Dan Duquette as GM: The Pitching Staff
Dan Duquette was re-introduced to the MLB world yesterday as the new Executive Vice – President of Baseball Operations of the Baltimore Orioles, his third such post after running the baseball operations departments of the Montreal Expos from 1991-1993 and the Boston Red Sox from 1994- 2001. He takes over an Orioles organization that has not enjoyed a winning season since 1997,...
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November 09, 2011
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November 09, 2011
Discuss
Rookie of Year Award Goes to…
As the 2011 season draws to a close, all the playoff teams have staked their claims on postseason berths save the wildcard entries. Both the NL & AL Wildcard races will excitingly come down to the final game of the season – and possibly Game 163 should a one-game playoff be needed. While I was opposed to the wildcard implementation in 1995, I now see that it promotes exciting...
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September 28, 2011
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September 28, 2011
Monday Presser Transcript 9-19-11: Brady Hoke
Brady Hoke
News bullets and other important things:
Vincent Smith has earned start at RB
New NCAA rules mean that Rawl's redshirt is not completely burned yet.
Herron and Cam Gordon are expected back next week, but must compete for their jobs.
Gallon might get time as kick returner, but not because V. Smith is slow.
Hoke tried getting Dave Brandon to buy out the...
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September 19, 2011
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September 19, 2011
Prospect Profiles 2009: Dee Gordon
Overview-The son of long-time major leaguer Tom Gordon, Devaris is a surprisingly raw player because he didn’t pickup baseball until... more
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August 25, 2011
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August 25, 2011
New SIERA, Part Two (of Five): Unlocking Underrated Pitching Skills
Hidden statistics are the bread-and-butter of any good analysis, but most DIPS models rarely go beyond the obvious to find a player’s true value. FIP can take you most of the way by looking at the three true outcomes (home runs, walks and strikeouts) and xFIP adjusts FIP to what it would be with a league-average HR/FB rate. But neither of those systems considers how well pitchers...
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July 19, 2011
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July 19, 2011
Avalanching The Astros-Part 3
Happy Father's Day everyone.
100 degree Palm Springs weather, here I come.
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-Tony Gwynn Sr. and Tom Gordon will throw out first pitches, to be caught by their sons.
-Tony Jackson laments a lack of patience...
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June 19, 2011
Dodgers fast-forward Gordon's future
The future is coming quicker than the Los Angeles Dodgers planned.
Dee Gordon, considered the organization's top prospect, was prematurely jumped to the big leagues, a strong indication that the Dodgers are leery about Rafael Furcal's ability to stay healthy, both this year and in the long run.
They wanted to give Gordon a full season of development at Triple-A. But, instead...
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June 15, 2011
Youth in Revolt: Gordon, De La Rosa Lead Way to Win
The much anticipated start of Dee Gordon did not take long.
A day after being called to the big leagues, the son of former pitcher Tom Gordon stepped up to the plate as the first player in Tuesday’s game between Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Without missing a beat, Gordon lined one into left field for his first career base hit. It didn’t stop there; Dee would finish the...
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June 07, 2011
Roles Reversed For ‘Flash’ Gordon And Son
The former Phillie's son got his first major league hit in his first start while Tom Gordon watched from the stands.
Read more at Philly Sports Daily
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June 07, 2011
Former pitcher Gordon excited for son Dee
Tom Gordon, who had a two-decade career as a Major League pitcher, arrived from Orlando on Monday night just in time to watch son Dee's debut, with equal parts pride and disbelief.
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June 07, 2011
Gameday: Dodgers (28-33) vs. Phillies (36-24)
Los Angeles Dodgers (28-33) at Philadelphia Phillies (36-24)
Rubby De La Rosa (1-0, 1.80 ERA) vs. Roy Oswalt (3-3, 2.70 ERA)
Time: 7:05, Citizens Bank Park
Weather: Sunny/Hot, 89
TV: CSN
Twitter: Phillies Nation
INJURY UPDATES:
-Brad Lidge had a cortisone shot on his right elbow, which the team is saying is just flaring up a bit. He could be throwing in a week. However, that...
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June 07, 2011
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June 07, 2011
Old Lefty: Lee Stifles Dodgers, Ruins Dee’s Debut
Old Cliff Lee is at it again. The 2008 Cy Young winner shut Los Angeles down for seven innings, allowing seven hits and one walk while striking out ten in Philadelphia’s 3-1 victory over the Dodgers. Ted Lilly was hit with his fifth loss of the season, despite allowing only two runs in six innings of work.
The Dodgers scratched out nine hits, all singles. A third of those hits...
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June 07, 2011
This Day In Red Sox History: May 31, 1999
Tom Gordon recorded his fifty-fourth save in fifty-four chances in the Sox 8-7 win over Detroit, setting an American League record.
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May 31, 2011
Dee Gordon is inching his way to the Los Angeles Dodgers
23-year old lefty swinging shortstop Dee Gordon came into this season as the Dodgers’ #1 prospect according to Baseball America. Gordon has played in 22 games in AAA-ball so far this year and he is 27 for 94 (.287 avg, .683 OPS) with 17 runs scored, 0 homers, 9 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. He has now played in 346 games in his first four years in the minors and he is 426 of 1,438...
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May 05, 2011
HERO COMPLEX
MLB's connections to the superhero world
I was not a big superhero/comic book kid growing up. If you had asked a ten-year-old me in 1990 who were the big superheroes, my response probably would not have been very deep. There would've been the cartoon superheroes I grew up on (He-Man, Thundercats, Voltron, Transformers, etc.) and the old staples (Superman, Batman, Spider-Man). I probably wouldn't have even been able to tell...
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February 14, 2011
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February 14, 2011
Pressing Questions: The Los Angeles Dodgers
From 2005-2008, the Dodgers' minor league talent pool ranked among baseball's elite. But looking at the team's projected 2011 lineup, the team has very little to show for those former farm riches. Team ace Clayton Kershaw is the prized hog from that group, and his talents can be argued against any arm in the league – he's that good. Matt Kemp also was a product of the system during...
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January 31, 2011
BP Podcast: Episode 32: This Doesn't Smell Right by Kevin Goldstein
Without much going in the world of baseball, we celebrate our listeners with a longer than normal email segment, including some tips on how we learn from scouts. Following that we go in-depth on the Dodgers and Angels systems, including some disagreement over Dee Gordon and a long talk about what kind of player Mike Trout can be in the end. The only big move of the week was the signing...
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January 05, 2011
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January 05, 2011
Sheffield would like to play for hometown Rays
During Monday night's broadcast on the MLB Network Radio channel on Sirius XM Radio, hosts Mike Ferrin and Tom Gordon spoke with Gary Sheffield about his future as a player, and the veteran spoke of the Rays as well as other possible suitors.
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December 14, 2010
This Tweet In Baseball: The Seasonal Affective Disorder Meetings
Here's some inside information from one anonymous baseball writer not currently wasting away in Orlando: nobody likes going to baseball's Winter Meetings. Not the caffeine-addled writers, not the beleaguered general managers, not the attention-starved agents and not even former MLB reliever Tom Gordon who I heard tossing softball questions on Sirius/XM's MLB Network Radio last night...
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December 07, 2010
Freddy's Two-a-Days: Los Angeles Dodgers and Florida Marlins
Los Angeles Dodgers80-82, 4th place, 12 GBPositional MVP: Andre Ethier - .292/.364/.493 – The West Coast King of the Walk-Off hits at other times too. Ethier is a lanky sort but generates great bat speed and has surprisingly good power.Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw – 13-10, 2.91 – The electrifying southpaw was still just 22 years old this year and made tremendous strides dropping...
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November 28, 2010
Los Angeles Dodgers, 2010 Minor League Review
Los Angeles Dodgers 2010 Minor League Review
Overall farm ranking via Baseball America (2009)
2010 (24) | 2009 (23) | 2008 (6) | 2007 (6) | 2006 (2) | 2005 (2) | 2004 (2)
Record of Major and Minor League Teams
MLB: [80 – 82] NL West
AAA: [72 – 71] Pacific Coast League – Albuquerque
AA: [ 65 – 74] Southern League – Chattanooga
A+: [50 – 90] California League – Inland...
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November 17, 2010
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November 17, 2010
1-600: Full list of A-Rod's home runs
Fifteen years ago Alex Rodriguez hit his first home run off of Tom ‘Flash Gordon of the Royals.
Here’s a list of his first, last and the 598 in between.
1. 6/12/1995 vs. Royals Tom Gordon
2. 6/20/1995 at White Sox Wilson Alvarez
3. 7...
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August 04, 2010
Top Long Island Lax Recruit To Visit DU
(above) James Burnside is a former hockey player who will visit with DU's Lacrosse coaches next weekFrom: Garden City Patchby Jason MolinetJames Burnside isn't even one of the two most heralded defenders at Garden City High School. That title belongs to Stephen Jahelka and Brian Fischer, who decided to play in the Under Armour All-American lacrosse game and with their summer team...
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July 23, 2010
This Day In Red Sox History: May 23, 1999
Closer Tom Gordon gets the final out in the Red Sox 10-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays to record his fiftieth save in fifty consecutive chances.
Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox”
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May 23, 2010
Macho Row Phlashback: 2007 NLDS - Game One
This is the first part in a three part series looking back at the 2007 NLDS between the Phillies and Rockies.The return to the playoffs for the first time since 1993 was short-lived for the Philadelphia Phillies. After clinching the NL East title in one of the most memorable final days of the season in recent memory, it seemed like the Phillies were a team of destiny. Little did...
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May 10, 2010
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