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Stenson Award Winner
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Russ Mitchell, a minor league player in the Dodgers organization, won the Dernell Stenson award in the Arizona Fall League:
Javelinas infielder Russ Mitchell (Dodgers) was presented with the AFL’s Dernell Stenson Sportsmanship Award prior to the championship game. The award, named...
Players A to Z, Andrew Bailey
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Andrew Bailey. Photo: Icon SMI
Andrew Bailey pitches in relief for the Oakland Athletics as their closer. He won the 2009 AL Rookie of the Year award.
Bailey did everything right as a pitcher in 2009. He struck out 91 in 83 1/3 innings of work, a rate of 9.8 K per nine innings. [...]
Changing Agents
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Aroldis Chapman left the agent that helped him become a free agent after defecting from Cuba. I feel bad for the agent who got nothing from helping Chapman, but this seems to be pretty standard practice in baseball. Jerry Crasnick’s book, License to Deal: A Season on the Run...
Citi Field Becomes More Mets-Centric
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The Mets will make changes to Citi Field so there’s more Mets history than Dodgers history in the park:
The right-center field bridge will be named “Shea Bridge” after William A. Shea, for whom the team’s former stadium is named and the man who helped bring...
Harvard-Yale
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One of the problems with playing in the band at THE GAME is the difficulty in keeping track of what’s happening on the field. I missed the fake punt. All I knew was Harvard had the ball in pretty good field position with little time left on the clock. I have to [...]
Halladay and the Blue Jays
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The headline at ESPN.com says Roy Halladay won’t re-sign with Toronto when his contract is up, but Paul Beeston is not quite so final:
“We would like to sign him, he is an original Blue Jay and we have never had a pitcher as good as him,” Beeston told the Post. &...
Extending Johnson
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Tony Dagger is disappointed that the Marlins won’t sign Josh Johnson to more than a three year contract:
As much as I love baseball, this is the problem that keeps gnawing at me. If the Marlins can’t (or won’t) sign a guy like this long-term, what’s the point...
The Game
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I’m marching with the band at the Harvard Yale game.
Players A to Z, Danys Baez
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Danys Baez pitched in relief for the Baltimore Orioles in 2009 and is currently a free agent. He returned to the majors in 2009 after missing all of 2008 due to elbow surgery at the end of spring training. His 2009 ERA was pretty much in line with his career average (4.04 career, 4.02 [...]
Giving the Devil his Due
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Vince Naimoli wrote a book about his life and his time owning the Devil Rays. He tries to throw a better light on himself.
Naimoli also has some harsh words for his former investment partners, saying he had to spend $30 million of his own money to keep the team from bankruptcy. That...
Free Agent Team
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Peter Abraham is holding a contest for fun where you create a team from the free agent class. The only thing I’d like to see Peter add is how much you would pay each player (money is no object in the contest, however). Entries are due Sunday night.
Looking at Peter’s team, I would [...]
Knee to Know
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Stephen Strasburg hurt his knee. It’s either not serious or someone heard an “ugly pop.” He’s going to see Lewis Yocum, however, so how bad can it be?
Players A to Z, Burke Badenhop
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Burke Badenhop pitches in relief for the Florida Marlins, and owns one of my favorite names in the sport for two reasons:
You can’t spell Badenhop without, “Bad hop.”
It reminds me of Boris Badenov.
In 2009, Burke improved on his rookie season, pitching 25 more...
Ballot Bawling
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It turns out that the two internet voters, Keith Law and Will Carroll, left Chris Carpenter off their ballots. Some people are not happy about that, according to ShysterBall.
I actually think the problem is that with only three slots, it’s tough to give recognition to a pitcher...
Heilman to the Diamonbacks
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The Cubs traded Aaron Heilman to the Arizona Diamondbacks rather than release the player.
In return, the Cubs received left-handed reliever Scott Maine, who went 4-5 with seven saves and a 2.90 ERA at Double-A Mobile and Triple-A Reno, and first baseman Ryne White, who hit .266 with...
Lincecum’s Statement
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At the end of his Cy Young interview, Tim Lincecum read a statement about his marijuana arrest:
In part:
“I made a mistake and I regret my actions. I want to apologize to the Giants organization and the fans. I know as a professional athlete I have a responsibility … both...
Lincecum Repeats
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Tim Lincecum wins the NL Cy Young Award for the second year in a row. Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants was elected the National League Cy Young Award winner for the second consecutive year in balloting by the BBWAA. Lincecum had the lowest victory total over a full season of...
Grabow’s Contract
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Dave Cameron is unimpressed with the contract John Grabow signed with the Cubs:
Grabow is a generic left-handed middle reliever, the kind of guy you’re fine having for the league minimum but that you don’t really want to pay any real money to. He’s eminently replaceable, but...
NL Cy Day
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The BBWAA announces their NL Cy Young Award choice at 2 PM EST this afternoon. My picks were Tim Lincecum, Chris Carpenter, Ubaldo Jimenez, Javier Vazquez and Adam Wainwright, in that order. The IBWAA award went to Chris Carpenter. Carpenter finished with the best ERA in the National...
The Worst Managers
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Joe Posnanski awards the McCloskey’s for the worst manager in each league. Trey Hillman gets it in the AL, with Joe debating the merits of Dave Trembley. I can see the reasons behind both, but what about Eric Wedge? Maybe he should get a lifetime achievement award for showing...
Strike Talk
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Ken Rosenthal fires the first salvo in 2011 work stoppage reporting, using an argument between Scott Boras and Bob Manfred as an ominous sign that relations between owners and players are headed to an impasse. At issue is how much money teams receive from the central fund and how much...
Manager of the Next Three Years
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Wednesday was a good day for Jim Tracy as he won the NL Manager of the Year and received a three-year contract from the Rockies.
Is this a good contract? Tracy basically won with the Dodgers, and lost with the Pirates. If you give him a good team, he can win, give him a [...]
Bucky Williams Passes
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Negro League player Bucky Williams died at 102:
Williams was born on Dec. 15, 1906, in Baltimore, and his family moved to Pittsburgh when he was a baby.
He began playing for the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1928, played briefly with their rival Homestead Grays in 1936, then returned to...
Rescheduling the Playoffs
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Bud Selig says he’ll look at tightening up the playoff schedule, something Mike Scioscia complained about this year. My solution is here.
Players A to Z, Willy Aybar
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Willy Aybar is a utility infielder for the Tampa Bay Rays. He plays second, third and first, filling in for both Akinori Iwamura and Carlos Pena when they suffered injuries. Aybar’s career got off to a good start, posting a .387 OBP over his first two seasons. Unfortunately,...
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