As I said yesterday, he won’t be a front of the rotation starter; but if Daniel Cabrera can just turn into an innings eater; he has a solid future ahead of him in Major League Baseball. And yesterday, he actually figured out a way to not only eat innings, but also avoid the big inning in the process. That is huge for Daniel’s future; and possibly for his trade value with the Orioles. However, we can’t get too high about things, as this WAS the Royals.

Let’s see what everyone else has to say….

Best of Wednesday’s WNST Blogs:

Drew Forrester thinks Ravens no better than .500

Casey Willett says Hernandez hit cleanup last night

Thyrl Nelson says Birds should move Sherrill, Cabrera, Huff

Lonnie Nelson says Palace only USL-2 team left in U.S. Open Cup

Ed Frankovic says Theodore signing could be good or bad for Caps

ORIOLES:

The Official Site’s Spencer Fordin says Cabrera went distance as Birds beat Royals

The Official Site provides numerical evidence of win

The Official Site’s Amanda Comak says Olson faces Davies tonight in series finale

The Official Site’s Spencer Fordin says Albers chooses rehab over surgery

The Official Site’s Spencer Fordin says Loewen thinks arm ‘completely healthy’

Royals Official Site’s Dick Kaegel says DeJesus homers in loss

The Sun’s Jeff Zrebiec says Cabrera walks none in win

The Sun’s David Steele says Birds winning small battles

The Sun’s Roch Kubatko and Jeff Zrebiec say Albers could return as early as late August

The Sun’s Roch Kubatko says Huff matches home run total from ’07 with 15^th bomb

The Sun’s Dan Connolly wonders if Hoiles or Tippy better #23

The Sun says Birds making Baltimore proud

The Sun’s Roch Kubatko says Cabrera continued dominance of Royals

The Sun’s Roch Kubatko says surgery would have kept Albers out 8 to 10 months

The Sun’s Roch Kubatko says Tillman, Wieters to sign autographs at Sports Legends

The Examiner’s Jay Trucker says Markakis extends hit streak to 10

Carroll County Times’ Josh Land says Cabrera gets first win since May

Carroll County Times’ Josh Land says Loewen’s return comes at perfect time for pen

Carroll County Times’ Josh Land says rehab ‘prudent choice’ for Albers

The AP says Cabrera retired 13 straight at one point in win

Washington Post’s Marc Carig says Cabrera gives pen much needed rest

Washington Post’s Marc Carig says surgery could still be option for Albers in future

Washington Times’ Thom Loverro says Birds closer to goal than Nats

KC Star’s Bob Dutton says Meche ‘disappointing’ in Royals’ loss

RAVENS:

The Official Site’s Mike Duffy says Ngata, former Raven Mulitalo experience zero g

The Official Site’s Mike Duffy previews Tackles

Fox Sports’ Peter Schrager says Terry key to Ravens’ line

TERRAPINS BASKETBALL:

The Diamondback’s Aaron Kraut says Gist ready to head to Vegas for Summer League

Terrapin Times’ Dan Painter says Goins hasn’t made Maryland decision (must subscribe)

Terrapin Times’ Dan Painter checks in from I-95 event (must subscribe)

TERRAPINS FOOTBALL:

The Sun’s Matt Bracken says Sollazzo influential in Whitfield commitment

NAVY FOOTBALL:

The Official Site says 58 newcomers kick off plebe summer

SWIMMING:

The Sun’s Kevin Van Valkenburg says Hoff sets American record on great day at trials

The Examiner’s Frank DeFord says Phelps carrying flag for Americans in individual sports

The AP’s Paul Newberry says Phelps halfway to Olympic program

The AP’s Paul Newberry says Spitz thinks best is yet to come for Phelps

Washington Post’s Barry Svrluga says Hoff only swimmer on Phelps’ level

The Diamondback’s Brian Kapur says five Terps competing at trials

GOLF:

The AP says drug testing program begins at AT&T National

The Examiner’s Dave Carey says Mediate amongst those looking to benefit from Tiger’s absence at Congressional

Carroll County Times’ Bob Blubaugh says field weak at AT&T National

Frederick News-Post’s Greg Swatek says PGA didn’t want attention for drug testing policy

Washington Post’s Leonard Shapiro says Stricker, Choi only Top 10 players in town

Washington Post’s Leonard Shapiro says Feherty returning to TV this weekend

Washington Post’s Thomas Boswell says Tiger absence is story of event

Washington Times’ Patrick Stevens says Appleby thinks few players dirty

Washington Times’ Barker Davis says youth prevalent at National

HORSE RACING:

Daily Racing Form’s David Grening says Big Brown solid in first workout since Belmont

REAL MARYLAND:

The Official Site’s Matt Skinner previews Friday’s match with Kickers

SOME QUICK THOUGHTS:

-There will be room for Michael Phelps to absolutely captivate the nation this August. Especially with Tiger Woods out; no dominant American tennis player; and only baseball and preseason football to contend with-I am buying into the Michael Phelps hype. I am buying into what Mark Spitz is saying; I am buying into the idea that this will go down as the Summer of Phelps. Can Katie Hoff be the homecoming queen? It’s looking more and more like it.

-If Matt Albers made his decision to rehab after visiting Dr. James Andrews; then I immediately feel more comfortable about it. Dr. Andrews is the absolute authority on these things, and I don’t think he would give him advice that wasn’t backed up. It WILL be unfortunate if Albers indeed has to have surgery anyway after rehabbing; but I think it is the right decision.

-If Steve Goins ends up not coming to Maryland; I don’t think it will be the end of the world. But if he doesn’t, Gary needs to find some size somewhere.

-The field may not be stellar, but go check out the AT&T National this weekend anyway. It will be a fun event, and there are still guys like Rocco, Drew Weaver, and of course Freddy Funk that are worth rooting for.

Talk to you tomorrow.

-G