February 21, 2009
C.C. Sabathia was the ultimate hired gun for the Brewers, and although they really did try to bring him back, the Yanks gave him 161 million reasons to bolt. Spring Training is underway and we’ll have actual boxscores to peruse come Wednesday! How sweet is that? With that in mind, we push forward ...
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February 09, 2009
There is no question that MLB Front Office Manager is for very specific types of gamers - the ones that spend most of their time in the franchise/dynasty mode of current sports titles, building their rosters through savvy trades, drafts and free-agent signings. In essence, this game is a franchise m...
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February 05, 2009
Thu Feb 5th 2009 According to SI.com's Jon Heyman, Sheets will undergo surgery on the flexor tendon tear in his right elbow with an eye toward returning to the mound in the second half of 2009. Wednesday was a weird day of news surrounding Ben Sheets. Around noon, our own Matt Snyder e-mailed our gr...
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T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com writes, “All signs point to Ben Sheets not being with the Rangers.” …i keep asking, but i have been unable to determine what this guy’s price actually is… i no longer have any idea what he’s looking for… for a while, i&n...
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February 02, 2009
While this hottie couldn’t resist David Wright, Tim opted to pick up someone else with his first rounder. Well folks, now that 2009 is well underway, is there a better way to commence the New Year than getting that first league draft of 2009 under my belt? I’m not talking mock draft, but the...
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January 17, 2009
Today’s pitch count is 4. At the Cubs Convention, Lou Pinella mentioned that Sean Marshall was the leading candidate for the fifth rotation spot. In seven starts, last season, Marshall was 1-4 with a 4.15 ERA and a 3.00 strikeout to walk ratio (36:12 K:BB). As a reliever his record was 2-1 with a ...
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January 16, 2009
In a report for FoxSports.com, Ken Rosenthal says rival executives list the following problems for Oliver Perez: “He had the lowest groundball percentage in the National League last season… His walk rate was the third highest in the league after Barry Zito and Ian Snell… And he h...
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January 14, 2009
Wed Jan 14th 2009 The news that Derek Lowe decided to sign with Atlanta hardly fazed or surprised the New York Mets. They had been preparing for this for nearly a week, after the Braves felt compelled to act boldly when John Smoltz left for the Red Sox, and they have a backup plan. That involves goi...
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January 13, 2009
Tue Jan 13th 2009 Though the New York Yankees still have some interest in Mike Cameron, the Milwaukee Brewers are more inclined to hang on to their center fielder, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Sunday. GM Doug Melvin told the newspaper that having a good defensive centerfielder is valuable...
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January 04, 2009
One of my new favorite personalities on twitter is Ron Aguirre (@xxldaddyo). Ron was the publisher of the short-lived XXL National Sports Daily in 2006, which was an homage to Frank DeFord’s old “National Sports Daily” from 1990. XXX National Sports Daily was a 150-paged daily PDF ...
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