http://arkansas.baseballyakker.com Baseball In Arkansas Project Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:16:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Drew Sutton, born in El Dorado, AR, was claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Indians on Friday, August 6th. Sutton had been playing with the Cincinnati Reds' AAA team, the Lousville Bats. Sutton made his big league debut with Cincinnati last season, going 14 for 66. He also made a brief ... http://arkansas.baseballyakker.com/?p=727 Arkansan Travis Wood has returned to the Cincinnati Reds after a short stint with AAA Louisville. He was sent down briefly to open a spot on the Reds' roster, and returned on Thursday, August 20th. Wood, a native of Bryant, AR made only one appearance with Louisville while down in the ... http://arkansas.baseballyakker.com/?p=725 Cincinnati Reds' starter and Bryant, AR native Travis Wood was temporarily sent back to AAA Louisville on Monday, August 9th to make room for Jim Edmonds on the Reds' 25-man roster. Wood, 23, has made 8 starts for the Reds this year, excelling with a 2.65 ERA and a 3-1 record. ... http://arkansas.baseballyakker.com/?p=723 Major League Baseball fined and suspended Los Angeles Angles outfielder Torii Hunter for 4 games following an indecent which him to be ejected by umpire Ron Kupla A Pine Bluff, AR native, Hunter was ejected from the Angels August 6th game. He was given the option of appealing MLB's decision, but ... http://arkansas.baseballyakker.com/?p=721 Cliff Lee threw 8 excellent innings on Friday, August 2nd for the Texas Rangers, winning his 10th game of the season. In addition it was hi 100th career win, making him the 7th Arkansan ever to reach the milestone. Lee, a native of Benton, AR, is among good company. The 6 ... http://arkansas.baseballyakker.com/?p=719 In the 8th inning of Friday's August 6th game between the Angles and Tigers, Los Angels outfielder and Arkansas native Torii Hunter was ejected for arguing ball and strikes. Umpire Ron Kulpa ejected Hunter after three consecutive called strikes. The last pitch appeared low to Hunter, and he commenced taking matters ... http://arkansas.baseballyakker.com/?p=717 When Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett plunked Toronto's Fred Lewis on Monday, August 2nd, it was his league-leading 13th of the season. It was also the most ever in a season by an Arkansan. Burnett topped his previous record of 12 hit batters in a season, which he shared with Glenn Abbott, ... http://arkansas.baseballyakker.com/?p=715 On July 16th, St. Louis Cardinal closer Ryan Franklin pitched in his 485 career major league game, passing Ellis Kinder for the most ever by an Arkansas-born player. Franklin pitched the 9th inning for the Cardinals, allowing a hit and striking out a batter. He finished the game, which St. Louis ... http://arkansas.baseballyakker.com/?p=713 On Saturday, July the 10th, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Travis Wood nearly threw a perfect game in only his third Major League start, but just missed out on becoming the first Arkansan to do so. Wood, a native of Bryant, AR pitched 8 perfect innings, retiring the first 24 ... http://arkansas.baseballyakker.com/?p=711 For the third time in a year, Cliff Lee has been traded. The Seattle Mariners announced the trade on Friday, July 9th, the same day Lee was supposed to start for Seattle. Instead, he will start on Saturday for the Rangers. This time last year, Lee, a Benton, ... http://arkansas.baseballyakker.com/?p=709