Today's Calls: Mets vs. Phillies, Tigers vs. Twins, Cards vs. Rockies, Jim Zorn vs. Brady Quinn, Percy Harvin vs. Joe McKnight, Kevin Love vs. Jerryd Bayless, UFC vs. Affliction and More.
The Opening Pitch: The start of baseball's second half can be a fresh start; just ask the Rockies.
Last July 18, they were off the radar -- 5.5 games back, despite being two games over .500 -- but they used that fresh start to refocus, ending up with that unprecedented run to the NL pennant.
Who benefits from the fresh start this year?
One guess: The Mets, who picked up where they left off before the break, winning their 10th straight and pulling into a tie for first in the NL East.<[...]