Just a quick look at how all those 40+s year old pitchers did in yesterdays almost historic day of old men playing baseball. We all know how Tommy did, so we'll skip him.

The Rocket, lost in his bid for win 350, throwing a shutout for the first five and then losing it all in the sixth. It was the first time in 200 games that he did not strike out a batter. The Yanks lost, 4-0.

Jamie Moyer suffered a similar fate. He gave up his first hit of the night in the sixth. He gave up three runs the next inning before getting pulled, the Phils eventually lost 9-6. He did strike out 8, and ended up with a no decision. Ryan Howard hit his 100th homerun.

Maddux won number 340, over the Giants. He gave up just one run and five hits while going seven. The sole run was a solo shot by Greene in the fifth with no outs. He struck out four, walked one.

Kenny Rogers ruined the night for everyone, by getting rained out. And punching a cameraman. But mainly by getting rained out.

Smoltz had a short night, going just five, but striking out seven and giving up no runs and five hits against the Nats. The Nats were kept scoreless for the night, while Atlanta did its best Atlanta Braves 90s edition impersonation and scored at will. They scored 13 runs, all earned, on 22 hits. Only five of those hits were for extra bases, including a Woodward double. If you let the other team score 13 times while hitting 17 singles, well you deserve to lose. You hear that Washington? (For the record, nine runs were brought in on singles. 9).

And we save the best for last…Woody Williams. he went six, leaving a tied up 3-3 game. He gave up six hits, 3 runs, 2 earned, while striking out four.He's 3-10 for the year, and this is the closest he'll probably ever come to being mentioned alongside pitchers such as Glavine, Maddux, Smoltz, and Rocket.

For those who missed it on the highlights: the Cubs dropped yesterday's game to the Dodgers with a type of play that might even confuse the guys over at Mets Walkoffs. 

After Angel Guzman walked two batters in the 11th, Carlos Murmol relieved him and intentionally walked Furcal to load the bases with no outs.  He then hit Juan Pierre with a pitch, to bring the winning run home.

I actually caught the end of this game on WGN, and it was tough to tell if he was indeed hit with the pitch. But if he wasn't, the only other option was that the catcher booted it and the winning run still would have scored.  Has there even been a walk off hit by a pitch before?

Either way, a no out, intentional walk to load the bases in extra innings is pretty much a sign you've given up anyway. You're banking on a triple play or a infield hit thats played quick enough to get the runner at home. Even then, there's still two more outs.

A quick recap of tonights game for those of you still awake: Solo homerun from the new and improved Castro and one from Green, who went 2 for 2 tonight after struggling through most of spring training. Valentin returned after sitting due to a sore neck, supplying an RBI and a run (on an error by Cora). Milledge stole third, his third steal of the preseason, while Reyes was caught for the first time this year.

On to whats probably on most minds: Met pitching. Perez threw five scoreless innings as he continues to work his way to a rotation spot. He struck out 9 and gave up 3 hits, and its important to note those 9 strikeouts included Manny and Ortiz. Feliciano, Smith, and Schoeneweis each pitched a scoreless inning for a combined 5 strikeouts and one hit. Wagner struggled a little giving up the sole Sox run, but held on. A good sign for Perez who hopes to be a starter, and has less competition after Vargas and Humber were optioned earlier. If he can keep playing like this I wouldn't mind seeing him and Pelfry in the rotation, in the 4 and 5 spots.