Let's move back to the infield and check in on another possible second basemen...the Rays Akinori Iwamura.
Year
Age
Tm
G
PA
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
SB
CS
BB
SO
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS
OPS+
2007
28
TBD
123
559
491
82
140
21
10
7
34
12
8
58
114
.285
.359
.411
.770
105
2008
29
TBR
152
707
627
91
172
30
9
6
48
8
6
70
131
.274
.349
.380
.729
92
2009
30
TBR
69
260
231
28
67
16
2
1
22
9
1
24
44
.290
.355
.390
.745
94
3 Seasons
344
1526
1349
201
379
67
21
14
104
29
15
152
289
.281
.354
.393
.747
97
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Via Chicago Cubs Online
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October 27, 2009
According to reports from the Chicago Tribune, the Ricketts Family officially took over control of the Chicago Cubs Tuesday morning. As expected, the final hurdle in the bankruptcy case passed through on Monday.
Tom Ricketts is expected to be formally announced during a press conference on Friday at Wrigley Field.
Via Chicago Cubs Online
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October 28, 2009
It took two years, six months and twenty-five days but the Chicago Cubs finally have an owner and today is the Ricketts Family first full day at the helm. Tuesday officially ended Tribune Co.'s 28-year run as the owner of the Chicago National League Ball Club ... on June 16, 1981 Tribune Co. purchased the Cubs from the Wrigley Family for $20.5 million.
Tom Ricketts will be...
Via Cub Reporter
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October 28, 2009
- Nick Steiner takes a look at Milton Bradley using Pitch F/X data and comes away impressed.
The fact that Bradley has such a bad year - and it wasn't even that bad
- can be placed solely on a huge drop in ISO from his previously
established norms. His plate discipline and contact skills were just as
good as they were in 08 and the year before that, and there is...
Via The Biz of Baseball
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October 27, 2009
THIS IS BREAKING NEWS….
Mark Tues. October 27, 2009 as the day the controlling interest of the Chicago Cubs was officially sold from the Tribune Co. to the Ricketts family.
The $845 million deal, which includes the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, and a 25 percent stake in Comcast SportsNet Chicago began on April 2, 2007 when Tribune announced that the assets would be up for sale...
Via ESPN
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October 29, 2009
The Tampa Bay Rays say they are holding the line, and in some cases, dropping the price on nearly 40 percent of tickets for next season's games at Tropicana Field.
Via
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October 28, 2009
Last season, the Rays signed Gabe Kapler to platoon with Gabe Gross in right field. Yesterday the Rays re-signed the righty bopper to partake in a similar role, this time likely with Matt Joyce. The details of the contract are pretty minor; it’s a one-year $1.05M deal, which represents a slight raise over Kapler’s [...]
Via SI.com
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October 29, 2009
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- The Tampa Bay Rays say they are holding the line, and in some cases, dropping the price on nearly 40 percent of tickets for next season's games at Tropicana Field.
Via Cleveland.com
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October 29, 2009
Kerry Wood says African-American players on the Chicago Cubs received hate mail.
Via Bleacher Report
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October 27, 2009
According to an AP report, the Tampa Bay Rays have re-signed one half of their Double-Gabe right field platoon, welcoming back Gabe Kapler. The team announced a one-year deal worth $1.05 million earlier today...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via azcentral
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October 27, 2009
The $845 million sale of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and other assets from the Tribune Co. to the Ricketts family was completed Tuesday, more than 2 1/2 years after the baseball franchise was put on the market.
Via NY Daily News
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October 29, 2009
A year after belting a two-run homer in the first inning of Game 1 against Tampa Bay's Scott Kazmir in St. Petersburg, Utley twice homered off another lefthander, CC Sabathia, Wednesday night to account for the opening two runs in Philadelphia's 6-1 win over the Yankees at the Stadium.
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