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Money Ball Moves
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The Red Sox traded for minor league middle infielder Tug Hulett from the Royals today. Hulett is a guy that Money Ball teams like the Sox would like. He’ll be 27 in 2010, and he’s coming off three AAA seasons in which he posted OPS numbers of ...Read the full...
Andruw Jones Finds A New Home
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Another day, another move for the Chicago White Sox. On Monday, the White Sox inked SS Omar Vizquel to a one-year deal. Today, the White Sox signed another star of the late-90’s/early-2000’s...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Team 83: The 1960 Tigers
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Year: 1960 Record: 71-83 Win %: .461 Win % Change: -33 Run Differential: -11 Pythagorean Record: 76-78 AL Finish: 6th of 8 Manager: Jimmie Dykes, Billy Hitchcock and Joe Gordon Best Transaction: Traded Steve Demeter to the Indians for Norm Cash...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Kansas City Royals Rumors: Guillen To Greener Pastures, Bedard To Don Blue?
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The New York Daily News printed its second (at least) article in the past week regarding a deal in the early stages of talks between Royals and the Mets...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Mauer Wins AL MVP
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No surprise there. Mauer was the obvious choice, given that the Twins made the post-season, and he led the league in hitting while playing more than 100 games at catcher. The number that really caught my attention is Mauer’s 1...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Joe Mauer-AL MVP
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In a very predictable outcome Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins won the MVP in unanimous fashion. Mark Teixeira finished second and Derek Jeter finished third...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Joe Mauer Nearly Unanimous for AL MVP
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The American League Most Valuable Player Award was announced today. As expected, Minnesota Twin backstop Joe Mauer ran away with the honor. Voting for Mauer was nearly unanimous, as he received 27 of the 28 first place votes...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Chicago White Sox Sign Omar Vizquel
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I love when teams make good personnel decisions. It makes me giddy. Today, the Chicago White Sox signed SS and future Hall of Famer Omar Vizquel to a one-year, $1.375 million deal. Vizquel, who is 43-years-old hit ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Joe Mauer Wins American League MVP
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Joe Mauer can now add American League Most Valuable Player to his already imposing resume. Mauer received 27 out of 28 first-place votes to runaway with the award. Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera received the other first-place vote...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Harold Baines: Hall of Fame Worthy?
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Harold Baines on Baseball Hall of Fame ballot next month. Harold Baines missed by only 134 hits of reaching 3000 hits...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Less Is Mauer: Why Zack Grienke Is the AL MVP
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In discussing the Cy Young, the debate the is hindered by the question of what, exactly, the voters are judging the players on. In the 2009 NL Cy Young race, for example, people who look primarily to players’ skill sets supported Tim Lincecum...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Diamondbacks Pitcher Zavada Reflects On Honor
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This Fall award season we’ve seen a number of significant honors bestowed. President Barrack Obama received the Nobel Prize for Peace; Kansas City Royals hurler Zack Greinke received the American ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
No Love for Ron Gardenhire
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Voting for the AL and NL Managers of the Year might be one of the toughest categories in baseball to fill out a ballot for. Not neccesarily because of overwhelming competition, but because no one's exactly sure how to vote...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
November 18, 2009: Greinke and his Cy Young Award are headlined
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November 18, 2009 When it was announced that Kansas City Royals’ pitcher, Zack Greinke, would be taking home the American League Cy Young Award, we expected big things from headline writers across the country...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Miguel Tejada: Plan-D for the Minnesota Twins
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“Miguel Tejada signs with the Minnesota Twins.” Reading that headline wouldn’t elicit the excitement it would have five years ago, but it’s still an intriguing proposition...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Royals' Zack Greinke Wins American League Cy Young
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My preseason pick for AL Cy Young: Zack Greinke AL Cy Young award winner: Zack Greinke I would like to personally thank the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and more importantly, Zack Greinke for making me look like a genius...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Third Time's the Charm: Minnesota Should Keep Chasing Adrian Beltre
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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This famous saying serves not only as a motivational tool, but also as a solid offseason philosophy for small-market general managers...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Indians Appoint 3 Major League Coaches
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By: PRESS RELEASE The Cleveland Indians & Manager MANNY ACTA today announced the hiring of TIM TOLMAN as Major League Bench Coach, SCOTT RADINSKY as Major League Bullpen Coach and STEVE SMITH as Major League Infield & Third Base Coach...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Should the Detroit Tigers Trade Miguel Cabrera?
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The Detroit Tigers are coming off of a heart-breaking finish to their 2009 season. After squandering away the division lead to the Minnesota Twins, they lost a one-game playoff to them and missed the playoffs entirely...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Felipe Lopez: Is He a Perfect Fit for Minnesota?
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If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times. The Twins need another infielder and they need a legitimate hitter to handle the two-hole in the lineup...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Team 92: The 1999 Tigers
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Year: 1999 Record: 69-92 Win Percentage: .429 Win Percentage Change: +.028 Run Differential: -135 Pythagorean Record: 68-93 AL Finish: 11th of 14 Manager: Larry Parrish Best Transaction: Traded ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Glen Perkins' Grievance is Settled, but His Future in Minnesota is Not
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Glen Perkins has dropped his grievance against the Minnesota Twins. The two sides were able to reach a settlement earlier today, thus avoiding the hearing that was planned for this Friday in New York...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
If Pete Rose Enters the Hall of Fame, Shoeless Joe Jackson Must Follow
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Commissioner Bud Selig recently sat down with Bob Costas for an interview that aired on the MLB Network. Among the topics discussed was the possible inclusion of Pete Rose in the baseball Hall of Fame...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
For the Minnesota Twins, Brandon Phillips is the Answer
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In baseball, it’s not always easy to find the answers. To this day it seems that almost no pitchers have found the answer to Albert Pujols’ bat and no hitters—except Chase ...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Report: White Sox Pass On Chone Figgins
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Reports from the GM Meetings in Chicago are that the Chicago White Sox will not make a run at utility stud Chone Figgins. This development is puzzling in light of the Sox nearly annual courting of Figgins in trade rumors...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
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