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Complete 2009 First-Year (Rule 4) Player Draft Primer
June 09, 2009 by
Biz of Baseball
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Starting at 6:00 p.m. (EDT), the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft, or Rule 4 Draft, will take place with the first round being shown live on MLB Network, and then subsequent rounds being covered on MLB.com. This year, the Draft will be the course of three days, as opposed to two in...
Old Timers' Day
June 27, 2007 by
Hot Stove New York
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Today will be a first for the game of baseball. It will mark the first time that seven pitchers in their forties will start a game on the same day. Roger Clemens, Tom Glavine, Jamie Moyer, Greg Maddux, Woody Williams, John Smoltz and Kenny Rogers are all scheduled to start for their...
Cubs Find a New Scandal
September 19, 2007 by
WindyCitySportsBlog.com
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With their eye on the NL Central, the Cubs find a way to create their own scandal by blaming Cecil Cooper and the Astros for starting rookie pitchers against the Milwaukee Brewers..
D-Bag(s) Of The Week: The Astros Pitching Staff
August 03, 2007 by
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This week's winner of the Douchebag of the Week Award was really tough to pick. We thought about Andy Roddick because of his lame "it was the Big Mac's fault excuse" but we gave him a pass. Ruslan Chagaev also got some consideration for backing out of his October...
Astros Type A Free Agents for 2010
June 18, 2009 by
Crawfish Boxes
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Astros Type A Free Agents for 2010
Mlbtraderumors.com has a listing of players who are on pace to be Type A free agents. Currently, the Astros have three players (Tejada, Brocail, and Valverde) who would be Type A free agents, if the calculation were made now. In addition, LeTroy...
Ed Wade & His Loyal Minions
April 15, 2008 by
We Should Be GM's
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The Houston Astros are coming to town, which means the return of Ed Wade. Corey isn't a big fan of Wade, and believes his face resembles a scrotum; have to agree with you there Corey. Wade did both good and bad while in Philly, but since he never crafted a team that was able to...
Brett Eibner And The Last 4 Astros Drafts
I tuned into the CWS just in time to see Brett Eibner, sophomore from Houston now playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks, hit a homer to break up the 11-0 shutout his team was suffering. And darn if I didn't see a guy named Chad Jones, playing for LSU, smash a double an inning later...
Club Representatives for '09 MLB First-Year Player Draft Announced
May 26, 2009 by
Biz of Baseball
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Select the image above to see theall 30 representatives for the 2009First-Year Player Draft (PDF)Hall of Famers Al Kaline, Bill Mazeroski, Billy Williams and Tommy Lasorda are among a distinguished group of baseball figures and front office personnel who are scheduled to be in attendance...
Around the Mission: 6/9 Padres Links
June 09, 2009 by
Gaslamp Ball
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More photos »
by Lenny Ignelzi - AP
about 12 hours ago:
San Diego Padres' Kevin Kouzmanoff, left, and Adrian Gonzalez congratulate each other after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks during a baseball game in San Diego...
A Year Ago On Bluebird Banter
September 09, 2009 by
Bluebird Banter
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One year ago today the Jays had a double header against the White Sox. We won both games to 10 game winning streak. It was too little too late, but it gave us hope for the next season, how little did we know.At the time we were 7 games back from the Red Sox for the Wild Card spot...
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