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The Vi flies forever
July 06, 2009 by
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If you’re a SABR member, I suspect you always enjoy receiving your Baseball Research Journal in the mail, as I did when I received mine last Friday. This issue was no disappointment, providing a full slate of original, intriguing articles.
But one article in particular caught my...
And That Happened
July 06, 2009 by
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Phillies 2, Mets 0: Blanton beats Santana, yadda, yadda, yadda. I want to use this entry to make my first observation of the All-Star season. Fact: Charlie Manuel manages the NL team this year. Fact: he has an All-Star roster with too many first basemen and nary a legitimate centerfielder...
Deadline closer deals: The bane of a fantasy owner’s existence
July 06, 2009 by
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A look at how fantasy championship dreams could be shattered come July 31 and how to take precautions.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Scouting the FSL
July 06, 2009 by
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Another on-site prospect report from Adam.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
MLB’s greatest game ever
July 06, 2009 by
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Turns out the greatest game of 'em all was a regular-season contest with with no greater significance beyond what happened on the field that day. Really.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Mark DeRosa needs a raise
July 06, 2009 by
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What we can learn from the Cardinals.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
THT Dartboard: Week Thirteen
July 05, 2009 by
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The Dodgers remain on top despite a miserable week with the bats.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
THT Daily: All-star Wakefield
July 05, 2009 by
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Tim Wakefield finally makes the All-Star team, as announced yesterday.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
THT Daily: Here come the ChiSox
July 04, 2009 by
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The White Sox have won seven straight and are gaining on the Tigers.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
My Morning in Exile
July 03, 2009 by
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No work today, so I blogged from home. It's nice, though I'm not sure if it's less stressful than blogging from the office or not. On the one hand, I don't have to shower, shave, drive anywhere, answer the phone or work around meetings and stuff. On the other hand,...
And That Happened
July 03, 2009 by
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Astros 7, Padres 2; Look, between my two bloggy spaces and the water cooler at work I have probably talked about Manny Ramirez more than anyone in the past couple of weeks. And I'll admit, my reasons for bringing him up are often tenuous at best. But nothing I've written about...
Waiver Wire: NL
July 03, 2009 by
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This week's potential NL pickups include three MIFs and four SPs, both old and young.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Waiver Wire: AL
July 03, 2009 by
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Eight potential pick-ups.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Master of fooling
July 03, 2009 by
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A tour inside Johan Santana's change-up and its deception.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
A conversation with Crazy Horse
July 03, 2009 by
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One of the memorable characters from the 1970s is carving out a second career as a minor league manager.Click the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Tiger Stadium Snuff Film
July 02, 2009 by
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I never thought I'd cry while watching an Eminem video, but the waterworks started at about the 3:05 mark of his new one.
Detroit natives of a certain age may get a little misty through the whole thing.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
Rany is banned by the Royals
July 02, 2009 by
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Rany Jazayerli sent a heat-seeking missle in the directon of the Royals' medical staff last week. The Royals read it. As a result, the Royals have banned him. Banned him from what is not exactly clear inasmuch as Rany lives and works in Chicago and isn't exactly a constant...
Meet Selena Roberts (and an actually worthy person too)
July 02, 2009 by
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Here's an event for you, at least if you're in Brooklyn this evening:
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, July 2, at 7:30 p.m., with a night dedicated to baseball. At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen...
Hicks in hock
July 02, 2009 by
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The Rangers' financial woes continue:
Amid increased internet chatter Wednesday that Tom Hicks’ sports group - Hicks Sports Group - financial woes are deepening and that the club has borrowed money from MLB’s rainy-day fund, team officials took a strange approach.
They went...
Jason Bay to become a U.S. Citizen
July 02, 2009 by
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I think I read about this a couple of weeks ago, but today's the actual ceremony:
Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay has long played America's pastime and will now be able to call himself an American. The 30-year-old player from Canada becomes a U.S. citizen Thursday afternoon...
Jim Leyritz continues to impress
July 02, 2009 by
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Beautiful:
Former major leaguer Jim Leyritz was arrested Thursday in South Florida on charges of domestic battery against his ex-wife, just two months before his trial on a DUI manslaughter charge was set to begin.
Leyritz, 45, was arrested at his home in Davie, a Fort Lauderdale...
Minnesota Ice
July 02, 2009 by
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I love Joe Mauer, but I'm guessing he's got no flow:
Joe Mauer is from Minnesota. He is white. He plays Major League Baseball. He is considered something of a pretty boy. None of these four things outlaws him from practicing his secret hobby. All of them combined into one...
My Morning in Exile
July 02, 2009 by
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Things I wrote while trying to decide whether it would worse to be a lawyer handling the Michael Jackson estate or a lawyer having to tell this woman's family that, no, there probably isn't a viable products liability lawsuit coming out of this. Wait, that's crazy. Guys...
And That Happened
July 02, 2009 by
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A pinch is a device which creates, like, a cardiac arrest for any broadband electrical circuitry. Better yet, a pinch is a bomb - now, but without the bomb. See, when a nuclear weapon detonates, it unleashes an electromagnetic pulse which shuts down any power source within its blast...
Open secrets
July 02, 2009 by
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The pros and cons of revealing trade negotiations to other playersClick the title to read more.Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.
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