Record: 70-41, .631, 0 games back
Position: 1st place (9.5 games ahead of Chicago)
Runs Scored: 535 (4th in NL)
Runs Allowed: 432 (2nd in NL)
Defense: .699 (2nd in NL)
Power Ranking: 128.5 (2nd in ML)
Owner Mood: Ecstatic, Fan Interest: 70/100 (+1)
Last Week (7-0): 3-0 vs. MIL, 4-0 vs. LAD

• 8/4: MIL 1, PIT 2 - Burnett's stuff was superb today as he worked 8 innings allowing 1 ER and striking out 9. He also supplied a triple

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Record: 63-41, .606, 0 games back
Position: 1st place (6.5 games ahead of Chicago)
Runs Scored: 510 (4th in NL)
Runs Allowed: 423 (3rd in NL)
Defense: .696 (2nd in NL)
Power Ranking: 112.0 (4th in ML)
Owner Mood: Ecstatic, Fan Interest: 69/100
Last Week (4-3): 2-2 @ SF, 2-1 @ SD

• 7/28: PIT 2, SF 7 - Wandy was manhandled (2 IP 7 ER) possibly jeopardizing his spot in the rotation as Hunter Pence was unstoppable (3-3 3 RBI) and the

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Record: 59-38, .608, 0 games back
Position: 1st place (7 games ahead of Chicago)
Runs Scored: 481 (3rd in NL)
Runs Allowed: 394 (3rd in NL)
Defense: .696 (3rd in NL)
Power Ranking: 118.5 (3rd in ML)
Owner Mood: Ecstatic, Fan Interest: 69/100
Last Week (3-0): 3-0 vs. COL

• Jed Lowrie has agreed to a 2 year contract extension with a team option for a 3rd year that could total $22.5 mil.
• 7/25: PIT 4, COL 3 - Liriano earned his ML

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"I was, quite honestly, born into the game," says Curt Schilling, who pitched for the Orioles, Astros, Phillies, Diamondbacks, and Red Sox during a 20-year career. "I was told my dad had a ball and glove in my crib when I came home from the hospital. I've lived and breathed it since I can remember. I grew up in Arizona so I could be on the field 365 days a year."

He continues: "When I wasn't on the field, I was doing something associated with the game. I first...

The offensive MVP of the first half is Starling Marte. It was close between he and Neil Walker but Walker's awful June took him out of the running as Marte took the team lead in batting average, runs scored and stolen bases and he is also 2nd on the team...