On Wednesday, the fine people at Vegas Watch put together the odds of Brandon Webb winning 30 games. As you can imagine, it was quite low. Seeing as how it hasn't been done in a very long time. Denny McLain accomplished the feat in 1968 with a 31-6 record.

Thursday night, Webb moved a step closer with his ninth win in nine starts this season. It wasn't his best outing, but when you're Brandon Webb your C+ stuff is better than most. 7.1 innings pitched, six hits and three earned runs has him off to the best start since the Padres Andy Hawkins in 1985.

Vegas Watch determined that the odds of Webb reaching 30 wins was 0.2%. The odds of 25 wins was 23%. That's pretty remarkable and now the odds have become incrementally better.

Webb will likely see 25 more starts this season. How many do you think he can get?

DBacks 8, Rockies 5

Willie Harris' Impossible Play Check it out. Also, Willie Harris is now playing for the Nationals. I didn't know that until yesterday.

If Ain't Not First, Yer Last Scott Kazmir's six solid innings set the D-Rays up for another big win against the New York Yankees, a win that sends the Yanks to last place in the AL East. Tampa still sits in first. Maybe Hank will try to buy them? Rays 5, Yankees 2.

It Actually Happened, Jim Edmonds Is A Cub The former Cardinal started in CF for the Cubs and was cheered for the most part. A group of bleacher bums greeted him appropriately with E-D-M-O-N-D-S across their out of shape, beer bellied torsos. He singled in his first at-bat off Greg Maddux and if not for a fortuitous bounce on a wild pitch, the new Cub might have driven in a run. That was the good news. The bad news was he stranded 7 runners on base the remainder of the game. The best news was Ryan Dempster stuck out 12 for his 5th win. Cubs 4, Padres 0.

You Can't Stop McLouth It's mandatory that every team is represented in the All-Star Game, a rule that I think is stupid. Normally, the Pirates don't deserve a rep, but this year Nate McLouth is more than worthy. Batting .304, he hit his 11th home run and remains the best player no one knows about this season. Pirates 11, Cards 5.

What interleague matchup are you most looking forward to this weekend?