This Day in Reds History: Reds Trade for A Slugger
Vaughn's time in Cincy was short and sweet
Februrary 2nd, 1999 - On the heels of a 77-85 season and 4th-place finish in the division, the Reds unload OF Reggie Sanders, UTL Daiman Jackson, and minor league SP Josh Harris to San Diego in exchange for OF Greg Vaughn and 1B Mark Sweeney.
The acquisition of Vaughn proved to be a catalyst in propelling the team to a 96-67 record...
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Padres' Denorfia steal home in win over Phillies
Chris Denorfia of the San Diego Padres stole home in Monday's 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Denorfia darted for home plate after Phillies lefthander Cliff Lee made a soft toss to first base.
It was the first steal of home plate by a Padres player in more than six years. Mark Sweeney last accomplished the feat for San Diego on July 6, 2005.
Via Pro Sports Daily
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July 25, 2011
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July 25, 2011
Dodgers Spring Training Notes - Feb. 23
Manager Don Mattingly addressed the full squad yesterday, laying out his expectations for the season. He singled out the “Dodger Royalty” working this Spring including Billy DeLury, Maury Wills, Manny Mota, Davey Lopes, Steve Yeager, Dave Hansen, Rick Honeycutt, Ken Howell, Tim Wallach, Lenny Harris, Franklin Stubbs, Mark Sweeney, Jody Reed, Aaron Sele and Jose Vizcaino.
Via LA Dugout
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February 22, 2011
Remembering The 1997 Trade Deadline
1997 was a glorious year. The Hale-Bopp comet made its closest approach to earth, which, fortunately, didn't mean that it collided with the earth. The first Harry Potter book debuted, briefly appearing in bookstores before disappearing from view. And President Clinton banned human cloning, ruining Branch Rickey's last, best idea for developing prospects.
Meanwhile, a number...
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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July 26, 2010
Excuses For Garret Anderson Reflect A Bigger Problem
Despite underperforming similarly to a lot of other Dodgers players who have been blasted publicly for their play, Garret Anderson has been sheltered from the criticism, much like Mark Sweeney of years past.
Based on what Joe Torre says, I would guess the Dodgers are never getting rid of Garret Anderson.
"Hopefully that gets him started," said Manager Joe Torre. ...
Via Memories Of Kevin Malone
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May 06, 2010
AimPoint developer banks on the physics of putting
Mark Sweeney was just another fan on his couch when he was watching the British Open seven years ago. On one particular hole, some of the best players in the world kept making the wrong read on the same putt. They missed it every time, and this amused Sweeney.
Via Sign on San Diego
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April 20, 2010
Meet The MLBTR Writing Team
MLB Trade Rumors currently employs a team of nine writers to bring you the latest hot stove news and analysis. Let's meet the team:
Tim Dierkes started MLB Trade Rumors as a hobby in 2005, and has since written over 8,500 posts as MLBTR grew into baseball's most popular hot stove website as well as his full-time job. MLBTR has received over 240,000,000 pageviews since...
Via *D MLB Trade Rumors
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March 17, 2010
Bonds Failed Drug Test Last Season
ESPN.com - MLB - Report: Bonds failed amphetamine test last season
NEW YORK -- Barry Bonds failed a test for amphetamines last season and originally blamed it on a teammate, the Daily News reported Thursday.
When first informed of the positive test, Bonds attributed it to a substance he had taken from teammate Mark Sweeney's locker, the New York City newspaper said, citing several...
Via The Sportz Assassin
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November 09, 2009
Ishikawa? Garko? Or Guzman? Who Belongs at First For The Giants?
Let's face it. The San Francisco Giants have not had decent production from first base since JT Snow left the team after the 2005 season. Mark Sweeney? Meh. Shea Hillenbrand? Not one of Brian Sabean's finest Trade Deadline deals...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Via Bleacher Report
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October 24, 2009
Nein, Nein, Oh Nein
MLB.com decided to celebrate Beatles: Rock Band Day by dressing (their website) to the nines--and posting an article about the most thrilling and scintillating part of baseball: filling out the lineup card.
Yawn!
Rather than regale us with statistical models determining whether pencil-filled or pen-filled cards have a higher winning percentage, or whether poor penmanship could...
Via Sons of Steve Garvey
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September 08, 2009
See?
There are lots of stories to this game, but i'm going to focus on Joe Torre actually using his bullpen correctly for once. He brought in his best reliever (Jonathan Broxton) when it mattered most, and it paid off, even after Matt Kemp completely botched a play in right field. Not clutch? Ha.Charlie Haeger looks more and more like a legit option. Yes, he's going to get...
Via Memories Of Kevin Malone
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August 22, 2009
Game 108 vs. Brewers, Aug. 5: Pre-Game Notes
JOE TORRE
Reluctant to engage in speculation regarding last night. "I just expect baseball to be played tonight."
Acknowledges players getting hit is different than it used be — players are more sensitive to it now.
In Torre's playing days, pitchers hit him several times early in his career just to see how he'd react. Invoked names of Bob Gibson and Don...
Via Sons of Steve Garvey
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August 05, 2009
E3 (Not E-3)
Once rivals, now united. Kind of like the Dodgers and Mark Sweeney.
These 15-foot-high Diamond Vision-type screens were everywhere. One day they'll be in your living room.
Right after this, Pac-Man entered the scene and ate the hanging guy. ...
Via SoCal Sports Hub
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June 04, 2009
Ladies Day on the Web
So the Los Angeles Dodgers have taken it upon themselves to explain the great mysteries of the Emerald Chessboard to the fairer sex. As reported by the Los Angeles Daily News (via Deadspin), former Fox pre-game host Jeanne Zelasko will call play-by-play, joined by Dodgers coach Mark Sweeney, on weekly, female-targeted radio Webcasts called [...]
Via Sports Media Journal
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May 26, 2009
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May 26, 2009
Jeanne Zelasko Finally Gets To Be A Dodger Announcer, Sort Of
Jeanne Zelasko tried all offseason to become the Dodgers play-by-player, but in the end, wasn't even invited to a tryout. Well the Dodgers have decided to bring her on, but there's a catch. Well three catches actually. She'll only be working one day a week, the broadcast is online, and it's part of the Dodgers' new venture to target women listeners. DodgersWIN...
Via Awful Announcing Inactive
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May 12, 2009
How Did We Miss the Signs? The Rich Donnelly Saga Continues
From Diamond:
Wow. On a day in which they honor Maury Wills, this happens. Bases loaded with Matt Kemp on first, James Loney on second. Mark Sweeney singles to left field, scoring Jones. Third base coach Larry Bowa holds up the stop sign, and Loney stops at third. Kemp rounds second with a head of s...
Via sonsofstevegarvey.com
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March 15, 2008
This makes me mad, even though it shouldn't
First of all, let me just say that acquiring Aubrey Huff hardly would have been the answer to the Giants offensive woes. He's a solid bat, although he's not putting up the kind of offensive numbers you'd want from your 3rd baseman, or for your 1st baseman.
Acquiring Huff would've put Mark Sweeney i...
Via Orange and Black Baseball
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January 25, 2008
Garciaparra, Sweeney Scratched From Trip
Nomar Garciaparra's injured hand is still swollen and Mark Sweeney has been battling a sore left knee all spring, and club officials felt a long flight to China wasn't in their best interests.
Via dodgers.scout.com
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March 22, 2008
Dodgers | Sweeney will not travel to China
The Associated Press reports Los Angeles Dodgers 1B Mark Sweeney (knee) will not travel with part of the team to China to play two exhibition games because he had his knee drained last week.
Via kffl.com
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March 25, 2008
Dodgers | Sweeney to miss China trip
Ken Gurnick, of Dodgers.MLB.com, reports Los Angeles Dodgers OF Mark Sweeney (knee) had the fluid drained from his left knee a week ago. As a result, he has been scratched from the roster for the exhibition game in China.
Via kffl.com
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March 20, 2008
SF Giants Top 10 Prospects (via ArmchairGM)
Dirtlocker points for: Barry Bonds, Miguel Cabrera, Matt Cain, Carl Crawford, Marcus Giles, Nate Schierholtz, Grady Sizemore, Mark Sweeney, Eugenio Velez, Omar Vizquel, Barry Zito Baseball America recently listed the Giants top 10 prospects heading into 2008. The most surprising thing about this lis...
Via Dirtlocker.com
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December 21, 2007
Doing It For The Kids?
The San Francisco Giants are doing it for the kids? What are they doing? Well Giant team members Mark Sweeney and Kevin Frandsen, as well as over 20 other professional athletes and media personalities, will be attending a fundraiser with a spooky theme…Halloween! At this event, held at the Explorat...
Via SF Giants Blog
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January 25, 2008
Dodgers 2, Marlins 1
Mark Sweeney hit a two-run HR off Burke Badenhop in the seventh inning, erasing a 1-0 deficit that had existed since the first. Hiroki Kuroda had easily his best outing of the spring, going five strong innings and allowing only that first-inning run, three hits and no walks. He then went to the bullp...
Via insidesocal.com
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March 24, 2008
Dogs and Cats Living Together
Okay, I can't find a link for this anywhere, but apparently the Giants have traded Mark Sweeney to the Dodgers for a player to be named later. Talk about making a deal with the devil. I suddenly feel very sick. If this is true, it must be the first trade between these two teams since...when? I can't ...
Via Give 'em Some Stankeye
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March 02, 2008
A Farewell Letter From Jeff Kent
As you can see above, both Rocco Baldelli and Kerry Wood have written farewell letters to their respective former fanbases. It's the kind of thing that classy athletes do to show their appreciation for all the years they spent in a certain area.Naturally, this made me think about what Jeff ...
Via Memories Of Kevin Malone
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January 21, 2009
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