When does it end?!  Here is our promise regarding celebration injuries: when they stop happening, we will stop talking about them.  Unfortunately for people like the New Orleans Zephyrs Josh Kroeger, the end doesnt appear to be near.  In a span of about two years, traditions like the home run trot and the pie-in-the-face have become increasingly dangerous.  Players like Kendrys Morales and Tyler Rahmatulla have shown us that pig-piling and celebrating after an emotional victory can be costly to your teams future and your own personal health at the professional and collegiate levels.  Now that weve seen the Josh Kroeger celebration injury video, we can add minor league baseball teams to the list as well.

The tough thing about these types of injuries is we just have to accept them as a fact of life.  Telling players to hide their excitement and take their health into consideration when something great happens for the team is completely impossible.  While we dont wish it upon anyone, its only a matter of time before an MLB teams championship hopes are hindered by an injury suffered during an early-round celebration.  Heres hoping Kroeger has a speedy recovery, because that injury looked pretty nasty.

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The second installment of the Freeway series this season is set for a rubber game Sunday night at Angel Stadium

The Los Angeles Dodgers fell to 6-8 during interleague action after losing a 7-1 decision to the Angels on the road.  The Dodgers entered the contest leading the Major Leagues with a .282 batting average on the road.  In fact, the club’s .043 differential (.239 at home) between away and home batting averages is the highest in all of baseball.  Despite those lofty numbers at the plate, the team possesses a losing 18-23 road mark.  It has also struggled mightily in facing right-handed starters, coming into tonight with a 26-36 record, which is surprising due to a 156-139 mark the last three years.

Dodgers starting pitcher Chad Billingsley is 7-6 with a 4.22 ERA in 17 starts this season and is riding a two-game winning streak into tonight.  The right-hander has allowed just a single run and 10 hits in 11 1/3 innings of work, picking up wins over a pair of American League Central teams (Twins/Tigers).  Billingsley has a winning 4-3 mark on the road this season, but carries a 5.69 ERA, giving up 62 hits and issuing 23 walks in 49 frames.  In seven career games (five starts) versus the Angels, he is 1-3 with a 4.28 ERA, including an 0-1 mark and 3.46 ERA at Angel Stadium.

The Los Angeles Angels continue to light up the halo against National League competition, recording an 11-6 record this season during interleague play.  Much of that success can be attributed to a pitching staff that has logged a 2.96 ERA over the last 16 games.  With last night’s win, the Angels avoided three consecutive losses to the Dodgers for the first time since 2006.  The club will be looking to capture its sixth straight series with a victory tonight and would likely prove victorious if scoring four or more runs.  Los Angeles has won 16 consecutive games when plating four or more runners, the longest such streak by an team this season.

Angels starting pitcher Ervin Santana has compiled a 3-8 record and 4.08 ERA in 17 starts this season, receiving just 11 runs of support in his last five games.  Los Angeles has dropped four of those five contests, but won his last outing at home against the Nationals.  In that particular start, Santana gave up two runs and five hits in eight strong innings.  The right-handers has tallied a losing 2-5 mark and 3.60 ERA in nine home outings, but has allowed just 58 hits in 65 frames.  The 28-year-old will be facing the Dodgers for the seventh time, looking to move above .500, as he currently sits at 3-3 with a 3.93 ERA.

Bettors will likely back the Angels due to their 5-1 mark as a favorite, while the Dodgers are 12-42 as an interleague underdog

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Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals (-120, 9)The St. Louis Cardinals weed Albert Pujols back to the locker room before Tuesday’s game and word is they’ll have him actually back on the field Wednesday, about a month ahead of schedule from a broken wrist. Pujols makes a habit of shocking everyone, so we shouldn’t be overly surprised about his speedy return, but you have to wonder if he’sing back too soon. The Cardinals headed into Tuesday’s game atop the NL Central and the club managed to hold it together without him at 6-7. “He’s not in the starting lineup because he hasn’t had a rigorous workout and I feel like it would be good for him to get one of those, and then play tomorrow,” manager Tony La Russa told reporters ahead of Tuesday’s game. “I just try Read more…

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The bookies make United favourites to win on the day at best odds of 7/5 (bet $5 to win $7 profit) with Coral, William Hill and Stan James but Chelsea are not far behind in the betting at 9/4 for victory with Betfred, Victor Chandler and Hills. Only a few weeks ago this match was essentially a dead rubber in the title race, but United’s draw at Newcastle and then defeat to Arsenal last weekend combined with Chelsea’s four wins on the spin has put the Blues within three points of the summit with three games to go. Our gut feeling is that United will rise to the occasion on Sunday and deny Chelsea a win, thus pretty much securing the title. They certainly look in good shape physically to hold off the Blues given Ferguson rested about nine first-team regulars against Schalke in midweek. Uni Read more…

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