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This has been a very odd week.
On Sunday night, about, eh, six hours before our interview with Andrew Friedman went up, Bill Belichick...
Tampa Bay Rays GM Andrew Friedman Talks with DRaysBay
Rays VP of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman Chats With DRaysBay about Carl Crawford, closers and sabermetrics.
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Erik mentioned last week that we are making a strong effort to bring you...
An Interview with Rob Neyer
Throughout the offseson we'll be bringing you interviews with some of today's best and brightest baseball writers. On this Friday we're lucky enough to be joined once again by Espn.com writer, author, and long suffering Royals fan, Rob...
Blogging the Offseason: Tampa Bay Rays
16 days ago by
Simon On Sports
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Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here.Today's AL team is the Tampa Bay Rays and our guest is Cork Gaines...
“In Omar We Trust(ed)”
16 days ago by
Mets Merized Online
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Omar Minaya was hired prior to the 2005 season to turn around the floundering New York Mets. The team and its management were in chaos. The Mets had completed three consecutive losing seasons with 86, 95, and 91 losses. The low point occurred in 2004 when the Mets traded top...
Andy Sonnanstine and Babe Ruth
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Relative Kidnapped
18 days ago by
Baseball Musings
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Kidnappers in Venezuela snatched the mother of Victor Zambrano. Given the number of kidnappings in that country, I’m somewhat surprised that major league and former major league players haven’t moved all their close relatives out of the country.
No word if the ransom demand...
Top 30 Starts of 2009 - Part 5
This is part 5 of the 6 part series on the best 30 starts for the Rays in our most recent season. So far we have seen 11 - 30 and there have been some real humdingers in there. As a review, here are positions for each starter:
James Shields - 24, 23, 20, 19, 12
Matt...
A Brief Comparison
Player
Pitches
SwStr%
Foul%
K%
uBB%
FB Velo
xFIP
Pitcher A
2012
8.4
19.8
18.06
9.92
90.7
5.16
Pitcher B
516
7.8
30.8
18.97
6.9
92.5
5.06
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Top 30 Starts of 2009 - Part 4
Alright gentlemen and lady (?), I wanted to continue the look at some of the best starts the Rays had this year. If you don't remember, here's the tally for each pitcher:
- James Shields (19, 20, 23, ...
I’m Reading: about Hojo, the Trade, and Pies
29 days ago by
Matthew Cerrone's Mets Blog
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Howard Johnson is writing post-season reports for the Stuart News of St. Lucie.
In his first report, Johnson picks the Phillies to win the World Series, saying, “The Phillies are the best team I have seen this year.”
Ben Nicholson-Smith of MLB Trade Rumors...
Utley's bat too power-Phil in Game 1
October 29, 2009 by
NY Daily News
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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...
Trades Of The Decade: Kazmir For Zambrano
October 28, 2009 by
MLB Rumors
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The Mets weren't particularly close to a playoff spot on the morning of July 30th, 2004. They were in fourth place in the NL East, six games out of first and ninth in the Wild Card race. That didn't stop Mets GM Jim Duquette from trading for Victor Zambrano and Kris Benson...
Looking At What Exactly is Angels Baseball
October 26, 2009 by
Beyond the Box Score
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by Kathy Willens - AP
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Scott Kazmir was not brought to LA for his defense.
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If you read quotes from members of the Angels Organization...
This is going to hurt me wayyy more than it hurts you
October 26, 2009 by
Stupid Sports Blog
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I'm seriously reeling this morning. The Giants lose at home to a team with a statue for a quarterback and a one-legged wide receiver (more on that later), and the Yankees ascend to the top of the mountain and reach what is of course their birthright, the World Series.The next time...
Stormy Weather Could Favor Angels
by Ed PriceFiled under: Angels, Yankees, MLB Playoffs, American League Championship SeriesNEW YORK -- The same nasty East Coast weather that seemed to throw the Angels off their game at the beginning of the American League Championship Series now may have worked in their favor. The...
ALCS Game 5: Never stop fighting...it's time for the final blow
October 22, 2009 by
Pinstripe Alley
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by Mark J. Terrill - AP
It's not a postseason win without a patented captain fist pump.
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The more I think about it, the more I'm relieved the Yankees didn...
CC's Gem Sets up Yanks One Win Away From Series
October 21, 2009 by
The Evil Empire
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ON THE MOUND:CC Sabathia's second gem of the series was enough to do away with any momentum the Angels gained yesterday. The Yankees pounded the Angels 10-1 tonight in Anaheim to pull to within one game of the pennant. CC was once again masterful as he dominated the Angels over...
Kazmir's Yankees-killer reputation takes beating
October 21, 2009 by
New York Yankees - New York Post
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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Angels simply don't have enough pitching to keep up with the Yankees. Scott Kazmir came west with the reputation of being a Yankee killer who was supposed to solidify the Angels rotation, but he could not find the strike zone l...
Hey, Bud! It's Time For Replay Review: NLCS Game 5 Preview, Dodgers vs. Phillies, Wednesday 10/21, 7:07 CT
October 21, 2009 by
Bleed Cubbie Blue
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by Jae C. Hong - AP
Photographic evidence of The Worst Call of All Time.
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Fortunately, they had nothing to do with the outcome of ALCS game four, which the Yankees...
The Day After: Conquering CC, A-Rod again and bitter Halo fans
October 21, 2009 by
Big League Stew
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In the wake of the Yankees' 10-1 victory over the Angels on Tuesday night, we take a look at what the bloggers and bards are writing. Ian O'Connor, The Record: "As a hired $161 million gun, CC Sabathia(notes) is supposed to honor the endless parade of zeros in his paycheck...
LCS Day Six: The Three Most Important People
October 21, 2009 by
Walkoff Walk
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Sorry, Scott Kazmir, but your ineffectiveness and lack of control just weren't enough to put you on the list with these three chaps:
CC Sabathia: Check your box score, and it says that Sabathia dominated the Angels last night with eight innings pitched, five hits, two walks...
Kazmir's Yankee killer reputation takes a beating
October 21, 2009 by
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ANAHEIM -- The Angels simply don't have enough pitching to keep up with the Yankees. Scott Kazmir came west with the reputation of being a Yankee killer who was supposed to solidify the Angels rotation, but he could not find the strike zone last nigh...
Nick can't join hit parade as slump drags on
October 21, 2009 by
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ANAHEIM -- Perhaps if the Angels started a right-hander in last night's ALCS Game 4, Yankees manager Joe Girardi would have given more thought to leaving the ice-cold Nick Swisher out of the lineup.
However, the Angels went with lefty Scott Kazmir,...
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