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Tim Lincecum Wins Cy Young #2
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Tim Lincecum has earned his second consecutive National League Cy Young Award after yet another dominating season on the mound.Continue reading this story at Sports Untapped.
Welcome Back Conor Jackson
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Despite falling off the radar due to a bad case of valley fever, we haven't swayed in our love for Conor Jackson.The Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman/outfielder, who missed the last five months of what turned out to be a really crappy season for his team, has been tearing it...
Monkeys and Dinosaurs: Linkalicious!
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We're going to be kinda lazy and let everyone else in the blogosphere tell the heartwarming stories of Jim Tracy and Mike Scioscia's 2009 Manager of the Year awards."Congratulations, Mike Scioscia and Jim Tracy. You guys just won the most overrated award in sports."...
You've Come A Long Way, Greinke
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Awards season continues with the American League Cy Young announced this afternoon. Hopefully none of you were surprised when it was given to the only logical pitcher: Mr. Badass himself, Zack Greinke. Man, we love this kid.The Kansas City Royals right-hander deserved this honor more...
Coghlan, Bailey Rookies of the Year
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Awards Season the most exciting and anticipated time of the MLB offseason, and we're just getting started with Monday's announcement of the 2009 Rookies of the Year among a crowded field of new talent.Florida Marlins left fielder Chris Coghlan and Oakland Athletics closer Andrew...
Pedro's Agent Blames Flu For Sickly Game 6
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According to his agent, Pedro Martinez wants to pitch a full season next year. Fern Cuza told FOX Sports that the old school righty is 100% healthy for the first time in three years and that pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies this postseason "rejuvenated" his client...
Can We Please Give Derek Jeter Some More Awards?
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Just some more shiny things for his trophy case would be great. If we could go ahead and embed some diamonds in there, too. Maybe some engraving would be nice, as well.The New York Yankees shortstop, who is not even the best shortstop on his team, let alone the American League, received...
NL Gold Gloves Awards, Yay
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Ryan Zimmerman earned his first career Gold Glove on Wednesday, succeeding a buddy from his youth, New York Mets' third baseman David Wright. Back when Zimmerman was a shortstop in high school, the two were teammates on a youth team.Zim led all big league third basemen with 325...
One More Year With Vin Scully
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Vin Scully, by far our favorite baseball announcer, has decided to stick around the broadcast booth in 2010 to do what he does best: announce Los Angeles Dodgers games.Turning 82 later this month, Scully's tenure with the Dodgers is the longest of any current sports broadcaster...
Rawlings Hands Out Gold Glove Hardware
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Even though baseball season is over, that doesn’t mean the excitement has gone along with it.Rawlings has handed out their 2009 Gold Glove awards (they’ve been doing so since 1957) and a couple of them went to World Series Champion New York Yankees. Managers and coaches make selections...
Offseason Movin' and Shakin'
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Sure, there are other sports like football, hockey and basketball to enjoy while you're waiting for the return of major league baseball. It's hard, we know. But the offseason is the critical time when your team's general managers make their moves -- smart or not -- in an...
We Heart You, J.J. Hardy
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J.J. Hardy has officially become the second-smoking-hottest Minnesota Twin (second to Man Muscles, of course) after being traded away from the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder and all-around spazatron Carlos Gomez.Welcome to Minnesota, big guy.More on this and other Hot Stove goodness...
Tim Lincecum Won A Cy Young... On Weed Man
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Surprise!The San Francisco Giants ace was pulled over Friday going 74 mph on Interstate 5 -- where the speed limit is 60 -- near Vancouver, Washington. He was going to be cited for speeding before the officer smelled pot when Little Timmy rolled down the window.I like to imagine a...
Joe Girardi: Good Samaritan
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New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi polished off his first career World Series victory -- in his first year as a skipper (yes, we're still impressed by that) -- by dashing to the aid of a car crash victim.New York police said Girardi pulled over on the side of the road to help...
Right Through The Very Heart Of It
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New York, New York.After waiting nine long years for Championship #27, the New York Yankees poured out of the dugout to celebrate their World Series victory as the last groundball of the season was scooped up and lobbed to first base for the final out.Continue reading this story at Sports Untapped.
The Last Baseball Game of the Season
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Congratulations to the New York Yankees, this season's World Series Champions.The Bronx Bombers won their 27th World Series title Wednesday night -- their first in the $1.5 billion new Yankee Stadium, obviously -- by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 of the 105th...
Vicente Padilla Caps Himself in the Thigh
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Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Vicente Padilla shot himself in the thigh while hunting in Nicaragua.It's only funny because he's not seriously injured... or dead. There are a few different stories floating around out there as to what actually went down. According to media...
The Clifton & Chutley Show
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Man, Chase Utley is good at hitting baseballs over fences.Stealing the glory right out from under Cliff Lee, the Philadelphia Phillies second baseman nailed not one, but two home runs in his team's 8-6 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series.Continue reading...
Chase Utley Is Pretty Good At Baseball
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Not to take anything away from the entire Philadelphia Phillies rotation and lineup, but Chase Utley can really swing a bat.In a must-win situation for his team, Chutley launched a 4-seam fastball from New York Yankees starter A.J. Burnett to the right field seats in the second inning...
You Can’t Catch Johnny Damon!
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A day after the New York Yankees came back to win Game 3, Johnny Damon became the difference-maker with a two-out, ninth-inning, game-saving performance.The Yankees took a 3-1 World Series lead with a 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies just after the reigning champs had started...
Burnett Lights Up The Phils In Game 2
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Jayson Werth should really do something about that squirrel hanging out on his chin. Just a thought. The New York Yankees’ bats finally woke up for Game 2 of the World Series Thursday night with a 3-1 win over the reigning world champion Philadelphia Phillies.Continue reading this...
Derek Jeter: Biggest Loser
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Well, not really. But the New York Yankees shortstop appeared on NBC's The Biggest Loser this week in an effort to pump up the contestants.We'll see who the biggest losers are after Game 2 of the World Series at 7:57pm ET tonight, where old schooler Pedro Martinez takes the...
Cliff Lee Once Slammed a Revolving Door
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Cliff Lee was down-right filthy Wednesday night during his Philadelphia Phillies’ 6-1 victory in Game 1 of the World Series. The placid southpaw, donning a nasty spike curveball, lasted all night long. He calmly allowed six hits and just one run, which didn’t even appear in the...
Yank on This
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This video was shared with us today by NBC Philadelphia. We chuckled.Enjoy Game 1 tonight, we'll be cruising between Walkoff Walk and 310 to Joba.
Mark McGwire: Back in the Game
24 days ago by
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For those of you who assumed Mark McGwire was gone from baseball for good, think again.Though he hasn't been even the smallest percentage as irritating as former Bash Brother Jose Canseco, McGwire has been accused of being a big, fat, dirty cheater and also, a liar liar pants on...
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