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Thankfully...Dal Maxvill and his VigRx OPS Plus fueled bat are here to answer!
For rational minds, these conversations are destined to have a “chicken or the egg” quality. A comparison of Musial and Pujols, statistically and periodically, is imperfect and illogical on multiple levels. You can ...
MLB
Albert Pujols
St. Louis Cardinals
Hall of Fame
Screw Udny Yule...UdNY Rule!
The Yankees face another regression-related situation. They had an old roster in 2009. Two of the top three starters, five of the nine starting batters as well as the Hall of Fame closer were 33 or older.
It is possible that 35-year-old Hideki Matsui’s knee ...
MLB
New York Yankees
Los Angeles Angels
Andy Pettitte
Chrism flames tied through my ears
Yes, my guard stood hard when Baseball Abstract threats
Orioles broadcaster Buck Martinez, a former big league catcher, said: “Joe might be the best player in the game. We had a debate on the radio the other day between Mauer and Pujols. And we love Pujols, ...
MLB
Joe Mauer
Derek Jeter
Mark Teixeira
Minnesota Twins
Baltimore Orioles
Beyond the fact that Law and Carroll aren’t daily on-site baseball writers, the disregard for a pitcher’s win total is a little disquieting…
MLB
Interesting decison by the Mariners here:
Ackley was either going to end up in the outfield, probably at a corner position, or at second base. Now we have our answer.
Don’t be worried. Actually, if I were you, I would be relieved. This means the M’s like Saunders in left ...
MLB
Seattle Mariners
Jose Lopez
After 15 seasons as a baseball coach at Arizona State University, Pat Murphy has decided to resign, according to a news release sent out on November 20, 2009. The release gave no reason for the decision, and ASU said his cell phone was broken when reporters tried to reach him for comment. ...
MLB
Arizona Diamondbacks
College World Series
Andre Ethier
Los Angeles Dodgers
Dustin Pedroia
Sanspo reported a few days ago that Contreras reached out to the Hanshin Tigers, who despite being in need of pitching, aren’t interested in his services. The Hanshin source quoted by Sanspo said that “it seems like he wants to play in Japan. We’ve already decided against it, but it’s not 100%,” ...
MLB
Florida Marlins
Are They Experienced?
Cuban pitching phenom Aroldis Chapman has fired the representative who helped him gain free agency, his former agency confirmed Saturday.
Edwin Mejia, of Athletes Premier International, had represented Chapman soon after he defected from the Cuban national team in ...
MLB
Aroldis Chapman
Randy Hendricks
ESPN
Kendry Morales
Andy Pettitte
Approx. 90 days until Pitchers and Catchers.
Today’ image is a goodie, from the LIFE Archives available on Google and available for non-commercial use (although they are next to impossible to link to like this, so the link JPG is from somewhere else):
It’s Willie Mays returning to the Polo ...
MLB
Willie Mays
New York Mets
One example from a year ago: Franklin Gutierrez.
“Gutierrez was a center fielder playing right field,” Blengino said. “He had some offensive potential, and that’s what our analysis said. Now, when does it come together? That’s something you can’t predict, but with Franklin, we didn’t have to ...
MLB
Seattle Mariners
Franklin Gutierrez
Chris Shelton
Chris Woodward
Of course. If not...the amokian Judson Burch Society wouldn’t exist.
Interestingly, there is one area where Hunter and Jones are the absolute best in baseball. And an important area it is, as it is the most valuable defensive play a player can make: making home-run saving catches. Torii Hunter ...
MLB
Torii Hunter
Adam Jones
Wienersnitzel!
The right-hander believed the club—based on comments made by manager Ozzie Guillen—was being overly critical of his conditioning.
‘’Did I feel I was being picked on? No,’’ Jenks said in a phone interview. ‘’But I felt I was the easy scapegoat because I had struggled in the ...
MLB
Chicago White Sox
Uhh...things are not what they appier?
The slippery slope we must watch out for is starting to de-emphasize wins vs “stuff.” Obviously both Cy winners would have benefitted and probably pushed their win totals into the 20’s with more offensively productive teams behind them. But we’d ...
MLB
Cy Young
Somewhere along the line...footage from Jerry Lewis’ unfilmed “The Lackey” will be discovered.
Four pitchers through age 30, one of whom is John Lackey:
Pitcher A: 108-88, 1732 IP, 114 ERA+, 2.36 K/BB
Pitcher B: 101-62, 1377.1 IP, 117 ERA+, 2.61 K/BB
Pitcher C: 102-71, 1501 IP, 117 ERA+, ...
MLB
New York Mets
John Lackey
Curt Schilling
John Smoltz
Matt Morris
Oh, Danny (Murphy) boy…
Dustin Ackley will start in left field for the Peoria Javelinas in Saturday’s Arizona Fall League championship game against the Phoenix Desert Dogs, but the Mariners are going to work him out at second base, beginning in January, general manager Jack Zduriencik said ...
MLB
Seattle Mariners
Peoria Javelinas
Phoenix Desert Dogs
Jose Lopez
Other articles mention the Marlins as the host team, with the Mets as most likely rivals in some game(s).
The most fun part is running articles through translators:
The director of the Department of Recreation and Sports of San Juan, Maria Elena Mari Batiste, confirmed today to EFE ...
MLB
Florida Marlins
New York Mets
Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos was adamant earlier this month that he was not shopping any of his players this offseason—not even ace Roy Halladay. Anthopoulos might be changing his tune.
On Friday, MLB.com’s Carrie Muskat reported that the Blue Jays contacted the Cubs to discuss a ...
MLB
Toronto Blue Jays
Roy Halladay
Chicago Cubs
There will be no long-term contract for pitcher Josh Johnson with the Florida Marlins this winter, his agent said Friday.
Agent Matt Sosnick told ESPN.com that negotiations between the Marlins and Johnson have reached an “impasse,” and Johnson expects to play under a one-year deal in 2010. ...
MLB
Florida Marlins
Josh Johnson
And let’s hope sidekick Andy Braun of Brooklyn picks up!
Like father, like son: Chance King, the 10-year-old son of CNN host Larry King, has been hired to host a new show for Fox Sports Net, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
Chance King will host Kid Pitch, a show that will focus on kids talking ...
MLB
Fox Sports
Fantasy Baseball
Beane-Sickels. Getcha ice-cold Beane-Sickels here!
JOHN SICKELS:
You mentioned the wave of young hitters who will be ready soon. Where does Chris Carter fit into that? Can he really play the outfield?
BILLY BEANE:
Chris is far more athletic than people think. He needs work out there, ...
