March 10, 2009
Paging Pedro Martinez? Less than a month before Opening Day, the "race" for the Mets' fifth-starter job remains as muddled and uninspiring as ever. Four of the five candidates threw yesterday, and the results were almost uniformly ugly. The Mets haven't expressed interest in bringing back Martinez, ...
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March 09, 2009
Could Russell Martin benefit from a few more days off? BY TIM McLEOD AND ROTOROB And we’re off! With the release of our catcher rankings, the 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit is officially launched. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be issuing a complete set of cheat sheets with analysis, essays,...
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March 06, 2009
Interesting story from Wednesday's Washington Post about hot-headed pitcher Scott Olsen, who the Nats acquired from the Marlins over the winter. It turns out Olsen's a pretty committed smoker. 12 cigarettes a day, actually. Unless he's drinking, then he'll smoke more than a dozen. He tried to quit o...
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March 02, 2009
This photo was taken a couple of hours ago at ESPN Zone in D.C., and should have been immediately destroyed. Presenting the new look for Screech the Eagle ... it's The Island of Dr. Moreau! D.C. Sports Bog was on the scene for the great unveiling. Reaction was mixed. • Oh Jesus! — Posted by:...
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February 26, 2009
Today’s a little dreary in Baltimore. It’s overcast. It’s a little chilly. The air feels like snow. I want spring. I want it now. Fortunately for me, the first signs of spring have arrived. Spring training games began yesterday. And in the game that mattered to me, the Cubs triumph...
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February 24, 2009
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. It's been four months since my last confession. I don't think I like this new creative kind of MLB photo day. Above we see Washington Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson, who must...
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February 19, 2009
Even though it's hard to get excited about the Nationals these days, Dan Steinberg always seems to find something worthwhile. One of his latest missives from spring training is about Ross Detwiler, a left-handed pitcher from Missouri. Detwiler, as it turns out, is a hockey fan. ...
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January 29, 2009
Software, people, Legal Luke Timmerman wrote: Linden Rhoads, the high-tech entrepreneur hired last summer to help the University of Washington spin out more innovations into the business world, is bringing in new blood from the corporate world into key staff roles at her office. The UW has recruited...
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January 27, 2009
Washington Nationals pitcher Garrett Mock has a simple philosophy when it comes to coaching his youth baseball team in the off-season. Wear a cup. Mock is spending this winter coaching the Columbia Angels, a select team of 14-16 year-olds in the Houston area. His team happened to be leading 17-0 dur...
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January 26, 2009
Mon Jan 26th 2009 Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman is not upset that he hasn't received a long-term deal from the Washington Nationals. He realizes that baseball is a business and that it takes time to get a deal done. Both parties have been working on a deal for the last two years but can't agree on do...
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