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OT: Happy Thanksgiving
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From 6-4-2 World Headquarters, Happy Thanksgiving. It's been a fairly quiet offseason around here, and I imagine it will probably be a quiet Turkey Day weekend. Hoping it's a happy one for you and your families.
White Sox To Relieve Dodgers Of $500k Worth Of Andruw Jones' Salary
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The Dodgers may have another $3.2M remaining on the last year of Andruw Jones' contract, but the White Sox will pay him $500,000 in 2010 to see whether he's still got something in the tank. He also has incentive clauses that could make him up to $1M in performance bonuses.
Angels Release Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc
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Hard to imagine where this came from; the Angels have tolerated both for so long.
"We are going in a different direction next season and will use single announcing teams on TV and radio that will include Rory Markas and Mark Gubicza on Fox Sports West and KCOP and Terry Smith...
Pickoff Moves
6 days ago by
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Some stuff that may have lately transpired... some old, some new.
Mike Napoli, Baseball's Worst Defensive Catcher
Really? Even worse than Jorge Posada? Apparently so, according to a post at Driveline Mechanics. Jeff Mathis is also net negative runs defensively (-2.0), but still...
Scott Spiezio's Irvine Luxury Condo In Default?
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I got a tip from long-time reader Ted Hsieh that Scott Spiezio's Irvine condo is being sold due to default (the default part is a legal notice in the Irvine World News, no link available), with the amount in question $1,344,318.38. The 2,685 sq. ft. condo has a city lights view.
Cubs Ship Aaron Heilman To Arizona
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Thus tweeted Carrie Muskat, caught by Mike Emeigh at BTF. The 30-year-old Heilman was a source of constant frustration for Helen, so I was expecting to see Eric Byrnes as the return on this trade. Instead, AZ Snake Pit says the Cubs are getting a pair of minor leaguers, LHP Scott Maine...
Dodgers Cross Lackey Off Their Wish List, And It's Not Even December
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Per Bill Shaikin's piece in the Times, but what's weirder is the by-now ridiculous comment from Bud Selig on the McCourt splitup:
Mannion said the divorce has not affected the club's day-to-day operations. Commissioner Bud Selig said Wednesday he believes the club is ...
Catching Up On The Awards
10 days ago by
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Monday: Rookies of the Year: Andrew Bailey, Oakland's closer; and Florida OF Chris Coghlan in a tight race.
Yesterday: Zach Greinke won the AL Cy Young award
Today: Managers of the Year: Jim Tracy (NL), and Mike Scioscia (AL).
Congratulations to everyone, especially Scioscia...
Glenn Stout On Tom Yawkey
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Jay Jaffe on Facebook turned me on to Glenn Stout's takedown of Tom Yawkey's less-than-convincing explanation as to why there wasn't a black player on the Red Sox until Pumpsie Green, whose rookie year of 1959 came 12 years after Jackie Robinson won the first Rookie of...
Pickoff Moves
16 days ago by
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The Coolest: Dock Ellis' LSD No-No, Animated Version
Via Jon, who got it from Big League Stew: Dock Ellis throws a no-hitter whilst on acid:
Gawd, I loved the 70's. You pups who weren't around then don't know what you was missin'. (On the other hand, the Internet...
Kemp, Hudson Do Indeed Win Gold Gloves
17 days ago by
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Per MLB.com. Jon has a link farm that includes an MSTI review of why Matt Kemp probably didn't deserve his, either.
Meta: Image Server Problems
17 days ago by
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We're having trouble with our provider aplus.net over the last couple days; any images on this site that were hosted at doubledogmusic.com (i.e. almost all of them), including the mast logo, are presently MIA. Unfortunately, that's my wife's domain, and while I had planned...
Ken Griffey, Jr. Returns To Seattle; Russell Branyan Declines One-Year Offer
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Jon Heyman reports that Ken Griffey, Jr. will return to Seattle for 2010, with a $2M plus incentives contract for one year. Hat tip to David Pinto, who rightly reckons this a mistake for a replacement-level player.
U.S.S. Mariner is nonplussed:
If we assume that the M’s are going...
Rosenthal: Angels Still Pursuing Lackey
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We'll see. I suspect they'll make a good-faith effort to sign him, so that when the Yankees give him the $100M/5 year deal he's looking for, it won't be a surprise.
Words Come Out Of Jamie McCourt's Mouth
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The promised T.J. Simers interview with Jamie McCourt has finally arrived. Unlike Jon, I have a few comments:
Why didn't one of your lawyers stand up and stop you from saying something as ridiculous as you are the face of the Dodgers in your court filing?
"When you're...
Torii Hunter Wins Ninth Gold Glove, Orlando Hudson Rumored To Win Also
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Torii Hunter has won his ninth consecutive Gold Glove; only Roberto Clemente and Willy Mays (12 each) and Ken Griffey Jr., Andruw Jones and Al Kaline (10 each) have more in the outfield. Greg Maddux with 18 is the reigning champion among all players.
There's also an unverified...
Cuban Slide? Mark Cuban Interested In Buying The Not-Yet-For-Sale Dodgers
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But then, that implies that MLB would let him into their little club. I still think they imagine he's kinda mouthy to be an owner. But he'd be a lot better for the Dodgers than Frank has been.
Dodgers Return Entire Coaching Staff For 2010
19 days ago by
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The Dodgers press release:
LOS ANGELES – The 2009 National League West Division Champion Los Angeles Dodgers today announced that their entire Major League coaching staff will return for the 2010 season. Led by manager Joe Torre, the staff has guided the Dodgers to two straight...
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Late: Joe Torre Extension Mooted
T.J. Simers:
"We were talking about my coaches and I've been thinking about it," Torre says while mentioning General Manager Ned Colletti's name and plans to chat again once Torre returns from a charity function in New York.
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Tony Reagins Signs 3-Year Deal
Per MLB.comDodgers Purge More Jamie McCourt Hires
In the Times:
Six front-office employees who were hired by former Dodgers vice president Charles Steinberg were fired. They were public relations officers Mark Rogoff and Drew Merle, vice president of...
Doobie Doobie Doo: Lincecum Cited For Weed
23 days ago by
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Insert War On Some Drugs rant here.
Very Late: GMJ Looking To Move On
23 days ago by
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Anywhere but the American League West, Gary.
You Must Be At Least This Tall To Run The Dodgers
23 days ago by
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... and that line is over her head according to the judge in the divorce case, Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon. (And yes, "Commissioner Gordon" is funny, as is the fact that his office has an unobstructed view of Dodger Stadium.)
Jamie "won" ("this...
Dodgers Cut Ties With Jon Garland
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Letting Jon Garland's 2010 option expire unexercised, the Dodgers have cut ties with their fourth-most-used fifth starter (measured by games started). It's hard to say goodbye when you didn't really care that much; mediocre as an Angel, Diamondback, and Dodger (despite...
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