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"Manager Of The Year" -- Not For Whom To Vote, But How?
14 days ago by
Athletics Nation
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There are two things we could do today that we won't do -- three if you include doing the dishes -- and they are to debate whether managers are important, i.e., impactful enough to be worth analyzing, and to debate who should win the coveted "The votes for these awards...
Rafael Palmeiro to Become the Rangers' Hitting Coach
16 days ago by
SportsProf
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Not.Just wanted to get your attention.How is it that Mark McGwire can come back to Major League Baseball and Pete Rose cannot become eligible for the Hall of Fame? Why is there no pushback from the Commissioner's office on McGwire? Why should he be allowed back?The simple answer...
Orioles: Was Adam's glove really "golden?"
21 days ago by
Ravens Insider
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The Rawlings Gold Glove Awards probably will be announced early next week, and there are rumblings that Adam Jones is about to become the first Orioles outfielder to win a Gold Glove since Paul Blair back in 1975.
We've made some inquiries to try and confirm that, but the...
#21-25 All-Time Rangers List
27 days ago by
Texas Rangers Trades
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I’m rooting against the Yankee and, also, I’m rooting for a long World Series.I don’t like the 2-3-2 playoff format. The team with home field advantage shouldn’t have the chance of not coming back home if they lose one of the first two games.The Rangers made the unfortunate...
Report: Mark McGwire to Become Hitting Coach of the Cardinals
October 25, 2009 by
SportsProf
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This is reminiscent of the reports on December 7, 1941, when wire transmissions from Pearl Harbor said "Air Raid, Pearl Harbor, this is no joke." What's next? Will Jose Canseco be named the Athletics' hitting coach? Will Rafael Palmeiro do the same for the Cubs?How...
Rafael Palmeiro's son makes USA 14U team
October 14, 2009 by
dallasnews.com
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Reader sends along news that one of Rafael and Lynne Palmeiro's sons, Preston, made the USA 14-and-under baseball team that will be traveling Thursday to Ecuador.
The roster also includes several other players from Texas.
Untitled
September 24, 2009 by
A Large Regular
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Baseball Flotsam and JetsamMiscellaneous baseball thoughts and observations. The Cleveland Indians are 1.5 games ahead (behind?) the Orioles for the worst record in the American League. Who saw that coming? I know I saw some people picking the Indians to go to the World Series in their...
Home Runs: The Potion That Turned into a Poison
September 20, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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I think it is time that all baseball fans make an assessment of the way the game is looked at statistically.
It doesn't take Bill James to figure out that baseball writers and fans put way too much emphasis on home runs.
Think I'm crazy?
The next time you're reading...
So, About That “B-12″….
September 01, 2009 by
UnPinkHats
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New allegations have surfaced regarding perennial “clubhouse leader” Miguel Tejada, currently with the Astros after a long tenure with the Orioles. You may remember Tejada as the guy who lied about his age, or perhaps as the guy with the steroid-contaminated B-12 shots...
68-64, Game Notes
September 01, 2009 by
Lookout Landing
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by Ted S. Warren - AP
Photographic evidence of the world's most effective heckle.
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I am certainly no stranger to writer's block. Sometimes I'll be...
Historical WAR Review: First Basemen
August 29, 2009 by
Beyond the Box Score
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by Tom Gannam - AP
Pujols is probably the best player in baseball. But how does he compare to the greatest 1B's of all time? (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)
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Today we continue our survey through...
Bo still knows a lot, just not much about sports these days
August 27, 2009 by
SportingNews.com
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SOUTH BEND, IND.—Today's Bo Jackson commercial would feature a skillet, a spreadsheet and a sand wedge. Maybe, given his physique Wednesday at the College Football Hall of Fame, a sandwich would be appropriate, too.
Jackson has left the Royals outfielder/Raiders...
Instant Replay: The Equalizer
August 17, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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It's hard to imagine why someone wouldn't want to make a sport better. Maybe tradition is a leg to stand on in an argument like this, but usually people like progression. They like the idea that things get better and, especially in sport, that things can be fair. This belief...
Tom Knott: It's hard to excuse the shades of gray
August 10, 2009 by
Washington Times
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David Ortiz said what the performance-enhancing cheats usually say, which is he took vitamins and over-the-counter supplements and that the combination possibly triggered a positive test result in 2003. That denial is so old now that it is starting to sprout gray whiskers. If it...
Phlashback Phriday - August 7, 1988
August 07, 2009 by
We Should Be GM's
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Score: Phils 7, Cubs 4Location: Wrigley FieldAttendance: 31,350Time of Game: 3:04Phils Lineup:1. P Bradley LF 2. B Dernier CF S Bedrosian P 3. J Samuel 2B 4. M Schmidt 3B 5. L Parrish C 6. C James RF7. R Jordan 1B8. J Gutierrez SS 9. D Palmer P K Tekulve P M Thompson CF Winning Pitcher...
Hank Aaron: Release 2003 Positive Test Names
August 05, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Hank Aaron said yesterday that the names of the players who failed MLB drug tests in 2003 should be released.
The way I look at it is that these players chose to cheat because MLB and the player’s union allowed them to cheat. I can’t see protecting cheaters who didn&rsquo...
Sox and Steroids
August 04, 2009 by
Red Sox Reality Check
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Did anyone doubt that Red Sox players would eventually appear on "The List"? We can diminish the 'cheating' aspect because we root for laundry, but our bitterness over a pair of Jason Giambi homers in the ALCS softens when we realize that Red Sox hitters had juiced...
Steroids, apathy, and us
July 31, 2009 by
kansascity.com
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We are left without emotion. A shrug of the shoulders, maybe. The New York Times reports that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez tested positive back in 2003? Eh.
Then if we’re hungry, we go make a sandwich or something.
We are drained, to the point of apathy. We had denial...
Why Bud Selig Should Give Pete Rose A Spot on the Hall of Fame Ballot
July 27, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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This weekend, when the game of baseball placed a handful of its best into the great Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, an issue came up as it does every year around this time.
Should Pete Rose get a shot at the Hall?
What was different this time, though, was the response. Even...
Keep it Simple, Keep Steroid Guys Out
by Terence MooreFiled under: MLB Hall of Fame, MLB PEDsReggie Jackson is right. So is Jim Rice, along with Rick Telander, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, who joins me as a baseball Hall of Fame voter and as a hardliner who agrees with Jackson and Rice: No steroids guys in Cooperstown...
Daily Box Score 7/17: IBB in the ASG
July 17, 2009 by
Beyond the Box Score
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As always, be sure to leave links, stories, articles and pictures in the comments.
The All-Star Game intentional walk imbroglio is heating up, and everyone is taking sides. Posnanski was furious. Erik says there's no place for them in the ASG. Tango just thought...
Player From The Past: Bobby Thigpen
July 17, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Bobby Thigpen shown in April of this year as the pitching coach of the Winston-Salem Dash of the Carolina League.
Robert Thomas Thigpen
Born July 17, 1963 in Tallahassee, Florida
Major League Debut: August 6, 1986
Final Game: April 27, 1994
Bobby Thigpen played on a Mississippi...
Player From The Past: Bobby Thigpen
July 17, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Bobby Thigpen shown in April of this year as the pitching coach of the Winston-Salem Dash of the Carolina League.
Robert Thomas Thigpen
Born July 17, 1963 in Tallahassee, Florida
Major League Debut: August 6, 1986
Final Game: April 27, 1994
Bobby Thigpen played on a Mississippi...
Imagine That: A Blue Jay Wearing Blue
I hate the DH — hate it — but even I think it should always be used in the All-Star Game, regardless of where the game is played. Who wants to see a pitcher hit in an All-Star Game?
But Bud Selig and Co. don’t see it that way. Good thing, too, because pitchers...
From Steroids to the Shrine? Who's Hall-of-Fame Bound from the Steroids Era?
July 15, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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In honor of the Home Run Derby, let's examine the one thing that makes the derby better, other than Josh Hamilton...steroids!
In the coming years, more and more first time Hall-of-Fame candidates will show up from the Steroids Era. The Hall-of-Fame voters must decide what...
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