St. Louis Cardinals All-Star starting pitcher Lance Lynn wasn't very effective in their 9-6 win over the Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon, but to his credit stuck around long enough for his offense to pick him up and to earn his 13th victory, which ties him with R.A. Dickey of the Mets and Gio Gonzalez of the Nationals for the league lead.

He also wasn't all that smooth during one particular delivery, which you'll see in the highlight below.

The pitch came during the second inning with Cubs' third baseman Luis Valbuena at the dish and nobody on base. As Lynn went into his usual wind-up, his glove somehow managed to catch on the top of his hat, pulling it clean off his head. The hat then appeared to rest on his glove and pitching hand until he separates them, and then slowly falls to the ground as he completes his delivery.

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Here's a look at the pitch to make up for my possibly confusing description:

(AP)The weekend leading into Tuesday's trade deadline started off with a bang on Friday night as one of the biggest starting pitching chips on the market is officially on the move.

According to Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal, who first reported and soon confirmed the trade with the assistance of his colleague Jon Paul Morosi, the Milwaukee Brewers have traded right-hander Zack Greinke to the Los Angeles Angels for a package that includes shortstop Jean Segura, along with pitchers John Hellweg and Ariel Pena.

(According to Baseball America, they are the Angels second, fourth and ninth-ranked prospects respectively.)

Well then. Jerry Dipoto's aggressive first year as Angels general manager continues with this blockbuster. With a rotation that already included All-Stars Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson, he now adds another ace type to the mix and in the process completes a potentially horrifying top three to match up against for those who dare challenge the Angels come October.

And let's not overlook the fact that Dan Haren, who has struggled this season with a lingering back injury, is off the DL now and his hopeful return to full health could then give Mike Scioscia a powerful hand of four aces.

Jim Tracy poses with staff members at University of Colorado Hospital. (Denver Post)

You can add the Colorado Rockies to the long list of people trying to help the healing process in Aurora, Colo. After returning from a week-long road trip, a group of 12 players — ranging from veterans Todd Helton and Michael Cuddyer to rookie Josh Rutledge — as well as manager Jim Tracy paid a special visit on Thursday to the survivors still being treated at University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora.

From the Denver Post:

Here's another baseball event to be filed under the category of extremely rare.

Opposing pitchers Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants and Cole Hamels of the Philadelphia Phillies homered off each other on Saturday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. And to make it just a touch crazier, both were solo home runs that occurred in the same (third) inning.

For a little perspective on how rare this event was, it's the first time pitchers homered off each other in the same game since Atlanta's Kevin Millwood and Colorado's Denny Stark did so back on May 18, 2002. Yes, that one took place at Coors Field during the first season of the humidor.

To find the last time it happened in the same inning, you have to go all the way back to May 14, 1990. On that day, Montreal's Kevin Gross and Los Angeles' Fernando Valenzuela connected for third inning solo shots, much the same way Cain and Hamels did on Saturday.

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(AP)It wasn't long ago we talked about the youth in the Chicago White Sox bullpen — at that time it housed five rookies, including 23-year-old Addison Reed as closer.

With that type of imbalance and inexperience in one critical area, and with a division championship there to be competed for, you had to know a general manager as aggressive as Kenny Williams would be looking to add a veteran presence to the mix. According to Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal, that exactly what he did on Saturday, acquiring 31-year-old right-hander Brett Myers from the Houston Astros in exchange for right-hander Matt Heidenreich, left-hander Blair Walters and a player to be named later.

Myers, who has pitched as a starter for the majority of his career, actually spent most of the 2007 season in the Philadelphia Phillies bullpen. He would end up converting 21 saves in 24 attempts during a four month run as their closer. During spring training, the Houston Astros decided to reintroduce Myers to the closer's role, and he was faring pretty well with 19 saves and a 3.52 ERA. Though it's definitely worth noting his K/9 has dipped to 5.9 in 2012. For his career that number sits at 7.3, and in that one previous run in the bullpen he posted a 10.9 K/9.

Still, adding Myers to the bullpen gives Robin Ventura another experienced option (along with Matt Thonrton) should he elect to take the ninth inning pressure off Reed, and with Jesse Crain returning from the disabled list on Saturday, their middle and set up relief depth has been significantly upgraded, regardless of where the rookie skipper plugs in the pieces.

(AP)Justin Verlander attributed his poor All-Star game performance to his desire to entertain fans with triple-digit readings on the radar gun.

However, on Friday night in Detroit, the reigning American League MVP and Cy Young winner didn't have to dig down deep or sacrifice command to hit the century mark. He was reaching it free and easy from the first inning, all the way to the eighth in the Tigers important 4-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

In fact, it was one of those sizzling eighth inning fastballs that provided all of the jaw-dropping entertainment Verlander was hoping to provide in Kansas City, and it also left Gordon Beckham with a feeling he won't soon forget.

Here's a look at the pitch and result we're talking about:

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Chipping and chopping away: The Atlanta Braves made a little history on Friday night, overcoming a 9-0 deficit against Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals to eventually pull out an 11-10 victory in 11 innings.

It's only the third time the Braves have overcome a nine-run deficit in their franchise history. Per Elias, the other two were May 15, 1977 against the St. Louis Cardinals and June 7, 1987 against the San Diego Padres. It was also the largest blown lead in Nationals history, which includes their time as the Montreal Expos.

Atlanta's big comeback began with a four-run sixth inning against Strasburg. That rally was highlighted by Brian McCann's two-run homer. They would add four more in the eighth, cutting it to 9-8. Then in the ninth, Michael Bourn tripled home two runs off Tyler Clippard to give the Braves their first lead.

At that point, it felt like game over with Craig Kimbrel — who had successfully converted 20 saves in a row — coming in to hold the one-run lead.  But of course that wouldn't prove to be the case, as Danny Espinosa delivered a game-tying solo home run.  It wasn't until Paul Janish's RBI single in 11th that Atlanta finally scored the decisive run in their exhilarating victory.

Walkoff kings: The 2012 Oakland A's have a flair for the dramatic, and that flair was on full display again in their 3-2 win over the New York Yankees. For the tenth time this season, Oakland clinched the victory in a walkoff fashion. This time it came courtesy of a Brandon Moss RBI single in the ninth.

(Getty Images)Tim Lincecum's rough season took a slightly embarrassing, but refreshingly humorous turn on Friday night in Philadelphia.

The awkward moments we're referencing happened during the third inning of the Giants 7-2 win over the Phillies, when Philadelphia's own starting pitcher, Vance Worley, hit a one-hop comebacker that forced Linecum to recover quickly and reach across his body to glove it, which he did very smoothly. He then collected himself enough to record the out at first and began a slow saunter to the dugout.

Honestly, everything about the play was impressive and cool in a very Tim Lincecum kind of way. Well, at least up until that very final detail I should say.

As Lincecum approached the third base line on his trek back to the dugout, three things dawned on him. First, the unforgiving fans in Philadelphia were laughing at something or someone. The next thing, he was alone in his journey. And then he arrived at the third and final realization, there were only two outs.

Watch Tim Lincecum's embarrassing moment: