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Series Preview: Yankees vs. Rays
September 07, 2009 by
Sliding Into Home
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Yankees - Rays@ New Yankee Stadium(four games)(Sorry, this will again be a brief series preview... Normal previews will resume after this series. )After a fairly success road trip that saw the Yankees go 5-2, they head home for a ten-game homestand starting with four games against...
Comebacks: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
January 28, 2009 by
Jorge Says No
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TROY PERCIVAL: Percival had the most interesting 2007 ever. He threw out the 1st pitch at the Angels home opener, signed with the St. Louis Cardinals, and started the Cardinals final regular season home game. How strange is that mix? Percival parlayed his strong 2007 into a closing ...
Red Sox Have Looked Like A MASH Unit In '08
September 02, 2008 by
BostonSportZ.com
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After winning the World Series in 2007, the Red Sox were certainly expected to contend again this year. Before the season began, many prognosticators even thought they had a very solid chance of repeating. But the strength and performance of a team is often directly related to the...
Baseball Brunch: Sometimes Relief Solution Is Closer Than It Appears
by Ed PriceFiled under: Astros, Braves, Cardinals, Mariners, Orioles, Padres, Phillies, Red Sox, White Sox, Yankees, MLB Injuries, MLB Inside Scoop, Baseball BrunchEvery Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.A week ago Sunday night, Mariano Rivera earned...
Comparing AL East bullpens
February 16, 2009 by
Bugs & Cranks
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A while back we compared the starting pitching staffs for the Yankees, Red Sox and Rays. We might as well go ahead and compare the other areas of those three American League East heavyweights.
Let’s begin today with a look at the bullpens.
Yankees
Mariano Rivera (CL)
Damaso...
ANGELS ALL TIME JERSEY ROSTER - #40
January 30, 2007 by
Halos Heaven
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Angels Uniform #40
1961: Jerry Casale and Jim Donohue 1962: Jim Donohue and Dan Osinski 1963, 64: Dan Osinski 1965: Rudy May 1969: Ken Tatum and Bob Priddy and Lloyd Allen 1973 - 80: Frank Tanana 1981 - 85: Luis Sanchez 1991: Mark Davis 1992: Don Robinson and Tim Fortugno 1993...
If The Angels Had Held On To All Their Prospects...
August 31, 2009 by
6-4-2: Double Play Blog
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... they would still look an awful lot like the Angels, according to an NBC Sports piece running this exercise through all 30 teams. Troy Glaus would be at DH. Jimmy Edmonds would still be manning center (why, when the author gives Troy Percival a bye for his retirement? When was the...
Rays' Jason Isringhaunsen Leaves Game With Right Arm Injury
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by Chris O'Meara - AP
Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jason Isringhausen.. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Rays relief pitcher Jason Isringhausen was forced to leave tonight...
Reflections on the Rays
February 18, 2009 by
Baseball Reflections
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In pre-season of 2008, I picked the Tampa Bay Rays to make some noise in the American League, to win 25 more games than they had the year before, to top the Seattle Mariners by 18 games, and to make a run at the wild card in the American League. And if you managed to meet me and talk...
What Could Have $50 Million Bought Your Team? Part Three
November 06, 2008 by
Over The Baggy
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On Monday and Tuesday, you showed how you spent $32.27 million of your $50 million budget on eight position players and five starting pitchers. Today, you are going to detail what is often a team's hardest portion of the payroll to control. At this moment you have $17.73 million ...
This Week in Yankees History (5/10-5/16)
May 10, 2009 by
Sliding Into Home
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This Week in Yankees HistoryMay 10th - May 16thMay 10th1868 - Future MLB player, manager and HOF baseball executive Edward Barrow is born (1868-1953). Ed was the manager of 1918 World Champion Red Sox. He was the manager who decided to make Babe Ruth a everyday player because of his...
Pena's Solo Shot In 10th Helps Beat Yanks 4-3
May 07, 2009 by
The Evil Empire
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INSIDER: The Yankees have lost 4 in a row.ON THE MOUND:A.J. Burnett started for the Yankees and pitched a good game for the most part. In six innings he allowed three runs on six hits, walked two and struck out eight. He threw 114 pitches, 69 of them for strikes.The bullpen overall...
Who is Marc Rzepczynski?
July 07, 2009 by
Bluebird Banter
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That's Zep-Chin-Ski. "Zep," as he's known, will be making his big-league debut tonight against the Tampa Bay Rays, making him the 5th Jay to do so thusfar this season (Romero, Cecil, Mills, and Ray being the first 4). With the first of hopefully...
Golden Era beginning or ending for the Halos?
Angels franchise: Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowBy Jonathon Northrup - Angelswin ColumnistI'm going to buck the trend and not speculate on who the Angels will or will not sign, and instead (try to) offer a series of posts throughout the offseason that look into the history of the...
A Glance at Greatness: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim All-Time Team
July 29, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Team Name: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Year Established: 1961
City: Los Angeles
Ballpark: Angel Stadium of Anaheim
Previous Nicknames: Los Angeles Angels (1961-1965), California Angels (1965-1996), Anaheim Angels (1997-2004)
League: American League
Division: AL West
Number of Playoff...
J.P. Howell: Good Fit for Closing Role?
August 29, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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It is has been said that a team cannot reach the World Series with J.P. Howell pitching the ninth inning.
Since becoming a full-time relief pitcher in 2008, Howell has amassed a pretty impressive resume. In 150 innings, he has struck out 164 batters while only walking 65...
St. Louis Cardinals: Contender or Pretender?
August 08, 2008 by
cardinaltwist.com
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BleacherReport.com Columnist Joel Koch allowed me to use his article for CardinalTwist.com! Before I start, I really want to remind everyone that I am a diehard Cardinal fan and will be until the day I die. More than likely, I'll choke to death, much like the bullpen has recently...
Last Night a Prime Example Why Rays Won't Be in the Postseason
August 27, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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For teams that just miss the playoffs, there are nights like this. Nights when all the stars seemed aligned to bring you victory and some how, some way you blow it. It's been this way for the Tampa Bay Rays this season.
That's not to say the Rays are struggling. On the contrary...
Sic transit gloria mundi: Today's Afternoon Games
August 12, 2009 by
Walkoff Walk
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If it's a Wednesday, it's time for a liveglog! That is, unless I flake out and leave you hanging. Today, I will give you Whiparound Coverage from 3PM EDT to 5PM EDT. Why whiparound? Because my XM radio dial is broken and cannot stay on one station for longer than 7 minutes...
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