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Who-Hoo! I love Saturday afternoon Baseball! We have the Mariners and Yankees,and the Royals/Blue Jays going here in five minutes and a couple match ups at 4:00. Lets get you some news before those games begin!

• Top News: Tom Haudricourt is reporting on his blog that the Brewers have interest in reliever/starter Julian Tavarez. Haudricourt asked Bob Melvin about his interest of Tavarez and there was no doubt the brewers are considering a deal to the versatile pitcher. The Brewers have so many needs pitching wise that they could use Tavarez as a starter, middle relief, or even a closer. I believe Tavarez will fill the closer role if signed, because of his previous experience and his ability to still shut down hitters. It would be a good move on the Brewers part.

• Clayton Kershaw will get the start on Sunday vs the Cardinals. Kershaw should hang around a while simply because the Dodgers have 17 straight games without and off-day. That allocates three starts to Kershaw in the 5th slot. It will be interesting to see how Kershaw pitches in his debut. We have seen in th past that sometimes he has a hard time locating pitches. That could kill you in the majors.

• Barry Zito finally got win number one last night. Zito turned in a quality start, pitching 6 plus innings of three hit ball. Though he gave up a run, his curve ball looked genuine and his off speed and fastball were well located. It is weird though that Zito's win came against the same team that gave Brandon Webb his first loss. Jacque Jones also made his debut for the Marlins, when Brett Carroll was injured after chasing a ball down at the track.

• John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer talks about the Reds having to make a decision of keeping or trading Adam Dunn. Dunn is showing his value as of late, and right now might be the best time to deal him. John Fay seems to think that they will keep him, but if they Yankees, Tigers, or any other contending team puts together a solid deal, I think Cincinnati can kiss Adam Dunn goodbye. Why not? he give you 40 homers, but he also has a career .248 average and strikes out a ton.

• The Yankees are upset that Major League Baseball has selected David Ortiz to replay the 1932 called shot at this year's all-star game. This will be the last year of Yankee Stadium and Yankees officials are concerned with the fact that an opposing team will represent Ruth. I can see both sides, but when it comes down to it, I cannot think of anyone better to fill the role. He is our modern day Ruth. He hits Home Runs at will, has a swing that is unique and he even has a curse like feel to his legacy. The Yankees need to calm down and realize that this is Major League Baseball, not Yankee league. Come on Bud, Make this happen!