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Yankees Can Make the Playoffs, Just Don’t Bet On It
August 21, 2008 by
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The Yankees have had a snake bitten season that has seen many of there most valuable players go down for significant portions of there last year in the new, old Yankee stadium. Jorge Posada, the teams spark plug of a catcher has been felled by a bad shoulder that first effected his...
Jim Bowden, Washington Nats GM, Being Pushed Out the Door?
August 09, 2008 by
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Jim Bowden may be on the way out. His tenure as nationals GM has been filled with embarrassing moments off the field. The famous bitch-slapping incident with his girlfriend. Guess which one of the two ended up being the bitch? The poor deals made for Kearns, the dearly departed , Felipe...
Washington Nationals Suffering From Impatience at the Plate
August 05, 2008 by
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The Washington Nationals batting coach, Lenny Harris, has been under the microscope this season. The Nats have the worse record in the NL and it is due in large part to their poor plate discipline.Harris who took over for Kevin Mitchell in the middle of the 2007 season (Mitchell...
Ivan Rodriguez Traded to the Yankees
July 30, 2008 by
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Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez is a Yankee. Reports are out today the Yankees have acquired Detroit Tigers catcher Ivan Rodriguez in a trade for reliever Kyle Farnsworth.The Yankees have upgraded the catcher position big time. No offense to Jose Molina of the fabulous catching Molinas...
Jerry Manuel Leads Mets Into First
July 18, 2008 by
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Hard to believe isn’t it? An interim manager perhaps giving a highly paid team the boost that they needed.
The Mets have won 10 in a row and Jerry Manuel is 18-9 overall as their manager.
Perhaps the argument can still be made that Willie Randolph was not the problem...
Evict the Nationals! Put Their Bats and Balls on the Street!
July 15, 2008 by
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The Lerners are not paying rent. They need to be evicted. The slime-balls are playing DC for fools.They have the worst team in MLB, playing in the newest stadium and they have the audacity to want the city to pay them $100,000 a day because their office were not ready on time, even...
Sidney Ponson’s Second Chance at a Second Chance
July 09, 2008 by
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Yankees win in the tenth 2-1 over the Rays.
Ponson had a strong outing today after a shaky start against his former team the Rangers.
His line today was six innings pitched, allowing five hits, two walks and his only run allowed was on a homer by Carlos Pena in the sixth inning. This...
The Rays, With Help From Bud Selig, Be-Devil the AL East
July 07, 2008 by
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The Tampa Bay Rays continue to fascinated all of baseball by opening up a lead In the AL East on the mighty BoSox and the perennially powerful New York Yankees. Statistically the Rays are very good but there overall stats don’t add up to a 55-33 record. They only lead in one category...
Kevin Slowey: Diamond Gem
July 02, 2008 by
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Kevin Slowey is Hot! Slowey is turning it on at the right time for fantasy owners. He has won three of his last four starts with a no decision in a game that the Twins won late.In his last start he pitched a complete game shutout against the Brewers. In that game he struck out [...]
CBS 2 Video of Minaya on Why He Fired Randolph
June 18, 2008 by
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It was odd perhaps. It was classless perhaps, but how would you have fired a guy who has lead a team that has obviously under performed? How long were they supposed to wait?
The Mets are a huge disappointment to their fans and very importantly to its owners. Rarely has a team...
Major League Baseball Uses Licensing Bat on Little Leaguers
June 03, 2008 by
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MLB trying their best to turn off Little Leaguers.
A’s and Sawx Show Japan How It Is Done
April 20, 2008 by
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Emil Brown redeemed himself today. After costing his new team the game yesterday with a boner base running move (way to show the Japanese how the Big Leaguers play the game, ditto Manny "The Statue" Ramirez) he smoked a three run homer to lead the A's to a 5-1 win.
Manny...
Washington Nats News: From Flopez to Flop Made EZ
April 20, 2008 by
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Felipe Lopez (.308/.352/.660) the over-priced Bowden pick up from his beloved Reds is officially a Flop. That is flop with a capital "F"!He has probably lost his starting position and may be replaced by Ron Belliard at 2B.When told that he may have to sit the $4.9M a year...
Is Stealing Bases Worth the Risk? The Debate Rages
April 11, 2008 by
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As a child my first baseball heros were Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, and Maury Wills. I was absolutely in love with the dream of hitting homers, making great stops defensively but above all else the glory of sliding in the dirt and then ceremonious dusting off of the uniform after...
Bay Area Teams Trim Payrolls for 2008
April 05, 2008 by
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The Bay area has
The San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s Have Trimmed Payrolls For 2008
April 04, 2008 by
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The Bay area has seen a precipitous drop in MLB salaries as both franchises are trimming payrolls and probably wins for the 2008 season. The San Francisco Giants sans Barry Bonds has seen their 2007 team salary decrease from $90,219.056 to the relatively paltry $76...
Carrot League Baseball Score: Tea Totallers 96 Gashouse Gorillas 95
March 27, 2008 by
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Bugs Bunny the ultimate utility player...
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