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A.J. Burnett will beat you in a foot race
A little while back, we wrote A.J. Burnett a letter of apology. Basically for calling him a waste of $55 million. In the letter was a well-hidden clause, stating that a reversion back to your early-season form will result in...
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February 20, 2008
Watch out for the White Sox meteorite
The White Sox are really bad now. They aren't just crashing back down to earth. They're streaking through the atmosphere, the heat shield isn't holding up, and it looks like the 'chutes aren't going to work either. They're going to...
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February 16, 2008
Statistical proof that Andruw Jones has stopped hitting
A while back, we made note of Andruw Jones' decreasing effectiveness at the plate after he struck out 5 times against the Red Sox. Well, at that point, Andruw's average was a comparatively stellar .212. He is now batting...
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February 16, 2008
First half AL Cy Young Winner: Dan Haren
Sure, we're not to the All Star Break quite yet, but we're halfway through. Over the next couple of days, we're going to take a look at the best players in each league thus far. Dan Haren has quietly become...
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February 01, 2008
More Steve Phillips fun with numbers
It's no secret that, even as far as baseball analysts are concerned, Steve Phillips is not the brightest of the bunch. I'm not exactly sure how he ended up with ESPN. He served as the Met's GM from 1997 to...
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January 28, 2008
First half AL MVP: Magglio Ordonez
Sure, we're not to the All Star Break quite yet, but we're halfway through. Over the next couple of days, we're going to take a look at the best players in each league thus far. Magglio Ordonez: 13 HR, 68...
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January 27, 2008
You know, you guys should go visit Ballhype
Fine folks over at Ballhype, really. And I'll tell you why. Not only have they developed this way for everyone to get advertising for free, but now I can bet on sports games at the same time, but with not...
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January 25, 2008
First half NL Cy Young Winner: Jake Peavy
Sure, we're not to the All Star Break quite yet, but we're halfway through. Over the next couple of days, we're going to take a look at the best players in each league thus far. Jake Peavy (9-2): 105 IP,...
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January 25, 2008
Milton Bradley - Looking for Work
Kansas City, as we know, is not the epicenter of baseball activity. Let's cut out the superlatives, they're just really awful. So, say you're the general manager of the disaster that is the Royals organization. You've got no talent,...
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January 25, 2008
Rick Ankiel is still hitting the ball
Remember when Rick Ankiel broke down and admitted that he didn't have pitcher stuff? Instead, he had outfield stuff, and he was going to do that instead. It must be nice to have so much talent that you can switch...
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January 24, 2008
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