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Inconvenient Trip
March 20, 2008 by
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River Ave. Blues is enjoying the fact that the Red Sox suddenly aren't too happy with the Japan trip. The Baseball Musings pledge drive continues through March. Please consider making a donation....
Photographic Evidence
March 20, 2008 by
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My Baseball Bias posts a photo of Duncan coming in with his spikes thigh high....
No Fifth for Janssen
March 20, 2008 by
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Art Martone donated $50 or more to the Baseball Musings Pledge Drive and dedicates this post to the Projo SoxBlog. The Blue Jays decision on their fifth starter became a little easier today, but not in a good way: The...
Two Chances for Frandsen
March 20, 2008 by
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Ray Durham's shoulder is bothering him: Second baseman Ray Durham's sore right shoulder had been improving, but the pain was worse when he reported to work and was to undergo an MRI exam Thursday evening to determine the nature of...
Green Stadiums
March 20, 2008 by
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Here's review of the environmental technologies used in the new Washington Nationals stadium. They've greatly reduced water and electricity use, as well as cleaning up a polluted area of the city....
War of Words
March 20, 2008 by
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Carl Crawford and Delmon Young conduct a war of words in the press. Delmon gets in a IIWII....
Kaz Cash
March 20, 2008 by
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Beyond the Boxscore points out that Scott Kazmir is more than paying his salary. The Baseball Musings pledge drive continues through March. Please consider making a donation....
I Could be Wrong
March 20, 2008 by
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Mike Mussina threw five perfect innings today. Maybe he will last past April. Of course, it was against the Pirates....
Joba Penned
March 19, 2008 by
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In case there was any doubt about where Joba Chamberlain would start the season, Joe Girardi made it official today: Joe Girardi said just a few minutes ago that RHP Joba Chamberlain would open the season in the bullpen. He...
Rotation Evaluation, Baltimore Orioles
March 19, 2008 by
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The series looking at team pitching rotations using the Marcel the Monkey projections continues with the Baltimore Orioles. Their starters posted a 4.86 ERA in 2007, tenth in the American League. Note that in figuring ERAs, I'm using Marcel's mIP...
Indians Care
March 19, 2008 by
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The Indians are taking good care of Juan Lara: The Indians have released injured reliever Juan Lara and re-signed him to a minor league deal that will pay him an estimated $100,000. By releasing Lara, they cleared a spot on...
Padres in China
March 19, 2008 by
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The Padres are in China, and Gaslamp Ball provides links to relevant stories on the trip. My daughter visited China two years ago on a school trip. The two interesting things she noticed were: Soldiers were everywhere. The Chinese went...
Naming Names
March 19, 2008 by
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The Bronx Block invities you to name the group of young Yankees pitchers: On that note, we here at The Bronx Block are offering a Yankees DVD set and Yankees tickets for the best suggestion from a reader. The winner...
No Pain, No Gain?
March 19, 2008 by
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I find this unbelievable. The Dodgers are telling Jason Schmidt to pitch through his pain. Pain is part of our lives for a reason. Pain tells us when something is wrong. Pain's message is stop what you are doing, you're...
Jackson Off
March 19, 2008 by
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Rays of Light notes that Edwin Jackson is pitching himself out of the Rays rotation. I was quite surprised that when the Rays acquired Matt Garza that Jackson wasn't immediately the odd man out. Although Howell and Sonnanstine posted higher...
Gunning for Delgado
March 19, 2008 by
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Carlos Delgado was hurt in a freak gardening batting accident: The slugger hit an RBI double in the third inning and later took a lead off third base. Brady Clark swung and broke his bat, and the jagged barrel sailed...
Squeezing Out Every Dollar
March 19, 2008 by
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The Cape Cod League ran afoul of Major League Baseball: The annual operating budget for the Cape Cod Baseball League is between $1.5 million and $2 million -- not much more than the yearly salary of a backup infielder in...
Helping the Union
March 19, 2008 by
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I suspect David Forst's comments on Bonds will help the MLBPA's investigation of collusion against Barry Bonds: Keri: Barry Bonds! Left field is probably the A's weakest position right now, depending on which way you decide to go at the...
Nice Mention
March 19, 2008 by
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Peter Abraham gives Baseball Musings a nice plug in this AOL interview. Thanks, Peter! He also likes what he's seeing from Jason Giambi: FH: Who's surprised you the most so far on the Yankees so far? What about some of...
Team Offense, Pittsbugh Pirates
March 18, 2008 by
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We continue to look at team offenses for 2008 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jason BayPhoto: Icon SMI In 2007, the Pirates scored 4.47 runs per game. I plugged in a likely lineup to the Lineup Analysis Tool, using the Marcel...
Cashman on Williams
March 18, 2008 by
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The Times has the best round up of the joint talk Brian Cashman and Theo Epstein held Friday night. I found this part on Bernie Williams and Joe Torre interesting: Cashman took a few jabs at Bernie Williams, the popular...
The Umpire Zone
March 18, 2008 by
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John Hale presents an excellent piece of research at The Hardball Times on the strike zones of individual umpires. Roger Clemens was well known for taking rigorous notes and studying umpires--when they can differ as much as this, you'd think...
The Wrong Kind of Scouting
March 18, 2008 by
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Via MLB FanHouse, a Red Sox scout was caught showing off: A Boston Red Sox scout was arrested, accused of masturbating at the window of his hotel room in front of two women and two underage girls at the swimming...
Getting Back to Healthy
March 17, 2008 by
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The Mets are healing, as both Carlos Beltran and Delgado are expected to play today. The Baseball Musings pledge drive continues through March. Please consider making a donation....
Harden Not Injured
March 17, 2008 by
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Rich Harden pitched three innings on Saturday. He didn't pitch well, but he's working on fixing mechanics disrupted by his injuries: More importantly, Harden is feeling fine physically and is confident about a minor mechanics adjustment he made in Saturday's...
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