ethier started the hit parade, [...]
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
The week aheadDodgers: Brandon Webb could become baseball's first 20-game winner Sunday, when he faces the Dodgers in Arizona. He'll face the Dodgers again next weekend at Dodger Stadium, where he is 4-0 with a 0.58 earned-run average in his last four starts. He has not lost at Dodger Stadium since Sept. 7, 2004, in a game that featured a pinch-hit grand slam by Robin Ventura. The Dodgers...